Accruent MC v2023.5 Release Notes

MC v2023.5 is being delivered as an automatic upgrade to cloud hosted customers on May 3, 2023.

Here’s what’s changed:

• Search by yes/no value in Grid view

• Updated messaging in alerts

• New access group rights for purchase order sub-status

• Other improvements and bug fixes

Search by yes/no value in Grid view

You can now search by a yes or no value in boolean fields (such as Warranty? and Shutdown required?) in the Grid view. For example, in the Work Orders Grid view, you can display all the work order assets that are under warranty.

Updated messaging in alerts

We followed up the new look and feel for alerts by updating the messaging in them. Messages are now simpler, provide helpful instruction where applicable, and align with current industry best practices for alert messages.

New access group rights for purchase order sub-status

Permission to view and edit a purchase order sub-status is now determined by access group rights at Access Groups > Rights > Purchase Order Module > Fields. The six new rights are enabled by default.

Improvements and issues fixed

Component	Summary
External Documents	We created a GraphQL script that takes a snapshot of a third-party work order document upon either work order creation or issue. This ensures documents remain unchanged in relation to a work order once they are associated with it, for compliance purposes. Reach out to your Account Executive for more information. This is part of our development of a new system preference to configure version snapshotting in the user interface, and is especially applicable to future Meridian integration enhancements.
Grid View	We removed the Group by option in the Grid view because the feature was not applicable to Maintenance Connection's interface.
Task Images	You can now upload .jpeg (in addition to .jpg) files as work order task images.
Inventory, Procedures	Inventory > Locations and Procedures > Tasks now have frozen column headers when you scroll down the list of records.
Meridian Integration	As part of further development of the Meridian integration with Maintenance Connection (being released later this year), Meridian documents will no longer append to printed or emailed work orders. Previously, since accessing Meridian documents requires you to sign in, printed or emailed work orders would unhelpfully display a picture of the Meridian sign in screen.
Rest API	You can now GET, PUT, and POST external interfaces (ExternalInterfaceID and ExternalInterfaceName) through Rest API. This is part of future development allowing you to create connectors with external systems using the API, such as creating a work order in MC with data from an external system.
Work Order Groups	Updating the master work order now updates child work orders as well, regardless of their status. Previously, you could not roll child work orders backwards in status (from completed to issued, for example) by updating the master work order.