Planit:Release Notes Version 5.11 and 5.12
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PlanPlus is pleased to announce the release of versions 5.11 and 5.12. These combined releases introduce some exciting and powerful new features that we have introduced and we hope you will find them valuable. Below is an overview of the new features and enhancements, as well as an update on any bug fixes and corporate administrative improvements.
Contents
- 1 NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 5.11
- 2 NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 5.12
- 3 FIXES AND UPDATES
- 3.1 Language Issues on screens – Ticket #2912
- 3.2 Insured debt payable on either death – Ticket #2858
- 3.3 "Percent of Goal achieved" is NOT working correctly for other goal calculator – Ticket #3875
- 3.4 Mortality popup graphic not displaying chart data properly and missing images – Ticket #3992
- 3.5 Estate Liquidity Report - "Legacy - Give Money (Bequests)" - Ticket #4262
- 3.6 LTCF - Client's or Spouse's Death - A "Transfer to Account" creates a shortfall in the year of the transfer – Ticket #4265
- 3.7 Enhancement to Dataphile REP to be non-case sensitive – Ticket #4328
- 3.8 Simplified Goal Process Flow - Navigation Issue – Ticket #4370
- 3.9 Personal Information Screen - Remove "Matrimonial Regime" on selected process flows. – Ticket #4403
- 3.10 Planning Assumptions Screen for Simplified RGC- Hide Discussion Retirement Box – Ticket #4405
- 3.11 Modular Goal Process - Planning Assumptions screen clean up – Ticket #4406
- 3.12 Goals screen clean up – Ticket #4408
- 3.13 Simplified Goal Process flow – Your Working Documents – Ticket #4412
- 3.14 Label Change: Change "Unplanned Savings" to "Reinvested Surplus Cash Flow" – Ticket #4448
- 3.15 Solve Multiple Variants of the surplus case – Ticket #4463
- 3.16 First-to-die and Second-to-die Issues – Ticket #4471
- 3.17 Tax Updated 2014 - Canada – Ticket #4494
- 3.18 Can not edit retirement age within new scenario – Ticket #4520
- 3.19 Assets and Liabilities screen - Detailed Asset - Saving function not working on open investments – Ticket #4567
- 3.20 Delete custom asset result an error – Ticket #4568
- 3.21 Various Label Errors found in Client Screen – Ticket #4575
- 3.22 The blue arrow sign is working with incorrect order – Ticket #4576
- 3.23 Interactive Cash Flow Analysis should have No decimal precision/Round. – Ticket #4582
- 3.24 Delay Until - the default should start with retirement age not the current age – Ticket #4583
- 3.25 ROR - negative rate if surplus – Ticket #4584
- 3.26 Tax Audit Report Label Issues – Ticket #4626
- 3.27 Some fields in cash flow page are double counting in the final report – Ticket #4631
NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 5.11
Modular Goal - Multiple Variants of the Surplus
When clients are in a surplus, the software will now calculator how much sooner the client could retire or how much more money for lifestyle.
Modular Goal - NEW Notes Field
When we changed to the new Modular Goal the notes field was not included in the change. This is now available on the Results Screen > Assumptions Tab
Modular Goal - Report Generation Changes
We have changed how the process of generating a report within the Modular Goal Process.
Modular Goal - Changes to PDF Report to be More Sensitive Client's Age
NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS IN VERSION 5.12
Combined Release
With V5.12, PlanPlus has consolidated all previous versions (V5.9 + V5.10 + V5.11) into one release. These earlier releases were all development independently from each each; and this release merges them all back together. All of the functionality delivered in the previous releases are now all available in this release.
FIXES AND UPDATES
Language Issues on screens – Ticket #2912
On the French Personal Information screen, the button on the left side was wrapped. This is now fixed in the current version.
Insured debt payable on either death – Ticket #2858
There was an issue where the debt payable on either death was not showing up in the Pensions and Other Revenues screen correctly. This is now corrected.
"Percent of Goal achieved" is NOT working correctly for other goal calculator – Ticket #3875
There was an issue when you had a huge shortage and after clicking on the button of Percent of Goal achieved, it was showing 100% achieved. This is now fixed.
Mortality popup graphic not displaying chart data properly and missing images – Ticket #3992
There was a grey area plotted above the grid of the graph and there was images missing....this is fixed.
