Release Notes

Release Notes Version 4.8.1

Item	Category	Release Note
Report Selections Remembered	General	When re-running a report the previous selections will be used instead of the defaults for most reports.
Pay Periods	General	In any list that lets you select a pay period, the most recent pay periods will be at the top. Previously the most recent pay period would be at the bottom of the list.
Automatic Backup Reminders	General	Logger's Edge will now remind you to make a backup of your database if you haven't backed up recently.
Equipment & Truck Costing	General	The system will now automatically create costing entries for new trucks and equipment.
Equipment & Truck Costing	General	A problem in previous versions of Logger's Edge would prevent you from updating truck and equipment costing effective dates. This has been addressed in this version.
Equipment & Truck Charge Out Rates	General	If enabled, the Equipment & Truck charge out rate grids are available as a tab from the equipment and truck list windows.
Tab Ordering Option	Loadslips	There is now a setting in system configuration (on the miscellaneous tab) called "Do Date In then Weight". This setting makes the tab order on the load ticket skip from the "Date In" to the Gross weight field and skip everything in between.
Ability to paste into multiple cells in Rate Wizards	General	You can now paste values into multiple cells/fields when in the rate grid. Previous versions would only allow you to update the first cell in a selection.
Exporting Statements	Statements	Enhancements have been made to the statement export to excel functionality. When statements are exported to excel the statement header will be included in the resulting excel workbook.
Equipment and Rental Rates	General	You can now specify a 'NONE' piece of equipment when setting up a rental rate. This brings the rental rates into synchronicity with charge out rates.
Charge Out Sub-Contracted Employees	General	It is now possible to charge out sub-contracted employees. In previous versions of the software you can only charge out your own employees.
Load Number now cascades down to split tickets	Loadslips	When updating a load number on a header ticket it will now apply to any split tickets as well.
Date for Pay Changes on Header Tickets	Loadslips	Changing the date for pay on a header ticket will now prompt the user to apply the date for pay to all split tickets as well.
Defaults for Load Activities	Loadslips	Users can now specify a default piece of equipment to be used with tracking equipment on loadslips.
Grid Printing/Exported	General	Grids in wizards now have the option of being printed or exported, this applies to rate grids and the check entry wizard.
Reverse Multiple Tickets	Loadslips	You can now reverse tickets from the grid. This also allows you to reverse multiple tickets. This only applies to customers who have posting enabled.
Reverse Multiple Tickets	Loadslips	You can now reverse tickets from the grid. This also allows you to reverse multiple tickets. This only applies to customers who have posting enabled.
Report Changes for Hardwood Split Users	Reports	The Block/Tract Profit & Loss report and the fully founded version have been changed to address the needs of our customers using hardwood splits. The reports will count the volume for all header tickets, and all detail tickets where there is no header volume. For customers not using hardwood splits there should be no change.
Expiry Dates on Rates	General	Logger's Edge will now let you specify an end date for rates that is independent from a block/tract or contract end date. Please be aware that the system will still expect a rate for any activities you have ever paid or received revenue on. This change also applies to rates on rate sheets.
Destination Filter Updates	Loadslips	Refined the load ticket auto-filling logic when users have destination filtering enabled and carryover enabled so that when using the Save/Add button, if a user has carried forward the destination and other fields related to that destination from the prior ticket, and then changes the destination on the new ticket, the related fields will re-populate correctly. If a given field has one and only one legitimate entry for that destination, that entry will auto-fill on the new ticket.
Remote SQL Backups	General	Users connected to a SQL Database can now have the system backup the database to the default data directory without being connected to the server itself.
Recalc & Posted Statements	General	Recalculating a single ticket in a pay period with posted statements should no longer give an error for every posted statement.
Posted Ad-Hoc Statements	General	Fixes an issue where posted ad hoc statements showed as NOT posted when viewing a summary of statement for a period or given payee.
Equipment/Truck Activity Changes	Time Slips	When entering in time slips changing a truck or equipment will no longer change the primary activity if it has already been changed from 'NONE'.
Check Comments	General	You can now add a comment on the last page of the Post Check window. This comments field is also visible when you select the Post Check option to List Checks for a given customer.
Check Comments	General	You can now add a comment on the last page of the Post Check window. This comments field is also visible when you select the Post Check option to List Checks for a given customer.
Check Entry by Date Out	General	There is now a check box in the Post Revenue Wizard that allows you to filter by Date Out instead of Pay Date. The default remains the Pay Date.
Truck Number on Vendor Statements	General	In sleek world (used for most US customers), the TRUCK would only appear on a vendor statement if the activity being paid to the vendor was an Is Pay Like Trucking activity. If the activity was something like logging, the statements would not display the truck, even if the column was enabled in the vendor statement. The vendor statements have now been modified so that the Truck will appear now, regardless of the activity, if the Truck is enabled on the statement.
Equipment/Truck Costing Worksheet	General	For users using our equipment and truck costing worksheets, you can now update the fuel costs and the system will recalculate the equipment or truck cost using the previous entries plus the change in fuel.
Toggle Overloads for Certain Activities	General	It is now possible to specify which Is Pay Like Trucking activities will have overload rules applied to them.
Standard Tares	General	For customers using standard TAREs, the system will now update the TARE weight only after you have left the truck field. In previous versions it would update when the truck was changed.
Load Value Rates	General	You can now use a combination of load value and other pay bases for the same activity. Load Value payments are still calculated after all other payments.
Overtime Calculations	General	In previous versions Logger's Edge would incorrectly calculate overtime when dealing with time slips that have been moved into a different pay period in conjunction with a new week starting. This has been addressed in this version.
Production Advances	General	The production advances feature has been enhanced to allow the user to collect on the advance based on a certain $ rate per ton, m3, cord, etc. Earlier versions only allowed production advances to be collected back based on a percentage of the pay rate for whatever phase the advance was associated with.
Production Advances	General	In earlier versions of The Logger's Edge software production advances and collections had not been directly tied to each other. In more recent versions of the software, advance collections are created with a related advance code. For users already running version 4.7.8 or later, The Logger's Edge will upon install automatically assign advances to collections that have no related advance.
Bank Loans	General	Logger's Edge now supports the automatic repayment of loans based on either a percentage of revenue or a rate against production. (e.g. you need to repay a bank loan by $5/TON or 20% of what you receive as revenue.)
Truck Configuration on Load Imports	General	Logger's Edge will now use a truck's default configuration in cases where you are importing loads but not specifically the truck configuration. Users importing the truck configuration will not notice any difference.
Non-Costed Activities	Reports	It is now possible to specify certain activities as non-costing, for the following reports: Activity Costs, Summary, By Actual Volume Summary, by Activity, Full Founded Cost Block, Profit by Activity &Block Hourly Cost &Block Profitability, Summary P&L by Load Attributes Block Hourly Cost Summary Full Founded Block Profit and Loss Report Detailed Job Profitability Drill Down BC Budgeting Report
Cycle Time and Truck Overload Reports	Reports	Truck Cycle Time and Overload reports now handle reversals better.
Block Report Drill Down	Reports	Selected Block Reports have been updated to support drilling down to see the detailed information for certain revenue and cost summaries.
New Block Profitability Report	Reports	We have included a new block/job profitability report that will be useful for Canadian and US users alike. The report shows revenue for the block/job, broken out by revenue contract (and thus customer). It also shows volumes and rates for each distinct unit of measure upon which revenue is received. It shows all costs corresponding to the block/job, including costs based on time sheets, load tickets, production slips, and miscellaneous entries. If you track time sheets in the software, this report will show you the hours worked by phase of operation, the costs associated with those hours, and the corresponding cost per hour. The report has some nice summary statistics at the end, and has drill-down capabilities to allow you to see the detail behind the summary figures in the report.
New Equipment Fields	General	We have added numerous date fields, text field, number fields, and checkmark fields to the equipment table. If you are interested in tracking additional information on your equipment (e.g., warranty end date, purchase date, purchase price, etc.), let a Caribou representative know, and they can enable the new fields for you. (Note that these fields are only available on the equipment table, not the truck table.)
Retro Conversions	General	It is now possible to use the Retro Payment Calculator to apply a new conversion to existing pay rates. This will figure out the difference in pay using the same pay rate that was originally used with a new conversion.

Release Notes Version 4.7.15

Item	Category	Release Note
Block Reports	General	The following reports have been updated to no longer display empty sections for blocks where there is no data for the report selection: 101 - Block Summary Profit & Loss 135 - Block Profitablity Summary 136 - Weekly Production Summary 144 - Block Statistics 145 - Profit & Loss by Load Attribute
Cycle Times	General	Cycle Time and Distances for blocks now have an effective date for situations where they might change.
Invoice Calculators	General	The system will no longer generate errors for missing revenue rates when you have two customers paying for loads going to the same destination. For cases where two customers pay the same activity (common with timber brokers) the system will no longer complain that Customer A is not paying for a load that Customer B has paid for. All other situations should still generate errors if you do not have a revenue rate, or a multi-invoice revenue error if two customers are paying for the same activity on one load.
Ad-Hoc Invoice Generator	General	Fixes an issue where the Ad-Hoc Invoice Generator would not properly pickup hourly chargeouts.
Imports	General	Imports will now ignore (and not give any errors) for files that have empty lines at the end of a file.
Imports	General	Imports will now warn you if you are importing loads that have a date later then the current system date. This is to help people who have to deal with different date formats to prevent importing loads with DD/MM/YYYY into systems where MM/DD/YYYY is used (or vice-versa).
Connect to Caribou	General	Help -> Connect to Caribou now includes the option of using TeamViewer.
Scale Auto-Numbering	Loadslips	The auto-numbering feature can now run on it's own sequence seperate from the loadslip code, allowing sequential numbering that won't have gaps due to manual ticket entry.
Ticket Printing	Loadslips	It's now possible to print to a ticket printer from the full version of the program when in a scale environment.
Adjusted Volume on Printed Tickets	Loadslips	It's now possible to print the adjusted volume on a ticket in a scale environment.

Release Notes Version 4.7.8

Item	Category	Release Note
Configurable Carry-Over of Fields	General	It is now possible to control what fields are reset/cleared when doing Save & Add for loadslips, time slips, and production slips.
Overloads	General	Users who have enabled 'Overloads' will now be alerted when entering a ticket that is considered to be an overload.
Overloads	General	The system will now create a reversal overload entry for clients who are using extended overloads.
Pay Reporting	Reports	Enhanced the Pay Reporting feature found in the Logger's Edge report to deal with client specific customizations.
Vendor Advances	General	Fixes an issue where the 'Is Active' column was not always saving for Vendor Advances.
SQL Server Menu Options	General	Allows users running Windows Vista & Windows 7 to see various database options when using SQL Server.
Standard TAREs	General	Automatically fills the TARE weight for users who have enabled Standard TAREs. Previously you would need to click on a button.
Recalc button	General	Addresses an issue where using the Recalc button on a ticket would recalculate all tickets sharing the same ticket number. This does not change how 'split' tickets are handled.
Forward/Back Button	General	Fixes an issue where users would be unable to 'Go Back' to the previous ticket after using the Save & Add button.
Rate Check	General	Adds a new button to the Loadslip entry window, allowing users to check to see if the appropriate revenue or pay rates have been entered without having to run the calculators.
Sorting/Filtering deletes the wrong entries	General	Fixes an issue where using a combination of sorting and filtering before deleting entries in a grid would result in unexpected data loss.
Clear Users	General	Running a calculator with other users in the system now offers you the option to immediately clear the users without having to use the Clear Users menu option.
Switch Database	General	Fixes an issue that would occur when attempting to 'Switch Database' immediately after adding a miscellaneous expense.
Scale Replicator	General	Enhancements have been made to the Scale Replicator to better handle issues users have reported.
Scale Replicator	General	Users who use the Scale Replicator will now be able to send up various C_PARTs in addition to the regular data currently synchronized.
Ad-Hoc Statement Filter	Reports	When users select Reports -> Ad Hoc Vendor Statements -> Vendors they are able to pick which blocks, destinations and vendors they wish to create a statement for. For users with long lists, it was common for them to check the Select All box, and then deselect those items they did not want. In earlier versions, the Select All checkmark trumped the deselection so that the user's de-selection was ignored. Now, if the check all box is checked, but some items are De-Selected, the De-Selected items will NOT be included.
Crystal Reports	Reporter	With this version, we are now able to use Crystal Reports to build user defined reports. Crystal reports offer more formatting flexibility than our standard grid reports. Crystal Reports also have the benefit of allowing us to build a report so that a user can drill down to see the underlying detail that makes up a particular summarized value. If you are interested in having these types of capabilities in a user defined report, please contact us, and we can give you an idea of the report building costs that would be involved.
Report Exporter	Reporter	Modifies the Logger's Edge Reporter export/import report functionality to better handle complex queries.
Time Sheets	General	When editing time slip entries in the grid, the revenue contracts will now be filtered by the block.
Time Sheets	General	Addresses an issue where time slips, with activities would not be posted when the main time slip did not appear on a statement. Posting any entry with a related time slip will now correctly post the main time slip.
Revenue/Payment Contracts	General	The system will now order lists by their code instead of the description, this solves a problem with revenue/payment contracts switching to incorrect (but similar named) entities.
New Databases	General	Addresses an issue where users would be unable to save a block/tract immediately after creating a new blank database.
Expanded Date Checking on Load Import	General	We modified the logic on the importing of tickets into the Logger's Edge system to expand the date range within we would look forward and back for a ticket that shared the same ticket #, destination, and date to determine whether we should update an existing load, or treat the load being imported as a new load.
Add 'Activity Rate' to Hourly Employee report	Reports	The hourly employee report now has the option of showing the 'activity rate' for clients who use this feature.
Hourly Employee report	Reports	The hourly employee reports will now use Edit Data Setup to determine how many decimal places to display for the pay. Previously this was hardcoded to 2 decimal places.
Mill Reconciliation Report Update	Reports	We have enhanced the Mill Settlements, Reconciliation report (#306) so that it handles scenarios where one ticket has revenue from more than one check more nicely than earlier versions. Specifically, If >1 check (or adjustment) is associated with a ticket, each row will be itemized, and there will be a row showing the total. Note that if there are multiple entries for a given ticket, the $ amounts for the total will be accurate, but the weight will be double counted.
Loadslip Revenue	General	Fixes an issue with loadslip revenue and using the Save & Add functionality.
Revenue Reconciliation Wizard	General	There is a new revenue reconciliation feature that provides an alternate way of reconciling mill receipts with Logger's Edge expected revenue. There is a new menu item under Data Entry \| Loads called Post Checks (Cheques). It automates the marking of tickets as Pd in Full with the proper check # and receipt date that was a ticket-by-ticket process in earlier versions. This new feature makes it much easier to see the total expected revenue associated with all tickets in a given date range for a given customer, so that if the total matches the check you are reconciling, you can mark them all as Paid in Full in one window. The new feature also allows you to configure your reconciliation window so that the subtotaling more closely mimics the subtotalling that your customer users. There is a document explaining the feature in more detail on our client wiki.
Reversals	General	Users who do not use the posting feature, but still like to correct mistakes on tickets using the reversal feature can now do so in the circumstance where the original ticket, the reversal, and the correction all occurring in the same period. In earlier versions, this scenario did not calculate properly. (As always, users can still generate the reversal and correction in a period that is subsequent to the original ticket with no problem.)
Loadslip Revenue	General	The receipt date & cheque number for reversal loads is now editable, useful for those clients who use our Deposit Report.
Pay by Receipt Date	General	Provides the ability to pay selected activities on the Load once revenue has been received for the load.
Pay Periods	General	Increases the number of characters allowed in a Pay Period to 13 before giving the user a warning about it being too long. Previously any pay period with 12 or more characters would be warned.
Net Scale = 0 Error	General	We corrected an error from an earlier version where a user would get a Net Scale volume = 0 warning on save/add of a ticket, even if they did not have Net Scale enabled on their load ticket. That problem has now been corrected.
Right Click -> Wizard Section	General	Fixes an issue where using the right click shortcut on items created/edited via the wizard would show an empty screen (despite having valid entries).
E-Time Improvements	General	Updates to better support our handheld time ticket application.
Suzie Logger Improvements	General	Additional compatibility changes made to further support Suzie Logger.

