communiqué V2 for monsoon release notes

This is a regular maintenance release with some enhancements included in this release especially for the Amazon Settlement reports.  A new Report View capability has been added to make saving and re-using report queries much easier.  The report scheduler now has an editor so you can make changes to scheduled reports without having to delete and recreate the scheduled report.

General Enhancements or Fixes

• An encode date error with scheduling has been resolved.

• The QIT (Qty in Transit) for FBA reports has been enhanced for FBA related reports.

Report Scheduling

Report Schedule editor.  You can now edit and change scheduling options for scheduled reports.  This feature is available from the main Dashboard scheduling tab.  A new edit option has been added to the popup menu.

Report Views

The ability to save report views been added to the release.  You can save various different queries for each report and reuse them later.

Amazon Settlement Reports (ASR)

Amazon Order Details.

• A date selector has been added so custom date ranges can be entered by the user.

• Classification filtering is now available with this report.

Amazon Order Listing.

• A date selector has been added so custom date ranges can be entered by the user.

Amazon Order Summary.

• A date selector has been added so custom date ranges can be entered by the user.

Amazon Order Reconciliation.

• A date selector has been added so custom date ranges can be entered by the user.

Amazon Settlement Summary

• Sales Tax issue resolved.

Report Enhancements and Fixes

Inventory Value

• Classification filtering is now available with this report.

A couple of minor but necessary fixes discovered after the August 8th release were applied to this release.  These fixes were important enough we did not want Communiqué users to wait until the next scheduled release.

Internally we've dubbed this release the Classification Release since its predominately related to classification related enhancements and reports.  However, we also did some work with the FBA section, and added greater flexibility with regard to user selectable sales numbers throughout Communiqué.

General Enhancements or Fixes

• A new Sales Nbrs selector has been added to many reports so you can choose which sales numbers to display on the report.  By default product sales and the shipping fee less refunds is the sales number displayed.  You can optionally include the sales tax or toggle off these options and display product sales only or use most any combination you prefer.  This enhancement provides you with the ability to choose which number to use so the report displays the values which matter to you.

• The FBA reports have been enhanced with a new QIT (quantity in transit) column (where applicable).  This value takes into account inventory sent to FBA but has not been received and available to sale.  Including this value along with he quantity on hand (QOH) will make the replenishment report results more accurate since it takes into account quantities sent to FBA but not yet received and available for sale.

• Server selection has been improved for the login screen.  We changed the sever text box to a dropdown box and added the ability to display all servers on your network.  This change will improve the user experience and reduce frustration for those who do not know the server name where Monsoon resides.

• Once the  server is selected, it will be saved so the next time you start Communiqué, your previous selection will be filled in automatically.

Dashboard
Sales at a Glance

• A Condition search tab has been added.

• A Categories search tab has been added.

• A Countries search tab has been added.

• A US States search tab has been added.

Intl Sales Dashboard

• A Condition search tab has been added.

• A Categories search tab has been added.

• A Countries search tab has been added.

Top Inventory Dashboard

• A Condition search tab has been added.

• A Categories search tab has been added.

• A Countries search tab has been added.

• A US States search tab has been added.

New Dashboards added:

• Classification Sales

• US State Sales

Amazon Settlement Reports (ASR)

• Added Classification filtering for the Order Details report.

New Reports

• Classification Sales Summary: This report is located in the Sales - Classification Sales section.

• Monthly Sales Summary: This report is located in the Sales - Classification Sales section.

• Sales by Classification: This report is located in the Sales - Classification Sales section.

• Sales by Year: This report is located in the Sales - Classification Sales section.

• Variance Sales by Classification: This report is located in the Sales -> Variance Sales section.

• Weekly Sales Summary: This report is located in the Sales - Classification Sales section.

The new Classification Sales sub-section has been added to the sales section.

Report Enhancements and Fixes

All Market Sales reports located in the Sales -> Market Sales section.

• A Condition search tab has been added.

• A Categories search tab has been added.

• A Countries search tab has been added.

• A US States search tab has been added.

All necessary FBA reports in the FBA section.

• QIT column added to improve the results of replenishment reports.