Release Notes: November 22, 2024

Important Notices!

  • Firmware Updates: TennaCAM 2.0, TennaFLEET II and TennaCANbus will receive an over-the-air firmware update by the end of this year. No action on your part – just enjoy even better performance of your hardware!
  • Cost Code Format Update: We are implementing a change to the format of all cost codes that are displayed and exported within our system. Please review the new format to ensure compatibility with any existing processes that rely on cost code data.
  • Forced Mobile App Update: This release will REQUIRE an update to your Tenna App. After Friday, November 22nd, users will be forced to update their app in the App Store before they will be able to login.
  • CARB Certification Requirements: Tenna is in the process of establishing certification with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) mandates. If you have any questions, please reach out to your Tenna Account Manager.

All of the new products and features below were showcased in our November 2024 Live Launch. Watch the recording here!

New Products

OEM Integration: Vermeer

Tenna now supports Vermeer as an OEM Integration.

Contact your Customer Account Manager for more information.

Key Enhancements

Reporting Engine

  • Column Panel: Group rows and values in new Dropzones help you drill down to detail in our advanced reporting!
    • Available in select reports! (except Fuel Entries by Major Category Monthly and Fuel Cost by Major Category Monthly)

  • Pivot Mode: Toggle on or off in the Column Panel to add an additional dropzone: Column Labels.
    • Summarize data in a powerful way! Pivot Mode creates values across the top of the report.
    • Available in select reports! (except Fuel Entries by Major Category Monthly and Fuel Cost by Major Category Monthly)

  • Visual Charting: Extremely configurable, visual charting available for all new reports!

  • Show or Hide charts on your custom report.
  • Select the type of chart, like bar, column, pie, or area charts.
  • Define your axis values and select aggregation methods.

  • Customize even further with titles, legends, series and axis formatting, labels, navigator, and zoom settings.

Learn more about our Reporting Engine.

Custom Labels

Newly added custom labels for:

  • Laborers and Crews
  • Users and Contacts
  • Inspection Reports

Also added the ability to delete unused labels!

Assets Enhancements

  • Newly Added Fields for Asset Details: Users may now store the following information for their assets:
    • Warranties: Easily manage all asset warranties and capture their details in one place. Run reports for expired warranties.
    • Registrations: Easily manage all asset registrations and their deadlines. Get notified when registrations are expiring.
    • Dimensions
    • Engine Specs & Misc

  • Asset Form Redesign: Asset form has now been redesigned to incorporate collapsible sections and improved user experience.

  • Weighted Global Search: optimized search experience for Assets which “weights” search terms so that the most relevant results come up first.
    • For example, if you search 1024 in the Global Search Bar, the first results will be assets with Fleet Nos containing 1024 first, vs. assets with a VIN containing 1024.
  • Enhanced Asset Grouping: Can now group assets even if they have different telematics (AEMP vs. Tenna), or different designation (Rental vs. Owned). Group OEM and untracked assets alongside tracked assets, providing a comprehensive view of your entire asset inventory.
  • Site No in Assets feature
    • Asset Transfer Modal includes Site No: When transferring an asset, you can now search by Site No.
    • Site No in Asset filters: Ability to filter by Site No in the Assets page.


Resource Management Enhancements

  • Copy Info to next Request: Create batch requests easily with option to copy information (like dates, times, location, priority and notes) from previous created request and pre-fill in new requests.

  • Assign Labels to Labor Resources for Tracking & Scheduling
    • Assign and unassign multiple labels to Laborers and Crews
    • Filter and search labor resources based on multiple label combinations
    • Leverage labels for effective labor resource workflows and reporting

  • Site Name and Site No in Dispatch Notification

  • Requests List:
    • Re-arrange columns
    • Save View

  • Dispatch Board Grid:
    • Filter by Requested By and Requested By Org
    • Option to Show/Hide Cancelled Items
    • Focus on Requests and Dispatch needs from specific users at mass construction sites
    • Great for larger organizations that have separations of duties

  • Dispatch Event Grid:
    • Sort, search and filter by Trucking Companies and Recipient to Notify
    • Enhanced the Driver list to include Companies, in addition to Users & Contacts

  • Dispatch Queue Grid:
    • Option to Save/View My Filters
    • Scheduled Labor Resource Column Group includes Subsidiary, Division, and Department
    • Added Asset and Laborer Org columns
    • Requested Location popover
    • Schedule Cards now include Request Priority


  • Crew Management Grid:
    • Sort, search and filter by Labor Resource Category and Organizations
    • Transfer Crew action
    • Added Site No to transfer to Site modal
    • Columns are configurable and can Save My View
    • View, Add/Remove, or Filter by Labels

  • Labor Management Grid:
    • Added Site No to transfer to Site modal
    • Columns are configurable and can Save My View
    • View, Add/Remove, or Filter by Labels

Maintenance Enhancements

  • Bulk Acknowledge Similar Fault Codes and DTCs: Ability to acknowledge all similar/related fault codes in bulk for the same asset.

  • Resolve/Decline/Delete Related Maintenance Requests from Preventative Maintenance Service for the same Asset: Allow users to change the status of multiple Maintenance Requests that were triggered by preventative maintenance services for a specific service in a single action, rather than updating each MR individually. This functionality applies to resolving, declining, or deleting MRs in Pending status.

  • Specify existing Vista Cost Code as Repair Cost Code in Maintenance: Allow users to specify an existing cost code as a repair cost code at the MR level.

