Delivery Notes for Vtiger 7

Delivery Notes extension is a tool designed for the Vtiger CRM system.

With Delivery Notes you can:

• Create Delivery Note via Sales Order & Invoice modules
• Check Delivery Note detail view and choose to Deliver products or Cancel Delivery Note
• Track products via Free Outgoing Products module

Features of Delivery Notes:

• Easy navigation
• Improved products stock movement
• Function to activate/deactivate Delivery Notes for Services
• Support of PDF Maker
• Support of EMAIL Maker

 Note: With the Delivery Notes extension you can also download and install our Outgoing Products extension, you can find this extension in our E-shop after log in, under section Free Downloads.

 Note: For versions ITS4YouDeliveryNotes_4_0 and higher, you will be needing to have installed our Installer in order to activate license keys.

There are currently two options how to install extension:

• (Recommended) Using our Free extension Installer
  (Please visit the Installer page for more info)
• Manually installation using a .zip file
  (You still need to have Installer in order to activate license)

 Note: For versions ITS4YouDeliveryNotes_4_0 and higher, you will be needing to have installed our Installer in order to activate license keys.

Since December 2019 we launched our extended version of Installer which helps you install modules and manage extensions.

Make sure you have Installer installed, you can download Installer via our E-shop when you log in under Free Downloads section.
Next, simply install Installer via Module Management in Vtiger CRM by importing the .zip file you downloaded.

After successful installation, you can access Installer in two ways:

• by a click on Notifications Icon and then on the button ,
• or via Main Menu – Settings – CRM Settings – Extensions – ITS4YouInstaller.

 Note: To see modules and manage licenses you have to log in to our e-shop with @email and password via button (top right screen side in Installer module).
After log in, you can activate Extensions or our Packages licenses associated to your account via button.

When the license was activated you can see module available in the Modules tab below.
Simply hit the button and Extension is installed now.

Please provide following steps in order to install Delivery Notes manually:

1. Install the .zip (package) file of the Delivery Notes module via Setting -> CRM Settings -> Module Management -> Modules. Click on the Import Module from Zip.
   

   Installation of Delivery Notes for Vtiger 7 – step 1

2. Select the .zip (package) file that you downloaded from our e-shop. Please check that you accepted the disclaimer and would like to proceed. Click on the [Import] button. Note: If you have after this step error message: Sorry! Attempt to access restricted file. Please check if folder test/vlib has correct write permission for browser (apache, www-data).
3. Verify the import details parsed from the .zip (package) file. Please check that you accepted the license agreement and click [Import Now] to proceed or [Cancel] to cancel.
   

   Installation of Delivery Notes for Vtiger 7 – step 3

4. Delivery Notes module was imported.
   

   Installation of Delivery Notes for Vtiger 7 – step 4

 Note: In order to finish installation, you need activate license. For that please use our Installer

The upgrade of the module is initiated manually or via our Installer.

Updating via Installer:

• open the Installer in the CRM
• in the Modules tab find your installed module and you should see the button available
• If the new version is available, you will be notified via Installer Notifications icon

Updating Delivery Notes manually:

Click on Upgrade link in list view of Delivery Notes. So please refer to above installation part for details how to initiate the import of the module from the file.

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

As you can be seen on the picture below you will be notified that the Delivery Notes extension already exists. Confirm License agreement and upgrade will start immediately when you click on the  button.

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

After upgrade the notification about successful upgrade is shown.

The Work area of the Delivery Notes consists of:

• List view – used for common tasks like select records, delete records, edit records, comment records
• Detail view – shows already created Delivery Notes in details
• Edit view– allows to edit already created Delivery Notes
• – used for License setting, Upgrade and Uninstall & more.
• – used to import records from the other Vtiger system if needed.
• – used to add new Delivery Notes.

For more details about List view, Detail view & Edit view please see next sections.

The common tasks like add/delete/duplicate Delivery Notes, import/export Delivery Notes or start editing has to be initiated via Delivery Notes 4 You List view. Go MENU -> INVENTORY and click on Delivery Notes link and Delivery Note 4 You List view will appear on your screen.

Delivery Notes – List view

The main part of the Delivery Notes List view consists of the list of the Delivery Notes, which gives you information about a Delivery Note number, organisation name, status, delivery date and other information. In the list you can also select one or more Delivery Notes and consequently delete or export the selected group of Delivery Notes or do additional tasks.

You can also have the option to create own List of Delivery Notes and set own fields to see via  button on the left side of the screen.

