====== FIRE Spark Upgrade Schedule ====== * FIRE //Spark// is generally upgraded every month All Spark upgrades apply to all clients at the same time. Therefore any upgrades listed have been applied to your FIRE Spark system. ====== Upgrade details ======= === v.2026.0923.0000 - 23-Sep-2026 -- release-2026.09 === * Tickets - Add Taxes functionality, including in print * Tickets - Add Surcharges support including in print / also add support for legacy Surcharges * Bid - allow associate to multiple Districts / improve pre-selection on Dispatch/Tickets * Dispatch - Enhancements to Timeline (colour coding, comments, docs not shown in timeline) * Dispatch - add Project type timeline * Dispatch- allow for changing Job Title of people in Crew without need to unassign / re-assign * Dispatch - remove Personnel form; due to logic problems when converting Dispatch to Ticket * Bid/Dispatch/Ticket - improvements to editable charges, editable from Bid, discountable, etc. * Bid/Dispatch/Ticket - pricebook items - add price and code (if applicable) * Bid - add further legacy support for Min Charges, zero quantity, etc. * Bid - pre-create screen - add Customer selection as required entry * Bid/Dispatch/Ticket - allow for editable Operation Types * Bid/Dispatch/Ticket - attachments - add time attached and person * Ticket - add new filter type for Quotes, Projects, Job#, HOC, WSS, Comments, etc. * Ticket - add log of all modifications to charges; tagged with user and time [Charge Log] * Ticket - update print to add Phone and Email * Ticket - improvements to OpLog entry * Ticket copy / Ticket Date change - Time person entries - reset and validate validate Person Job Titles * Dispatch/Ticket - improve history tracking for Manual Close activity * PO - include ability to add Vendors during PO creation * Add Quote Items Stimulsoft report * Daily auto-reset of Spark Staging; simplifies testing in Staging systems * Dispatch/Ticket - Add Bid charges; improve "Add as rows" functionality * Add country / geo based restrictions on essentially all document types * Fundamental re-write of email send for DMARC compliance (anti-spam and security) === v.2026.0724.1032 - Patch- (28-Jul-2026) -- release-2026.06 === * Improve filters of Bids synchronized to Unplugged users * Dispatch / Ticket - fix to only allow discounts to be applied to discountable charges === v.2026.0716.0000 - Patch- (16-Jul-2026) -- release-2026.06 === * Dispatch / Ticket - do not change District when associating Bid (fix for Bids with no District) === v.2026.0714.1319 - Patch- (15-Jul-2026) -- release-2026.06 === * Bid - allow all charges to be editable within Bid (was being restricted based on charge properties) * Dispatch / Ticket - fix showing correct charge properties when adding Bid items * Custom Forms - remove "Add existing record" button * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - add thousands based commas back dependant upon on currency * Project - fix ability to edit when "Project" permissions are assigned to user * Restore full-screen mode ; do not limit to smaller screen sizes * Dispatch / Ticket - fix issue of sometimes not showing Bid Charges; expired charges or null quantity * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - update attachment UI causing confusion on mobile devices * Fuel form - display expired fuel card / resources when necessary * Fix for location type "API" - change number of characters allowed in middle field === v.2026.0707.1251 (8-Jul-2026) -- release-2026.06 === * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - updates to charges editability based on doc type and price book properties * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - fix to Min charge quantity issue * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - config option to show Parent charge name on documents and prints * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - long term fix for currency support * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - fix for degree based lat / long entries * Bid - improve custom field support and filtering * Bid - add support for "none" District; requires selection on conversion to Dispatch/Ticket * Bid / Dispatch / Ticket - add support for expired Operation Types * Dispatch / Ticket - allow for External and Internal comments to copy on association of Bid * Dispatch / Ticket - allow for "Close" action * Ticket - added Drag & Drop attachment * Inventory - major work on functionality across all inventory related modules * PO - workflow related fixes included editability changes * Asset - scheduled maintenance related work across all related modules * Legacy attachments - add ability to display in POs and Work Orders * Surcharges implementation v1 * Taxes improvements * Custom Form - add workflow / approval support * Custom Form Signature support, including auto-attachment * Additional backwards and forward compatibility support on Spark-Online Dispatches/Tickets * Ticket - Personnel and Time tabs- usability improvements incl. for mobile devices * Ticket - Personnel and Time tabs- add per person as well as general 'payroll' comments * Ticket - Personnel tab - implemented ability to add people via Crew (mirroring Time tab functionality) * Crew / Resource - allow for drag and drop of people and assets between cards / add from-to date option * Crew / Resource - improve filtering (e.g., exclude people already assigned) * Crew / Resource - allow Dispatch/Ticket users to modify Crew selection only if user is part of the Crew * Improvements to logging of all Spark (and Smoke) transactions * Improvements to translations methodology === v.2026.0526.0000 (27-May-2026) -- release-2026.05 === * Backwards compatibility support allowing FIRE Spark Bids to be used in FIRE Online/Unplugged * FIRE legacy to FIRE Spark form migration upon upload via FIRE Unplugged * Dispatch/Ticket charges - allow for "Min" charge * Bid charges - ensure zero (0) quantity entries are visible * Bid - change initial creation screen to include Operation Type, Bid Name and Effective / Expiry dates * Dispatch / Ticket - limit Bid association to only those with matching Division * Dispatch / Ticket - restrict Unit and Asset selection to those in matching Country (based on District) * Ticket - hide charges deleted via "cross-out method" from FIRE Online * Ticket - add permissions to allow for hiding of all pricing information (i.e., for contractors) * Save & Refresh added to documents * Taxes implementation v1 * Price Level