Release Notes Version 4.7.3

Item	Category	Release Note
Timber Tax & Partnership	Reports	For users of the Georgia Timber Tax Feature, if you also use the Landowner Split feature, the GA Timber Tax module will now create multiple Word documents for that tract, with each one reflecting the respective percentages paid to each partner.
Auto-fill description with user's entry for CODE	General	When you create a new entry in many of the setup list and forms (e.g., species, product, vendors, etc.), the Description will now default to the same thing you entered for the Code (but presented in Title Case, with the first letter of each word capitalized).
Update Reports to have an option to run off date for pay	Reports	The following three reports now allow users to run them based on date for pay OR delivery date 135 Tract Profitability, Summary 145 PL by Load Attributes 136 Weekly Production, Summary
Enhance Priming	Priming	The priming feature has been enhanced in two ways. First, it now allows a date threshold for deleting transactions. As with earlier versions, user can still specify which blocks/tracts they want to clean out, but now they can also specify a date after which they want to ensure that no transactions are deleted. The date essentially serves as a double-check to ensure that the user does not have recent transactions on a particular block that they don't actually want to delete. Second, users now have the option of automatically deleting those blocks/tracts that have been deactivated from the new database.
Hardwood Splits	Loadslips	We have enhanced the special hardwood splits feature that allows users to enter the hardwoods splits on a special tab on the main load ticket. Hardwood split users often encounter the situation where they never want the header ticket to have payments associated with it because the payments will always be based on the actual splits, rather than the header ticket. Likewise, they may never want the header ticket to have revenue associated with it because the revenue will always be based on the actual splits, rather than the header ticket. With this new version, users can either tell the software to NEVER calculate revenue and/or pay on a load ticket. Alternatively, we can give the user the option to make that decision on a ticket by ticket basis.
Rounding on partnerships	Statements	If you use the landowner split feature (somewhat common in the United States), the system will now use as many decimals as you have enabled in the Vendor setup list for the partners when generating the landowner pay statements. By using as many decimals as you have enabled (up to 8), you can ensure that a three-way split will result in each partner's statement having the exact same pay amount. (In earlier versions, one of the three would always have ended up with a penny more than the others.)
Add Forward & Back Buttons to scroll through tickets by load code	Loadslips	The load ticket window now has forward and back buttons that let you scroll through the load tickets in the order they were entered.
Advance balances, don't display if 0 balance	Advances	If you track advances in the system, those advances with zero outstanding balance will no longer appear in the Outstanding Balance grid listing.
Introduce Rate Sheets	Rates	There is a new feature added to the system for those users who are in the sleek tract setup (which allows you to enter rates directly through the tract/block setup wizard). The feature is especially useful for handling rates (revenue or pay rates) that change frequently and that affect multiple blocks/tracts. For example, many users face fuel price adjustments that fluctuate from one pay period to the next, but the same set of new rates applies across all blocks/tracts. This feature will allow you to reference one rate sheet from multiple tracts so that you can change the rates once, instead of changing them for every active block/tract in which you are currently working. For more information, contact us, and we can send you the documentation for the feature.
IFTA Mileage screen respects default value	IFTA	The State code in the IFTA data entry window now uses the default value in EDIT DATA SETUP (IFTA TRUCK MILEAGE).
Destination filter distinguish between Header & Detail tickets	Loadslips	The destination-specie-product filtering feature now allows the user to specify whether the combination is a combination that should be available on a header ticket, or on a detail ticket.
Enable step rates for revenue	Rates	There is a little used feature within the system that allows users to set up step rates that vary by distance (for example). That is, the rate may be 4.50 per ton for trips between 41-60 miles, $4.75 per ton for trips between 61-79 miles, etc. This feature has been enhanced so that it works on both the revenue side as well as the pay side. The user interface for this feature has also been enhanced. If you'd like to learn more, contact a Caribou representative, and we can send you the user documentation for it to see if it might be a good fit for you.
Reporter modifications to deal with inactive items in pick lists for reports	Reports	Many reports in the system have two-column selection criteria pick lists, and three-column selection criteria pick lists. We have enhanced the way those reports to avoid the issue that users would encounter if they had deactivated items in those 2nd or 3rd column pick lists. In such circumstances, because the inactive entries (e.g., employees, destinations, vendors, etc.) did not appear in the selection list, data associated with those items would be omitted from the results returned in the report. Usually, however, users DO want to see the data associated with these inactive items. We have addressed this issue by adding an entry at the bottom of each of those second and third column selection criteria pick lists that says Include Inactive. If a user selects all entries in the list, they will, by definition, include this include inactive entry. The results returned by the report will include data associated with those inactive items, as long as the data matches the date selection made by the user.
Multi-row copy in rate screens	Rates	When you are in the revenue contract, pay contract, or block/tract rate setup grids within the setup wizards, you can now highlight multiple rows, and hit the copy button to copy all your selected rows. If you want to select multiple rows for copying that are not next to one another, simply hold down your Ctrl key while selecting the rows. This feature also works in the new Rate Sheet feature that has been added with this Version 4.7 release.
Logic for Deletion of Reversals	Loadslips	The new rules for deleting of reversal and correction tickets are as follows: Attempt to delete a reversal: this is now allowed (if not posted), but it will also delete the corresponding correction. Attempt to delete a correction: this has always been allowed, but it will now also delete the corresponding reversal. If delete original ticket, it'll now delete all 3. Nothing is ever deleted if it's posted.
IFTA - Round purchased Gallons to nearest whole number	IFTA	We have modified the IFTA module so that the system will round the gallons (or litres) entered to the nearest whole number. This is to bring our report in line with the IFTA expected result.
Unable to save Cycle Times with three decimals	Block/Tract Setup	Users can now enter three (or more) decimals for their cycle times in the block/tract setup, and those decimals will be saved and retained (even if you subsequently edit and re-save the block/tract using the setup wizard).

Release Notes Version 4.5.23 through 4.5.24

Item	Category	Release Note
Enhancements to hardwood split load window	Loadslips	If you are using the hardwood split ticket window, the type ahead now works and the copy and paste from one cell to the next now works also.
Cascade header ticket details to non-enabled fields on details	Loadslips	For users using the hardwood split feature, if they enter a value for a particular field on the main load ticket, that value will now cascade down to the associated detail tickets even if the field is not visible in the split ticket window.
Add Warning for the Scale Volume field on save of a Load ticket	Tickets	The system now throws a warning if a user enters a non-zero value for the scaled volume, but forgets to set the unit of measure to be something other than NONE. The system also throws a warning for the reverse, where the user sets the unit of measure to be something other than NONE, but forgets to put a non-zero value in for the volume.
Is active flag on rates and the block	Blocks	The pay and revenue rate grids now only show active rates by default.
Unable to import production slips	Production Slips	The system now allows importing of production slips.

Release Notes Version 4.5.21

Item	Category	Release Note
Give users the ability to set the width of the grid statements columns	Loadslips	For users who use the grid version of our statements and invoices, the system will now retain the column resizing in the grids. If you have some hourly and some load-based transactions, you may need to create two different statement formats so that you can have the columns sized for hourly transactions in one statement format, and the columns sized for load-based transactions in a second format.
Search by Load and Ticket No.	Loadslips	Users who use both the load # and the ticket # will like the fact that they can now look up tickets by either number.
'Add New' Feature in Misc Entry Window	Tickets	The miscellaneous ticket window now has the ability to add a new vendor directly from within the miscellaneous window, which is especially handy for users who keep up with their outside payables through Logger's Edge.
Multi-pay errors for Spot Pay Period & Regular Period when running incremental calculators	Calculators	We have tracked down and corrected a problem that would result in multi-pay errors for users who use the ad hoc pay statements and invoices feature and who also run the incremental calculators.
Problem Sending to Caribou	Support	We have added a component to this release that should prevent the zip error that some users got when attempting to use the Send database to Caribou feature in the system. This new component can also be distributed to users even if they are not yet upgraded to version 4.5.21.

