Get details about the Features and Enhancements released in January 2022!
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Shreya Kulkarni
11 Feb, 2022 - Updated
3 years ago
Release 1
Features
Deal Room
The Deal Room feature is available for the Deals module for every Deal record. It serves as a collaboration tool between the users and the customers. It lets all associates virtually connect and discuss on one platform.
Process Designer
The Process Designer module provides a graphical interface to design business workflows. It provides a well-equipped flowchart tool designer to create systematic workflows.
Enhancements
All Modules
In the List View, when you click the Settings icon, the Customize option displays a list of all customizable module settings for Admins. The following is available under Customize:
Fields and Layout
Workflows
Picklist fields
Approvals
Webforms
Customized Numbering
Other module-specific settings
In the List View the Export to Google Spreadsheet option is provided to export a record to a new or an existing Google Spreadsheet.
The Detailed View of a record displays Profile icons of three Active Users in the header section.
Clicking +more displays the rest of the Active users.
Articles
An option to insert Youtube, Vimeo, etc videos in the article editor via video URL is available.
Inserted videos play in the published article pages only.
Contacts
The Department field is by default mapped when Contacts records are synced from Google to Vtiger CRM.
Email Campaigns
In the Email Template content section, address-block is added allowing subscribers to whitelist a sender's email address.
Events
Once you select a Start Date & Time value the End Date & Time value will be automatically selected.
Inventory
Razorpay payment gateway feature is introduced for Indian customers which is available under Inventory settings under Payments & Subscriptions.
Sales Return and Purchase Return
The Return Reason field is added at the line item level.
When the Sales Return and Purchase Return are installed from Delivery Notes and Receipt Notes respectively Allow linking to closed states option in the Module Fields & Layout settings page is enabled by default.
Short URL
The Category dropdown and the Edit option are added for the Generate Google Analytics URL window.
The Copy icon is provided for the Website URL and Short URL fields.
SLA Time Elapsed
This field is available:
In the Print Template for the Calendar module.
For the Tasks module under Details under SLA Information.
Tally
You will now be able to perform a two-way sync for multiple companies between Vtiger CRM and Tally.
Users
An option to create Single App and Light Agent User Types is now allowed for users with CRM user limit - one.
Release 2
Enhancements
Actions
The Cancel Approval button will be displayed for every approval request on the Actions page.
Cases
In the Detailed View under Service Details selecting Service type will display the pop-up ‘Would like to update the Rate with the value from the selected service?’.
Users may choose Yes or No.
If Yes, the Rate will be auto-filled.
If No, the Rate will not be auto-filled.
Cases and Internal Tickets
In the One View, Related Cases lists all the open cases and sorts based on SLA Due.
In the Conversation View clicking Select Email Template by default directs you to Search by Template Name on the Email Templates window.
Cases, Contacts, and Deals
In the Summary View clicking the More icon under Reach out now Send Appointment Link option is available.
Cases, Deals, and Internal Tickets
In the Detailed View under System Details, time spent in each stage is available as a field.
Time spent in each stage field is available for:
The Workflows module under Conditions.
The Reports module under Properties, Filters - Conditions, and Charts.
The modules with metric picklist fields such as Deals, Contacts, Leads, Calendar(Tasks), ProjectTask, Cases, InternalTickets, and Work Orders.
The Exported file, Print templates, and Email templates.
Contacts and Leads
In the Detailed View under Consents, the following fields are added:
Stop Processing Request Time
Data Erasure Request Time
Data Erased Time
Data Erasure Deadline
Consents Last Updated Time
Trash Deadline Extended
Trash Deadline Extension Reason
Under Consents Settings, the ‘Data Erasure Time’ field is added.
This field is provided with a 1-30 days dropdown to select the timing.
Data Erasure Request Time and Consents Last Updated Time is updated when a request is submitted from the Preference page followed by an email confirmation.
The Data Erasure Deadline is extended for another 60 days.
Once the user chooses to extend the Data Erasure Deadline choosing or mentioning an appropriate reason an email will be triggered to the user on the same.
Deals
In the Deal Room under Files, CRM users will not be able to upload documents.
Email Campaigns
Buy one-time credits and Change Plan options are disabled for users on trial.
Email Templates
Display Template Builder tab for every template.
For an existing template, the message "Template builder is not available because the template was created from scratch or from HTML" will be displayed.
Import
The Undo and Finish buttons will be displayed to Import users as well as Admin users.
Automatic Finish will happen only when Undo action is not available.
Inbox
For Group mailboxes, Profile icons of three Active Users are displayed in the header section of the emails.
Clicking +more displays the rest of the Active users.
Under My Mailbox Setup for the 2-way sync Setup if users enter their Gmail personal accounts, Gmail personal accounts are not allowed to configure gmail 2 way message will be displayed.
Module Management
On the Module Layouts & Fields settings page, the new field Formula is available under:
Create Custom Field window as a Select Field Type dropdown (available by clicking +Add Custom/New Field).
Process Designer
The Email Templates field is added for an Email Task type.
Quotes
In the Summary View, under More, clicking the Print icon, clicking the Customize button will take you to the Edit View of the template where you can edit the template.
Reports
Under Details, the Description field is added.
The Description field is added as a column in the List View with search functionality.
When you Schedule a Report its Description will be displayed in the email.
Under Details, selecting Deals module, under Filters, under All/Any Conditions, in the Select a field dropdown, Line Item fields for Deals module are now available.
Social
For Twitter under Search Streams, In the Add Search Stream window, on choosing the Twitter account, the Lists button is provided as a search criterion.
Selecting Lists displays all existing Lists available for the chosen Twitter account and allows you to choose a List and Search Stream.
You can Addusers to your list, Edit and Delete Lists only that you have created.
Tasks
Once you select a Start Date & Time value automatically a greater Due Date & Time value will be selected.
Others
The Charges and Taxes on Charges will not be applied to the multiple Delivery Notes and Receipt Notes generated from Sales Orders and Purchase Orders.
The Contacts added for an Event on Vtiger CRM are now syncing on Google Calendar.
The Edit & Export, Email with PDF Print, Save As PDF buttons will not be displayed in the Print/Export PDF window when there are no active templates available for the modules.