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      Release notes - March 2024

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      Release summary

      We are delighted to be able to bring you this latest update to Chalkstring which has been driven by your feedback for feature requests.

      This release includes some new features and some improvements to the existing features.

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      New features

      Copy products and measures between drawings

      You now have the ability to copy products and their measures from one drawing to another.

      For more information on how to use this feature please see this article:

      Update OHP & inflation from the review assessments page

      Rather than navigating back to the assessment overview page to adjust OHP values, you now have the ability to use the 'Set assessment price' feature, and adjust your OHP markup percentages from the review page.

      1. Set assessment price
      2. Adjust OHP values

      'Total measured costs margins for assessments' details on the rate build up page

      You will now be able to see the impact of any changes made to your assessment OHP markup values and inflation changes on the rate build up page. This shows you the current OHP & inflation margins of the measured costs total.

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      Improvements to existing features

      New options when duplicating a drawing

      When using the duplicate drawing feature, as well as creating a duplicate of the drawing, you now have the options to also duplicate any products and measures contained within the drawing.

      Add new contact records from any applicable selectable list

      You can now add suppliers, subcontractors & clients to the contacts database from anywhere in Chalkstring where these are selectable fields. You will no longer need to navigate to the 'Contacts' section to add new contact records.

      Apply to all markup values moved to the main rate build up page

      The apply to all function for setting your OHP and inflation has been moved to the top of the main rate build up page to make it quicker and easier to update your markup percentages.

      Import quotes from the rate build up page

      You can now import material, labour or supply & fit quotes from the apply quote section of the rate build up page rather than needing to navigate to the quotes section of the resources menu.

      Notes field when generating your applications for payment

      You can now add notes to your applications for payment.

      External pricing notes on product templates

      External pricing notes for products can now be saved a product template level. These will be saved as part of the templates saved in your database so they are included any time the product is used in a rate build up.

      Plus various minor changes and small bug fixes

       

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