Release Notes Version 4.5.10 through 4.5.18

Item	Category	Release Note
GST & PST go through	Vendor Statement Grid	When user enters GST and sales tax on misc contractor expenses, they now come through in the vendor statement grid.
Exit button changed to OK button	Scale Mode	In scale mode, there is now a Cancel button, and the Exit button has been changed to an OK button with the functionality of saving and exiting.
Misc. Expenses & Advances are now filtered by block (tract)	Ad Hoc Vendors & Employees	For users with Ad Hoc vendor and employee statements enabled, Miscellaneous expenses and Advances will now be filtered by the block (tract) selections you make when running the ad hoc statement.
Allows for scanned tickets	Tickets	There is a feature in Logger's Edge that allows you to save a scanned copy of a ticket so that you can double-click on a button on the load ticket itself to bring up that scanned ticket from within Logger's Edge. For users who want to eliminate hard copies of tickets and have a way of scanning their tickets, this is a nice feature. There is a one-time fee of $100 for this feature.
Eligible products to particular destinations	Tickets	This feature is especially useful for users who deliver a variety of products to different mills. When enabled, users can set up an eligible list of products that can go to each destination. The ticket entry window will then limit the selection of eligible specie/products to those you have designated as eligible for that destination.
Easily track split tickets	Split Tickets	For users who deal with significant amounts of hardwood and enter split tickets, there is a new feature in the system that makes the tracking of splits much easier. The user is able to visually see all the splits for a given ticket (or for a given customer) in one grid that makes it much easier to validate accuracy of volume data entry. There is no additional license cost to this feature, but for existing users, there are data re-configuration requirements that will require support time. If you are interested in this feature, call us and we can give you a time estimate and discuss the feature in more detail.
Ticket book feature	Ticket Books	Some landowners require their timber dealers/loggers to keep track of ticket books and account for each and every ticket within a given book. The ticket books require tracking of loads based on a load # that usually differs from the mill ticket #. It also requires an efficient way to find which ticket books have missing tickets so that those tickets can be researched/accounted for. There is an additional cost to this feature. Please call us if you are interested, and we can provide you with more information.
Allow block deletions	Block deletion	Certain versions had an error that prevented deleting of blocks. We have corrected this error in this version.
Lock checkmark for pay date on load ticket	Lock Pay Date	This feature is a great addition for U.S. users who are frequently entering a date for pay that differs from their actual ticket delivery date. There is now a checkmark next to the date for pay on the loadslip. When checked, the system will retain the date for pay from the prior ticket when doing a Save/Add.
Truck Statistics Report does not show Revenue/Hour	Reports	We corrected an error introduced in a prior version for the Truck Statistics report (#616) so that the revenue per hour column calculates correctly. (In an earlier version, we introduced a problem that resulted in this column displaying all zeros.)
Ad Hoc calculator does not work with % splits	Calculators	The Ad Hoc Pay calculator was modified to handle split tickets (entered on the load slip activities tab) correctly.
Advances	Advances	In earlier versions, the system did not handle advance collections properly in the circumstance where a user had multiple advances on a tract, and then reran a calculator that was after the first advance but prior to the second advance. In that case, the first advance collection amount was being reset to zero. We have corrected this issue with this new version.
Bug in Incremental Invoice Calulator - Multiple Invoice Records	Incremental Invoice Calculator	We have corrected an error introduced into the Incremental Invoice Calulator in version 4.5.10. In version 4.5.10, the system created Multiple Invoice Records for a given ticket each time the incremental invoice calculator was run.
Overweight fines are not deleted when running invoice full	Full Invoice Calculator	We corrected an error in the program that was arising for users who made use of our extended overload feature. The problem was that the invoice calculators were not deleting miscellaneous entries created by the extended overload feature in the miscellaneous income table, so overload fine records in this income table were getting duplicated.
Dates on Reversal Tickets	Dates on Reversal Tickets	When a ticket is reversed, the system now prompts you to put in the date for pay that you want applied to both the reversal ticket and the correcting ticket that gets created behind the scenes. (The user can still edit them after the initial setting, but at least this will increase the chance that the user will keep the reversal and correcting ticket processed in the same period.)
Two issues with equipment operating cost by account	Accounting	We made the following modifications to Reports 510 & 618 (Equipment, Trucks) Operating Cost by Account: Fixed Query for employee expenses so that it would filter by Account Codes selected by the users. It now shows the quantity (e.g., gallons of fuel) using 2 decimals (only if service meter is being used). It now shows the total for the quantity for each account.
Ticket appears not posted, but system treating it as posted	Tickets	For users using the posting feature: The system now displays tickets as being posted (in the loadslip window) even if the original amount on the statement (or invoice) was $0.
Can't sort invoices by equip/truck	Invoices	Modified the crystal invoice statements so that they permit subtotaling by truck, even when the revenue activity is not trucking.
Can delete loadslip rev. records on both orig & reversal ticket	Tickets	The system now precludes users from deleting a loadslip revenue entry that is associated with a reversal ticket or a reversed ticket.
Can't deactivate pay periods with posted loads	De-Activating Pay Periods	In earlier versions, users could not de-activate pay periods if they had posted loads in that pay period. The new rule is that users are not allowed to change Pay Period Dates if there are any postings (vendor, invoice, employee) for the period. Pay period fields other than the date (such as code, description, active flag, etc.) are now editable, even when loads have been posted in that period.
Security for unposting and reversing	Secure Unposting & Reversing	We have added a posting feature that invokes additional security around unposting statements and invoice. The Password of the day can now be used to lock out users from unposting statements & invoices. If enabled, users will also be required to enter a password of the day for doing ticket reversals. (Note that this feature is disabled by default.)
GST now calculated on overweight fines on the REVENUE side	Revenue	For Canadian users using extended overload functionality, GST now calculates on the revenue side for overload fines. (In earlier versions, GST was not being calculated.)

Release Notes Version 4.5.9

Item	Category	Release Note
Auto calculate cruise volumes	Blocks/Tracts	The cruise volume field on the last page of the block (tract) wizard is now auto-calculated based on your detailed cruise entries. The volume will be updated if the units of measure (UoM) on all the cruise details are (1) all the same and (2) equal the volume UoM on the block(tract). If any the units of measure (UoM) on the cruise details are not equal to the UoM on the block(tract), the volume on the block(tract) will NOT be updated. Also, if there are no cruise details (or they sum to zero), the volume on the block(tract) will not be updated.
Menu item to filter blocks in grid	Blocks/Tracts	There is a handy new menu item, Setup \| Blocks (Tracts) \| Seek, which allows you to quickly look up one or more blocks/tracts quickly without having to load the entire Block (Tract) setup grid. This feature is particularly useful for users with quite long block (tract) lists. Note: the wildcard character for a search is the percent (%) sign.
Multiple landowner checkbox	Blocks/Tracts	This feature is particularly useful for U.S. users who need to pay multiple landowners in connection with each load slip. For more information on this feature, see the Special Features section of our Support web page area. www.caribousoftware.com/Support_Special_Features.asp
Allow for payment of per ton rates by mileage zones	Blocks/Tracts	This feature is useful for anyone who has truck pricing by the ton (or cut and haul pricing, for that matter) based on mileage zones. For example, suppose there is a table of per-ton rates based on mileage increments: if travel under 40 miles, pay $10 per ton; if travel 41-50 miles, pay $12 per ton; if travel 51-60 miles, pay $13 per ton, etc. If that is the case, the user can: Set the rate sheet up in the table step_rate_1. (Must be done thru Access -- there is no interface for it currently) Add Step_Rate_3 into the Setup \| Pay Basis list. (It will be type 4 by definition.) Set the pay rate up for the payee to be $0 per Step_Rate_3. The system will then go to the rate sheet when it attempts to pay using this pay basis. It will interpret the Lower Bound in the step_rate_1 table as distance and compare that to the distance on the load slip. It will find which lower bound is applicable for the current load, and will assume that the rate is a PER TON rate. The vendor statements will show as having a pay basis of per ton. The setup for this functionality is somewhat complex -- please call us if you want to make use of it.
Make Invoice Calculator check for tickets with no revenue	Calculator	The Full Invoice Calculator will now alert users if they have any tickets where there is no revenue record generated at all for a given ticket. (This feature does NOT work with the incremental invoice calculator or the Recalc button on the load ticket.) This feature is particularly useful for U.S. users who use Logger's Edge to reconcile revenue on a ticket-by-ticket basis.
Allow incremental calculators to be run for any date range	Calculators	The incremental calculators can now be run for a date range that is broader than a specific pay period. For example, this feature is helpful for updating all loads on an entire block/tract. You must still initially select a pay period, but then you can choose whatever date range you want to apply.
Changes to FTP	File Management	The Send to FTP feature will now work for SQL users (Historically, it has only worked for Access users.)
Daily Work Order Module	New Feature	There is a new module available in The Logger's Edge to manage Daily Work Orders. This module will be of particular interest to users who have operations in the Oil Patch. The module can be enabled as part of the Logger's Edge, or can be used as a stand-alone application. If you work on oil patch jobs and need to submit daily work orders, this may be the solution for you. Contact us for more details.
Auto insert pay periods	Setup	There is a new feature under File \| System Configuration on the Payment tab that lets you auto-create pay periods. You can make them weekly, biweekly, monthly or semi-monthly. This is particularly handy at the start of the year when you want to set up all your pay periods for the year.
Ability to print checks from The Logger's Edge	Statements	The Logger's Edge now has the ability to print checks. For more information, see the document on Check Printing in the Special Features section of our Support website area www.caribousoftware.com/Support_Special_Features.asp
Print GA Timber Tax Forms automatically	Statements	This function allows the user to transfer the Logger's Edge Stumpage payment data to a formatted MS Word file (like the GA timber tax file) and use it to print their tax filings. Note: You must have MS Word 2003 or higher. Step 1: New GA Timber Tax Tables There are two new Tables: GA_TTAX_PRODUCT and GA_TTAX_SPECIES These tables have the species (softwood & hardwood) and the wood product categories required in the Georgia Timber Tax Report Step 2: Map each Species -> GA_TTAX_SPECIES and Product -> GA_TTAX_PRODUCT There are new fields on the C_PART_4 (Species) and C_PART_5 (Product) tables. These new fields are: GA_TTAX_SPECIES_CODE in C_PART_4 and GA_TTAX_PRODUCT_CODE in C_PART_5. These fields must be enabled. You must then map each species and product into its timber tax category. These categories are then used in the report to group the tons into each of their respective categories for the report. Step 3. Run the report (The Report # is: 320) When you run the report, there is a 'Print' button on the top right of the grid. When you click print, you will be shown a distinct list of landowners and tracts for which a report can be generated. Once you select the tracts, you are then prompted to select a directory name where the reports will be written (a MS Word file is created for each tract). The directory will be created as LoggersEdge\ReportDlls\GaTimbertax\[Your Directory Name]. When you run the report, the system makes a copy of the GA Timber Tax Word document template and fills in all the relevant information. This copy is then stored in the specified directory. You can then go into each Word document and review/edit the form. Once you are satisfied that the data are correct, you can then print each document form MS Word. Notes: (1) The MS word default template is installed at: LoggersEdge\ReportDlls\GaTimbertax\GaTTax0.doc Do not destroy or rename this file or else the Timber Tax forms will not be created. (2) The report makes use of the tract description field to fill in the Legal Land description (in the location field). The user should utilize this field as the legal land description; otherwise the report will need to be edited. (3) Acres. There is a field in the timber tax report for acres. This field is populated using Float 1 on the tract (block). If you are not using this field for that purpose, the report will need to be edited.
Make the pay units in grid statements have configurable decimal points	Statements	The number of decimals for pay units (load pay only) is now configurable. The number of decimals is set in EDIT_DATA_SETUP Table for the PAY_WEIGHT column. This feature only works for load pay - it does not work for hours/prod/misc. etc. This feature works for employee statements, vendor statements and invoices. This feature only works in the 'grid' presentation of the statement; it does not work in the formatted 'Crystal Report' statements. The pay units on the Load Payments tab of the Load Ticket Form also uses this decimals setting. The default setting is 2 decimals -- Meaning if you like 2, then you do not have to do anything.
More columns on the grid views for statements	Statements	For load pay, you can now have 10 configurable columns in your statements. The 10 columns is an increase in the limit from 8. The new limit applies for vendor pay, for employee pay and for invoices. The limit does not apply to the formatted 'Crystal Report' versions of the statements -- it only applies to the 'Grid View' version of the statements. This new limit only applies to LOAD pay.
Adopt Banker's Rounding Rule for data displayed in grids	Statements	We have adopted a 'round to even' approach (also known as banker's rounding) for purposes of displaying data in the grids throughout the software. (See below for an explanation.) The former rounding rule was that values of 1-4 were rounded down, and values of 5-9 were rounded up. For example, 4.565 was formerly rounded to 4.57, and 4.564 was formerly rounded to 4.56 when displaying two decimal places within the grid. This rounding imposes a slight bias upwards. The 'round to even' rule is a more neutral approach and is explained below. It is identical to our old rule EXCEPT in cases where there is not a clear reason to round up or down. That is, it's identical to our old rule except when the value to the right of the digit you are rounding to is exactly five, e.g. 4.015. Examples of the round to even rule: 4.014 rounds to 4.01 (because the number in the thousandth's place is less than or equal to 4) 4.016 rounds to 4.02 (because the number in the thousandth's place is greater than or equal to 6) 4.015 rounds up to 4.02 (because the number in the thousandth's place is exactly 5, and the number in the hundredth place is ODD) 4.045 rounds down to 4.04 (because the number in the thousandth's place is exactly 5, and the number in the hundredth place is EVEN) 4.04501 rounds to 4.05 (because the number in the thousandth's place is not exactly 5 (or 500, in this case). Rather the number is (501). Thus, in this case, 4.04501 is clearly closer to 4.05 than it is to 4.04, so we round it to 4.05
Alberta OT with configurable month start date	Timeslips	Logger's Edge now allows monthly overtime rules to be calculated using offset months rather than calendar months.
Make conversion factors work even if only reciprocal conversion is set up	Blocks/Tracts	The system will now allow you to set up their conversions with the From and To measures either way. That is, no matter how the Basic Setup setting is set (wt/volume or volume/wt), you can enter their conversions as either FROM LBS to TON (as an example) or from TON to LBS. Statements configured to show the conversion factor will show it if it's used to calculate the pay weight. The display of the conversion factor will be governed by the basic setup item. For example, if the basic setup item indicates wt/volume, then that is how the conversion will be displayed on the statement, even if you set up the factor as a volume to weight factor in the conversion setup grid.
Customer Pay Periods - Rationalized Code for Speed	Calculators	We have modified the underlying logic for customer pay periods to make the processing more efficient in the calculators
Vendor Pay Calculators - Only process vendors with activity in the period	Calculators	We have modified the logic in the vendor pay calculator so that the system now processes only vendors who have transactions in that period. This change in logic streamlines the processing for users with long vendor lists
Control array element 4 does not exist - add new revenue contract	Contracts	Fixed bug (control array index 4 does not exist) in version 4.5.8 that occurred when adding a revenue contract for users configured to use the sleek block setup.
Make Equipment Charge Outs work with NONE equipment	Equipment	This function now allows equipment charge out rates to work with the 'NONE' equipment unit. In prior versions, a specific unit number had to be selected for the equipment; no wildcarding of rates based on equipment was allowed
Make filter retain settings upon deletion of information in grid	Grid	The Excel-like filter available in the split-view windows will now retain your settings when you add or delete entries.
Update the Save logic when using the search by ticket	Loadslips	The Save button (in the Loads grid) is now programmatically 'clicked' when you click the 'Search by Ticket' button, thereby saving your changes. Previously, program did not save a pending change in the grid when you clicked the Search button.
Change to the updating logic for the "amount" field in the loadslip revenue window.	Loadslips	The amount field on the Load Revenue grid will be updated to the Expected Revenue amount when the user enters a Y in the Paid in Full column AND the amount field is $0. Prior versions of the system did not check for a $0 amount prior to updating the amount field, thereby overwriting previously entered data.
Extended overload miscellaneous records being deleted by opposite customer pay periods.	Loadslips	We have fixed an issue that arose for users using extended overload functionality in conjunction with customer pay periods. With this latest release, overload fines for one pay period type are no longer being deleted when the opposite pay period type is run.
Volume Error on Reversal	Loadslips	We have fixed the logic for the reversal ticket feature so that the system now enters a negative sign in front of the Scaled Volume and Net Scale values for the Reversal loads
Invoice number in Loadslips Revenue Grid	Loadslips	The invoice number has been added to the loadslips revenue grid (configurable, must be added manually) that will allow you to see the invoice number for the load.
Modify Save Logic on Load Revenue window	Loadslips	The program will now only recalculate load revenue if the current value in the revenue cell is zero. This change applies to the load revenue grid. If you want the program to recalculate the revenue, then you must first reset the load revenue to zero, and then key in your rate and pay units.
Enhance Selection criteria on Load Revenue report & Deliveries by Destination reports	Reports	The Load Revenue Report (#606) now allows the user to group by destination, and then by truck (rather than simply by truck). The Deliveries by Destination report (#116) also has a new check mark that will allow the user to display trucking revenue.
Modify Load Deliveries rpt to include destination	Reports	The Truck Deliveries report (#601) has been modified to: a) include the block/tract as a column; and b) to allow users the option of seeing the truck deliveries by destination (and then by date, or by truck, within each destination).
Mill Settlements Reconciliation Report	Reports	The Mill Settlement Reconciliation report (#306) now has another checkbox that will allow you to run the report using date for pay instead of the actual load date.
Overload amount stored incorrectly for use in Rpt 604 with ton-hr rates	Reports	We have fixed an issue with the overloads report whereby the overload deduction amount on the report was not calculating properly for users who paid truck drivers by the tonne-hour. (The calculations on the statements themselves were accurate, but the report was not accurate in prior versions.)
Modify Deliveries by Destination report to add new box to include truck revenue	Reports	Deliveries by Destination report (#116) now allows you to display trucking revenue (i.e., revenue paid to you by the mills to which you deliver). This option is useful to users who break out trucking revenue rates separate from their logging rates.
Ability to display Truck or Driver on Invoices	Statement	Old Rule: If you selected the Truck or Driver fields to display on invoices, these fields would only be displayed if the relevant pay activity is 'Pay Like Trucking'. We have changed this so that the Truck is now displayed if selected; the Driver is now displayed if selected.
Cycle times not appearing on employee statement in certain cases	Statement	In earlier versions, the cycle time did not appear on vendor or employee statements if the vendor/employees were paid based on a percentage of load revenue where the revenue rate was a tonne-hour, ton-hour or cycle time rate. This omission has been corrected in this version.
Invoice Summary Screen	Statements	The Summary Grid views of the Employee Statement, Vendor Statement, and Invoice now show the statement # as the second column. This grid is also now printable using the File \| Print menu option.
Correction to issue of timesheet hours getting doubled in certain instances	Timeslips	When a copy is made of a pay activity that has a Time Sheet Activity Number that is greater than zero, the Time Sheet Activity Number is now set to zero. Previously, the Time Sheet Activity Number carried over to the new activity.
Alberta OT issue if non-sequential pay periods are run	Timeslips	Improved the logic in the system for Alberta users so that even if a user runs their employee pay periods non-sequentially (that is, if they run a pay period at the end of the month, and then a pay period at the beginning of the month), the overtime calculations will still apply overtime to the entries at the end of the month.
Holdbacks - Ability to avoid having them recalculated	Vendors	There is now a checkbox when you go to create a holdback that says: 'Do not recalculate existing Holdbacks' and has a default value of True. This will prevent the system from recalculating an existing holdback. If you uncheck the checkbox, the system will then recalculate the holdback as before.
Miscellaneous. Entry Anomaly in Customer Pay Periods	Vendors	We have made a small change in the logic to add miscellaneous expenses to vendors when customer pay periods are enabled and you are running the vendor calculator: Old Rule: When vendor calculator is run, only assign miscellaneous items with a revenue contract of 'NONE' to a vendor's statement When the loads calculator is run, only assign miscellaneous items whose customer (on the revenue contract) is the same as the pay period type to the vendor statement. Remember that pay period types are assigned to customers. The old rule left open the possibility of when the vendor calculator is run a miscellaneous item would not be picked up if the customer on the revenue contract has a pay period type of 'VENDORS' New Rule: When vendor calculator is run, only assign miscellaneous items with a revenue contract of 'NONE' to a vendor's statement OR [whose customer (on the revenue contract) is the same as the VENDORS pay period.] <- this is the new part When the loads calculator is run - There is no change.
Managing Advances	Vendors	Users can now deactivate advances even if the advance has been added to a statement and the statement has been posted.