  • PM Service – Maintenance Request Defaults section: Users can now specify default labels, cost codes and priority when creating PM services that get applied to triggered maintenance requests.

Mechanic Time Cards Enhancements

  • Improved User Experience: The column headers for the time entries table within the timecard details now stay fixed to the top when you are scrolling vertically.
  • Ability to “Mark as Important” Time Types to better manage which Time Types are shown to users when entering their time.
    • Customize Your Time Tracking: Mark important time types to see them broken down individually and delete unnecessary default time types.
    • Simplify Your Time Card View: Group less critical time types into an "Other" category for a cleaner and more focused overview

Safety & Compliance Enhancements

  • Delete Inspection Reports: Users with certain permissions can now delete any submitted inspection reports.

Increased Attachment Size

Users can now attached up to 20MB files to Inspections and Maintenance, on the desktop and in the Tenna App, too!

OpenAPI Additional Endpoints

  • Utilization
  • Work Orders
  • Maintenance Requests

Tenna App Enhancements

Preventative Maintenance Tab

  • Enjoy a new Preventative Maintenance tab, accessible from the More Menu and Asset Details Page in the Tenna App
    • Access Upcoming, Open, and Completed Preventative Maintenance
    • View Preventative Maintenance for all assets via the more menu
    • View Preventative Maintenance for a specific asset via Asset Details
    • Tap on an Upcoming Service to Trigger, Reschedule or Cancel the service
    • Sort by days/hours/miles remaining (Upcoming) and overdue (Open)

Share Directions to Live Asset

  • Easily share directions to the latest location of an asset that is running/live.
    • Tap on the Address to copy or open in Google Maps
    • Tap on the Share Icon to share to in a text, email, etc.

Parts Enhancements

  • Bulk Action Toolbar available on Tablet: Now accessible on tablets when using accessing the web app via the tablet browser.

  • Add and Remove Parts directly to the Asset
    • Add Part: Within Asset Details / Parts, select "Add Part" to directly add a part to the asset
    • Remove Part: Within Asset Part Record, select Remove Part to remove it from the asset
      • You can add or edit the following during removal
        • Removal Date
        • Hours / Miles at Removal
        • Removal Notes

  • Fulfill Remaining Part Request and Adjust Part Inventory
    • When you "Fulfill Remaining" on Part Request, you'll now may add inventory for each of the fulfilled parts on the request
    • Each fulfilled part will be prepopulated in sequential inventory transactions with the following from the request:
      • Inventory Location
      • Quantity

Show Password

Tap to “Show Password” when logging into Tenna App.

Configure your Dashboard Widgets!

  • You can now configure the how content is displayed in dashboard widgets
  • Within Manage Dashboard, select the settings icon to configure the status and sorting of the following widgets:
    • Assigned Work Orders
    • Maintenance Requests
    • Assigned Dispatches

More labels, more places in Mobile!

  • User Profile
  • Site
    • Site Labels filter
    • Master Map Site details
  • Asset Details / Parts
    • Labels filter
  • Mechanic Time Cards
    • Create Time Card
    • Time Card Details
  • Maintenance
    • Maintenance Requests Labels filter
    • Work Orders Labels filter
  • Resource Management – Laborer & Crew Labels
    • Request Details
    • Create Request
    • Request Approval
  • Inspections / DVIR
    • Inspection Details
    • Inspection Form – Submission Details

Maintenance Enhancements

  • Bulk Acknowledge Similar Fault Codes and DTCs

  • Resolve/Decline/Delete Related Maintenance Requests from Preventative Maintenance Service for the same Asset

  • View and Sort Open Maintenance Requests and Work Orders by Site
  • Site No on Dispatch Event Screen: Includes Start Site, Delivery Site, Task Site, and End Site

Resource Management Enhancements

  • Enhanced sorting and filtering options for Dispatch Events
    • Change the sorting of Dispatch Events to meet your workflow
      • Within the Filter Panel, select from the following Sorting options
      • Start Date
      • Created Date
      • Title
    • Start Date filter now allows for dates in the past

  • “Unassigned User” Warning for Dispatch Event Completion
    • Users who are not assigned to the dispatch event will be presented a soft warning when they attempt to complete the dispatch.

  • Option to select "Don't Ask Me Again" for the incomplete items alert message when submitting an inspection report.

Reports/Grids Enhancements

Report / Grid Enhancement
Requests Grid

Ability to drag columns to re-order

Ability to Save View

Parts Grid Filter by Asset Org, Work Order Title, Work Order Number, and Maintenance Request Title
Dispatch Board Grid

Filter by Requested By and Requested By Org

Option to Show/Hide Cancelled Items

Dispatch Event Grid

Sort, search and filter by Trucking Companies and Recipient to Notify

Enhanced the Driver list to include Companies, in addition to Users & Contacts

Dispatch Queue Grid

Option to Save/View My Filters

Scheduled Labor Resource Column Group includes Subsidiary, Division, and Department

Added Asset and Laborer Org columns

Requested Location popover

Crew Management Grid

Sort, search and filter by Labor Resource Category and Organizations

Transfer Crew action

Added Site No to transfer to Site modal

Columns are configurable and can Save My View

View, Add/Remove, or Filter by Labels

Labor Management Grid

Added Site No to transfer to Site modal

Columns are configurable and can Save My View

View, Add/Remove, or Filter by Labels

Assets Grid Filter by Site No
Mobile – Maintenance Sort Open MR and Work Orders by Site
Mobile – Dispatch Events

Includes Site No

Enhanced sorting and filtering: Start Date (inc. past dates), Created Date, and Title

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