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Release Version: 2023 (18.6.8g806)
Release Date: November 2023

Installation

IMPORTANT: You must be on the Signature 2023 (18.6.8g813) before installing Equipment Management 2023. You can verify version information by checking the About Microsoft Dynamics GP window. If you are not on this version, do not install Equipment Management 2023.

These installation notes only apply to users who are upgrading from a previous Equipment Management version. New Equipment Management users should refer to the Equipment Management Installation, Upgrade, and New Features user guide for installation instructions.

You can upgrade to Signature Equipment Management 2023 from Equipment Management 2016 R3 Service Pack 1 (16.00b03g306) or higher.

Compatibility

To find a complete list of system requirements across all the Signature modules, please refer to the Signature System Requirements document found on the Product Download page on Signature Resources at https://www.wennsoft.com/wsportal/product-downloads.

Equipment Management is compatible with the following:

Signature 2023
eOne SmartList Builder version 18.05.0054

Installation Notes

Modified Equipment Management and Microsoft Dynamics GP windows and reports may be lost after upgrading. Print copies of all modified windows and reports to use as a reference, as you may have to recreate your customizations after installation.
This upgrade is installed using the Equipment Management installation wizard. All users must log out of the system before upgrading. To start the installation wizard, download and launch the application file on the server machine. For complete installation instructions, refer to the Equipment Management Installation, Upgrade, and New Features guide.

To install Equipment Management sample data, you must be logged in to the Fabrikam lesson company. If you are logged in to a different company, you will receive an error when trying to install sample data.
Advanced Rental users - Line linking has been updated so that linked (child) lines are updated by the parent line. The child line can also be updated independently without updating the parent. 22026
Advanced Rental users - You can update the intervals for and the automatic On/Off Rental processing. In the Dex.ini settings, update the following line to the appropriate number of minutes between processing. The default setting is to run the process every 5 minutes. Setting the number to 0 will set the process to not run. 21573
EQS_On_Off_Rental_Process_Minutes=5
Vehicle Readings users - You can update the intervals for and the automatic Commit Vehicle Readings processing. In the Dex.ini settings, update the following line to the appropriate number of minutes between processing. The default setting is to run the process every 5 minutes. Setting the number to 0 will set the process to not run. 21573
EQS_Vehicle_Readings_Process_Minutes=5

Issues Fixed

The following issues have been fixed:

Case #	Description
EMS-113	When transferring a rental booking to a rental agreement and there is only a single line, users will no longer receive an error message. This occurred when there was a different rental booking that did have a linked rental line.
EMS-117	When using the Equipment Modifier Utility, when the Modify option is selected, the equipment ID is now modified as expected. The utility had been copying instead of modifying.