List view of Delivery Notes consists of:

•  –  to search Delivery notes based on field,
•  – is used to add new Delivery Notes,
•  – is used to import Delivery Notes from other Vtiger CRM system,
•  – allow you to set standard Vtiger settings, Preferences, License setting, Upgrade and Uninstall,
•  – if you select records this option becomes available and you can edit, delete or comment selected records,
•  – used to perform additional actions like: follow, unfollow, add tag, merge records, find duplicates and export,
• – next/previous page of Delivery Notes.

From List view you can directly open any Delivery Note in Detail view. The Detail view consists of:

• Delivery Note details part
• Group of action buttons
  •  – deliver products from Delivery Notes (in status Ready to Deliver)
  •  – create Invoice from Delivered products (in status Delivered)
  •  – cancel Delivery Note (pop-up window will appear to give reason for cancel)
  •  – switch to Edit view and start editing
  •  – duplicate or delete Delivery Note
  •  – switch between summary, details and updates or see related documents
  •  – allows to send email via our Email Maker extension
  •  – allows to generate/preview PDF via our PDF Maker extension

The Edit view allows you to edit Delivery Notes. If the status of Delivery Note is Delivered or Invoiced editing options are limited.

Delivery Notes – Edit view

You can find this block in Invoice & Sales Order details (Detail view). The block is on the bottom right side of the screen. Block is used for overview and creating Delivery Note.
With this block you are able to create Delivery note via    button.

On the Delivery Note block you can see:

• Product name
• Available quantity in stock
• Invoiced quantity
• How many products are Ready to be delivered
• Delivered products quantity

Delivery Notes Block

In the next sections you can check how we can create Delivery Notes.

• create Delivery Note from Sales Order
• create Delivery Note from Invoice
• create new Delivery Note via List view

In your business, if you first need to create Sales Order and then you will deliver products, this option to create a Delivery Note is suitable for you. After that you can invoice this product/s. To use it, please provide following steps:

1. Create or open your Sales Order and go to Detail view, on the bottom right side you have Delivery Notes Overview block, via this block you are able to create Delivery Note. To proceed, click on  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Sales Order

2. Now, please set quantities of products to be delivered (you can choose all or part of products). Finish by clicking on the  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Sales Order

3. Your Delivery Note was created.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Sales Order

4. If it is necessary, you are able to create a second (next) Delivery Note (steps: 1,2) for the same Sales Order.
5. Also, you can add products to existing Delivery Note via the button.
   
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Sales Orde

6. After the products were added into Delivery Note, you are able to deliver products (change status to Delivered). You have two options how to do it:
   
   a) Directly from Sales Order
   
   

   Deliver products from Sales Order

    

   b) From Delivery Note that is in status Ready to Deliver
   

   

   Deliver products from Sales Order

7. To invoice all delivered products you have also two options.:
   
   a) Invoice products from Sales Order
   
   

   Invoice delivered products from Sales Order

    

   b) Invoice products from Delivery Note Detail view

   

   Invoice delivered products from Sales Order

You are able also create Delivery Note from Invoice. To create it please see the next steps:

1. Open or create Invoice and go to Detail view, on the bottom right side you have Delivery Notes Overview block, via this block you are able to create Delivery Note. To proceed, click on  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Invoice

2. Now, please set quantities of products to be delivered (you can choose all or part of products). Finish by clicking on the  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Invoice

3. Your Delivery Note was created.
   

   Creating Delivery Note from Invoice

 Note: All other steps are same from previous section Creating Delivery Note from Sales Order

The last option is creating Delivery Note first. Please provide following steps:

1. Go to the List view of Delivery Notes and click on the  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note

2. Fill information (Required are Organization and Item) and click on the  button.
   

   Creating Delivery Note

3. Now, you can deliver products. To deliver, please click on the  button.
   

   Deliver products from Delivery Note

4. Fill how many products will be delivered and click on the  button.
   

   Deliver products from Delivery Notes

5. Now, you are able to invoice delivered products. Please click on the  button.
   

   Invoice products from Delivery Note

6. Fill info you want and click on the  button.
   

   Invoice products

 Note: To create Delivery Note, deliver product or invoice products you can also use Delivery Note block. To more information about Delivery block please check chapter 4.4 Delivery Notes block.