Estate Liquidity Report - "Legacy - Give Money (Bequests)" - Ticket #4262
When a user entered an amount into the field "Or A Dollar Amount" in one or both partial distribution sections, these amounts need to be shown as "Legacy - Give Money (Bequests)" non-regarding the beneficiary of the legacy. The amounts in both fields needed to be added together. This is now completed.
LTCF - Client's or Spouse's Death - A "Transfer to Account" creates a shortfall in the year of the transfer – Ticket #4265
Transfer to account - Client's or Spouse's death scenarios - in the year of transfer, the program shows a shortfall. This is now corrected in current version.
Enhancement to Dataphile REP to be non-case sensitive – Ticket #4328
The REP codes have been changed in this new version.
When navigating through the Simplified Goal Process Flow, an error was occurring. This is now fixed.
Personal Information Screen - Remove "Matrimonial Regime" on selected process flows. – Ticket #4403
“Matrimonial Regime” needed to be removed from the Personal Information screen for all process flows except Integrated Planning and Estate Planning. This has been completed.
Planning Assumptions Screen for Simplified RGC- Hide Discussion Retirement Box – Ticket #4405
Hide the “Discuss Retirement” check-box so that the user will not see it. This was completed.
Modular Goal Process - Planning Assumptions screen clean up – Ticket #4406
Modular Goal Process - Planning Assumptions screen clean up is now done.
Goals screen clean up – Ticket #4408
On the goals screen, increase the space between “Active Goal” and the droplist. The clean up has been completed.
Simplified Goal Process flow – Your Working Documents – Ticket #4412
Simplified Goal Process flow – Your Working Documents. "Your Working Documents" screen should not be shown on this Simplified process flow. This is now fixed in this new version.
Label Change: Change "Unplanned Savings" to "Reinvested Surplus Cash Flow" – Ticket #4448
We have terrible confusion with users not understanding our description "Unplanned Savings". It would be easier to understand and explain to clients if we changed this label to "Reinvested Surplus Cash Flow". This label change has been completed in this version.
Solve Multiple Variants of the surplus case – Ticket #4463
Enhance the planning alternatives to be able to solve multiple variants of the surplus cases. If there is a surplus, to calculate how much sooner the client could retire or how much more money for their lifestyle they will need.
First-to-die and Second-to-die Issues – Ticket #4471
First-to-die and Second-to-die insurance are paid more than once if the data is entered through the Detailed Insurance screen. This is now fixed.
Tax Updated 2014 - Canada – Ticket #4494
2014 Canadian Tax Updates are now completed.
Can not edit retirement age within new scenario – Ticket #4520
After creating a new scenario using the Multi Scenario feature, editing Retirement Age on causes issues. This is now corrected.
Assets and Liabilities screen - Detailed Asset - Saving function not working on open investments – Ticket #4567
In A&L screen, when adding a custom asset and hitting save the screen would not fall back to the asset screen. It just was not saving. This has been fixed in this new version.
Delete custom asset result an error – Ticket #4568
After trying to delete a custom asset you would get an error. This error is now fixed.
Various Label Errors found in Client Screen – Ticket #4575
There is a label error on page of Goals. The original label should be "Funded". It was showing some coding around the label. This is now fixed.
The blue arrow sign is working with incorrect order – Ticket #4576
The order of operation using the navigation arrows were incorrect. This is now corrected in this release.
Interactive Cash Flow Analysis should have No decimal precision/Round. – Ticket #4582
Within the Modular Goal Planning and within the Planning Alternatives within the Result screen, when you hover the mouse onto the graph, there is no standard decimal precision applied for this. Corrected in the new release.
Delay Until - the default should start with retirement age not the current age – Ticket #4583
Planning Alternatives, on retirement age, delay until, the scale is incorrect and not defaulting correctly. This is now fixed.
ROR - negative rate if surplus – Ticket #4584
Within the Modular Goal Planning and within the Planning Alternatives, when calculating the ROR on a surplus the Rate of Return was going down to a negative. This is now fixed.
Tax Audit Report Label Issues – Ticket #4626
Within the tax audit report there was some labels which was showing HTML codes. This is now fixed.
Some fields in cash flow page are double counting in the final report – Ticket #4631
Various fields in the detailed Cash Flow were duplicating in the document. This is now fixed.