Release Notes Version 4.5.6 through 4.5.8

Item	Release Note
Save column width settings in grid	If a user resizes columns in the �split view� window (e.g., loadslip window, time slip window, miscellaneous window, employee setup, etc), those column resizings are now saved. The next time the user brings up that window, the resizings will be saved.
Resizing of Wizards	Wizard windows can now be maximized (and minimized) using the standard Microsoft Windows �maximize icon� in the top right corner of the window for ease of data entry and selection.
Equipment Costs, by Account	There is a new report called �Equipment Costs, by Account� that allows you to display expenses for one or more equipment units for a particular account code (or set of account codes), such as Fuel, or Tires. (Report #510)
Ad Hoc Vendor Statement RPT files and dates	Ad hoc vendor statements now display the relevant start and end dates.
Pay Drivers by Cycle Time	Users can now pay Drivers (or anyone else) by the Cycle Time set up on the Block. The pay basis CYCLE_TIME (#16) must be enabled in order to set up rates. This entry has been added by an upgrade, but it is set to inactive by default. Call a Caribou representative if you would like to enable this new pay basis.
New Report: Block Hourly Cost Summary	This new report is particularly useful for Canadian users who wish to summarize hourly costs and productivity on a block. The report allows you to analyze your (1) production per hour and (2) cost per unit of production using your fully founded rates. This report is similar to Report #134 (Block Hourly Costs), but works nicely even if you don�t track the equipment for all phases of operation on all blocks. (Report #160)
Truck Costing - Mirror Contractor Pay	There is a new Basic Setup setting that allows users with their own trucks to �cost� their trucks as if they were paid the same as a contract trucker. See the documentation on our website for more details: http:// www.caribousoftware.com/ Support/ SPECIAL_FEATURES/ HowTo_CosttrucksLikeContractors.asp
New Report - Truck Costs as PCT of Revenue	There is a new report (Report #623) that is particularly helpful for companies that own their own trucks. The report allows users to see all costs associated with their own trucks (labor costs as well as any miscellaneous costs entered against the truck) relative to the revenue generated by the truck. For more information, see the documentation on our web site for report #623.
New Report - Equip Costs as PCT of Revenue	There is a new report (Report #509) that is particularly helpful for companies that own their own equipment units. The report allows users to see all costs associated with their own equipment and labor costs as well as any miscellaneous costs entered against the equipment) relative to the revenue generated by the equipment unit. Revenue is based on equipment hours multiplied by the equipment charge-out rate (whether or not the equipment hours are, in fact, charged out). For more information, see the documentation on our web site for report #509.
Cost Trucks by Dist Wt	There is now a weight code field on the truck cost table and worksheet that allows you to specify the weight type (Tons or Tonne) that is to be used in the truck cost calculation. This change means that you can now select Dist_Wgt as a basis for costing company trucks.
Show ticket reversal button always	There is a new button that appears on the load slip called "reversal." (This button used to be available only if you were set up to use the "Posting" functionality in the Logger's Edge.) This button can be used if you have paid for a ticket in a prior period, and you now learn that there was a mistake on the ticket, so that in this period, you need to reverse the original payment for that prior ticket, and issue the correct amount in this period. When you click this button, the software will create two additional tickets associated with the ticket number you are reversing. The original ticket will remain untouched. The first ticket will have a "-RVRS" appended to the original ticket number. It will be identical to the original ticket with 3 exceptions: a) it will have a negative load count and distance that is equal and offsetting to the load count and distance on the original ticket; b) it will have a weight and volume that are negative and offsetting relative to the original ticket; and c) the date for pay will be set to the date you clicked the reversal button. This date for pay will ensure that the reversing ticket is processed in the current period, even though the ticket was from a prior period. The second ticket will have a "-CORR" appended to the original ticket number. It will be identical to the original ticket with one exception: its date for pay will be set to the date you clicked the reversal button. This date for pay will ensure that the correcting ticket is processed in the current period, even though the ticket was from a prior period. You should make the correction to this ticket so that it is processed with the correct payment. The result of this reversal process is that the original ticket and its payment will be left intact, there will be an offsetting payment in the current period, and a correcting ticket in this period as well.
Make Floats work on Time Slip entry form - Type 2 window	For users who use the timesheet window that allows for "grid" entry, there is now the ability to add "float items" (which allow you to segment down time, travel time, etc. from the main productive hours) into the grid itself. This new feature helps reduce the number of rows that need to be entered in any given time sheet: down time, maintenance, travel, etc. can now be entered as columns in the grid, rather than as separate rows.
Deposit Report and Revenue on Load Tickets	For users who use the load revenue entry window to enter revenue on a ticket by ticket basis, you can now have multiple revenue entries for a load / contract / activity combination. There is now a column for check # so that the user can record the individual checks containing revenue for the same load ticket.
Time Entry Window - error in type ahead functionality	We have fixed an error introduced in the version 4.5 series that rendered the �Type Ahead� feature for narrowing time slips to a particular employee unusable in the time slip entry window. The �Type Ahead� feature now works for bringing up time slips for a particular employee.

Previous Versions Release Notes: Version 4.3.1 through 4.5.5:

Release Notes Version 4.5.1 through 4.5.5

Item	Release Note
New switch for duplicate ticket checking	The standard duplicate ticket prevention rule is to preclude entry of a ticket with the same ticket # + date + destination as another ticket. Some users requested that the rule be more stringent. Specifically, they wanted the ability to prevent entry of two tickets with the same ticket # + tract/block + destination. If you'd like the more stringent setting invoked, let us know.
Ability to Pay Based on Steps Rates	The system now has the ability to pay based on a set of step rates. The most common way of implementing this functionality is when paying trucks a certain rate per load for trips that are of a certain length (e.g., 40-60 miles), and another rate per load for trips that are of another length (e.g., 61-80 miles).
Ability to set overtime rules by employee	The system now allows you to set up two sets of overtime rules and to assign employees to one or the other of the two sets of rules.
Ability to Delete User Defined Reports	Users can now delete a user defined report.
Block Wizard now allows decimals in distance field	The distances grid in the block setup wizard now uses the decimals in edit data setup to determine how many decimals to show in the grid.
Enhancements to Overloads Functionality	The overload feature has now been extended to allow users to associate different fines schedules with different mills. Additional documentation is forthcoming.
Vendor Statement Updates	We have modified the vendor statement formats for users who pay by the tonne-hour (common in Canada) so that the vendor statements will show the cycle time and the tonnage, and the tonne-hour pay rate for each load.
Speed Up Cut and Paste	The copy and paste feature that allows you to edit numerous rows in the grid at a time now works much faster than earlier versions.
Pay by Net Volume	Of particular interest to users who deal in both gross and net board footage: there is now another field available on the load slip to allow you to record and pay upon a gross (or net) scale volume, in addition to the scale volume field that already existed in earlier versions.
Flag for Tree/Volume versus Volume/Tree	For Canadian users: There is now a setting that allows you to enter the trees / volume ratio for the block (instead of the standard volume / tree). The reports that, by default, show the volume / tree ratio will now show the value as trees / volume when the new setting is enabled. (The setting must be enabled by an administrator in the Basic Setup Window on the Blocks tab. The setting is called Use Tree Count per Volume.)
Modified Load Value Pay Logic	Users who pay based on a percent of load value (somewhat common for timber dealers) can now calculate the load value by using either the revenue calculated by The Logger's Edge, or the revenue entered manually during the revenue reconciliation process.
Enhancements to Cull Treatment: Pay by Cull using Cull Field on Load Ticket	This feature will be of particular interest to US users who have to track cull on each load, and deduct pay for the cull. We have modified the program so that if you are paid a positive, but lower RATE for the cull amount on the load ticket, you no longer have to enter the cull amount as a separate ticket. Instead, you can now set up the rate that is applicable to the cull amount separately from your base rate from the mill. In addition, if are not paid at all for the cull amount, but you want the cull amount to show up as a separate line item on your settlements, you should also consider using this new feature. For more information see the Cull document in the Special Features section of our web site under the Loads Section. The document is called Pay Cull at a Separate Rate.
Enhancements to Revenue Reconciliation Process	For users that use our mill settlement reconciliation process, we've enhanced the way that the load revenue window works to make it immediately visible that you have been paid an amount for a ticket that is not consistent with the amount the Logger's Edge says is owing to you. For more information on this feature, see the Special Features section of our website. There is a document called Reconcile Mill Settlements that explains the feature in more detail.
GST Can Now Be Included on Production Advances	GST is now calculated for production advances and advance collections.
Negative Rate Interaction with a Minimum Pay	Logging companies with separate, but related trucking entities often have to set up both positive and negative rates mirrored rates for trucking so as not to distort their Tract P&L reports. This positive/negative rate approach worked well except in cases where users set a minimum payment for their truckers. In earlier versions, the minimum payment was not being applied properly to the negative payment. This version now invokes absolute value logic so that the minimum works correctly on both the positive and negative rates.
Fixed Problem with Right-mouse click on Block/Tract Setup	We introduced a very handy right mouse click feature in the block/tract setup right-mouse in version 4.5.0. With this version, we corrected an obscure error in that feature. You can now right mouse click to your heart's content.
Primed Database Routine Now Removes Miscellaneous Items Assigned to Inactive Blocks/Tracts	The database priming routine will now remove miscellaneous entries associated with blocks/tracts that you have inactivated prior to completing the priming process.

