To align with Acuity’s strategy and enhance clarity around construction categories, the vertical hierarchy has been updated. The full hierarchy is outlined below with the changes highlighted in yellow. All screens/dialogs throughout the applicable agile applications (Project Container, Quote, and Order Management) where ABL Construction can be managed/viewed have been updated as such. Options that…
With today’s agile Quote update, a new “Round Up” feature is available in Quote’s Spread dialog. This feature allows the user to round up the desired spread amount by: This free-form field allows the user the flexibility to tailor Spread’s rounding to best suit their business needs, maximizing the dollars on their quotes while minimizing…
With today’s agile Quote update, the ABL Expiration Date will be automatically removed upon saving or opening a quote, if: This update does not apply to quotes in Review Requested (REQ) or Historical (HIS) status. When the ABL Expiration Date is removed from a quote, the action is written to the quote’s Audit Log, along…
Upon opening a quote with expired ABL pricing, a pop-up warning message will alert the user that the quote’s ABL expiration date has passed. The user can then re-submit the quote to the Acuity Quotes Department for approval if needed.
We are excited to announce the new search and export capabilities for the Audit Log in Quote. Search With the search feature, users can easily find information by searching for entry date, entry time, keywords, created by, quote number, and more. Export Additionally, users can now export the Audit Log. This feature is especially useful…
To align with Acuity’s strategy and enhance clarity around construction categories, we have expanded the vertical hierarchy to include the below options. All relevant locations in agile (Project Container, Quotes, and Order Management) where ABL Construction can be set have been updated accordingly. Additional adjustments will be made later this year, with a follow-up announcement…
In agile Quote, when approving a customer’s Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) quote for converting to an order, please be aware that only Instruction 37 (Lump Sum) will appear on the ADC order. All other Standard Instructions will not carry over to the ADC order. Adding Standard Instructions that do not carry over to ADC orders…
A new option is available in agile Quote that allows users to send an email notification to customers when their quote is ready to convert to an order in Acuity Distributor Center (ADC). From the ADC tab in Quote, when you click the Approved for Convert checkbox, a new dropdown menu will appear. From here,…
To be consistent with other agile applications, such as Order Management, the Program field in Quote, Stock Pricing Tool, and ScratchPad will now show stock products as “Design Select” if they are part of that program. Please note, while the Program field is part of the “Quote Standard” and “Quick Quote Standard” Layouts, it will…
To be consistent with other agile applications, such as Order Management, the Program field in Quote & Stock Pricing Tool will now show stock products as “Design Select” if they are part of that program. Please note, while the Program field is part of the “Quote Standard” and “Quick Quote Standard” Layouts, it will need…
New fixes have been published for Negotiated Limit in Agile Quote. Prior to these fixes, when a Quote user would make changes to Catalog Number or Quantity on a Holophane line with a Negotiated Limit, the Negotiated Limit’s value would remain unchanged. This creates a challenge because when Negotiated Limit carries over to different products…
To make compiling supporting information about quote lines even easier, Mfg Lead Time is now an available print option for ABL lines for both PDF and Excel Quote Printout Formats (including the Items Only Excel)! A future release will expand this to Non-ABL Lines. Due to the nature of this data, Mfg Lead Time(s) must…
To see which quote or order line items are included in the Design Select program, you must manage your layout in Agile Order Management and Agile Quotes. Configuring Your Layout This update should be made within an existing quote or order, not from the dashboard. Navigate to the Lines tab in an existing Agile order…
As part of our commitment to expand importing and exporting options from Agile Quotes, a new CSV format is now available within the Quote Client. This is currently limited to the same quote line and header fields available in the XML format. In a future release, we will be adding import templates for all the…
To increase efficiency when generating Quote printouts, you can now access the Contacts Tab directly from the Print Quote dialog for Project Quotes. Simply click the Contacts button to modify the associated companies and contacts as needed. Once the updates have been made, click the Reload Data button for the changes to reflect. Please note…
To increase efficiency when generating Quote printouts, you can now access the Contacts Tab directly from the Print Quote dialog for Project Quotes. Simply click the Contacts button to modify the associated companies and contacts as needed. Once the updates have been made, click the Reload Data button for the changes to reflect. Please note…
You can now store direct links/URLS for non-ABL external pricing in Agile without using Document Upload. This will limit the need to navigate to multiple websites or to your SharePoint drive when you need to reference external pricing. These links can be stored in the Products tab of a Non-ABL Manufacturer record in Contact Management….
