Hold on to your hats, this is a BIG update! š® Here's a summary:
Events: A new screen that lists all past, current and future date-based events for:
Deposit Due Date
Finance Due Date
FIRB Due Date
Sunset Date
Contract Exchanged
Project Released
Events Export: Export the above data to an Excel file
Bounce Notifications: You'll now receive an email notification when an email related to contracts bounces
Email Status: The contract "status panel" now shows the delivery status of emails relating to contracts, including:
Bounced
Delivered
Opened
Clicked (meaning the recipient has clicked the "Open Contract" button in the email)
Sales Progress Bar: The project list screen now shows a 'progress bar' indicating how many contracts have been exchanged, issued and remain
Sales Progress Widget: Clicking on the new 'sales progress bar' opens a widget, that includes a shortcut button to take the user directly to the projects sales schedule
Sales Schedule: A search function has been added to the sales schedule
Automatic Price Population: Where an asking price has been populated in the "Lots" screen for a project, it will be automatically populated in the "price" field when creating a new contract
Currency Customisation: You can now set the currency symbol you want to apply to merge field for a project
Project Settings: This screen has been split in three sections, with new navigation to make it a little easier to use
Agents: Agent users have had a few tweaks, including
They can now return a contract (that they have created) to draft
They now have read-only access to a projects "Lots" screen
Contracts: The "30 page" limit has been removed for "Additional Pages"
Merge Fields: A new "Settlement Date" merge field (and data input field) have been added for "Post Registration" projects
Events
The new "Events" screen is a live, searchable report with filters for the following events:
Exchanged dates
Deposit due date
Finance due date
FIRB due date
Released (when a project is released in OPEX)
Sunset date (where all lots have different sunset dates)
Fixed sunset date (where all lots have the same sunset date)
The Events screen defaults to a 14 day date range, with a "from" date of "yesterday" - the date range can be changed to anything you wish - you can also filter on a specific project. Clicking on a unit number, or purchasers name navigates you to the related contract.
Oh, and it can exported to Excel. š
Bounce Notifications
Bounces happen, but if you don't know about them they're VERY frustrating. Now when a bounce occurs, not only will you see it in the contract status panel but the person who created the contract will receive an email from OPEX (pictured below) with details about the bounced email, including which project and contract the bounce relates to. š§
Email Status
In this release we introduced detailed email tracking of all contract related emails, this allows you to not only know when an email has bounced, but also when it has been delivered, opened and even when someone has clicked on a link in the email!
Yes, you are "Big Brother". šµļø
Sales Progress Bar
How many lots are exchanged? How many are under contract? How do I get to the Sales Schedule? ...are questions you'll never hear again with the introduction of our "sales progress bar".
Quickly see the sales status of all your projects, hover to see the statistics or click on a bar to see the sales information in a clear, easy to read format - and to navigate to the Sales Schedule super fast. š
Sales Schedule Search
Now that your users can quickly get to the Sale Schedule, they'll want to easily locate that contract they're looking for. No problem! Use the new search field to find a contract by lot, unit or buyers name.
Automatic Price Population
Have you populated the "Asking Price" in the Lots screen for your projects yet? If you know the asking prices, now is the time! When selecting a lot during the creation of a contract of sale the "Price" is automatically populated from the Lot screen - saving you, or your agents from having to look for the price. Every little bit helps! š¤
Project Settings
OPEX has got to be the most configurable e-conveyancing system in the world by now, and the "Project Settings" screen is a reflection of that. So we took the time to clean it up a little an split it in three:
Auto Process
Options; and
Branding
So now it's nice and easy to find what you're looking for. š