OpenSolar Release Notes - Late February 2021

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Price Adders Update and Quotation Table Customisation

Pros can now add and customise multiple price adders (or discounts) per system. The fields include

• Title
• Value
• formula for calculation (fixed, per watt or per panel)
• Percentage of tax included; and
• Shown to customer.  

Checking "Show to Customer" field will show the price adder as a line items in the proposal quotation table. 

Energy Ease Integration (🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿 only)

OpenSolar has partnered with Energy Ease in Australia and New Zealand to allow commercial customers to quickly apply for loan from OpenSolar's interactive proposal and get instant approval for a payment plan up to $150k in under 5 minutes.  

Account Admins can import Energy Ease Payment Options (Rental or Loan) directly through Control without creating an account with Energy Ease. Learn more here. 

Other Updates

• Updated the Price Breakdown table in Studio to make it more clear. 
• Updated First Year Monthly/Quarterly Bill savings graph to better represent PBI and monthly payments in new bill. 
• Ability to use Owner's Manual file tags and placeholders in other document templates. 
  

  File Tag	Placeholder
  Owner's Manual - Connection Diagram	{{snippet_embed_images_for_connection_diagram}}
  Owner's Manual - Post-Install Photograph	{{snippet_embed_images_for_installation_photograph}}
  Owner's Manual - Pre Commissioning Test	{{snippet_embed_images_for_pre_commissioning_test}}
  Owner's Manual - Test and Commission	{{snippet_embed_images_for_test_and_commission}}
  Owner's Manual - Array Mounting Certificate	{{snippet_embed_images_for_array_mounting_certificate}}

• Added separate Plenti application workflow for pros when applying for loan on behalf of the customer. 
• Added full app translations for German, Italian, French and Spanish languages. 
• Updated the project list search to allow searching on locality and post code. 
• Included Additional Costs within the Accept Proposal and View Statement Dialog. 
• Added date/time information to the Project History notes. 
• Update tax to VAT for UK org.