Release Notes: Version 4.5.0

Item	Release Note
Advance set-up	(1) On Demand advance. This new type of advance is issued to a vendor and then collected in some future pay period. The collection of the advance may be timed to some event or completion of some activity. The collection of the advance is handled manually and can be set for any date or amount that you choose. (2) Production advance. This new type of advance is issued to a vendor and then collected in the future as loads are delivered. For example you might advance a contractor $50,000 and then collect it back at a rate of 25% of the pay he is otherwise due for loads he worked on. Another example might be a landowner who you advance $50,000 for stumpage prior to harvesting. You might then reduce your stumpage payments to the landowner at a rate of 25% until the principal amount of the advance had been collected. The Logger's Edge has an automated way of collecting advances against contractor pay statements. (3) 'Mid-month' advance. This existing type of advance involves making an advance in the middle of the month to a contractor for work already performed. For example, you might advance a contractor 80 percent of the pay he would be otherwise due at the 15th of the month. At the end of the month, you would calculate his entire pay for the whole month and then remit to him that amount less the amount advanced on the 15th.
Construction - Bid Module	Logger's Edge has a new Module available for Construction Work. Previously construction work could be tracked in Logger's Edge using Time/Material based revenue contracts. The Logger's Edge allows you now to set up a job that is a construction project, prepare an estimate and budget for the job, and then track your time and materials in performing the job. You can also prepare invoices for the customer for whom you are doing the work. Contact a Caribou Representative for information on activating this module.
Vendor Statement Configurability	With Version 4.5, the employee and vendor statements that are prepared by The Logger's Edge can be configured to meet the majority of your business needs. You can dictate how load-based, hourly-based, production-slip-based, and miscellaneous payments appear on your statements. The load-based settings apply to both the grid view of the statements, and the crystal report view. The other configuration settings (hourly, production-slip-based, and miscellaneous) only apply to the grid view of the statements. Generally, a Caribou support representative will be involved to help you with the configuration process. For each of the three basic types of statements: (1) Employees, (2) Vendors, and (3) Invoices, you can select the data items that will appear on your statement, the order in which they will appear and any sub-totals (both in the grid view, and to some degree in the crystal reports as well). For each basic type of statements (employee, vendor, invoices), you can have multiple formats. For example, within the vendor statement type, you may want to have a statement format for your loggers, one for your landowners, and one for everyone else.
Display Dist-Wt payments on statements	There is a new section in the statements for loads paid by distance weight. This can be activated by your Caribou representative.
Right mouse click support for blocks, pay contracts, revenue contracts	When in the Block(tract), Payment Contract or Revenue Contract grid you can now right click on the row number of the contract or block(tract) and get a pop menu that will allow for direct editing of rates, distances, and conversions. This will allow editing without having to go through the wizard.
1099 Report	We now have a report that contains the required information for filling out a "1099'.
Updates to the User defined Reports	The user defined report utility now has a column that allows you to suppress totals for items that are being grouped. This will eliminate some of the redundancy in the totals that can be seen in the user defined reports.
User Defined Reports to allow calculations on groups	The user defined report functionality has been modified to allow calculations on a group. Please refer to the User defined Report document for details.
Pay minimum based on Distance	A distance threshold field has been added to the arte table for distance-weight rates. If the load distance is under the distance threshold the minimum amount is paid but if the load is equal to or greater then the distance threshold the amount is determined by the rate times the distance. Also if you have the Distance Threshold Field enabled on the rate table a warning is issued if the load has a distance of 0.0. The system will still calculate pay as the Pay Minimum amount.
Ad Hoc Statements	For users who make use of ad hoc statements we have added some new functionality: 1. For Ad-Hoc statements that overlap another Ad-Hoc statement: when viewing in the grid records that are on another Ad-Hoc Statement that is not posted will show up in Pink. This means that the records are being ""stolen"" from another statement and will no longer show up on the original statement. 2. For those who have posting enabled: when a statement is generated that has previously posted records, these records will appear green and WILL NOT be included in the printed statement. 3. For records that have been previously posted and unposted they may appear orange on subsequent statements. Records that appear orange have been posted on a statement, then appeared green on another statement, then were unposted from the original statement. It should be noted that the ""orange"" scenario would rarely occur.
Correct Date Outs Prior to Date Ins Upon Load Import	A warning is now displayed if the system imports a load that has a date&time out which is prior to the date&time in.
Load Count Field Usage	The load count field on the load ticket is now used in the reports.
Log Inventory Module	In the Cutting Edge and Logger's Edge there is a special feature to manage your log inventory in a sort yard or log yard. The Inventory function allows you to add to your inventory based on the loads delivered to a destination, deplete your inventory based on loads delivered to another destination (or volume consumed by a mill), and close your inventory based on a certain closing date.
Revenue activity code to be used for % LD revenue payments	Logger's Edge can now pay on a % Load basis for an activity (such as trucking) that differs from the activity associated with the revenue received (such as harvesting). This feature is especially useful for users who pay truckers a % of the overall harvesting rate they receive from the mill.
Make Month Start a Basic Setup Item for Overtime Rules	For the monthly overtime threshold rules the user (in Basic Setup and System Configuration) can now set the day that the month will start - e.g. entering a 3 will mean a month runs from January 3rd to February 2nd.
Requested change to hourly employee statement for tree counts	The total earnings on the Hourly employee statement will now include earnings for both Tree counts and hourly work. Contact a Caribou Representative to enable this report.
Disable date warnings setting in Basic Setup	There is now a setting 'Disable Date Warnings' in the system configuration that allows users to turn off date checking on saving loads, time details, etc..
Add Non-Work Time as setting equip to NONE on Time Slip	In the Multiple Activity Time slip , Logger's Edge has been changed it so that if you enter a type of time that is 'NON WORK' (personal time, vacation, et al) the Equipment will now Default to NONE.
Add WCB number to Vendor Statement	There is now an available column on the vendors table that is called WCB_NUMBER. When this column is enabled (it is not enabled by default), you can enter the vendor's WCB number and it will appear on the generic vendor statement.
Limit ticket entry based on tract setup	There is now some error checking when saving a load slip. This is to catch some errors before the calculators. A load slip save is prevented if you save a load with attributes that are not set up in the Cruise for the Block. This is controlled by a new basic setup item.
Hourly Rate on the time slips	You can have the hourly rate appear on the timeslips. It is activated with a basic setup item
Problems with time import - children not attached to parents	For users of the multiple activity timesheet when an export/import of timesheets is done the multiple activities are now exported and imported.
User Defined Reports to allow calculations on groups	The user defined report functionality has been modified to allow calculations on a group. Please refer to the User defined Report document for details.
Add the Job Code to the Equipment Slips	The Job Code field can now be added to the equipment slips
Pay by Chargeable Hours	There is a new column on Time Details, Time Details Equipment & Time Details Contractors called 'CHARGEABLE_HOURS'. When this column is enabled, your invoice calculator will determine revenue based on chargeable hours (not actual hours). This is only used for Invoices. This would be used when you want to bill your customer a different amount of time that what was actually worked.
Truck Mileage entry allow 0 on odometer readings	The start and end odometer reading can now be left at zero and a mileage directly entered into Logger's Edge. There is a toggle that allows this to apply to all trucks.
Benefits and Percentage payments	Benefit payments can now be proportioned by the percentage to pay out on the load ticket. For example if you had a load where you had split the bunching payment 40/60 between two contractors, Logger's Edge will now proportion the benefit payment 40/60 as well.
Payroll Item on Misc Expenses	Employee misc. items can now be related to a payroll item. The payroll item column determines if the misc. item is a payroll (BONUS) or if it was a reimbursement (Meals, Travel, ext). Payroll items and non payroll items will be included in different sections of the employees statement.
Enabled posting on the grids	The posting function is now done in the grid as opposed to the statement.
Leave valid Rev Contract if Block Changes	When changing a block reference in time entry and production entry the revenue contract would be wiped out even though it was an applicable contract. Now when a block reference is changed the revenue contract will remain the same if it is an applicable contract.

Release Notes: Version 4.4.13 through 4.4.20

Item	Release Note
New Pay Statement Reports	The Reporter now contains a new submenu item under the Statements menu item called Pay Reporting. This new feature allows users to run reports on vendor pay, employee pay, or revenue over any date range (not simply by pay period). Users have the option of selecting one or more blocks/tracts, one or more destinations, one or more vendors, and one or more activities. These reports are useful, for example, for showing how much money a particular vendor or employee has been paid over the course of the year for a particular activity.
Ad Hoc Pay Calculators	This feature allows users to calculate retroactive payments to contractors or employees for loads delivered in prior periods. These retroactive payments need to appear on the current period's statement. This feature is useful for passing on fuel adjustments or retroactive rate changes related to prior loads, but to issue the payment in the current period. This feature can be enabled for an additional $550.
IFTA Module	This feature is useful for companies operating their own trucks in multiple states and/or provinces. The feature allows users to enter fuel purchases and mileage by state/province, and to generate a report containing the information needed for inclusion on the IFTA quarterly fuel tax filing. This feature can be enabled for an additional $250.
User Defined Reports - Print Date Range Selection on Report	User-defined reports now include the date selection criteria at the bottom of the report.
Basic Setup Changes Now Do Not Require a Program Restart	The program no longer needs to be restarted for basic setup changes to take effect.
Make the User Defined Report Title use the Report Name	User-defined reports now use the Report Name in the Header Title.
Make SQL Back-ups Work for Terminal Services	For clients using SQL databases (rather than Access), back-ups can now be performed through the software while logged on using Terminal Services.
Update the Distance Field in Similar Fashion to Volume Field	When you add or edit distances for destinations on a block/tract, the wizard will prompt you (upon save of the block/tract) to update the load tickets relating to the block / destination combinations with the newly input distance. (Users who use this feature should get in the habit of setting up distances for all destinations to which they deliver, even if they need to set the distance to 0 until they receive the actual information. Otherwise, upon save of the block/tract wizard, the system will present a warning message for each ticket whose destination does not have any entry in the distances grid.)
Georgia Timber Tax Report	There is a new report now available for Georgia users to automate the tabulations required for the Georgia Timber Tax Report. If you are interested in having this feature enabled (for an additional $250), please contact a Caribou Support representative.
Load Revenue Tab Added to Load Slip Grid	This feature will be particularly valuable to users who key their revenue information on a load-by-load basis upon receipt of settlements from the mill. You can now use the load slip grid and its corresponding filtering capabilities to speed the data entry. For example, you can set the date range to dates that correspond to your mill settlement, you can use the new Excel-like filter to select a specific destination, and then use the �group by� drop-down to group tickets by species/product.
Add Volume Per Hour on Reports 104 -110	These reports are particularly useful for users that track Tree Counts on their time slips. This new column provides an estimate of productivity (that is estimated volume produced per hour harvested) where the estimated volume is based on the tree counts and volume per tree ratio set up on the block/tract. The reports have also been modified to use the full-founded equipment rates rather than the standard equipment costing rates.
Update the Ticket Number in the Load Revenue Table when the Ticket is Changed on the Load	The ticket number on the load revenue window now reflects the ticket number from the load itself when that ticket number is updated. (In earlier versions, the ticket number displayed in the revenue window did not reflect edits.)
On Vendor Statements, Put in Truck# for �Is Pay Like Trucking� Activities.	The vendor statements now show the truck # for both the Trucking Activity as well as any activities that are flagged as �Is Pay Like Trucking.�
Block Production Versus Budget Report (#147)	This feature is relevant for Canadian users. The system now has the ability to add hourly equipment rates on a block-by-block basis for use in conjunction with this report. This report allows users to monitor your production progress for a block on a phase-by-phase basis relative to your productivity targets.
Block Equipment Performance Against Budget	This report is relevant for Canadian users. The report is a complement to report #147, but includes costing information so that you can compare your actual machine hours and costs within a block by phase with your targeted (budgeted) performance.
Make Hourly Rate Display on the Time Slips an Optional Feature	Users now have the ability to control whether the hourly rate payable in connection with the time slip is displayed in the time slip window or not. (Some users like it hidden from the data entry window for confidentiality reasons, while others like it enabled as a double-check of their data entry.)