To support the upcoming rebranding of the UPR market segment, to be announced January 15th, starting January 11th you will see the following changes in agile Project Container, Quotes, and Order Management. Changes have also been made to the National Account application to reflect these same definitions used across Acuity.
This morning we deployed version 4.0.150.2 of Stock Price Tool. This release includes the following changes.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.342.0). This release includes the following:
As of Monday November 6th, the ability to print future pricing has been turned on in Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) to support the upcoming price increase on December 4th. This feature will be available until the new pricing effective date. After that date, you will see the updated pricing as the current price. After logging into…
This morning we deployed a new version of the Stock Pricing Tool Client (4.0.142.2). This release addressed an issue where rounding to the closest $5 and closest cent was not actually being applied when using the Factor All functionality. In this situation, pricing products at what appeared to be the Standing Quote price would not…
This morning we deployed a new version of Stock Pricing Tool (4.0.140.2). To support the Design Select Regional program, this release includes a new “Program” column on the Products grid as well as a new “Program” field on the Product Detail card, which also indicates the Quantity Limit, if applicable. Later this fall we plan…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.315.0). This release includes the following:
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.315.0). This release includes the following:
PACKAGE OPTIMIZATION SETTINGS: We are excited to bring to you some enhancements around package optimization that will allow you to better provide for your customers and their packaging needs! Quotes: In order to simplify selecting preferences for package optimization on a quote, an enhancement has been made in the Quotes application to make it easier…
With release 2.0.272.0, Agile Quotes will now show you which products are Design Select. Three new columns are now available in the Lines Tab: Starting on 6/9/23 these columns will be included in the “Quote Lines Standard” & “Quick Quote Standard” layout by default. They can also be added to any custom layout. This release…
This morning we deployed a new version of the Agile Quotes. This release resolved an issue that was causing Contractor Select products to show as non-stock.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.258.0). This release included backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not see any changes on your side.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.256.0). This release includes the following:
This morning we deployed a new version of Stock Price Tool (4.0.58.0). This release includes backend infrastructure changes only. Due to this, you should not see any changes on your side.
Because the signing certificate for our ClickOnce Applications will expire on February 6th, ABL Tech will be deploying new versions of the following applications this week with the updated certificate: Due to changes in how Microsoft handles certificates, it is possible some users’ Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will attempt to block the downloads with an option…
Because the signing certificate for our ClickOnce Applications will expire on February 6th, ABL Tech will be deploying new versions of the following applications this week with the updated certificate: Due to changes in how Microsoft handles certificates, it is possible some users’ Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will attempt to block the downloads with an option…
Because the signing certificate for our ClickOnce Applications will expire on February 6th, ABL Tech will be deploying new versions of the following applications this week with the updated certificate: Due to changes in how Microsoft handles certificates, it is possible some users’ Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will attempt to block the downloads with an option…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.229.0). This release included backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not see any changes on your side.
This morning we released a new version of Stock Pricing Tool (4.0.54.0). This release updated the sender address on ‘Price List [Submitted/Response]’ emails from SuptCenReps@lithonia.com to SuptCenReps@AcuityBrands.com. This should address issues where the AQD was not receiving notifications of new Price Lists being sent to them for review.
This morning we released a new version of ScratchPad (4.0.36.0). This release includes backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not see any changes on your side.
