Changes and features made available in the August 2018 release of the VIA Platform (check https://status.viaboards.com for more information).
Platform Feature Enhancements
Security or Infrastructure
VIA® Portal
- Ramp System - Added support to automatically assign carriers based on lowest rate in addition to carrier preference. (VIA-593)
- Bill of Lading - Allow for the override of the company name of the Bill of Lading based on the Pay-to Carrier information. (VIA-552)
- Shadow List - Redesigned shadow list interface to make the user interaction more friendly. (VIA-640)
- Ramp System - New Carrier Assignment feature allows automatic assignment based on best rate. (VIA-573)
- Geo-fencing - New setting allows for the specification of default geo-fence radius at the board level. (VIA-671)
- GPS - Proximity information on the mini-card and card detail now show "as of" date/time to reflect when the GPS position was received. (VIA-608)
- Locations - New feature allows specifying hours of operation for shipping, delivery, and general locations and stops schedule outside these hours will receive warning. (VIA-602)
- Bill of Lading - New feature to support override of Carrier/Company name on the Bill-of-Lading based on Pay-to (VIA-552)
- Order Segmentation - Order processing can now be automatically spanned across multiple segments and modes of transportation (VIA-675, VIA-449, VIA-6)
VIA® Mobile
- Authentication - Additional authentication mechanism allows optional entry of MC number for validation of credentials.
VIA® API
- Public API - New publicly available API allows you to create API tokens in the Administration interface for external integration usage
- Administration - API Token creation and assignment process
Platform Fixes / Defects Resolved
VIA® Portal
- Fixed Reference Number and Freight Pagination where first page would improperly be re-displayed on paging. (VIA-666)
- Resolved issue where Shadow Lists allowed for route feature to be enabled. This is not supported on Shadow Lists. (VIA-593)
- Resolved defect where Auto-Add Locations feature could be enabled without specifying a location board. (
- Resolved issue where Board Maintenance (Admin) did not show board type icon / indicator. (VIA-622)
- Resolved bug in API where sort changes invalid activity to be created. (VIA-659)
- Fixed mobile tracking to reduce unnecessary DB queries. (VIA-658)
- Fixed issue where density calculation causes multiple queries. (VIA-657)
- Resolved bug in API where it was doing multiple user look up. (VIA-656)
- Optimized find/sort queries to improve performance. (VIA-654)
- Resolved issue where freight details cannot be opened while rates are running. (VIA-680)
- Fixed performance issues when running rates or performing quick quotes. (VIA-679)
- Optimize DB indexes to improve global search speed. (VIA-676)
- Fixed issue where ramp actions in a Carrier or Customer tenant show Partner boards as valid targets. (VIA-661)
- Fixed issue where inset map in card detail was not always enabled when tracking data received. (VIA-673)