2021.4

This section contains the following for the latest version:

  • System requirements

  • Enhancements (new or updated features)

  • Resolved issues (application improvements)

Before upgrading your production environment, Trimble recommends that you read the system requirements and install the latest version in a test environment. If you have questions, please contact your Trimble customer representative.

A PDF of these release notes is available here.

Service pack(s) available: 2021.4.15.16

Warnings

Version warning

When you upgrade TMW Back Office, you must also upgrade TMW Operations and TMWSuite to the same version.

Social Security number encryption warning

Starting in version 2020.2, Social Security numbers you enter in the Driver profile are encrypted in the database by default.

Having encrypted Social Security numbers could interfere with third-party applications accessing the data. This happens because the data is encrypted when transferred. The third-party application would not have the ability to decrypt it.

You can set up the system so that the Social Security numbers you enter in the Driver profile are not encrypted in the database. To do so, set the DataEncryption General Info Table setting’s String1 field to N.

The Data Conversion Administration Utility allows you to encrypt/decrypt a group of Social Security numbers in your database. Contact your Professional Services representative to obtain the DataConversionAdministrationUtilityInstall.msi.

Access and usage of The Data Conversion Administration Utility should only be provided to a system administrator. That utility provides access to all highly sensitive data and should only be used in the explicit instance of needing to encrypt or decrypt the driver profile.

Invoice output configurations warning

Starting in version 2019.1, there is a new procedure for setting up and assigning invoice output configurations for print and EDI.

In previous versions, you set up output configurations in the EDI 210 field or in the Advanced EDI Output Settings window in the company’s File Maintenance profile.

Starting in V.2019.1, those two locations are no longer available. Now, you set up invoice output configurations in the Billing Output Configuration Folder. To access this window, go to Tools > Setup > Billing Output Configuration.

Now, you can assign companies to invoice output configurations from either of these locations:

  • The Billing Output Configuration Folder

  • The Distribution Method section on the Distribution Info tab in the company profile

The upgrade script is designed to automatically import all the invoice output configurations you previously set up. You should not need to do any additional setup for your existing configurations. However, as with any major upgrade, we recommend that you verify the results after running the upgrade script.

For information about setting up and using invoice output configurations, see the Configuring your invoice output topic.

Case sensitive passwords warning

Starting with V.17.50, the system treats all passwords as case sensitive. This includes existing passwords.

This change affects how you log in with an existing password:

  • If your password was created with [Misc]CaseSensitivePasswords=OFF in your TTS50, you must enter that password in all upper case characters.

  • If your password was created with [Misc]CaseSensitivePasswords=ON in your TTS50, you can enter that password as you originally recorded it (case sensitive).

Requirements

Before you begin installing TMW Back Office version 2021.4, check that you meet these requirements:

  • TMWSuite®
    You must be using TMWSuite V. 2021.4.

  • TMW Operations
    If you are using TMW Operations, your version of TMW Back Office must be the same as your version of TMW Operations.

  • Microsoft® .NET Framework
    .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later (full package not client)

    The framework must be installed on the TMW Back Office server, client, and administrator systems before you install TMW Back Office. If it is not present, the system displays an advisory message during the installation. Install the framework before running the application.

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) for Microsoft® Windows Server®
    IIS Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or later

  • Microsoft® SQL Server®

    • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or later
      Note: SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, and SQL Server 2019 are certified for use with this application. Trimble Transportation recommends using the latest service pack of whichever version you use.

  • You must be logged into the system where you want to install TMW Back Office, and have administrator rights for that system.
    Like most applications, TMW Back Office can be installed locally on a user’s system. It is also possible to install TMW Back Office on a network drive. To do so, you must be logged into the system where the drive is physically located, and have administrator rights for that system.

  • SQL Server System Administrator rights are necessary
    The installation of TMW Back Office includes the manual application of a SQL script to the TMWSuite database. You must have a SQL Server administrator login and password to apply it.

Resolved Issues

Imaging

  • TTESUITE-159606
    Recently, changes were made to the Paperwise Imaging stored procedures. This was to make them compatible with TMW Back Office.
    The changes had caused the stored procedures to stop working for customers that were not using TMW Back Office, such as TMWSuite.

Invoicing

  • TTESUITE-157600
    In certain circumstances, the system was setting the status of a Transferred invoice back to Printed.
    This affected master bills set up to transfer by freight bill when one of the freight bills failed to transfer.
    The error happened after you fixed the freight bill that failed to transfer and then reprinted the masterbill.

  • TTESUITE-201136
    The Billing Output Configuration feature lets you set up different rules that are applied when you print invoices. This feature was modified in V.2019.1. The modified feature was not working with the Image_invoicedata001_sp stored procedure.

Label File

  • TTESUITE-156776
    In certain instances, the system let you delete System Code label options in the Edit User Definable Fields window. It should not let you do this.

Rating

  • TTESUITE-160634
    One way you can define a rate table is based on a trip’s origin county and/or destination county.
    In previous versions, the rate table was incorrectly using the three-digit County Code.
    It should have been using the state’s two-digit abbreviation along with the county’s full name.

  • TTESUITE-201565
    Specific rate tables were applying the wrong rate. This happened only with rate tables that were set up to use both:

    • Incremental rating

    • Two dimensions, both Rows and Columns

Recurring adjustments

  • TESUITE-200863
    You use a recurring loan adjustment to withdraw loan payments from a resource’s pay. The specified amount is pulled during the Collect process until the loan is paid in full. The system stops pulling the amount when the loan is paid in full. When the recurring loan adjustment included an Initialization amount, the system kept pulling the loan payment after the loan was paid in full.

Settlements

  • TTESUITE-200591
    You can set up pay types to have a set quantity and rate. When you manually added pay details based on such a pay type, the quantity and rate were set to 0 (zero). This happened with pay details added in Trip Settlements and Final Settlements.

Trimble Places

  • TTESUITE-201130
    Saving a new company without a place ID for Trimble Places caused an error.

Trip Settlements Folder

  • TTESUITE-160809
    When you retrieved records in the Carrier Trips On Hold queue, you could get a Retrieve Error message. This happened if the name recorded for the carrier in its profile was more than 45 characters.