This morning we deployed a new release of Agile Quotes (2.0.227.0). This release includes the following updates: Request Review Changes: Two new required fields have been added to the ‘Submit Quote for Review’ dialog to provide more context to the AQD about the opportunities they are reviewing. They new fields and options are: ‘Approved for…
This morning we deployed a new release of Agile Quotes (2.0.227.0). This release includes the following updates: Request Review Changes: Two new required fields have been added to the ‘Submit Quote for Review’ dialog to provide more context to the AQD about the opportunities they are reviewing. They new fields and options are: ‘Unlock Records’…
This morning we deployed a new release of Agile Quotes (2.0.227.0). This release includes the following updates: Request Review Changes: Two new required fields have been added to the ‘Submit Quote for Review’ dialog to provide more context to the AQD about the opportunities they are reviewing. They new fields and options are: ‘Approved for…
In an upcoming Agile Quotes release, currently planned for 1/12/23, two new required fields are being added to the “Submit Quote for Review” dialog. These fields are being added to help give more context to the AQD about the opportunities they are reviewing. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (2.0.270.0) to production. This release was focused on backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not see any changes on the user side.
This morning we deployed a new version of Project Container. This release included the following: Dashboard View Fix The issue that was preventing reps from creating a custom View utilizing the Last Search Results has been addressed The issue that was incorrectly exposing standard View titles in the Manage Views dialog has also been addressed…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes. This release included backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not see any changes on your side.
This morning we released a new version of ScratchPad (4.0.33.0). This release includes backend infrastructure changes. Due to this, you should not notice any changes in the application.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (1.71.192.0). This release includes the following updates: Addressed an issue where certain Replacement Parts documents were not being returned when using the ‘Show Replacement Parts’ feature. Addressed an issue where product lines without a Product/Price Approval (typically Assembly Lines) would crash the Totals and CIP…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes. This release includes backend changes that will not directly impact users.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes. This release includes the following: CIP Dialog Updates We have moved messages related to Quote CIP Qualification directly into the CIP Dialog, instead of using a separate pop-up window. Backend Changes Some miscellaneous backend changes were also included, which will not directly impact users
To better align with the freight terms for the Winona division Agile Order Management will now require Winona products to be ordered separately from ABL Core divisions. In addition to this change when quoting Winona these products will also be broken out into a separate Freight Terms section. These changes will take effect 10/06/2022 at…
This morning we released a new version of Stock Price Tool, 4.0.52.0. This release includes updates to the Application Administration dialog box and backend infrastructure changes.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.150.0. This release included the following changes: Suppressed Lines Alerts: Due to rules around visibility of non-ABL Lines for corporate users, Quote product lines without a MFG or DIV value are hidden from corporate view. When this happens for corporate/department Reps, it prevents the quote…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.150.0. This release included the following changes: Suppressed Lines Alerts: Due to rules around visibility of non-ABL Lines for corporate users, Quote product lines without a MFG or DIV value are hidden from corporate view. When this happens for corporate/department Reps, it prevents the quote…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.150.0. This release included the following changes: Unit CIP Commission Issue Fix: A set of changes have been made to prevent a rare issue where Unit CIP fields that were not completely cleared out when removing the associated Overage could lead to the appearance of…
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.108.0. This version includes the following updates: Addressed an issue that was preventing the Get Updated RFD Info button in the Quote Client (for Sales Channels still using RFD) from working.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.103.0. This version includes the following updates: Performance Tuning Updates to the Quotes Lines Grid to improve responsiveness when moving between fields. While all quotes should see some improvements, this will primarily affect large quotes (50+ EDT Lines) Subtotal & Assembly Lines As a result of…
With the July 14th Agile Quotes release, we will be changing how Subtotal (SUB) & Assembly (ASMB) lines behave. The changes are tied to grid performance tuning improvements that will be included in the 7/14 update. Starting on the 14th, when you update any of the following fields the “Ext DSP” field for all Subtotal…
A new version of Stock Pricing Tool, 3.4.41.0, has been deployed to Production. This release addressed an issue that was allowing DSP values greater than 2 decimal places to be imported through the Excel import.
On Wednesday July 7th we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes, 1.71.94.0. This version includes the following changes: The Freight Terms text for Acuity Brands has been updated to point the AcuityBrands.com Terms and Conditions page instead of listing out each brand exception. Addressed an issue where Freight Terms for Canadian Reps were not…
On Tuesday, May 10th we released a new version of Project Container which included the following change: Addressed an issue where Quote Notes larger than 2000 characters would prevent the Project “Save as New” functionality from working.
