Featured update
Approve Purchase Orders by Supervisor
You now have two options when it comes to Purchase Order approval chains in FMX: you can approve by user type (existing functionality) or by supervisor (new functionality). A while back we introduced functionality to track your organization structure in FMX and select who various users in your organization report to. This new feature enables the approval process for the Purchase Order module to follow that structure. If an order amount exceeds the approval threshold for a user, that Purchase Order will now go directly to their supervisor for approval. If this feature interests you, reach out to our Customer Success team to help you set it up.
Other updates
Deleting and undeleting
View deleted and undelete inventory logs
You now have the ability to filter for deleted inventory logs that were created via the log grid (not ones that were created via an associated request/task) as well as undelete these items.
View deleted and undelete resources
You now have the ability to filter for deleted resources as well as undelete them.
Creating work requests and planned maintenance tasks
Added the ability for the location of the equipment item to auto-populate on the request form when created from the Equipment profile
Shout out to our customers for this great request! The location field will now be auto-populated if the equipment item from which profile you’re creating from has an associated location.
General user experience
Added the ability to move the viewer to the top of the page if they attempt to submit a form where the Building field is required
One of our new Developers noticed this issue on his first day on the job. Now, if the building field is required on any form you submit, the viewer will jump back to the top of the page so that they can read the reason why they were unable to submit the form.
Integrations
Integration with Zonar
Organizations using Zonar for fleet inspections can push those inspection results an FMX work request module. Talk to our Customer Success team about getting this integration set up for your site: support@gofmx.com
FMX’s Product Roadmap
Here are some features to look for in the next few months.
Allow unregistered users to receive email notifications [Added 8/12]
If your organization allows unregistered users (users who do not have an FMX account) to submit work requests via email, you are now able to allow them to receive email notifications about the requests that they submit. This permission will be defaulted to off, so you will not have to do anything differently if you want them to continue not to receive notifications.
Allow inventory to be requested on work requests
Your inventory grid will soon be able to display a new “Requested Qty” column. Users will able be able to request inventory in the details of work requests (assuming they have the correct permissions of course). The requested quantity column on the inventory grid will be the total amount of items requested in each work request. This feature can be useful for inventory forecasting and warehousing.
Passwordless authentication
Organizations will soon have the option to allow different user types to log in via passwordless authentication. To log in, users will enter their email address, and FMX then send a link to their email. Users will then click that link to log in.
Signature action for work requests
You will soon be able to add an electronic signature to your work request details to sign off on the work being performed. Any edits that are made to the details will void the signature and the request will have to be resigned.
HTML email notifications
Soon our email notifications will receive a bit of a facelift. If your email client allows for HTML emails, your email notifications will soon include your organization logo and be presented in a graphical interface.
If you have any questions about any of the features highlighted in this article, please reach out to the FMX Customer Success Team at support@gofmx.com.