September 2024

Custom Vehicles

• Add custom (non-ACES) vehicles that are not available in the ALLDATA vehicle selection list.

New Parts Reports

• New Reports now available for Parts Purchased and Parts Profit.

June 2024

Parts Markup Matrix

• Set parts markups based on the cost of the parts.
  • See Labor, Taxes, Markups & Fees

April 2024

• Bug fixes and minor enhancements

March 2024

Deposits

Take deposits on Estimates and Repair Orders that can be applied to a final invoice. 

• Learn more about Deposits

Technician Worksheets

Print streamlined work documents for technicians that removes unnecessary information, such as customers' personal information, pricing, payment and authorization history, other footer notifications or marketing, etc.

• Examples:
  • Repair Order
    
  • Tech Worksheet
    

Other Enhancements

• myCARFAX
  • Auto populate shop information into the myCARFAX form when turning ON myCARFAX for the very first time.
  • Minor UI adjustments to the myCARFAX functionality and the corresponding in-product messaging.
     

Miscellaneous changes / Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where ALLDATA parts and labor was showing different engine size for a 2020 Chevy Colorado.
• Fixed an issue with trailing spaces in the customer’s name that prevented users from successfully searching for the customer.
• Fixed an issue where the user cannot print a document with many payments applied.
• Fixed an issue with being unable to update a VIN on a vehicle.
• Fixed an issue where the user is not able to save and replace an incomplete vehicle from the Customers module.
• Fixed an issue with Nexpart logging out from Shop Manager when the user is trying to use the catalog.

February 2024

myCARFAX Service History, Open Recalls and License Plate Lookup

Enable myCARFAX data transfer to start using the following features for FREE:

• Search for vehicles by license plate. 
  
• Access myCARFAX Service History from the document screen.
  
• View reported CARFAX service history and Open Recalls.
  

Learn how to enable myCARFAX
 

Other Enhancements

• Added a Customer Signature line on the Invoice document.
  

Miscellaneous changes / Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where duplicate vehicles could not be removed.
• Fixed an issue that caused an error when labor rate was changed by two user simultaneously.
• Corrected the ALLDATA Customer Support phone number on error messages.

August 2023

AutoZone Catalog

• AZ Parts catalog now Includes availability for Warehouse channel. The catalog also displays the store number and address for Store, Network, Hub, and Warehouse channels.
  
• Display availability and expected estimated delivery times for DC Channel.
  

March 2023

Quick Access to ALLDATA Repair

• When accessing Repair (or Collision) from the icons in the action header, it will now open within the same window, preserving your place within the document.

ACES Vehicles

• You can now select and add ACES vehicles to your document. The ACES vehicle database includes many additional vehicle makes and models that are not traditionally supported by ALLDATA Repair information.

Updated Filter & Sort Menu

• The updated filter and sort options now allow you to filter by the technician assigned. The user can also filter by “unassigned” to find any documents that are not assigned to a technician.

September 2022

Order Parts from the Nexpart Muli-Seller Catalog

• Shop Manager users can now order parts directly from their preferred parts suppliers using the Nexpart Catalog. Shop Manager seamlessly interacts with the Nexpart Catalog and can bring parts information back to the Estimate/Repair Order.
  • Sign up for Nexpart Multi-Seller
  • Using the Nexpart Catalog

October 2021

Void Unpaid Invoices

• Any unpaid invoices can now be voided using the Void option in the Actions menu.
• The voided invoices will also appear as a negative amount on the sales, tax and invoice reports to make it easier for the Shops to do their reconciliation.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Enable and use keyboard shortcuts for common document functions such as adding custom labor or converting an Estimate to a Repair Order.
  • To turn on shortcuts go to  Settings >> Document >> Enable Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • Once enabled you can reference available shortcuts from Help & Feedback >> Shortcuts or by pressing the SHIFT key and ? key together on your keyboard.

July 2021

Customers Module

• Easily access customer records by clicking the Customers tab from the left panel.

Learn More

April 2021

AutoZone Parts Ordering

• Order and receive parts from within Shop Manager
• View parts availability from your local network of stores
• Track you orders from the new Orders screen

Learn More

February 2021

Shop Notes

• Add Shop Notes to a document for internal use
• Shop Notes will not appear on the customer's printed documents

Line Item Drag and Drop Enhancements

• Drag and drop anywhere on the document
• Drag lines items from outside a Job Group to inside a Job Group
  • NOTE: Discount line items cannot be dragged into a Job Group.

Dec 2020

Job Groups

• Create Job Groups and add necessary line items under that group.
• Save a Job Group as a Shop Job so that it can be used in the future.
• See the Job Group total change real-time as line item are added under it.

Canadian Taxes

Canadian taxes are now split out by tax type on the work document as well as the printouts to cater to tax regulations in certain Canadian provinces.

August 2020

Canada Support

1. Shop Information - Canada can be set as your shop's Country under the Settings >> Shop Information. If Canada is selected from the dropdown, you can also select a Province and enter a Postal Code as part of their address.
2. Customer Information - Canadian addresses can be added to Customer Information.
3. Vehicle Information - If Canada is selected in Customer Information, Canadian provinces can be selected in the Vehicle Information.
4. Labor, Taxes, Markups & Fees - If Canada is selected in Shop Information, you can add Canadian tax rates (e.g., HST, GST & PST) to Settings >> Labor, Taxes, Markups & Fees >> Tax Rates. The total tax is dynamically calculated as an addition of GST, HST & PST and is applied to the document subtotal.

Add Item Ribbon

The Add Item drop down selector was replaced with an Add Item "ribbon" which allows for easy and quick selection of the different types of line items.