The following sections describe improvements to functionality, performance and stability on earlier versions of Conquest 4. See What’s New on the latest version.
•Conquest 4 Desktop is now available on the Microsoft Store
•Enables the import manager with same capabilities of Conquest 3 and extends it with the import and refresh Geopackages functionality
•Adds Map functionality with the ability to display and interact with Views results
•Views are now displayed as tables with filtering, sorting and selecting options
•Enhances the Asset Explorer Hierarchy layout
•Implements the default document path and ability to pick a folder for document upload
•Resolves a technical issue with refreshing expired sessions
New features available on this version:
•Improved experience on using the camera to add documents
•New fields available in the Find Tool
•Complete Defect task
•Hierarchy items are sorted alphabetically
•A new User Dashboard with:
•User Profile details
•Quick links to navigate the app
•User’s Favourite Views section
Request Only Mode available for users with Request Only licences
New features available on this version:
•Standard Inspections on Assets
•Asset Form - Inspections Lists
•Tag Inspections Feature
•Views for Mobile in Conquest 3 provides a way of marking Views that are suitable for Conquest 4 Mobile, including Group Views. Views that are not marked for Mobile are excluded. Requires Conquest 3.0401
•Fixes an issue with viewing Related Requests
•Fixes an issue with some Conquest Views not being compatible with Conquest 4 Mobile
•Enables 3rd party Apps to open a Conquest 4 Mobile Object by way of a structured URL
•Mobile App Forms provide visual recognition of Read Only fields
•The Barcode - Find function now refreshes after each use
•Completion of 3rd Party usability
•Improved Licence Lease and Session management
•Improved Security
•When you to use the Back Button to exit the Condition Inspection Form without saving, you can now do the Condition Inspection in the same session, when you are ready.
More functionality, with the Asset Form having a New Defect Task, to open the Defect Form, providing you with Conquest Defects:
•Select a Standard Defect
•Create a Defect with the prefilled data and User Fields from the Standard Defect
•Set the Severity as per the Default Severity of the Standard Defect
•Provide selection of Severity defined on the Standard Defect, according to Asset Priority
•Calculate the Due Date from the Asset Priority and Severity details
•Update the Asset - Next Defect Inspection date based on the Defect Priorities set on the Asset Type
•Create an Action from the Default Standard Action recorded on the Standard Defect
•New Action Task - create an Action from a Standard Defect
•Map Icon - Open a Map:
•Select a Map:
•Google (has the closest Zoom level)
•Esri
•Open Street Maps
•Use GPS to centre the Map
•Zoom in on the Map
•Long-press to create a point on the Map the Save
•Mapping, as described for Defects above, also applies to Assets, Requests and Actions
•Defect Views
•New Action Form Tasks:
•Relate Defect, to open a list of existing Defects on the Asset, to pick from
•Work Order, available on Issued Actions
•Tap the Documents icon
•Find the Work Order pdf file and Tap to open it
Exclusions:
•You cannot create Adhoc Defects, so having an up to date set of Standard Defects for the types of Assets you intend to use Conquest 4 Mobile with, is most important. If you have a business requirement to record Adhoc Defects, use Conquest III to create a Standard Action called something like “Adhoc Defect” in the Asset Type Hierarchy, at the root of the Asset Type branches you are working with, and use that for creating the equivalent of Adhoc Defects
•Having created a Defect, you cannot assign a different Standard Defect to it
•You cannot Delete a previously related Action from a Defect
•You cannot Copy a Defect
•The Conquest III Element List is not available in Mobile Defects
Introduces a new, App Version numbering system, more in keeping with Google and Apple Store Apps, where the first part is the year of release and the second is the App’s release number.
•The Conquest System Option ‘Hide New Request Task’ is implemented, so that an organisation can stop Conquest 4 Mobile from creating Customer Requests
•The New Document function allows the selection of files other than images
•Fixed a technical issue with the performance of the Mobile App Stash.
More functionality:
•The Mobile Environment consists the API and a Database Connection that have been registered in Conquest Services with the Management Console then selected in Conquest 4 Mobile at Login. For this release the optimal API version is 2.0.6
The following warning indicators are displayed, if either of the API and Database Connection has NOT been registered as Production:
•On the Login Form the Connect Button is an orange colour instead of green
•The Mobile Forms show a warning symbol; an orange triangle icon with an exclamation mark. This icon can be tapped, to select a different Mobile Environment
•Fixed a problem, where the Calculated Condition was not always displayed in the Asset Form
•Fixed a problem, where the View List was empty immediately after Login
More functionality:
•The Asset Form now provides:
•Condition calculation for both Condition Types:
•Weighted Average
•Condition Distribution (%)
•Manual Condition selection
•The Asset Form, now excludes the changing of Asset Type. This feature will be fully instated and aligned with Valuation Rules, in a later version
More functionality:
•The Request Form for new and existing Requests
•Request Views are available to work with
•The Action Form for new and existing Actions, excluding Valuation Actions and Log Book Actions:
•Excludes Adhoc Actions, so having a well developed set of Standard Actions for the types of Assets you will use Conquest 4 Mobile with, is most important
•Excludes the creation of Repeatable Actions, Cyclic Actions and Log Book Actions
•Excludes access to Estimates and Costs details
•Existing Repeatable Actions are available to work with and can be Completed, generating the next Action
•Existing Cyclic Actions are available to work with and can be Completed
•Existing Log Book Actions are available to work with but not to Complete
•Includes the Relate Request function
•Existing Diary Notes are integrated with the Action’s documents (images) in chronological order of entry. Diary notes are read only in this version, so new notes must be put in the Action Notes section
•The Action Completion Form:
•Excludes features for Valuation and Cyclic Actions
•Includes the ability to select the totals for Estimated and Actual Costs, if the Action has them
Note: Completed Actions do not yet have the “Ticked” icon in the Recent Items List
•Action Views are available to work with
•The appearance and performance of the Asset Form, has been aligned with features introduced in the Action Form
•Excludes changing the Asset Type
1.0.3 is a technology build for Conquest Document Storage, released in version 1.0.4.
More functionality:
•On a new Condition Inspection the Inspector field now has the Conquest User’s full name
•You can now enter Condition Inspection Notes
•Permissions are the same as in Conquest III:
•Permission on Facilities are now reflected in the Asset Explorer
•Read Only Assets show a little “Padlock” icon in the General Information section header. When the icon is visible, editing is disabled
•In the Asset View Fields, Money no longer shows as an “Invalid Datatype”
•Deleted Assets are now removed from the Recent Items List
•Recent Items are now being refreshed, when you start the App
•System Priority Fields (Hierarchies) are included
•New Documents now upload in the background
•If an Asset doesn’t already have a barcode, Conquest provides a barcode generator, which can be used to print random barcodes on sticky labels, which can be attached to Assets then scanned in from the Asset Form Scan Tool
•The barcode generator can be found at http://barcode.conquest.live
•Once an Asset has a barcode associated with it, simply use the Find Tool in Conquest 4 Mobile to find the Asset on your device
Features of the first version are the navigation of the Asset Register by:
•Asset Explorer
•Conquest Views owned by the User, or owned by Groups, which the user is a member of, are available for selecting Assets
•Find Tool to select or view Assets by:
•Data:
•Asset Description
•Asset ID
•Business ID
•Type ID
•Barcode Scan
•Once an Asset is selected, the following functionality is available, provided the User has appropriate permission and that the Conquest Business Rules allow it:
•Edit or delete the current Asset
•Add a new Asset
•Scan in a Barcode for the current Asset
•Carry out a Condition Inspection
•View linked documents (photographs)
•Add a new photograph as a linked document