This morning we deployed a new version of Agile Quotes. This release includes the following update: Addressed an issue where select HLP CiCodes were incorrectly displaying a lead-time of zero days Please Note: New quotes will now show the correct lead-time. Existing quotes will still show the lead-time of zero days until the revalidate button has…
With the 4/13/2022 release of agile Quotes the following items have been addressed/updated: The Non-ABL commission calculation has been updated to handle rounding and recalculation consistent with Order Management Addressed an issue with how Overage (CIP and Non-ABL) interacts with Freight Minimums on quote printouts Addressed an issue where the “Manufacturer Quote Request” would occasionally fail to generate
With the 4/12/2022 release of Stock Pricing Tool the following items have been addressed/updated: New “Lower All to Target” button: This button will take any lines above Target and lower them to the current Target price for the product. In order to use this button, Factors must first be removed from the Price List. They…
With the March 31st deployment of Agile Quotes, we have updated how “Good Through” dates are managed for Holophane Quote Printouts. In previous versions of the application, the “Good Through” date was specified in the Terms section and was listed as “30 calendar days” from the issue date of the quote. “Good Through” dates are…
With the March 31st deployment of Agile Quotes (client version 1.71.23.0) we have rolled back the “ABL Auto Complete Catalog #” and related preferences to their pre-March 20th state while we work to improve the new version and address the concerns that were brought up with it. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. In addition…
Complete Catalog #” (also known as TypeAhead or IntelliSense) to the same logic that is currently being used by Order Management. This update will provide a more accurate view of valid configurations and will allow for a consistent experience between the two applications.
The ability to print future pricing has been turned on in Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) to support the upcoming price increase on February 7th. This feature will be available until the new pricing effective date. After that date, you will see the updated pricing as the current price. After logging into ADC, click on the “My…
We have deployed a new version of Agile Quotes (1.64.13.0) to Production! This version includes several features updates, a bug fix for a rare situation, and several behind the scenes optimizations. Please let Agency Support or your AQD Manager know if you have any questions or concerns!
We have made several enhancements to agile quotes to better assist with new line entry: 1. Updated validation messaging to list out each validation failure for easier viewing. 2. Prompt users to launch the Product Configurator if invalid nomenclature was entered. This will occur if that particular series is turned onto the Product Configurator. 3. Created…
We are deploying a change to the quotes application that will allow you to mark additional quote versions as visible for our upcoming deployment of agency reporting. The new Power BI reporting is scheduled for later this fiscal year. The Active version of a quote will continue to always be included in reports but you…
We have heard from a lot of Distributors that they would like to be able to estimate the # of pallets they will be receiving. To help communicate Pallet Qty and Estimated Pallets, we have created a new agile Quote feature. In the Quote application, you can now add Pallet Qty to your quote line…
Converting Quotes to Orders is Now Available on ADC The new Convert Quote to Orders feature on Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) allows customers to place online orders directly converted from requested quotes. Tools & Training for You • NEW Convert Quote to Order Training Video for Agents • NEW Convert Quote to Order PowerPoint for Agents •…
Product Search has been expanded to allow agents the ability to add products to a cart and then submit that cart as an Agile Quick Quote. You can also email the customer a copy of the quote during this process. A prerequisite for this feature is that you must have the Product Search role of…
Due to the quick turnaround for the implementation of this latest tariff price increase, we do expect a significant amount of pricing holds to begin hitting the Acuity Quotations Department starting May 15, 2019. The team will be actively working with all agencies to work to clear these holds as soon as possible. However, if…
Over the past several months, we have taken a focused look at the agile applications and have been making changes to optimize the code and server load to provide an improved user experience. On January 24, 2018, we deployed an updated version of Order Management that significantly improved the time it took to open a new hold order and edit the header by approximately 50%.
