Provides defaults for how TechAnywhere related functions are handled.
Testing Your Registry Entries
The system does not verify the validity of registry entries. Be sure to test your registry entries after completing them to verify that they are functioning correctly.
Setting Values are Uppercase-Lowercase Sensitive:
The Setting Value is case-sensitive: be sure that you enter the value exactly as specified in the documentation. If the documentation specifies a value of true, do NOT enter True or TRUE.
TechAnywhere - Default OH Job Cost Category details this option that should be implemented in the sys-ffv-global-settings registry.
A registry entry for sys-viewer-vwrkordr) was added to enable the Job in the Equipment Record to be used as the default for detail lines (for non-preventative maintenance work orders) instead of the Job in the WO header (Id: sys-viewer-vwrkordr Setting Key: DefaultJobByEquipmentId Setting Value: true). If this registry entry is enable, this functionality is enable in the Work Order viewer, Work Order Entry and in the TechAnywhere Post.
Registry to Adjust Date or Period on TechAnywhere PO Receipt Post
Registry to Set Job from Equipment Service Tab on Labor Journal Posts
Registry to Set Job from Equipment Service Tab when Creating PO's
This Registry may be used to specify which lines from the Site WO Other Tab should be added based is the Work Order's Service Category.
Id: sys-techanywhere
Setting Key: EmailPostLogsFrom Setting Value: emailaddress
Email address to send from when TechAnywhere messages fail.
Setting Key: EmailPostLogsTo Setting Value: emailaddress
Email address to send when TechAnywhere messages fail. techanywhere@databasics.com should be added along with internal emails.
Setting Key: InventoryCostCategoryId Setting Value: jobcostcategoryid
This option provides the default Job Cost Category to use when posting parts if one is not defined elsewhere. The TechAnywhere post to WO-INV will only use this option if the Default Cost Category from the Inventory Group is blank. The registry is also used to default the Cost Category for TechAnywhere PO's in Version 9.0 and below.
In Version 9.1 and above, when an Inventory PO is created in TechAnywhere, the Cost Category now defaults from the Item's Inventory Group. If the Cost Category is not set in the Inventory Group, this registry is used as a backup to derive the Cost Category.
Setting Key: CollateralDirectory Setting Vaue: path
FTP network share folder where TechAnywhere FTP stores documents.
Data from TechAnywhere can be posted to the default accounting period, even if the effective date is outside of the period range. However, a problem occurs when the user attempts to bill the WO and encounters an error indicating that the effective date was out of period range. A registry entry is now available to adjust either the date or accounting period to keep them in sync.
When the defaulted Date and Accounting Period are NOT out-of-sync, NO adjustments are made to the defaulted values. The rules noted below are used only when an adjustment is necessary.
Setting Key: AdjustDefaultDateOrPeriod Setting Value: period or date
If period is selected (the recommended value), the Accounting Period table is queried for eligible Accounting Periods. To qualify, the period must be Active and its date range must include the defaulted Effective Date. When multiple periods are eligible, the one with the smallest Period Id is chosen to become the new Accounting Period for the current transaction. If no eligible period is found, nothing is changed.
If date is selected, the Effective Date is adjusted to be either the Start Date or the End Date of the defaulted Accounting Period. The Start Date is chosen when the current date is less than the Start Date. The End Date is chosen when the current date is greater than the End Date.
Setting Key: AutoPostCOD Setting Value: false
Never change this to True (it would implement the old TechAnywhere posting method for COD work orders)!
TechAnywhere 2.7 Android will now create Revenue Adjustment lines based on the discounts the tech took in the field. The following registry option must be implemented to provide the correct cost category for the Revenue Adjustment on Work Orders.
In Version 9.0.572.053 and above, TechAnywhere Quotes also use this registry to define the cost category used to record the revenue adjustment on the quote.
Setting Key: DiscountCostCategory Setting Value: CostCategoryId of discount
Support recommends this be set to true, so that the Techanywhere status overrides no matter what the status was. This helps with ‘out of sync’ scenarios.
Setting Key: DisregardOldStatus Setting Value: true (default is false)
Id: sys-techanywhere
Setting Key: PostLaborByWorkorder Setting Value: true
With this registry setting in place, individual labor journals will be created to break out a journal per work order if multiple work orders are contained in a labor message payload.
Note: this option is one of those required for the Time Review process; see Labor Journal Registry for details.
By default, all documents sent over from TechAnywhere are flagged as FM Viewable when posted to SAMPro. With this registry setting you can control by file extension if you do not want a certain file type to post with the FM Viewable flag checked. This is a temporary fix as TechAnywhere will eventually give technician control of the FM Viewable flag (Old CRM + New FM) for attached collateral.
