2024.5

This topic contains the following for the latest release:

  • 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.

Warnings

Engage.Bid, Token Vault warning

Engage.Bid is an online subscription product. It lets trucking companies process bids from shippers. The feature uses a Token Vault to store login information securely.

Starting in 2022.2, Engage.Bid began using a new Token Vault in the Trimble Transportation Cloud (TTC). The change made old values invalid. They have been deleted.

If you were using Engage.Bid in versions prior to 2022.2, you must enter new values to continue using it.

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.

Requirements

Before you begin installing TMW Back Office version 2024.5, check that you meet these requirements:

  • TMWSuite®

  • 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 2014 or later

    Note: SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2019, and SQL Server 2022 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.

Enhancements

Company Profiles

Effective date option names changed (TTESUITE-207873)

These Billing Effective Date and Average Fuel Effective Date field options were renamed to better reflect their functionality.

Code Former name New name

A

Departure Last Stop

Departure Last Drop Stop

I

Departure First Stop

Departure First Pickup Stop

New effective date option added (TTESUITE-207876)

A new option, Departure Last Billable Stop (L), was added to the Billing Effective Date and Average Fuel Effective Date fields. Computing charges in TMW Operations or TMW Back Office will honor this new option value when finding the applicable tariffs.

This option only appears in TMW Back Office when it is set from the company profile in TMWSuite.

Blended Minimum Quantity property added (TTESUITE-210477)

The Blended Minimum Quantity property is used to rate the minimum for mixed commodity classes.

Previously, this field was only available in TMWSuite File Maintenance. It is now available in the Billing/Credit tab of the Company Profiles window when you add [FileMaint]EnableCmpBlendedMinQty=Y to your TTS50.

Resolved issue

TTESUITE-208871

If you add a pay detail manually, the system now sets the pay detail’s currency according to the currency associated with these sources, in this order, if available:

  1. The asset’s Pay To

  2. The asset itself

  3. The pay type

Previously, these sources were not considered.