On project quotes, city and state should be populated on that quote’s project container General tab. From within the quote click the blue project container icon to launch the project. Next populate the city and state fields. If those values aren’t populated, you will prompted in quotes on request review. The project container will then…
You will now see a Copy icon in the Request Information section of the RFD. This feature will help you more quickly submit similar RFD requests to Acuity. Rather than completing each request form separately and submitting each request one at a time, the new Copy feature allows you to quickly copy information from one…
As we have announced through sales letters and web training, we have made significant changes in agile to assist with the integration of Juno into the Acuity Business processes. Below are some agile enhancements that will make the process of Quoting and Ordering Juno products even easier! Crossover Application The Crossover application assists with crossing over old…
We are pleased to announce another agile capability enhancement for Mark Lighting. Effective 10/17/2016, all Mark Lighting products will be CIP enabled.
We are pleased to announce several new Agile enhancements that will make doing business with Juno much easier: Visibility of Juno distributor stock quotes, Juno inventory in Agile Product Search, System generated hyperlinks from Agile OM to Juno eCommerce order, and Enhanced Auto-complete nomenclature. New training video now available!
In this latest release we are introducing improvements to: print, the calculator function, mini totals dialog, and more.
Great News!
Starting today, Mark Lighting RFD requests can now be submitted from an agile Quote or through the agile RFD tool.
In this latest release we have added a new date column to the documents grid called “Upload Date”. This will display the date and time the file was uploaded into agile. We are also providing you with the ability to group uploaded documents by the various column headings. For example you can now group documents so they are displayed according to who they were uploaded by.
We deployed a new version of Documents on Tuesday in an effort to increase performance; particularly around projects with hundreds of documents. The Documents tab will now load in a matter of seconds. As part of this increased performance Documents will now have paging at the bottom of the screen. The default number of items displayed is…
In this latest release we are introducing:
Have you ever wanted to view a company record in contact management and see all activity with that account? Or open a project container and quickly view all tasks that have been completed for a given project? The new “Activities” tab is here to help you better manage these daily agile tasks and events. In conjunction with the Activities tab we are also introducing agile Calendar, agile Tasks, and improvements to the Notes tab.
We have added several new features to the Stock Pricing Tool to make managing your customer price lists easier. These enhancements will help you with editing existing lists and creating new lists in anticipation of our upcoming Acuity Distributor Center – My Catalog release. The new Stock Price Tool features include:
A new quote preference has been created called “ABL Product Validation Exception”. This new feature is designed to help inform the user why an Acuity Brands product is not validating (a product that has UNK product approval). How does it work? With the preference turned on, simply key in your Acuity Brands Division, product, and…
Has there ever been a time when you needed to issue a quote but weren’t quite ready to disclose the Acuity Brands Divisions in the quote print document for fear of making it easier for competitors to cross the bill of material? We now have a new print option designed specifically for situations like this!…
The new agile integrated Envision configurator eases doing business with ASL by providing: Electronic assistance for ASL catalog numbers Instant wind-load validation Customized 2D & 3D product model files Customized pictures for site specific project proposals Customized specification sheets with orientation drawings We conducted a series of webinars this summer, but if you missed the chance to join…
The existing Employee Credit process has been improved for easier rep association and maintenance to projects and orders. You now also have access to improved employee credit reporting! Some of the changes include: The ability to manage employee percentages on one screen in Contact Management The ability to see and maintenance Employee Credit assignments on…
Previously, if you had Hidden (HDN) lines on a quote, when you converted to a hold order those lines were automatically changed to Regular (REG) product lines. For those HDN lines that contained overage, if your agency did not edit or remove the lines or update the line categories to Overage (OVG) prior to final…
We have added some great integration features to agile Quotes including the ability to:
A new version of agile Quotes is now available with some new features!
Please welcome our newest addition to agile…..Request for Warranty Deviation (RFWD)! Starting today all requests for warranty deviations can be entered and managed through the new RFWD application. This new application will allow you to request changes to a product’s warranty straight from the quote line and send it to the Product Value Stream for…
We have more enhancements to agile quotes to tell you about!
Our March enhancements to agile Quotes are once again based on feedback we have received from our users. Keep the ideas coming. Here is what’s new:
We continue to address your enhancement requests….keep them coming! A new Quote release is now available and contains the following enhancements:
A new version of agile Quotes is available this morning. It includes two nice enhancements:
We continue to focus on enhancements that provide efficiency within agile Quotes!
A new version of agile quotes is now available! Here are some of the highlights…