It’s a new year, and a new release of Ubersmith! We’ve been hard at work over the cold, harsh winter to bring you the latest and greatest Ubersmith release!
Ubersmith 5.6.3 is a recommended upgrade for all users of Ubersmith. Read on for the complete changelog for the 5.6.3 release.
You can get your copy at:
http://downloads.ubersmith.com
General
- General interface enhancements.
- New confirmation popups / overlays.
- Improved the performance of the daily invoicing script.
- Improved the performance of the Ubersmith ‘minidash’.
- Show service status when providing the list of services on association popups.
- The system now links directly to services from within search results.
- The system now redirects users to a service or invoice when only one result is found.
- Automatically hyperlink URLs and email addresses in metadata and comments.
- Correct an issue with some graphs using an incorrect font.
Device Manager
- Added the ability to mass delete IP assignments.
- Added additional device module event hooks.
- Added the ability to sort locations on the Device Manager dashboard.
- The system now offers additional IP assignment suggestions.
- Better support for entering IPv6 addresses.
Support Manager
- Custom Data Fields are now available for tickets.
- Extended the functionality of the ‘author’ field in ticket lists.
- Added reply/quote/comment links into the ticket activity mouseover popup.
- Improved the performance of ticket lists.
- Added a new service module for per-ticket billing.
- Added a preference to hide the dark purple bar.
API
- New API scripts to disable and enable monitors.
- New API script to remove payment methods.
- New API script to respond / comment to orders
- Support attachments when adding ticket/order responses/comments via the API.
Reports
- Improved the logging of events related to authorized contacts.
Order Manager
- Automatically populate client details in orders place by existing clients.
Client Manager
- The system will now prompt to deactivate child services when the parent is deactivated.
- Improved the performance of the Client Manager dashboard.
- The system now displays a ‘service hierarchy’ on invoices when billing child services.
- Additional details have been added to PayPal IPN ‘Unrecognized Payment’ emails.
- Better support for prerequisite handling within order actions.
- Setup fees now included in order totals.
- Correct an issue that caused the Euro character to not appear properly in PDF invoices.
Setup & Admin
- When copying service plans, service modules are now copied as well.
- Service module configuration has been moved to the service plan details page.
- Correct issues with the display of some ‘setup & admin’ menu items.

