ALS Release Notes v4.2.106

The application now allows the user to edit the four standard letters within the application: Expired Rabies Letter, Billing Reminder Letter, Delinquent License Letter and the Final Delinquent License Letter. There is now a configuration item (only accessible to "System Administrator" users) that will open a form and allow the user to key in whatever text they want, so that the letters can now be customized to fit your community's needs.
The application now allows the user to select a report and enter all of the search parameters, but instead of just generating the report the report within ALS the application now allows the user to export the report to excel. Right before the report is exported to excel the user has the ability to select which fields they want to include in the report. Once the report is exported to excel any user (with basic Microsoft Excel knowledge) can sort the report by any field they want and can manipulate the data to fit their needs. Once the data has been exported to excel the user can create mail-merge documents to print labels and other items.
The application now allows the users (with "System Administrator" user access) to correct their own tag numbers. If you incorrectly enter a tag number you can now resolve the issue within your own office by having a user with "System Administrator" clearance double on the lock icon by the tag number (on the animal information screen). Double clicking on the lock icon opens the tag number field so that a user can correct tag numbers, but keep in mind that at this point the system isn't checking to see if the corrections your making are creating duplicate tag numbers, so be sure you are changing the tag to a unique number.
The application now has a new pop up message prompt when saving a new animal that will prompt the user to decide whether the animal is new to the town/city. If the user selects that the animal is new to the town/city then the application won't assign any late fees for the animal. However if the user selects that the animal isn't new to the town/city, but just never came in to license their animal then the system will treat that animal as if its been in the database and assign the appropriate late fees (depending on where you are in your licensing year).
The application now allows the issuance of tags from previous years while still assigning the proper fiscal year in front of the tag. The user will be able to issue tag numbers for licenses that weren't paid from previous years without the aid of IMAS.
The application will now allow the user to export any report to a PDF file (as long as the report is printed to the Primo PDF printer). You will no longer have to print out every report in order to transfer the data to someone else. You can now export the report to a PDF file at which point you can save it to a disk or email it to whoever was requesting the data.