Release Notes: Version 4.4.5 through 4.4.12

Item	Release Note
1. Add Pay Tab to load slip with pay record & statement #	There is a new tab on the loadslip window that will show all payments issued in connection with that specific ticket.
2. Ability to handle light loads	The system now allows users to set up minimum weights for each truck, and to flag certain destinations as paying based on the minimum thresholds for loads that weigh less than the minimum. The system will then use the topped up weight as the pay basis for those destinations. Note: if you import your load tickets, you can simply import the top up weight from the mill, and then use that value for payment and revenue calculations.
3. Load Grid can now be filtered on Pay Date (new checkbox)	Users now have the option of calling up load tickets in the ticket window grid listing based on either date out or date for pay.
4. New Filter on Load Ticket & Other Windows	There is a new Excel-like Auto Filter on all split-view windows, including the load ticket window and time ticket windows. This filter is great for limiting a list of entries based on one or more attributes that appear in the columns of the grid. To invoke the filter, simply click on the new button with a down-arrow in the top left corner of any grid. That button will place an extra row in the grid. The extra row will have drop-downs for each column showing a distinct list of entries for that column. You can select a particular entry in the drop-down list to filter your list of data to just those rows that have the selected attribute. To hide the auto-filter and restore your data to the full list view, simply click again on the new drop-down button in the top left corner of the grid window. That should remove the filter row from the grid.
5. Priming (creating new database) based on active blocks	When a user creates a new database for the new season/year (that is, when they create a primed database), they are now able to carry forward transaction information for certain blocks that were not completed in the prior year. To do so, the user should deactivate all blocks in the current database that they do NOT want ported forward. They should then run the File \| Database Operations \| Create Primed Database routine. This action will create a copy of the current database for the new year, clean out all transactional information (time sheets, load slips, payments, etc) associated with the deactivated blocks, but will retain the transactions associated with the active blocks. One the priming is complete, the user will most likely want to switch back to last year's database, and reactivate the blocks so that they can still do historic reporting in last year's database. In the new database, the user is free to reactivate all blocks and delete those that they no longer wish to retain. Warning to user: all calculators must be current/up to date BEFORE you begin the priming process. Calculators should not be run in the new database because overtime calculations may be incomplete if worker time in a given period was spent on a block that was not carried forward, and one that was.
6. Improve speed of grid loading for large rate grids	The rate grids available in the wizard (revenue rate grids and payment rate grids) will now load much faster than in prior versions. This performance improvement will be particularly noticeable for users who have many, many rows in a single rate grid.
7. Add Service Meter, Qty, and Product to Misc Expense table	The miscellaneous expense window (contractors) has additional fields that can be enabled. These fields are: service meter reading, quantity, and product. These fields are most helpful for users that record their fuel bills, or other fluid expenses through the Logger's Edge. They can now indicate the service meter reading when the expense was incurred, and they can indicate the number of gallons, litres, etc. of fuel or other fluids associated with a particular expenditure.
8. Ability to Copy Equipment Costing Worksheets	Users can now copy a cost build-up worksheet for one piece of equipment to another piece of equipment. There is now a combo box in the cost build-up worksheet itself that allows the user to copy the contents of the worksheet to the newly selected unit.
9. Send Caribou your Database via FTP	There is now a new menu item available for use by users with an Access database to post their database directly to our ftp site. The menu item is File \| Database Operations \| Send Database to Caribou (FTP).
10. Add "search by ticket number" to load revenue entry window	There is now a ticket look-up box in the revenue entry window (Data Entry \| Loadslips \| Load Revenue).
11. Miscellaneous imports from Excel	There is a new menu item to allow users to import miscellaneous expenses from Excel. This feature is great for users who can download their fuel bills from the Internet and then import into the Logger's Edge or Trucker's Edge for reporting. It is also good for users who want to export their parts and repair bills from their accounting system and import into the Logger's Edge (or Trucker's Edge) for equipment operating expense reporting.
12. Address Reloading of Loads grid on a Cancel of a ticket	If you bring up a list of loads, and have filtered that list by the block/tract or by one of the group by items on the left part of the load ticket window, the system will remember that selection as you edit tickets in the list. (Earlier versions would re-load the whole grid based on the date range selection.)
13. Put Miscellaneous Expenses on Vendor Statement based on Appropriate Customer Pay Period	For users using the special customer pay periods functionality, miscellaneous entries will now attach themselves to the specific customer period statement based on the customer on the revenue contract to which you assign the miscellaneous entry.
14. In Hourly statements, add Miscellaneous Amounts for Contractors	The contractor hourly pay statment found under Reports \| Hourly \| Contractors will now show miscellaneous entries made if the contract worker is the only employee of the subcontractor - i.e. he is self-employed. If the worker works for a company with more than one employee, the miscellaneous entries will not be shown on this report. (They will, however, still be shown in the traditional vendor statement: Reports \| Vendor Statements.)
15. Allow use of form for add/edit in contractor misc window (as well as grid edit)	There is now a setting in the software to allow use of an entry form for miscellaneous contractor expense entries, rather than using the grid entry window. (Much like the existing load slip window, miscellaneous entries can still be edited and reviewed in the grid, but the add form allows for speedy save/add for users making numerous entries. Contact a Caribou support representative if you'd like your setting changed.
16. Modified time slip save routine so that users who cost trucks on a load basis (rather than an hourly basis) cannot save time slips for non-trucking productive activities.	The system now prevents saving a time slip where you have entered a non-trucking, productive activity for a company-owned truck, but your truck costing is based on Loads. If you need to enter hours for activities other than log hauling performed by a truck (such as lowbedding), you are advised to set up a piece of Equipment (not a Truck) that represents this Truck and enter the hours for that alternate piece of equipment. Note: this change was made so that the block costing reports would not omit the costs associated with such hours.
17. Autofill Distances if edits made in the Load Slip GRID	The software will now update the distance field when a ticket is edited in the load ticket grid. (In earlier versions, the distance field would only update if the edit was made in the actual ticket entry window itself.)
18. Make columns in revenue & payment contract rate grids correspond to fields on load slip	The revenue and pay contract rate grids in the rate setup wizards will now only show those load ticket attributes that are enabled on the load slip itself.




New Reports and Changes to Existing Reports
1. Truck Deliveries Report - Include Averages	The Truck Delivery report now include average weights by truck (report #601).
2. Truck Load Revenue Report - Handle IS_PAY_LIKE_TRUCKING revenue	The truck load revenue report now includes revenue not only from the Trucking activity, but also from any other activity that is checked as Is Pay Like Trucking under the Setup \| Pay Activities menu item.
3. New Report - Truck Statistics	There is a new truck statistics report that shows the number of loads per day by truck, the average weight per load for the truck, the average amount by which it falls short of its maximium allowable weight, its total revenue, and its revenue per hour, based on cycle times set up in the system. (#616.)
4. New Report - Operating Costs by Account	There is a new report called Equipment Operating Expense by Account, which will allow you to view all expenses for a particular account that you set up under Setup \| Accounting \| Account Codes. By using account codes to categorize expenses into groups (e.g., fuel, parts, tires, etc), you can use this report to see how much you are spending in a particular category, and to what equipment unit those expenses are connected.
5. Add Service Meter to Truck & Equip Operating Cost reports	The Equipment Operating Cost report (#503) and the Truck Operacting Cost report (#605) will now show the service meter reading if it is enabled on either the time slip and/or the Miscellaneous Expense window. (The service meter field is a new field on the Miscellaneous Expense table, as of Version 4.4.12.)
6. New Report: Block/Sale/Tract Statistics Report #144	We have added a new report called the Block (or Tract/Sale) Statistics report (#144). It provides a nice snapshot of activity on the block/tract/sale. It should be useful for all users, but will be especially useful for those users who use different units of measure to track deliveries from the same origin (e.g., mbf to some mills and tons/tonnes to others). Specifically, the report shows: - Total and average volume delivered to each destination, broken down by type of wood. - Total # of production days on the block (which is defined as the number of days where the activity flagged as the Production Indicator (under Setup \| Pay Activities) appears on a time slip or a production slip. - Total # of days worked by each piece of equipment on the block/sale/tract.
7. New Report - Truck Operating Cost by Account (#619)	There is a new report called Truck Operating Expense by Account, which will allow you to view all expenses for a particular account that you set up under Setup \| Accounting \| Account Codes. By using account codes to categorize expenses into groups (e.g., fuel, parts, tires, etc), you can use this report to see how much you are spending in a particular category, and to what truck those expenses are connected.

