We released invoice printing some time back and we’ve had a significant influx of customer requests for a more expanded option. What all the requests boiled down to was a statement print job was necessary for many landlords and property managers.
We’ve just completed the beta rollout of a statement print job. Because of the compexity of a statement, we’re going to leave this feature in beta for a period of time and request your feedback. It has gone through extensive testing, but as every landlord manages their properties a bit different we want to make sure it works for everyone before we release it out of beta.
Please try it out. To print a statement, click the Tenants tab, then right-click on a tenant. You will be presented with the following menu. Choose Print Statement.
You will be prompted with some options to define the dates for which you want to produce the statement. Choose your begin and end dates and select the options you wish to present on the statement, then choose Create Statement. You will be presented with the report preview for the new statement. Click the printer icon to print if you wish.
Please report any feedback to support@rentecdirect.com. Thank you.
Product Update, Rentec Pro
invoice, printing, statement
Firefox and Safari users may never have seen this issue, but Internet Explorer issues have often missed something when printing their reports. IE often chops off the right hand side of the report when printing to some printers. We had earlier anticipated that IE might correct the issue with the print jobs; however, we waited and waited and nothing came. We’ve taken measures into our own hands to fix the issue and also make the print engine more flexible.
You’ll notice when you pull up any report preview now that the print button opens a new window instead of sending directly to the printer. This follows common practice used by online applications such as mapquest and google maps when printing directions. This allows for a couple things.
- We can assign new styling just to the print job so when printing it does not include the border and a few other elements designed for the preview.
- We can assign custom font sizes to your print jobs so you can define the size of the print. Just visit Settings, then Program Defaults, and set the font size to your preference. The default is 12px; however, a lot of users are opting to bump this up to 14px for easier readability on paper.
Product Update, Rentec Basic, Rentec Pro
google maps, IE, mapquest, print jobs, printer
Another popular request that our dev team just completed is for the ability for landlords/property managers to maintain a list of popular or frequently used vendors within Rentec Direct. Think of it as your property management address book and it doesn’t have to be only for vendors. It’s easier than ever to create workorders now because within each new or existing workorder is a dropdown of all configured vendors.
To use this new feature, visit the Settings tab, and select Setup Vendors. Enter the necessary information, save, and then the next workorder you enter you can simply select the vendor from the dropdown menu instead of typing in the info each time. Upon selection, the vital contact information for the vendor selected immediately pops up below your selection so you have a number to call and schedule the repair. No more flipping through the rolodex!
This is a time saving feature, as well as a record keeping improvement available to all Rentec Pro users.
Product Update, Rentec Pro
address book, maintenance request, phone book, rolodex, track vendors, vendor, work order
At the request of Rentec Direct users we’ve expanded the functionality of the workorder system. When viewing an open workorder there is a new option labeled “printable version / work ticket“. Once you have successfully created a workorder, edit it and click this new link. You will be presented with a printable workorder suitable for records or for dispatch. Click the sample report to the right to expand and see what these work tickets look like.
If you haven’t used workorders before, to create a workorder, simply select the Properties tab once logged in and then right-click on the property you wish to create a workorder for and select workorders. Then click Add new workorder in the lower left and you will be prompted for the necessary fields.
Product Update
printable workorder, repair ticket, work ticket, workorder
We released invoice printing some time back and we’ve had a significant influx of customer requests for a more expanded option. What all the requests boiled down to was a statement print job was necessary for many landlords and property managers.