Clearer dashboards, and figures that behave on a phone
Plenty of farm admin gets done on a phone now, in the ute or between jobs, so a lot of this release is about making that work properly. Figures you type on a phone come out the way you meant them, you can see each one save, and you can stay logged in on your own device. The SEASON and FUTURE dashboards also pick up the dials and cards ESSENTIALS users already know, and there is a new machinery report.
SEASON and FUTURE dashboards in the new style
The SEASON and FUTURE dashboards, and every scenario, now use the same dials and cards as ESSENTIALS. Each KPI dial shows the figure right under the needle and says in words how it rates, with the thresholds marked where the colours change. The other charts are redrawn as matching cards: bar charts sorted with losses in red, donut charts with the total in the middle, and trend charts with a legend and a fixed colour order. Monthly Cash Flow and Enterprise Gross Margins now run across the full page, so there is room to read them.
Figures typed on a phone come out the way you meant them
Every dollar and quantity box now opens the number pad on a phone or tablet, and a line under the box shows the figure that will be saved before you move on. Shorthand works too: 45k is $45,000, 1.2m is $1,200,000 and (3,000) is a negative. Phone number pads have no minus key, so dollar boxes get their own plus and minus button. If something you typed can't be read, the box says so and keeps the figure it had, instead of quietly saving a zero.
See each figure save, even on patchy signal
On ESSENTIALS Profit and Loss and the Balance Sheet, a small tick appears in each box once the figure has saved. If the signal drops and a figure doesn't make it, the row is marked Not saved and P2PAgri tries again on its own as soon as the connection is back, then tells you when everything is in. Remove a row by mistake and you have a few seconds to put it back with Undo. Moving a line between Profit and Loss and the Balance Sheet now saves it in its new place before the old one is taken away, so a figure can't go missing in between.
Stay logged in on your own phone or computer
When you log in you can now tick Keep me logged in on this device. That phone or computer stays logged in for up to 30 days after you last used it, so checking a figure from the paddock no longer starts with a password. If you have used a shared computer or lost a phone, SETTINGS > Account has a Log out of all devices button that signs you out everywhere at once.
A machinery list with market values
Print Reports has a new Machinery Inventory and Estimated Market Values report. It prints your machinery from SEASON > Financials > Assets with the same columns you see on screen, along with the year's depreciation and the total market value at the bottom. It works its figures out exactly the same way as the Assets screen, so the two always agree, and it is ready to hand over when the bank or your accountant asks what the gear is worth.
An easier start for new farmers
New ESSENTIALS accounts now start by picking what they most want to sort out, from understanding the numbers to getting the bank to say yes, with a short video for each. The Dashboard shows an example farm until your own figures are in, so you can see where you are heading before you start. If you sign up on a phone you can email yourself a link and carry on at the same step on your computer, and if you'd rather talk it through, leave your number and we'll give you a ring.
Also in this release: reconnecting Xero is simpler if you look after more than one organisation, P2PAgri warns you ahead of Xero's January change if your Xero login can't view reports, each report in a printed PDF pack now starts on its own page, and a large round of security and behind-the-scenes work keeps your farm's figures private.