Additional features for Delivery Notes are:

• Creating Invoices from Delivery Note
• Support of PDF Maker
• Support of EMAIL Maker
• Outgoing Products

How to create Invoice is described in chapter about using Delivery Note (How to use Delivery Note)

The PDF Maker is extension tool designed by It-Solutions 4 You for Vtiger CRM. It is powerful and flexible tool which allows users of Vtiger CRM to create own PDF templates. For more information check following link:

https://it-solutions4you.com/extensions/vtiger/pdf-maker/

Before creating PDF file you need to create template of PDF Maker. To create template please check manual for PDF Maker:

https://it-solutions4you.com/manuals/vtiger7/pdfmaker/

The EMAIL Maker is an extension tool designed for the Vtiger CRM. Using EMAIL Maker, you can create email templates with predefined information and send them from all the modules. There are available all the fields from source and related modules, the fields related to recipients, the company information and many more.

The intention was to provide powerful and flexible tool which allows users of Vtiger CRM to create own email templates. Using the email templates you can send mass emails from the List view (e.g. Invoices, Quotes, Products, etc.) and finally save a lot of your time. Sending is running in the background. You are informed about sending process by a small pop-up window. 

For more information check following link:

https://it-solutions4you.com/extensions/vtiger/email-maker-extension-vtiger-crm/

Before sending email you need to create template of EMAIL Maker. To create template please check manual for EMAIL Maker:

https://it-solutions4you.com/manuals/vtiger7/email-maker-vtiger-7/

After installation of Delivery Notes 4 You, you need to install Outgoing Products too (if you want to use them). This module reflects products that are in some Delivery Note but there are not delivered yet. You will have an overview of products you need to deliver. This module you can find if you click on Menu and in category Inventory you can see Outgoing Products.

Outgoing Products

Now, you can see all products that are not delivered yet. The List view is divided into two areas. When you click into first area you will be redirected to the product and when you click into second area you will be redirected to Delivery Note that is assigned to chosen products and you can deliver a product.

List view of Outgoing Products

Settings for Delivery Notes can be found in the List view via  button.

Delivery Notes – Settings

In the Delivery Notes module we have special settings called Preferences, where you have:

• Services enabled
• Update warehouse on delivery enabled

Both of these settings are turned off  as default after you install Delivery Notes module to your Vtiger CRM system. You can change these settings via  button.

Delivery Notes – Preferences settings

Services enabled

This is for Services module in your Vtiger CRM.

• NO: you CAN’T use Delivery Notes for your Services.
• YES: you CAN use Delivery Notes for your Services.

Example: Delivery Notes are used for Products & Services in Vtiger CRM.

But, Services are turned OFF as default. You can still turn them ON.

We recommend having this feature turned ON. There can be situation when you creating Invoice or Sales Order and you add Products & Services to it. Then you will be need to create Delivery Note for Services, but you will be not able to do that because you didn’t turn ON this feature in the Preferences settings.

Update warehouse on delivery enabled

This feature is for updating Qty. in Stock field, in Products Detail view, only using Delivery Notes module after products are delivered.

• NO: field Qty. in Stock is updated ONLY when Invoice is created.
• YES: field Qty. in Stock field is update ONLY if you deliver products via Delivery Notes module.

This feature using Workflow which is created upon installing Delivery Notes module.

When you turn this feature ON workflow is enabled. Opposite, when you turn this off workflow will be disabled. So you don’t need touch workflow settings at all. Just use Preferences settings.

 Note: You can’t edit this workflow as its using custom functions created by our developer.

Since December 2019/January 2020 all our modules will be using Installer to manage licenses. Please check our Installer pages for more information.

You can access the License settings like its shown below:
(there can be more options from the pick-list, depends on the module)

Settings – License settings

After accessing the License window you can see screen bellow with following information:

• Module name, Your Vtiger domain URL
• Description, if license is activate or not:
  – your license is currently active,
  – your license is not active and you need active it via Installer.

To activate or manage license, click on the button.

Settings – License settings window

If you want to deactivate your license, please provide following steps:

• Go to your Installer, by a click on Notifications Icon and then on the button ,
  or via Main Menu – Settings – CRM Settings – Extensions – ITS4YouInstaller
• The following screen will appear (see below):
  

  Installer – deactivation of license

  You can deactivate license by click on the button

Note: The module will be deactivated but not uninstalled and license will be removed from the Activated Licenses tab.

To reactivate a license after deactivation, you need to follow the same process as you activated it first time:

1. Click on the   button and enter your license key.
   
2. Confirm with button.

When the license was activated you can see module available in the Modules tab below.

 Note: To see modules and manage licenses you have to log in to our e-shop with @email and password via button (top right screen side in Installer module).

The upgrade of the module is initiated manually or via our Installer.

