2018.3

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.

Warnings

Forecaster Console update warning

As of V. 2018.3, the Forecaster Console in Inventory Services no longer uses Common Volumes to calculate order quantities. Now, it uses Trailer Compartments to maximize gallons and fit orders to specific trailer compartments. The V. 2018.3 update requires a simple setup process to forecast to trailer compartments. We have included a mass update tool in the ClientCenter download to ease this transition. Instructions on using the tool are provided in the Inventory Services 2018.3 release notes.

Social Security number encryption warning

Starting in version 2020.4, 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.

ALK warning

In very limited circumstances, your system could generate incorrect mileages when using PC*MILER version 32 with any of these products:

  • TMW Operations version 2018.2 or lower

  • TMW Back Office version 2018.2 or lower

  • Fuel Dispatch version 2018.2 or lower

  • TMWSuite version 2018.2.0.0275 or lower

This problem is associated only with systems that have one of these options set in their TTS50:

  • [MileageInterface]ExOptions[x]=I

  • [MileageInterface]ExOptions[x]=X

Having either of these options set will cause Practical mileage to be computed as Shortest, and Shortest mileage to be computed as Practical.

This will not affect mileages previously retrieved and stored in the mileage table.

The issue is fixed in the next general release, such as 2018.3 for TMW Operations.

A temporary workaround to bypass the incorrect code is to do any of the following:

  • Use an additional ExOption in conjunction with the I or X option.

  • Remove the I or X option entirely.

  • Install an earlier version of PC*MILER.

Requirements

  • TMWSuite®
    You must be using TMWSuite V. 2018.3.0.0021 or later.

  • Microsoft® .NET Framework
    Install or upgrade to the latest version of the Microsoft .NET Framework on your system. At a minimum, you should have V.4.6.2 installed.

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

  • Microsoft® SQL Server®
    Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or later

  • You must be logged into the system where you want to install the FuelTMS applications, and have administrator rights for that system.
    Like most applications, FuelTMS applications can be installed locally on a user’s system. It is also possible to install FuelTMS applications 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 FuelTMS applications 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.

Enhancements

Navigation and data entry

Zoom data grids with keyboard shortcuts (FS-200921)

With focus on a data grid, pressing CTRL+SPACEBAR makes the text smaller (zooms out) and SHIFT+SPACEBAR makes the text bigger. To restore default text size, close and reopen the main window. Previously, data-grid text was a fixed size.

Link to topic: Working with the record currently in view

General system setup

Fuel Setup application added (FS-200987)

From time to time, functionality added to Fuel Dispatch will require new setup before it can be used in your production environment. To make the transition easier, the Fuel Setup application has been added.

For example, in this release, the Forecaster Console now uses trailer compartment configurations when calculating quantities on orders. This change added new tables for the compartment configurations used by the Forecaster. These tables must be populated before using the application. The Fuel Setup application provides access to the TrailerProfile window’s Compartment tabs (Go to Application > Trailer Compartment Setup). Entries on this tab provide the data for the new tables.

Link to topic: Setting up trailer compartments

Order Entry

Save and close the order-entry window with a single step (FS-200813)

Previously, to save and close an order was always a two-step process. Now, using Save and Close combines both actions into one click.

If you use custom menu layouts, you may need to add the button manually after an upgrade. See Changing menus and toolbars.

Link to topic: Saving the order

Freight grid readability improved (FS-200985)

Previously, the text formatting in Call On Demand Order Entry’s Freight grid was the same, regardless of whether a commodity had volume entries.

Now, the text in rows that have no volume entries appears in gray. Text in rows that have volume entries appears in black with bold formatting. When you select a row in the grid, the appropriate text formatting is visible through the highlighting that identifies the row as selected.

Use PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to enter commodity information quickly (FS-200913)

Previously, navigation was only possible using TAB or ENTER to move to the next column in the same row.

Now, you can use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys to enter commodity information in the same column. For example, enter the quantity (QTY) in the first row and press PAGE DOWN to go to the next row.

Link to topic: Adding and removing commodity information

Resolved issues

  • FS-200806
    When using the [Invoice]When=TRIPCMP setting, the order is being marked eligible for invoicing when the driver arrives at the final stop instead of when the driver departs the final stop and officially completes the trip

  • FS-200811
    C2274838 - V17.60 Fuel Dispatch significant slowness

  • FS-200815
    C2283229 - TMW Learning Center URL doesn’t work

  • FS-200901
    When using OERelationMode=2 and creating a new order in Call On Demand Order Entry the drop-downs should restrict based on the Bill To relationship.

  • FS-201950
    The Forecaster was modifying delivery times on orders that should have been locked. This happened when you had [InventoryService]ForecastPLNStatus=Locked and [InventoryService]ForecastDSPStatus=Locked in your TTS50. The system changed the order source status to Locked Volume (LCKVOL) instead of Forecast (FRCST) when you changed the volume on the order. Forecasted orders in Planned, Dispatched, or Started status were affected. Started orders are locked by default. Now when you change an order’s volume, the order source remains LCKVOL if your INI settings are set to the Locked option or when the order status is Started (STD).

  • FS-201958
    When you changed the volume and assigned a driver at the same time, the Source field value showed Locked Volume (LCKVOL). This occurred even when you had [InventoryService]ForecastPLNStatus=Locked in your TTS50. In addition, all Freight grid volumes reset to 0 (zero) when you planned stops and assigned a driver in the Stops grid.