Registry Id: sys-techAnywhere
Setting Key: NonCRMViewableTypes Setting Value: list of file type extensions
The Setting Value provides a list of the file extensions that you don't want flagged as FM Viewable. For example:
Setting Key: NonCRMViewableTypes Setting Value: jpg,jpeg
Setting Key: CollateralTechViewable Setting Value: true or false (default true)
Option to flag attachments from TechAnywhere as ‘web viewable tech’ or not. The default value of true is recommended.
Setting Key: ReceiptsTechViewable Setting Value: (default false)
Option to flag receipts from TechAnywhere as ‘web viewable tech’ or not; we recommend that you retain the default value of false.
Setting Key: AttachCollateralToSite Setting Value: true or false (default true)
Option to attach attachments from TechAnywhere to both the work order and site (true) or just the work order (false).
This registry tells the post whether or not to include a reference to the Work Order's Job in the Document records created from the uploaded collateral. Note that collateral files will always be attached to the Work Order and to the Equipment record referenced in the TA Collateral List. The collateral being posted from TechAnywhere would add a document reference to the Job from the Work Order.
Id: sys-techanywhere
Setting Key: AttachCollateralToJob Setting Value: true or false (default false)
Setting Key: GLBankAccountId
This entry is obsolete as of SAMPro Version 7.3. Do Not Use.
In previous SAMPro versions, TechAnywhere created purchase orders were always treated in a unique way. A new method (implemented via registry in 8.2) allows TechAnywhere purchase orders to be generated in the same manner as those created in SAMPro. No TechAnywhere changes are/were required for this new functionality but it may NOT be implemented if your firm does any COD Work Orders.
Registry Id: sys-viewer-vprchseordrlst (note that this is enabled in the PO's registry!)
Setting Key: TechAnywherePostingStyle Setting Value: standard
DO NOT set this registry for anyone who does any COD Work Orders because the billQTY and price updates from the field have no place to post.
If this registry option is in effect, the following changes will appear in new purchase orders generated from TechAnywhere with the new (Standard) posting style:
Purchase orders are now created with job history (previously were not).
PO's can be imported to the work order just like a SAMPro created purchase order.
Tech can still purchase "X" and still use a different, lesser quantity "Y".
When using less than the original purchased amount, purchase order is edited to change the JobQty and JobQtyRcvd via TechAnywhere post.
The Purchase Order Viewer and Posting have been enhanced to distinguish the difference OLD and NEW TechAnywhere posting styles to manage the limitations in previous posting styles during the migration period.
Setting Key: AutoPostCOD Setting Value: false
This entry is required; if it is set to true or is absent the post will not operate correctly.
In earlier SAM Pro releases, the post would create an Invoice, AR Sales Journal, and Cash Receipt. This was found to not be desirable in practice because the back office wished to retain control over the process, and often needed to adjust various billing amounts.
When the Setting Value is false (as it is for all current TechAnywhere installations), the behavior is completely changed. An invoice master record is still created, but now left at the status of New, and no AR Sales Journal or Cash Receipt is created. All imported lines come in without an AR invoice reference ID so that they can be billed normally via Service Compute. AR entries can then be created through SAMPro.
Setting Key: CollateralDirectory Setting Value: path to uploaded TA collateral files
The CollateralDirectory is required. It identifies the location where uploaded files can be found. It will be a path pointing to the server's Visual Works installation. The value of the entry is dictated by the Visual Works installation. This entry ONLY impacts the server-side posting, not the actual uploading of the files from TechAnywhere to the server.
Setting Key: AttachCollateralToSite Setting Value: true or false
AttachCollateralToSite is optional and defaults to true. This tells the post whether or not to include a reference to the Client Site in the Document records created from the uploaded collateral. Note that collateral files will always be attached to the Work Order and to the Equipment record referenced in the TA Collateral List.
The default behavior of the Start TechAnywhere Post function has been changed so that any uploaded documents with Category equal to 'Invoice' or 'Receipt' do NOT have the document record's Tech Viewable automatically set to True unless this registry entry is found:
NOTE: This change does not affect the CRM Viewable and CSR Viewable values. They continue to be set to True for all uploaded documents as coded.
To reinstate the previous default behavior, the system will check for the following registry entry:
Setting Key: ReceiptsTechViewable Setting Value: True
If this option is set, any uploaded documents from TechAnywhere with the Category equal to 'Invoice' or 'Receipt' will have the document record's Tech Viewable automatically set to True.
If a Quote Scope is changed by TechAnywhere, an email will be sent to:
The Sales Rep associated with the Quote
If the Sales Rep/Sale Rep's Email is not available, the email will be sent to the emailto address defined in this registry.
Id: sys-techanywhere
Setting Key: emailto Setting Value: validemailaddress