Release Notes: Version 4.4

Item	Release Note	Issue #
GENERAL FUNCTIONALITY
Add new table for ""Hi-Level Phases"" - and new column in pay activity table	We have added the ability to group Pay Activities into higher-level activity groups, and have made use of these groups in certain of our business reports to make the total costs for a particular phase easier to track. For example, if you have both mechanical bunching and hand falling occurring in the same block, you can set up a Pay Activity for each, but relate each of them to a single high-level phase called ""FALLING."" Certain of the key reports that show phase-by-phase hours and costs will then provide totals per high-level phase (e.g., FALLING), with sub-totals for the individual pay activities (e.g., mechanical bunching versus hand falling). You can set up your high-level phases under the menu item Setup \| Activity Groups. Once you've set up the groups here, you can then go to your Pay Activity setup list (under Setup \| Pay Activities), and set the Activity Group Code accordingly. (The Activity Group Code will be set to NONE by default. You may leave the value equal to NONE if you do not choose to make use of the grouping feature.) The following reports make use of these new high-level activity groups: 1. Report 102 - Activity Costs, Summary, By Actual Volume 2. Report 118 - Summary, by Activity, Full Founded Cost 3. Report 131 - Block, Profit by Activity * 4. Report 134 - Block Hourly Cost * 5. Report 133 - Block Hourly Equipment Cost	7263
Is Pay Like Trucking Flag to Handle Trucking Fuel Surcharges	We have added the ability to pay phases other than trucking to the truck owner or truck driver on the load slip. This feature allows contractors to pass on a fuel adjustment per-tonne (or per m3) payment received from the mill to a contract trucker. There is a new flag on the pay activities table called IS_PAY_LIKE_TRUCKING. If you'd like this field enabled, contact a Caribou representative.	7604
New "Recalc" Pay Button in Load Slip Window	We have added a button on the load slip window that will allow you to re-calculate payment and revenue on the load slip immediately. This feature is particularly useful if you make a simple correction to a few tickets and want the payment for them corrected without re-running the full calculators.	7134
Add equipment to pay contract grid & hourly worker rate grid - different rates for same contractor for diff equipment.	We can now enable a column for equipment on the pay contracts grid so that you can pay different rates to a given contractor who owns multiple pieces of equipment, where the rate depends on the piece of equipment. Call a customer support representative if you'd like this column added. This new feature also allows a user to set up a rate differential for an operator (employee or contract worker) in the Worker Activity Rates grid that is based on the equipment that the operator is running.	6665
Revised window for doing Truck Costing & Equipment Costing	We have added entirely new cost build-up worksheets for use in building up to equipment and truck costs. Existing users who would like to make use of the new and much-improved costing worksheets should contact a Caribou support representative. We have made the new worksheets the standard for all new users.	7038
Improve the way equipment costing & utilization reporting works	We have modified the logic for equipment costing so that equipment time is costed only for productive hours. Earlier versions of the program costed all equipment time EXCEPT maintenance time, whether it was productive time or non-productive time. We have changed the logic based on client feedback so that only PRODUCTIVE equipment hours are costed. The idea behind this change is that your standard and full-found equipment cost have a certain amount of down time assumed in the rate. Thus, the equipment down time (i.e., non-productive time) should not be costed explicitly. (The operator down time will, however, continue to be costed, just as it is costed for maintenance time.) The system determines whether hours are productive or not based on the Pay Activity Type of the Pay Activity on the time slip. Most users are currently configured so that only the Pay Activity Type = 'REG PROD' is flagged as productive time. Our recommendation is that the pay activity type of 'NON PROD CHARGE' also be set to be productive time. You can check your configuration by going to the menu item Setup \| Pay Activity Types. The column ""Production Time"" is checked for all pay activity types that you currently have set to be treated as productive time. Contact a Caribou support representative if you'd like to have your production time settings modified. Notes: 1. This new logic applies to truck costing as well IF you cost trucks on an hourly basis. 2. The equipment utilization report has also been modified so that "production hours" are all hours for those pay activity types where the ""Production Time" checkbox is set to true (checked).	7662
Update Statement Details or Employee Details upon Miscellaneous Entry or Edit or Deletion	When users make miscellaneous expense entries (under the menu item Data Entry \| Expenses), the user is no longer required to rerun the calculators for the amounts to appear on the statements or on the equipment/truck operating cost reports.	7366
New "Load Count" field enabled on the load slip.	There is now a new field on the load slip window that is set to 1 by default. This field is currently used in the employee and vendor statements to provide the load counts on the statements. We added it to handle circumstances where users enter multiple tickets for a single physical load (e.g. to handle weights and attributes of two bunks on the truck). When users enter split tickets, they can now change the load count from 1 to a value less than 1 (e.g., 0.5) so that when the tickets are displayed on the vendor statement, the multiple rows representing a single physical ticket will sum to 1 load. This field is also useful if a user is creating a reversing ticket and a new correcting ticket to correct a ticket error. By setting the reversing ticket to -1 and the correcting ticket to 1, the three tickets taken together (original, reversing, correcting) will sum to 1 load. We have not made use of this new field in any reports other than the vendor statements. If you have a particular interest in having this field used in an existing report, please contact us to let us know.	7423
Add New Generic Fields to Vendor Setup Grid	We have added additional informational fields to the Vendors table. These fields were added in response to user requests for the ability to store WCB # and WCB Clearance Ltr Information. Contact a Caribou Support Representative if you'd like to have these fields enabled.	6280
Look at driver defaults when importing loads	When importing loads, the system will now check to see if there is a default driver associated with the truck on the load slip. If there is, the system will set the driver on the load slip to the default driver UNLESS there is a driver in the import file itself (in which case, the system will import the actual data rather than relying on defaults).	6774
Add ability to flag a load as NOT an overload - useful for clean-up loads	We can now add a flag to the load slip so that the user can tell the system NOT to treat a load as an overload, regardless of its weight. This field is especially useful for flagging a load as a clean-up load (a heavy load) so that it will be excluded from any overload calculations. Contact a Caribou support representative if you'd like this field enabled.	6790
Data Entry Validation of Dates Using From/To Filters on Entry Windows	In earlier versions of the system, users found it easy to accidentally enter load slips, time slips, or miscellaneous expenses with an incorrect rate. To help users catch such key entry errors, we now compare the date on the entry (load slip, time slip, or miscellaneous expense) with the ""From"" and ""To"" dates selected on the viewing grid for load slips, time slips, and miscellaneous expenses respectively. If the date on the entry is outside the From/To dates on the entry grid, the system provides a warning to the user. This feature may be irritating for some users at first, but we do believe it will help eliminate data entry errors for many users.	7030
Ability to pay employee by load where employee not entered on load slip	Earlier versions would not allow payment to an EMPLOYEE operator (e.g., loaderman, buncher, etc.) unless the employee was entered on the Activities tab of the load slip. With this version, we now allow such payment. (Earlier versions of the program allowed payment to a CONTRACTOR without the need to enter the contractor on the Activities tab of the load slip, on the assumption that the contractor would be paid for ALL load slips from the block. We simply made the treatment of Employees symmetric with that of contractors in this scenario.)	7032
Add Destination Code to Truck Overweight Functionality	The new version allows users to set up different truck weight thresholds that depend upon the destination. The Destination field is not enabled by default, so contact a Caribou support representative if you'd like this field enabled.	7105
Store settings for Ad Hoc Statements	The Ad Hoc statement selections are now stored when a statement is created. This allows the statement to be recallled (by its number) at a later date. So, you can now 'view' and print ad hoc statements without having to recreate a new one each time.	7114
New fields added to the load slip	The load slip has a new Comment field. The load slip also has a Load Count field which is used to manage the load counts on the employee and vendor statements (Crystal Reports versions), and the invoices (Crystal Report versions). This field is set to 1 by default for all loads. If you enter multiple tickets for a single truck load (for example because the load has multiple bunks that are weighed separately, or multiple species that are stick scaled), you can enter values less than one in this field so that the sum of the load counts on the ""partial tickets"" together add up to 1 load. For example, suppose you split a ticket into 2 sub-tickets that each have a different species. You might use a naming convention that appends a ""-1"" and a ""-2"" to each of the sub-tickets, and then set the load count on each ticket to ""0.5"".	7525
Make distance on load slip default to distance on block	If users set up distances to each destination from a given block/tract during the block/tract setup, this distance will be used to auto-fill the Distance field on the load slip during load slip entry. (The auto-filling only works in the ticket entry window itself; it does not currently auto-fill if edits are made in the load slip grid.) This feature is useful for people who pay by distance, or who want to track the distances on the load slip for use in the "Log Haul Cost, by Distance" report.	7583
Add IS_PAY_LIKE_VENDOR to employees.	Some users who manage a different set of pay periods for their employees versus their contractor needed the flexibility to specify that certain employees (generally employee truck drivers) be paid on the contractor schedule. To accommodate this request, we have added a field to the employee table so that users can flag an employee to have their load-based payment paid on a vendor pay period. Note: if the employee has both hourly pay and load-based payment, the hourly pay will still be process on the employee pay period, so the employee will get two statements: one containing load-based payment, which follows the vendor pay cycle, and one containing hourly and miscellaneous payment, which follows the employee pay cycle. Contact a Caribou support representative if you'd like this feature enabled.	7136
Expose Certain Basic Setup Defaults to User	We have exposed certain configuration settings to the user through a new menu selection called ""System Configuration"" under the ""File"" main menu item. This menu item allows users to control certain settings without the need for a Caribou support representative to log on as an administrator.	7141
Employee Charge-out Rate now supports NONE wildcard for rev contract	When users set up an employee charge-out rate differential under the menu item ""Setup \| Workers \| Employee Charge-Out Rates,"" they can now use the keyword NONE in the revenue contract column as a wildcard. NONE in the revenue contract column tells the system to apply the rate differential to the employee's base charge-out rate (set up under ""Setup \| Workers \| Base Pay Rates""), regardless of the revenue contract on the time slip.	7194
Add Production Activity to Time Summary Tab on Time Slip Entry Grid View	For users with production activity enabled on the load slip, we have added the production information to the summary tab of the time sheet.	7200
Progress Bar for imports	For users who import time slips, we have added a progress bar during import. Specifically, we added the progress bar to the following imports: Employee_Time, Equipment_Time, Contractor_Time, Employee_Production Contractor_Production,	7225
Throw warning when enters duplicate invoice # in Misc. Entry window	The system will now warn the user if he/she attempts to save a miscellaneous contractor expense with an invoice number that is a duplicate of another entry.	7346
Add functionality to do Reverse Conversions	This feature should only be used for those clients with 'Scaled Volume' enabled on the load slip. This feature allows you to convert the Scale Volume field on the load ticket into the Weight (Gross and Net) and the Volume fields. It can be used when you are entering your volumes manually into the Scale Volume field, but you want to estimate the weight and volume of the loads. For example, the scale volume might be in M3, but you might want to ""reverse-calculate"" weights in KGs and the volume in Tonnes. Similarly, the Scale volume might be MBF and you might want to ""reverse-calculate"" the weights in LBs and the volume in Tons.	7419
Additional import to handle import files with Pieces (rather than loads)	We have added the ability to import log detail information from a hand-held scaling file. The import works in a similar manner to the load imports --- they can be configured to work with almost any format of information, as long as the information is in a ""txt"" file. The import will group logs into summarized detail records based on the attributes (that is, ""C Parts"") that are enabled on the load slip in the system.	7422
Avg Trip Time by Destination and Short Vs Long Longs	Users can now set up average trip times on their blocks that can vary by route and truck type, and by other attributes on the load slip. Earlier versions of the software only allowed trip times to be based upon the destination. This feature is used in truck tonne-hour costing.	7426
New Overload Functionality	We have added new overload functionality that allows users to generate overload deductions in two new ways: (1) create overload deductions at a certain fixed rate per unit of weight (e.g. $012/ton or $.23/Kg) over the truck's maximum weight; and/or (2) create overload deductions based on a stepped schedule (e.g. $50 for 1-2000 lbs overloaded, $100 for 2001 to 4000 lbs, etc). In the standard overload functionality, the pay weight is reduced by the amount of the overload, thereby resulting in an effective deduction equal to the overload weight multiplied by the otherwise effective payment rate. There is only one entry - the net pay entry - that is created on vendor, employee or customer statements. The extended functionality calculates pay based on the unadjusted pay weight - it does not reduce the pay weight like the standard method does. Instead, this method creates a miscellaneous entry equal to the amount of the calculated deduction. Thus, there are two entries - the full pay for the load and a miscellaneous deduction - that are created under the extended functionality.	7429
Alternative Time Slip Window	We have made an alternative time slip window that allows a user to enter individual records for a given day all in one screen. If you'd like the revised time slip window enabled, contact a Caribou Support representative. Otherwise, your existing time slip window will continue to function as it always has.	7474
Ability to Add an Advance under Data Entry \| Advances	We have added an Add button under the Data Entry \| Advances window so that users can add a land-owner's advance directly through this window. You must have the Advances functionality enabled to have this functionality.	7511
Ability to automatically reverse & correct erroneous tickets that have already been paid	We have added the ability to automatically reverse tickets that are in error. A "Reverse" button can be added to the load slip window that will create a reversing ticket (with the original ticket number and a "-REV" appended to the end with negative weights and volumes, and another correcting ticket (with a "-COR" appended to the original ticket number). This ticket can then be edited to correct the problem with the original ticket. When payment is processed (or reports are run), the functionality has the effect of zero-ing out the original payment and creating a correcting payment. The reversal ticket has a The load count value for the reversing ticket is set to -1, and the load count value for the correcting ticket is set to 1. These load counts are used on the statements so that the reversals and corrections do not throw off the load counts in the system. Historically, users have had to create the reversing and correcting ticket manually. Contact a Caribou representative if you want this functionality enabled.	7054
New Calendar Control in Split-View Window.	We make use of a new calendar control in all split view data entry windows. (The calendar used in earlier versions did not work properly on some machines.)	7093
Loadslips should not allow date out > date in IN GRID VIEW	When a user edits a load slip number in the load edit grid, the software now checks to ensure that "Date Out" is later than "Date In." Earlier versions checked for this relationship in the ticket edit window, but not in the grid itself.	6582
Error when importing load slip activities if file has ticket not in the loadslips table	The load activities import routine now provides an error message to the user if the activities import contains a load ticket # that is not already in the system. Any load activities whose corresponding ticket number is already in the system will still be imported correctly.	6846
Correction to Primary Key violation when multiple users entered load slips concurrently.	We have corrected a "primary key" error that would sometimes occur in a multi-user environment when multiple users entered load slips simultaneously. The system should now allow multiple users to enter load slips at the same time with no errors arising during the saving process.	7073

REPORTING CHANGES
Addition of a Summary View Checkmark to User-Defined Reports	When you run a user-defined report, the selection criteria window will now have a ""Summary View"" checkmark so that users can run the report in detail or summary view.	7268
Date sort on reports instead of text sort (in crystal)	Dates in the crystal reports will now sort as a date field rather than a text field. To make this change, we needed to set the date as the first column in the statement. If you had the date included on your statements before this upgrade, you will need to go under the menu item File \| Configure Statements, and uncheck the "Date" checkmark on each of your statement formats. (Otherwise, you will have two date columns on your statements.)	6802
Resize font on vendor statements	We have created an optional vendor statement crystal report that is identical to the one in earlier versions, but uses 8 point rather than 10 point font. If you are interested in using this alternative format, please contact a Caribou Support representative.	7086
New Report Showing Vol/Hr & $/Volume by Pay Activity Group	We have added a new report under the Block menu item called ""Block Equipment Summary."" (Report #133). This report makes use of the new activity groups that we've added in version 4.4 (See Issue #7,263 for more information.) The report shows the following information on a block-by-block basis: 1. Total hours worked by each piece of equipment, by each high-level phase, and then by the activities within that phase. 2. Total volume harvested for the entire block, with a volume per hour for the high-level phase. 3. Total costs associated with each of those hours, based on the Full-Founded rate set up for each piece of equipment. 4. Total $ / volume for each high-level phase of operation. 5. Equipment available hours & utilization percentages within each block. Note that in instances where the same piece of equipment performed two activities, we prorated the down hours for the piece of equipment to the 2 activities based on each activity's share of productive hours.	7254

Summary view of Equip Utilization Rpt	We have added a summary checkbox to the Equipment Utilization Report under the ""Equipment"" menu item. (Report #501). When checked, the report will show one row for each piece of equipment with total available hours and utilization percentages for the entire date range of the report.	7262
Summary P&L changes	We have enhanced the revenue reporting on the Summary P&L report in the following ways: 1. Revenue is in now grouped into three categories: (1) Revenue from Loads; (2) All Other Revenue except Miscellaneous Income (e.g., hourly-based revenue); and (3) Miscellaneous Income (e.g., Fixed Fee Income or Miscellaneous Income associated with a Load-Based Revenue Contract). Earlier versions of the report excluded miscellaneous income altogether. 2. Miscellaneous income is now presented in one of two ways depending on the Basic setup item: GROUP_BY_MISC_ACCOUNT_FOR_REPORTS. This is the same item that governs how miscellaneous expenses will be presented. If GROUP_BY_MISC_ACCOUNT_FOR_REPORTS = 0, Miscellaneous Income is presented in one line as a lump sum. If GROUP_BY_MISC_ACCOUNT_FOR_REPORTS = 1, Miscellaneous Income is grouped by Account Code and presented a one line for each account. The default value for grouping is 0. If you'd like to have your miscellaneous income (or expenses) grouped by account code, contact a support representative to make the change for you.	6962
New Report - Block Profitability - especially useful for US users (Report #135)	We have added a block profitability report that shows one row per block and summarizes the performance of each block. It shows the start and end dates of the reports, the total load count, total volume, revenue, costs (split between stumpage/depletion costs and cut-haul costs), and average gross profitability and margins for the block.	7107
New Report - Pay Period Production and Cost Summary (Report #136)	We have added a new report that shows, by pay period, the number of loads, the volume delivered, total revenue, total costs, and average gross profit for the pay period. The report can be run in summary form (showing total counts, volumes, and dollars by pay period), or it can be run in detail form. The detail version allows users to look by tract/block/job at payment and volume fluctuations from one pay period to the next.	7573
Employee Hourly Statement Enhancements	In earlier versions, users could not have both the slip number and description on the hourly employee statement. (The report would generate an error under such circumstances.) This version supports both those fields on the hourly employee statement. (This report is located under the ""Reports \| Hourly \| Employees menu item.)	7499
Changes to Employee Hourly Report Format	We have made some modifications to the employee hourly reports (found under the menu item Reports \| Hourly \| Employees) to help fit more information on one page. Specifically, we: 1. Put the date printed in the footer of the report to help reduce the # of pages that are printed. 2. Made the printing routine recognize the column resizing that a user does in the grid prior to printing. (Please note that we are not able to control whether the report prints in landscape or portrait view.)	6600
Ad hoc statement summary button - total column just repeats the tax column	We corrected a bug in the vendor statement Summary button for users making use of Ad Hoc Vendor Statements. Earlier versions of the software repeated the Tax $ amount in the Total $ column, rather than summing the Pay Amount and the Tax Amount in the Total Column.	6772
Add Holdback and Advances to Ad Hoc Vendor Statement Grid	Holdbacks and advances will now appear in the vendor statement grid for users who have Ad Hoc Statements enabled. (Earlier versions had the items appearing in the final crystal report, but not in the grid itself.)	7483
Page break after employee in the �Daily Detail by Employee�	We have added a page break to this report for each new employee.	7347
Cruise Volume Report Modification	The Cruise Volume report has been enhanced to show the lump sum purchase price on a tract and to calculate the difference between the lump sum purchase price and the total depletions.	7594
Cruise Volume Report Modification	The Cruise Volume report (Report #130) now includes volumes delivered on a particular tract/block even if the particular combination of species/product on the load was not cruised. The actual volume for these loads will appear as extra rows in the report, with a cruise volume of zero. Note: this report is widely used by our US users.	6945
Ability to filter revenue contracts when running ad hoc invoices to exclude all contracts that are load-based.	When running ad hoc invoices, we have added a new check box that allows users to exclude load-based revenue from the invoice. This checkbox (labeled ""Exclude Load-Based"") allows users to generate an invoice for a customer that has load slip activity in the same date range as hourly activity (or fixed fee activity) without having the load revenue appear on the hourly (or fixed fee) invoice. As a result of this new functionality, users no longer need to set up a demo dummy customer when they want to create an hourly invoice for a customer to which they also deliver loads in the same period. Instead, users now have the choice of whether to include loads on the invoice or not.	7043
Portait invoice, 8 pt font, checkbox to exclude loads from invoice	Enhancements to invoices: there is now a portrait format available, and the font has been reduced to fit more information on one invoice.	7115
Tree Counts not consistently appearing on Summary P&L rpt	We have modified the Summary P&L so that the Tree Count value appears straight from the time slips, regardless of whether there is a positive vol/tree ratio on the block setup window.	7153
Enhancements to Truck Load Revenue Report	We have added the block to the Truck Load Revenue report selection criteria window (in addition to Truck). We have added a column in the report for block and now subtotal by block.	7168
Add the Block Reporting Basis (e.g., M3) to the P&L report	The Block Summary P&L report now displays the unit of measure of the volume column for each block that appears in the report.	7232
Truck Export Rpt (#613)	Logger's Edge users who have trucking contractors that use the Trucker's Edge can generate an export of the truck contractor load slip and payment information so that the Trucker's Edge user can import the information directly, without re-keying the information.	7701

