External release notes – Grasshopper – Version 3.24.30
New Features
- External API – FSC Update Value
- Introduces a secure API endpoint for updating the Fuel Surcharge (FSC) value, either globally or per shipper, to help logistics teams manage fluctuating fuel costs efficiently.
- Key Enhancement:
- New API for updating global and shipper-specific FSC values.
- Validation to prevent negative or excessively high FSC values.
- Role-based access for authorized users.
- Push External Orders in Terminal Status
- Enables clients to report orders completed outside the Grasshopper system, providing a unified view of all orders (including those managed by partners) for better visibility and analytics.
- Key Enhancement:
- New API for pushing external orders in terminal (delivered) status.
- Separate collection for external orders to avoid data mix-up.
- Support for optional scheduled and delivered dates.
- Webhook integration for event notifications.
- Analytics Report – External Orders
- Adds a dedicated analytics report for external orders, allowing users to view, filter, and export external order data for improved operational insights.
- Key Enhancements:
- New report in Analytics tab with feature flag.
- Drawer for external order details.
- Filtering, sorting, and exporting to CSV/PDF.
- External Order – Drawer Display
- Enables viewing of external order details in a read-only drawer, improving accessibility and data integrity.
- Key Enhancements:
- Drawer UI for external order details.
- Configuration Migration – Survey
- Introduces a new “Review Survey” section in the Orders tab, enabling configuration of post-delivery survey emails and review URLs to collect customer feedback.
- Key Enhancements:
- Enable/disable survey feature.
- Configurable response email, review URLs, and survey email body.
- Support for testing review links and dynamic values in messages.
- Configuration Migration – Terms & Conditions
- Migrates and enhances the configuration of document terms and conditions for orders and manifests, allowing for more flexible and clear document customization.
- Key Enhancements:
- New “Documents” section in Orders and Manifests tabs.
- Editable terms for BOL, POD, Rate Confirmation, and Master Manifest.
- Dynamic preview and clear mapping to document types.
- Configuration Migration – Pricing
- Moves pricing configuration to Advanced Settings, centralizing control over global fuel surcharge and dimensional weight factor for easier management.
- Key Enhancements:
- New Pricing tab with surcharge and dimensional weight settings.
- Validation for non-empty, non-zero surcharge when enabled.
- Retire The Config Menu Item
- Removes the obsolete config menu item from the application, streamlining navigation and reducing confusion.
- Key Enhancements:
- Streamlines navigation.
- Advanced Settings – License & Admin Tabs
- Adds License and Admin tabs in Advanced Settings, providing visibility into license counts and centralizing admin help resources.
- Key Enhancements:
- License tab: read-only display of license counts, “Contact sales” option.
- Admin tab: centralizes help section for super admins.
- Zip Code Management Enhancements
- Revamps the zip code management interface, making it easier to add, remove, copy, and report on zip codes for US and Canadian regions.
- Key Enhancements:
- Add, remove, copy, and set default zip codes.
- Summary reports and improved loading indicators.
- Related Order Report Enhancements
- Improves the Related Orders Report with new filters, columns, and usability tweaks, based on user feedback from partners.
- Key Enhancements:
- Adds status filter,
- Add expected arrival terminal column
- Improved order ID interaction.
- Manifest – Warehouse Pick Policy
- Adds configuration for manifest pick policy (by stops or by location) at the region level, supporting optimized warehouse operations for large facilities.
- Key Enhancements:
- Region-specific pick policy setting.
- Grouping items by warehouse location.
- Integration with mobile configuration.
- Tracking Page – Configurable Visibility
- Allows shippers to control whether tracking events are visible to end customers on the public tracking page, improving privacy and customization.
- Key Enhancements:
- Checkbox in shipper config to include/exclude tracking events list.
- Order Grid – Filters Tuning
- Optimizes default and available filters in the order grid based on usage analytics, streamlining the user experience.
- Key Enhancements:
- Sets most-used filters as default.
- Removes rarely used filters and sorts.
- Cycle Count Task Location Selection
- Improves the cycle count creation UI for warehouse locations, making it easier to select all or specific locations and track selections.
- Key Enhancements:
- Adds “Selection Type” dropdown: All Locations vs. Specific Locations.
- Displays total count or live selection count.
- Persists selection state when toggling.
Bug Fixes
- Vendors Grid – Copy Name Action Fix
- Fixes the copy name action in the vendors grid, ensuring users can reliably copy vendor names.
- Key Fixes:
- Resolves issues with copying vendor names from the grid.
- Can’t Create Billable Order from Order Actions
- Fixes a regression that prevented users from creating billable orders from the order actions menu, restoring critical billing workflows.
- Key Fixes:
- Restores ability to create and link billable orders.