Updating via Installer:

• open the Installer in the CRM
• in the Modules tab find your installed module and you should see the button available
• If the new version is available, you will be notified via Installer Notifications icon

Updating Delivery Notes manually:

Click on Upgrade link in list view of Delivery Notes. So please refer to above installation part for details how to initiate the import of the module from the file.

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

As you can be seen on the picture below you will be notified that the Delivery Notes extension already exists. Confirm License agreement and upgrade will start immediately when you click on the  button.

Upgrade of Delivery Notes

After upgrade the notification about successful upgrade is shown.

If you need to remove the module from your Vtiger you have two options:

• Uninstall via Installer.
• Manually via going to module Settings and choose Uninstall option.

You have also option to remove the module via Installer window by accessing the Settings – Uninstall window:

• Go to your Installer, by a click on Notifications Icon and then on the button ,
  or via Main Menu – Settings – CRM Settings – Extensions – ITS4YouInstaller
• Find the module you need to uninstall in the Modules tab
• Via pick list button choose the Uninstall option, you will be redirected to the Uninstall window.
• Click on button

Installer – Uninstall module screen 1

• Confirm uninstall with button

Installer – Uninstall module screen 2

Now, the module has been removed from your Vtiger and your license has been deactivated. To use this module again, you need to provide installation and validation steps (see Installation chapter).

There is also available option to remove Delivery Notes from your Vtiger manually. To uninstall please provide following steps:

1. Go to the List view of Delivery Notes and in Settings choose option Uninstall
   

   Uninstall Delivery Notes

2. Click on  button
   

   Uninstall Delivery Notes

3. Confirm uninstall with  button

Now, Delivery Notes is removed from your Vtiger and your license is deactivated. To use Delivery Notes again you need to provide installation and validation steps (see chapter 2. How to install Delivery Notes).

 Unistalling Outgoing Products

• This module will be unistalled only if you unistall Delivery Notes.
• You can’t unistall this module alone as there is no option for that.
• If you don’t require this module simply deactivate it in the Module manager in CRM Settings

• Check latest versions available and fixes applied
• What was changed/added to manual

• 6 August 2021: 4.9
  • Vtiger 7.4 compatibility
• 23 July 2021: 4.8
  • fixed issue where products with the same name were grouped into one product
• 30 June 2021: 4.7
  • minor bug fixes
• 1 June 2021: 4.6
  • fixed an error “Delivery Notes: Sorry! Attempt to access restricted file.” when opening Delivery Notes from related tabs of other Modules
• 11 May 2021: 4.5
  • fixed issue where ‘Type to search” was not loading records like Organizations, Invoices etc..,.

— 2020 —

• 29 September 2020: 4.4
  • fixed issue where in already created Delivery Note was a Quantity column showing “Not enough stock” even when Delivery Note was invoiced already
• 10 July 2020: 4.3
  • fixed issue, where discounts and taxes were not correctly transferring from Invoice/Sales Orders modules in to Delivery Note
• 04 June 2020: 4.2
  • minor bug fixes
• 30 April 2020: 4.1
  • fixed issue where Delivery Notes widget was missing in the detail view of Sales Order or Invoice modules
  • fixed issue where creating Invoice from Delivery Notes did not work properly or the items were not loaded in the item details block
  • fixed issue, where delivered quantity was duplicated, because of double workflow creation upon installation of module
  • added new icon for Delivery Notes module
• January 2020: 4.0
  • new validation system via our FREE extension Installer

— 2019 —

• December 2019 – Delivery Notes 700.1.4
  • tax Region not being pulled from ‘Sales Order’. Have to re-select it. Also, doesn’t auto fill in invoice – fixed
  • the unit price is being pulled from ‘Products’. Needs to be pulled from ‘Sales Order’. – fixed
  • fixed issues when using quick edit it deletes the item lines…
• November 2019 – Delivery Notes 700.1.3
  • fixed issue where tax regions were missing
  • fixed issue where total amount was not calculated properly
  • correction in showing current license module version installed in list view
• February 2019 – Delivery Notes 700.1.2
  • fixed issue with blank page after installation
  • fixed double workflow creation issues
  • uninstalling workflow too, when the Dynamic Fields are uninstalled
• February 2019 – Delivery Notes 700.1.1
  • fixed widgets not loading in detail view of INV, SO in the encoded file

• January 2019 – Delivery Notes 700.1.0
  • compatibility with Vtiger 7.x

• January 2020: manual based on Delivery Notes version: 4.0
  • updated chapters: Installation, Updates, License settings, Uninstall
  • new licensing via Installer – additional chapters added
• January 2019: manual based on Delivery Notes 700.1.0
  • first initiate for Vtiger 7.x