Feb 21 - March 10, 2012, IMPRES ERP Updates

Dear All,

Thank you for your interest to have a look at how our IMPRES ERP had evolved again with time. You are well aware that IMPRES ERP is an evolving product and it aptly follows             "... Miles to go before i sleep..." quote.

Now lets have a gist about the update.
Note: This covers only visible works made to the end users. The Database, Files, Folder structure, code alterations are not provided here.

Sl. No	Module Name	New Developments	Updates	Bug fixing	Total
1	Student Academics	2	2	1	5
2	Admission	1	4	0	5
3	Billing	1	3	2	6
4	Accounts	4	3	0	7
5	MIS	2	1	0	3
6	Staff Academics	0	2	0	2
7	Transport	1	1	0	2
8	Payroll	3	2	0	5
	TOTAL	13	18	3	35

1. Student Academics
1.1. New developments:

• 1.1.1 Elective Subjects Attendance: Adding a specialization paper for a semester, allotting students to a specialization, changing specialization if necessary and a report for the current specialization by students during a semester.
• Link: Academic Year Tasks -> Course Subjects -> Specialization/Elective 
• 1.1.2 Specialization Attendance: Screen for entering the attendance status on a day for specialization batch.
• Link: Recurring Tasks --> Specialization Attendance

1.2 Updates

• 1.2.1 Swapped the  internal & external marks columns. in university marks entry screen.
• Linked a screen for verifying attendance entry & notes of lesson entry verification for all classes on selected date.
• Link: Academic --> Attendance --> Attendance & Notes of Lesson Entry Verification

1.3 Bug Fixing

• 1.3.1  Internal marks - > Test Result Analysis: Printable report showed different pass percentage for subject. Now fixed.

2. Admission
2.1 - New Developments

• 2.1.1 Certificates received: Added a window for tracking the certificates received from a  student during admission.
• Link: Admission --> Express Entry
• Link: Admission --> Normal Entry

2.2 Updates:

• 2.2.1 TC Generation: Included course full name and short name columns in TC Generation.
• Link: Post Admission --> Express TC Generation
• 2.2.2 TC Generation: Added a method for printing TC for an entire selected course.
• Link: Post Admission --> Express TC Generation
• 2.2.3 Admission No Generation: Altered the function to generate admission no based on max no available unlike count.
• 2.2.4 Image: Added student image to student profile report.
• Link: Common link: Individual Student profile
• 2.2.5 Image database save: Now image is also saved into the database whenever a new photo is added.

3. Billing
3.1 New Developments

• 3.1.1 Fine Calculator: Added a screen for calculating the fine generated for a year/sem period/ fee head/ sub head/ Class.
• Link: Reports --> Fine Calculator

3.2  Updates

• 3.2.1 Hostelers Food fee demand: Increased the row number width to show 4 nos.
• Link: Monetary Policy --> Fee Demand --> Hostelers Food Fee Demand
• 3.2.2 Change Individual Fee Demand: This screen now shows the demand for students even if there is zero balance.
• Link: Services --> Change Individual Fee Demand
• 3.2.3  Fee Structure Sync: Removed the Fee Structure Synchronization link from Fee Demand.

3.3 Bug Fixing

• 3.3.1 Demand Analysis: Fixed the expansion grid show/hide for all three columns based on the column selected in the left grid.
• 3.3.2 Date Fixing: In Cash flow, Fee Collection, fixed date inconsistency by assigning the server date to the date calendar variable.

4. Accounts
4.1 New Developments:

• 4.1.1 Ledger book details report.
• Link : Reports ->  Other Reports -> Ledger Details Reports
• 4.1.2 Ledger book group by groups report.
• Link : Reports ->  Other Reports -> Ledger Details Reports
• 4.1.3 Ledger book group by Accounts Nature report.
• Link : Reports ->  Other Reports -> Ledger Details Reports
• 4.1.4 Ledger book group by Accounts Nature and groups report.
• Link: Reports ->  Other Reports -> Ledger Details Reports

4.2. Updates

• 4.2.1 Billing Misc General Cash Collection Automatically Fee Transfer To Accounts Module.
• Link : Transaction ->  Fee Collections
• 4.2.2 Billing Misc General Bank Collection Automatically Fee Transfer To Accounts Module.
• Link : Transaction ->  Fee Collections
• 4.2.3 Goods Received Note Amount column space with increased.
• Link : P.O ->  Reports -> GRN Report

5. MIS
5.1 New Developments:

• 5.1.1: Added a screen for verifying attendance entry & notes of lesson entry verification for all classes on selected date.
• Link: Academic --> Attendance --> Attendance & Notes of Lesson Entry Verification
• 5.1.2 Added a window for verifying attendance entry for a class during entire semester.
• Link: Academic --> Attendance --> Attendance & Notes of Lesson Entry Verification

5.2 Updates

• 5.2.1. Linked the Fine calculator in Billing to MIS link.
• Link: Billing --> Fine Calculator

6. Staff Academics
6.1 
6.2 Updates

• 6.2.1 Added link to Statutory Info in IMPRES Data Center
• Link: IMPRES Data Center --> Statutory Info
• 6.2.2  Added reloading the info for already saved staffs, displayed the qualification & experience in separate grids beneath the entry tabs with editable options.
• Link: Manage Staffs --> Staff Profile

7. Transport
7.1 New Development: 

• 7.1.1. Added a screen for the Fuel Filling Info for vehicles, Options by Institution, From date & To date. 
• Link: Reports --> Fuel Filling & Expenses

 7.2 Updates:

• 7.2.1. Added opening kilometers run for a vehicle.

8. Payroll
8.1 New Development:

• 8.1.1: Staff Order Number 
• Link : Staffs -> Staff Order Number
• 8.1.2:  Staff Advance report
• Link : Payroll -> Salary Advance
• 8.1.3:  Staff Advance Detailed report
• Link : Payroll -> Salary Advance

8.2 : Updates

• 8.2.1 Added: Staff attendance screen grid clear option
• Link : Payroll -> Attendance
• 8.2.2 Staff list Sorted by Order Number
• Link : Staffs -> Manage Staff

Here ends the appraisal!

Viewing the changes in your system:

• In case if you do not see the changes mentioned here, in partially or wholly, then your working copy might not be updated. 
• This might also depend whether your institution has acquired the license for those modules.
• However if you find the menu links and do not find the results, kindly clear you browser cache, refresh your page and verify again. 
• If your come across error messages, then this is could be a result of partial update. Kindly contact our support team, they would serve your necessity. 

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