Wish List

This page lists the current Space Manager Wish List. These are comments and requests received by existing users of Space Manager, and detail those changes, enhancements and improvements that they would most like to see in future releases.

Please note that this list does NOT represent guaranteed changes that can be expected in future versions. However, we do endeavour to include those requests which are practical, are genuine improvements for all users, those which do not take away any facilities which users currently expect and those which will not cause a destabilisation of the program. It is not possible to give any time scales, and none should be assumed.

If you have a suggestion for an improvement to Space Manager, or there is a modification, which you would like to see, contributions to this list can be submitted by selecting the SM Wish/Comments Form option from the menu.

 

List Details

 

  

Display and allow the user to modify the number of days notice required during a vacation procedure. This would allow the user to modify the effect of a notice penalty without having to go to the Parameters every time to change the default Notice Period.

  

Automatic Invoices and Late letters/Charges should be produced in Customer alphabetic order.

  

For a Customer who has a number of contracts, where the contract dates are the same, causing the production of automatic invoices on the same day, it should be possible to choose to have the automatic invoices for these contract combined into a single invoice.

  

Modify the Overdue Rent Report to take into account the number of days grace Standing Order payments are given when calculating the degree to which a contract is overdue if its payment type is S.O.

  

When selecting a customer from the Customer select screen, after entering the customer's name, pressing RETURN searches only active customers. Pressing UP ARROW searches the entire customer database. The same customer selection system should be available when selecting Mail Shots.

  

Diary reminders should be available for each Customers as well as for their contracts.

  

The option to disable Late Charges/Letter production for specific customers irrespective of their Late Status.

  

Allow a different Notice Period to be set for each Size Code, rather than just having a single default.

  

Statements available by overdue invoice when a customer has no current contracts.

  

Add the ability to set that there should be no automatic discount on an automatic invoice for a specific contract, whatever the invoice frequency and what ever the discount conditions set in the parameters.

  

Add a print marker to Credit Note printing giving the Contract Number of the Invoice credited, if available.

  

Add a print marker to Invoice Printing giving the invoice date in full (i.e. 22nd June 1997).

  

If a price update is waiting for a Unit. When that unit is rented, the program should ask the user if the price increase should be passed onto the new contract. It should allow the user to modify the new contract rate and the date that it becomes effective.

  

Label Printing: Add the option the specify the number of lines extra to print after so many labels, so that the label printing system works with label sheets feed from a single sheet feeder.

If rent rounding, on vacate, is active and a customer who has given the correct notice, vacates at the end of the charged period, the charge-to-date is the same as the period end date, even if the charge period is not a whole multiple of the round rent setting. However, if the next period has been charged, then the vacation procedure will round rend into the next charged period, if appropriate. It should be possible to have the program charge only to the end of an invoiced period irrespective of how many further periods have been invoiced.

  

When adding a Miscellaneous Charge to a customer's account, the user should be able to indicate which Unit number it relates to. This Unit number would then appear in the Enquiry System in the same manner as rental invoices and the charge would be associated with the Unit when analysing the customer's account balance.

  

When printing mail shots, letters can be selected for all, current, new or vacated customers. The option to select customers for whom a contract price update is pending should be added.

  

A user should be able view details of old, terminated, contracts within the Customer Account/Unit Enquiry System.

  

The system should allow a user to print multiple Contract copies when printing batch contracts, as with invoices, credit notes etc.

  

Space Manager should include a basic stock control system, with quantities automatically reduced as items are sold.

  

During a vacation, add the option to view customer comments before printing them.

  

It should be possible to send a mailshot to a specific customer.

  

When a report is displayed on the screen, it should be possible to scroll backup the screen once you have passed something you later wish to return to.