Category: Update History

We’ve been busy improving and adding new features to Uniwell Lynx ever since it was first released back in 2007. Explore the posts below to see some of the great new features that have been added recently.

Uniwell Lynx v17.03.0008

by Lynx Software, posted in Update History

New Feature

  • ‘Using v6.21 firmware or earlier’ setting added to Setup > Preferences > Communications
    • This setting is only applicable if using ‘Collect sales from REPORT_BACKUP (Internal)’
    • It MUST be enabled if using v6.21 firmware or earlier and it MUST be disabled if using v6.22 firmware or later

Uniwell Lynx v17.02.0029

by Lynx Software, posted in Update History

Data

  • ‘Last Sold’ column added to Items grid

Communications

  • Ping button added to POS Terminals grid for testing network connectivity
  • Automatic network check and FTP connect retry when FTP connect fails
    • Improves reliability when connecting via ZeroTier to sites with unstable internet connections

Manager Reports

  • System Status Report
    • Database size and data drive free space
    • Record counts for key database tables
    • Data issue counts (eg. number of items with no tax settings)

Listings

  • Item Tax Listing
    • Shows item and group tax settings
    • Option to ‘Only show items with mismatched tax settings’
  • Linked Items Listing
    • Option to ‘Only show linked items that have no components’

Stock Control

  • Supplier filter added to Stocktake grid

Performance Improvements

  • Forms
    • Modify Item form up to 1.65x faster
    • Modify POS Terminal up to 1.7x faster
    • Modify Location up to 1.35x faster
  • Building reports
    • Item Last Sold up to 42 x faster
    • Zero Item Sales up to 51x faster
    • Hourly Sales up to 2.75x faster
    • Electronic Journal with text filters up to 1.5x faster
    • Group Spend Analysis up to 76x faster
    • Hourly Spend Analysis up to 40x faster
    • Group/Item Hourly Sales up to 1.8x faster
    • Stock Valuation up to 1.1x faster
    • Stock Hourly Usage up to 21x faster
    • Dashboard up to 27x faster

Other

  • ‘Hide supplier item codes when editing items’ option added to Preferences > User Interface
  • ‘Send database size and low disk space email alerts’ option added to Preferences > Emails
  • Warning message displayed if trying to convert a data file while it is open in the previous version
  • ‘Include date/time stamp in the filename of reports sent to cloud drives or emailed’ option in Saved Reports replaced with ‘Include report date range in the filename of reports sent to cloud drives or emailed’
  • Message included in emailed batch reports from scheduled jobs if any of the sales batches fail to process
  • ‘Show clerk receipts only’ option added to Electronic Journal Report