support * Time - ability to associate standalone record to a Ticket from within the Ticket (based on Project) * Crew support for Ticket Time; ability to add people using people assigned to Crew * Optional ability to group Ticket Time by person; hiding of details in view * Ability to associate Custom Forms to a Document from within that document * Fuel Reconciliation optimizations * Purchase Order - improvements incl. workflow, permissions and chargeback functionality, Project filter * Purchase Order - add ability to associate custom fields * Work Orders - improve display of Time/Task entries, and display of legacy attachments * Project management improvements; permissions, ability to change within documents, and filters * Allow for Ticket charges re-ordering on mobile devices * Custom Form - significant changes relating to association to documents and objects (like charges) * Custom Form - add Country, Division and District attributes * Crew / Resource - allow for manual Supervisor and Unit editing on Tickets (was disallowed) * Crew / Resource - permission change to only allow Group and Crew edits for "Resource Admin" * Compensation - enhancements to support more scenarios / added "Exclude from Overtime" checkbox === v.2026.0303.0000 (9-Mar-2026) -- release-2026.03 === * Significant improvements to Stimulsoft reporting integration incl. Dashboard, filters and permissions * Update Time approval to fix discrepancies between various approval methods * Improve PO chargeback information shown in Ticket charges * Major PO improvements, including Receipt and Invoice functionality and removing expired inventory * Add Price Level functionality beta * Dispatch resource updates including Country specific functionality, Crew dropdown fix * Provide more clear display of Invalid Customers on selection widget * Updates to Fuel functionality including report and reconciliation, as well as mandatory Unit selection * Allow for better use of mobile device's camera to capture picture attachments * Allow custom fields to be used on appropriate Summary page views * Add limited sorting abilities including to Asset and Inventory; to be expanded in future releases * Show all entities to which a Custom Form is related within form relationship view * Improvements related to back end upgrade and handling edge cases * Fixes for record locking === v.2026.0128.0000 (28-Jan-2026) -- release-2026.01 === * Network connectivity check to Smoke (remove error messages w/ local only network connection) * Project module - add ability to assign Managers * Time approval - add ability to approve based on Project Manager assignment * Time - add Export functionality, including Custom Form records * Time - initial Calendar view functionality added * Compensation - major improvements related to daily vs. weekly overtime calculations * Compensation - ability to select which columns/data is shown and exported / improved grouping * Added Minimum Bonus to case to compensation, including exemption for internal company tickets * Dispatch Resources - full release not including Country specific * Fuel Form - full release * Purchase Order - beta release * Ticket Chargeback from Time, PO or Work Order entries * Improved Permissions management, included Report permissions per Group / User * Significant work on Reports including Dashboard based on in-line filtering * Fix for Work Order time saving, and print * Custom Form - ability to add generic PDF attachment to print, including expiry * Custom Form email - ability to customize email body and subject by user/sender * Agency form revised layout, and creation of new print including images * Currency fix for newly created Bids and Tickets * Fix for specific Custom form filter applying to multiple forms * Improvements to reset password admin functionality * Add Location filters to Quote summary page * Improvements to Unit filtering incl. District and Division effective/expiry logic * Initial work on Vacation and Shift modules * Lead up work for AI translation testing * Initial work on Messaging === 2026.0107.0000 Patch (15-Jan-2026) -- release-2025.12 === * Fix for currency on newly created Bids and Tickets === v.2025.1202.1520 (2-Dec-2025) -- release-2025.12 === * Allow for deletion of Server custom forms (local custom forms could always be deleted) * Added setting to allow for deletion per custom form - must be turned on to enable deletion * Dispatch Resources beta release - increased stability and speed; timeline not yet optimized * Significant Fuel Form improvements incl. better reconciliation and reporting; split across multiple units * Purchase Order development * Alpha version of Chargeback functionality of PO (Time, Work Order) entries via Tickets * Includes changes to Project management pages and menu location * Allow for deletion of Time records (and user who can edit can delete) * Creating new person within document auto-associates person (previously required additional step) * Continued development of Testing resources and scripts * Personnel in Ticket - Subsistence dropdown limits based on country * Allow selection of Parent company in Company Admin * Add template upload of sales data to create Tickets (agency related) * Display correct approval level post-approval for offline users * Fix for BHA prints === v.2025.1023.0800 (23-Oct-2025) -- release-2025.10 === * Fix for document convert or duplicate not copying charges if specific form(s) preset to print * Ticket Summary page Approval Filter fix (no longer need to click F5 to clear) * Significant Fuel form improvements including better reconciliation, reporting and import updates * Reports (Crystal so not part of Smoke or Spark) - Fuel form, Time * Change "Save" on documents so it does not exit document upon save * Dispatch Resource / Crew related improvements (work is ongoing) * Allow for Country and Division specific Subsistence options on Personnel tab * OpLog updates - form on Ticket page for capturing time based activities * Address edge case of Bids related to Dispatches/Tickets showing error when using manual "Sync" button on Bid page * Fix document web links included in auto-generated emails upon workflow approval * Fix for offline Work Order related to saving of Inventory / Miscellaneous items by Unplugged users * PDF print pagination improvements * Ticket Seq Ids filter on Dispatch page fix * Dispatch Seq Is filter on Bid page no longer includes Tickets (only Dispatches) * Remove debugging text at bottom of on document pre-create pages