Release Notes: Version 4.3.1

Item	Release Note
1. New invoice statement views	There is a new menu item for invoices that allows users to view invoices by invoice number or by customer (for multiple periods). The new menu item is located in the main program under Reports \| Invoices \| By Customer, Statement # There is also a new button in the By Pay Period view that allows users to switch periods from within the invoice grid window.
2. Truck costing based on tonne/hour	For Canadian users: The system now has the capability to cost company-owned trucks based on a tonne-hour calculation. Tonne-hours are determined for each load based on the load's tonnes multiplied by the average turn-around-time entered for the block. This average turn-around time can be adjusted at the end of the block with the actual turn-around-time. See the documentation in the Support Section of our web site, under Special Features.
3. Loads, Profitability Report changes request	We have made modifications to the Load Slips \| Loads, Profitability report to add additional load attribute columns (species, etc) and to provide a summary view of the report. The user can now also select both the tract AND destination when running the report.
4. Rpt: 131 - New Block P&L Report	We have added a new block P&L report called Block, Profit by Activity. This report provides a nice combination of the Block P&L report and the Block Activity Cost Summary report. If users break their revenue rates down into phases that match their harvesting phases, this report allows you to see profit by phase.
5. Getting Permission Denied error on imports	We have fixed the Permission Denied error that some users operating in a multi-user environment encountered when trying to import their load slips.
6. Make truck cost by distance work	Trucks can now be costed by Distance for those users who enter the distance on the load slip.
7. Add Activity field to miscellaneous income, employee & contractor grids	The miscellaneous income grid, miscellaneous employee expenses, and miscellaneous contractor expense grids (under the Data Entry main menu item) all have a new column for Pay Activity. This activity attribute is now used on Customer Invoices where miscellaneous items are charged to a customer. The activity attribute is also available now for custom reporting.
8. Take indexes off vendor statement detail table and other statement tables	We have removed some unnecessary indexes from the vendor statement table, which results in a notable improvement in the performance of the pay calculators when the same pay period is run over and over again. The removal of these indexes also reduces the frequency with which the database must be compacted.
9. Revise the multipay query to speed up processing time	The multipay query that runs at the end of each calculator has been modified to reduce the length of time it takes to run the query.
10. New Ad Hoc Invoices & Fix to Old Bug That Leaves Extraneous Invoice Header	There is a new menu item for invoices that allows users to generate ad hoc invoices. This new feature allows users to generate invoices for a given customer, a specific revenue contract (or contracts), and a specific date range. Users are no longer limited to generating invoices for a given pay period. The user selection criteria (including the customer, revenue contract, and date range selections) are saved with an invoice number so that the invoice can be reprinted at any time. See the support section of our web site under Special Features for additional documentation.
11. Put Revenue Contract on Invoices for hourly and production slip work	The revenue contract is now displayed on the summary page of invoices and is the second layer of grouping for the report, after the pay type (load slips, hourly, etc). Earlier versions of the invoices did not include the revenue contract.
12. New employee statement views (by employee, switch periods)	There is a new menu item for employees statements which allows users to view employee statements by statement number or by employee (for multiple periods). The new menu items is located in the main program under Reports \| Employee Statements \| By Employee, Statement #. There is also a new button in the By Pay Period view that allows users to switch pay periods from within the employee statement grid window.
13. New vendor statement views (by vendor, switch periods)	There is a new menu item for vendor statements which allows users to view vendor statements by statement number or by vendor (for multiple periods). The new menu items is located in the main program under Reports \| Vendor Statements \| By Vendor, Statement #. There is also a new button in the By Pay Period view that allows users to switch pay periods from within the vendor statement grid window.
14. Remove Blank Ad Hoc Statements	In earlier versions, the ad hoc vendor statements used by some users generated a vendor statement for all selected vendors, whether those vendors had pay records for the date range, blocks, and destinations selected by the user. The current version only generates pay statements for those vendors with pay records meeting the user's selections.
15. Display separate line item for GST payment vs. collection on vendor statement	On the statements we now have a separate GST line item for all amounts PAID out to a contractor, and a separate line for all amounts COLLECTED FROM (i.e., deducted from) a contractor (such as miscellaneous deductions).
16. Email to Caribou - button on the calculator error report	There is now an email to Caribou button on the calculator report window so that users needing assistance troubleshooting errors can easily send the errors in an email to Caribou.
17. Clear out an incorrect "production" portion of a time slip	Some users have production activity fields enabled on their time slip (to pay pickup allowances, etc). In earlier versions, if users had to zero out a production amount on a time slip, these zero records still needed a valid pay basis (NONE was not valid) to avoid errors during the pay calculator. Now, if the units of a production activity is set to zero on the time slip, the system will delete the underlying production slip entirely, so the user need no longer worry about the pay basis for the zero entry.
18. Should get warning if enter exact duplicates of time cards into system	When a duplicate Time slip or Production slip is entered, a warning will now appear saying that this entry is a possible duplicate. It then asks the user to confirm the entry of the slip. The warning only appears while entering slips through the data entry window. If you modify a slip through the grid, and your modification causes a duplicate, no warning will appear. Note: The duplicate check includes the description in the duplicate check. The check is NOT case sensitive.
19. Load entry window: if user wants to Add New, the Alt-A key only works if no list entries start with an A	To invoke the Add New feature for a load attribute when entering load slips, the key stroke is now a period, rather than Alt-A. (The change was made because Alt-A only worked smoothly if there were not items in the list starting with the letter A.)
20. Load Activities - "Date In" column not importing Properly	Some users have the 'Date In' column in the Load Activities grid enabled. When the load activities are exported to Excel, and then re-imported, the 'Date In' now gets set to the proper date on the ticket whose activities are being imported. (Earlier versions set the date at 1/1/900.) If date is not included in the load activity import file, the 'Date In' column will be filled from the original load slip.
21. Problem Sorting in the Pay & Revenue Rate Grid While Using the Grid Filter	In earlier versions, sorting in the revenue and pay rate grid did not work properly when the user was looking at a filtered list of rates. Specifically, it sorted on all rows in the grid, now just those that were visible after the filtering process. Now, the sort only sorts the visible, filtered rates.
22. Build alternative (sleek) block setup that simplifies setup for users with less complicated facts	We have built an alternative block setup wizard that allows users to set up both revenue rates and pay rates directly in the block setup wizard. This new setup eliminates the need to maintain revenue and pay contracts. It is only available for users who do not track equipment/workers on the load slips activities tab of the load slip.
23. Put Active Flags on Pay and Revenue Rates	The system now has Active flags in pay contract and revenue contract rate grids in the wizard and in the main menu rates grid views. The Active flag is only used for display purposes; all calculators will still use the rates if they have valid dates, etc.
24. Make the program work with SQL Database	The system can now be used either with a Microsoft Access database or with a Microsoft SQL database. SQL databases are preferable for larger users. Benefits of the SQL database include: 1) improved speed in creation of the crystal report vendor statements, and 2) more database reliability -- SQL databases do not need to be compacted and rarely become corrupted. Talk to a Caribou support representative for the price to upgrade to SQL from Access.
25. Ability to cap overload payment at a different threshold than is used for issuing fines/suspensions	We have added a feature that allows the user to cap payment on overloads at the weight thresholds entered in the truck weights grid, but to make the overload report show only those loads whose weights are a certain amount above or below that threshold. For example, suppose you cap payment at a certain set of weight thresholds that is 1500 KGS less than the government threshold for fining and suspending. You can enter a grace weight amount of 1500 that will be used by the overloads report. The overload report will only show those loads that exceed the weight thresholds set up in the truck weights table by more than 1500. (Note that the grace weight can vary by destination, and is only used in the overloads report. The pay calculators still rely on the thresholds set up in the truck weights window.)
26. Hourly and production based contractor pay rates set up in employee pay grid rather than set up through pay contracts	We now have the ability to set up contractor hourly and production slip payment rates in the same rate grid as the employee rate grid, rather than setting up payment contracts for hourly contractors. Let a Caribou support representative know if you would like to have this setting changed.
27. Ability to Pay Hourly or Production-Based Contractors on Same Period as Employees	Some users manage two sets of pay periods: one for hourly employees and another for vendors that are paid based on the load slip. If there is a vendor (subcontractor) that is paid hourly, we now have a way to flag this subcontractor so that he can be paid on the employee schedule. Contact a Caribou representative if you want this functionality enabled.
28. Modify way % of load revenue calculations are done	Purpose of this modification is to gives users the flexibility to cap payment to employees/contractors for overloaded loads even when the mill does not cap payment to the user. If you are interested in implementing this functionality, it is best done between log hauling seasons since old statements generated with earlier versions will display differently unless the calculators are rerun. (Dollar amounts will remain unchanged, but the display of the statement will be slightly different.)
29. Holdbacks bug relating to interaction of check boxes	Users who apply a holdback percentage only on the load-based payment (not miscellaneous amounts, for example) no longer have to remember to re-check the "Is Percent?" checkbox. That box will now remain checked, even when the "Only Apply to Loads" checkbox is checked.
30. Ability to register new rpt dll from within reporter tool	You are now able to register report dll's through the reporter, which streamlines the installation of custom reports.
31. Bug when using the add split feature on the load slip entry window	In earlier versions, clicking the Save/Add when working with the split load button on the load slip window generated a Diagnostics Error. The error is now fixed and Save/Add is now working properly. (Most Canadian users do not have this button enabled.)
32. Correct the Copy and Paste Error in Pay Period Setup Window	In the Pay Period Window, users can now copy and paste from the Code field into the Description field without receiving an error.
33. Make the Code for miscellaneous contractor expenses allow single quote (') characters in descriptions	Users can now use apostrophes in Employee and Contractor miscellaneous description fields, and in the Miscellaneous Income description field.
34. Addition of total available hours, production hrs and maintenance hours on the equip operating cost report	We have added total available hours, total production hours, and maintenance hours for each piece of equipment in the Equipment Operating Cost report.
35. Ability to disable truck & truck type from load slip	We now have the ability to remove Truck and/or Truck Type from the load slip window if a user does not track these items. Contact a support representative if you'd like your fields removed.
36. Ability to paste into multiple cells in the grids	Users can now copy and paste from one cell to multiple cells in the grid. This feature is similar to Excel's feature of copying a cell's contents into multiple cells at once. For instance, suppose you have a set of loads in your grid that all need to be changed from one block/tract to another block/tract. You can correct the block/tract on the first row in the list. Then copy the contents of that cell to memory (Ctrl+C). Then highlight the block/tract cell for the remainder of the loads in your list. Click Ctrl+V to paste the block into the highlighted cells. The system will still execute the saves one at a time, but this new feature saves you the step of pasting the new information into each cell individually.
37. Fuel Rebate module Report Modification *V4.3.2	The fuel rebate module report used to show all trucks, wether they were company-owned trucks or contractor trucks. The selection window now allows users to select only their company-owned trucks to generate the report. It also allows users to select truck owners and generate a fuel rebate report for their contractors trucks.

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