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title: "5.8.1 | GTX Releases"
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description: "Release notes for Marlin GTX 5.8.1 trusted automotive software by Megabus."
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published: 2026-10-26T03:51:39Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GTX 5.8.1

**Marlin GTX** **5.8.1** release notes.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 22

**Released:** TBA

### Enhancements

**GTX-77476 – Promotions:** Added "Percentage of total" discount method for multiple-line promotions—adding one promotion line per triggers product so rebates are recorded for each product.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-77994 – Communications:** Fixed large stock records files from branch End of Month not completing for head office and blocking queues. **GTX-79469 – Manage Staff:** Fixed salesperson and fitter modifies and merges creating communications files that could not be applied at head office. **GTX-79534 – Manage Staff:** Fixed error modifying salespeople. **GTX-78677 – Support:** Fixed support sign-in failing intermittently.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 21

**Released:** 06/10/2026

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-77863 – Work Orders:** Fixed work orders doubling up and being invoiced multiple times. **GTX-77276 – Zeller Integration:** Fixed the receipt refund finalisation flow. **GTX-77279 – Zeller Integration:** Fixed linked refunds for credit notes where original invoices were partly paid by deposit.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 20

**Released:** 29/09/2026

### Enhancements

**GTX-77189 – Zeller Integration:** Added card present support for payments.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-77276 – Zeller Integration:** Fixed receipt refund finalisation flow. **GTX-77279 – Zeller Integration:** Fixed linked refunds for credit notes where original invoices were partly paid by deposits.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 19

**Released:** 1/9/2026

### Enhancements

**GTX-76560 – Bookings:** Booking payloads now validated at submission, instead of failing downstream. **GTX-76372 – Mobile Stocktake:** Initialisation now always includes inactive stock with quantity on hand.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-76055 – Bookings:** Fixed delays saving bookings for customers with many associated vehicles. **GTX-76934 – Business Planner:** Fixed colour scheme issue. **GTX-75365 – End Of Day:** Improved EOD calculations when GL buffers do not balance. **GTX-76633 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed owner details not saving. **GTX-68200 – Job Card Printing:** Fixed job cards printing when pressing Enter to move through a booking or enquiry. **GTX-68179 – Mobile Stocktake:** Fixed interim reports differing depending on how stock is added.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 18

**Released:** 4/8/2026

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-75393 – Business Planner:** Fixed planner display issue.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 17

**Released:** 31/7/2026

### Notable Fixes

**68128 – Backups:** Fixed message queues inflating backup sizes. **68163 – Enterprise Tracker:** Improved performance where many customers are associated with a single account customer. **68195 – Megalink:** Fixed From addresses not being written to msg files when emailing. **75303 – Public Files:** Fixed public files unable to be maintained. **68124 – Reminders:** Fixed HTML pages attempting to load from app cache. **68120 – Reporting:** Fixed app cache error when generating work order reports as user 1. **68147 – Stocktake:** Fixed mobile stocktake finalisation doubling the SOH of products. **75196 – Stocktake:** Fixed mobile stocktake initialisation by location.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 16

**Released:** 8/7/2026

### Enhancements

**GTX-33132 – Deposits:** Added default bank to deposit refund bank picker. **GTX-33168 – Enterprise tracker:** Added EnterpriseTimeout support. **GTX-33143 – Stocktakes:** Improved stocktake initialisation workflow.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-33125 – Business Planner:** Fixed Autotracker button being disabled in booking screens when valid tracker info has been selected. **GTX-33176 – Data Archiver:** Fixed Previous Year Data Archiver failing and not recognising failure upon re-run. **GTX-33128 – HORecords:** Fixed Head Office Record updates zeroing out values of fields. **GTX-33135 – Megalink:** Fixed Megalink errors for values too long for type character varying. **GTX-33155 – System Files:** Fixed System File cache not loading correctly for branches in Head office datasets.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 15

**Released:** 30/6/26

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-33069 – AutoTracker:** Fixed products not returning from Search to Booking screen when adding a new person as new/additional owner. **GTX-33107 – Customer Statements:** Fixed statements emailing to incorrect customers. **GTX-33108 – Work Orders:** Fixed right-clicking on quotes changing to work orders.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 14

**Released:** 30/6/26

### Feature Highlight

**GTX-32953 – End of Month:** Added automatic prompt to send statements after completing End of Month.

Users are now prompted to send statements after completing the [End of Month](/gtx/docs/end-of-month) process.

### Enhancements

**GTX-32830 – Autoflow:** Newly created invoices now submitted to Autoflow as history upon finalisation. **GTX-32837 – Autoflow:** Suppressed display of Autoflow Bad Request errors. **GTX-32940 – Mobile App:** Improved mobile Stocktake toolbar functionality and appearance. **GTX-32965 – Mobile App:** Streamlined mobile Stocktake Finalise Void workflow. **GTX-32997 – Mobile App:** Optimised mobile Stocktake initialisation.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-33012 – Business Planner:** Fixed Planner booking and enquiry workflow prompting for owner twice and printing random job cards. **GTX-33017 – Reporting:** Fixed sales tax amounts at Head Office not matching branch totals. **GTX-32943 – Stock Search:** Fixed Vehicle Logic RunFlat field not shown in StockSearch Fitment tab. **GTX-32990 – Stock Search:** Fixed new service items failing to save from StockSearch Fitment tab. **GTX-32937 – Work Orders:** Fixed promotion discounts becoming positive when invoicing work orders.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 13

**Released:** 20/5/26

**GTX-32834 – Enterprise AutoTracker:** Minor fixes. **GTX-32731 – Printing:** LineGroupCode now included in FR3 reports, where appropriate. **GTX-32821 – Printing:** Job Totals no longer printed when not showing prices on delivery dockets.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 12

**Released:** 4/5/26

### Enhancements

**GTX-32720 – Customer Balances:** Enabled overdue customer balances to be viewed from centralised branches. **GTX-32717 – Enterprise AutoTracker:** Reduced Enterprise submission error displays. **GTX-32722 – Mobile Stocktakes:** Enhanced mobile stocktake UI. **GTX-32675 – Products:** Optimised branch stock update.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-32707 – Enterprise AutoTracker:** Fixed merged owners left on old vehicles. **GTX-32709 – Enterprise AutoTracker:** Fixed error when submitting vehicles to enterprise tracker. **GTX-32711 – Mobile Stocktake:** Fixed issue with mobile stocktake variances.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 11

**Released:** 4/5/26

### Enhancements

**GTX-32532 – Business Planner:** Enabled customer histories to be sent to AutoFlow with work orders. **GTX-32575 – Help Menu:** Changed Help Menu text to Marlin Help. **GTX-32515 – Reports:** Added hosted report emailing. **GTX-32635 – Reports:** Improved Interim Variance Report.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-32271 – AutoTracker:** Fixed EnterpriseTracker vehicle submission issues. **GTX-32577 – AutoTracker:** Fixed LPN lookup error on tracker service items. **GTX-32357 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed Repco jobs not returning JobTypes. **GTX-32546 – Product Reorder:** Fixed Product Reorder Maintenance error for large numbers of products. **GTX-32637 – Stocktake:** Fixed Mobile Stocktake Variance Report variances. **GTX-32641 – Stocktake:** Fixed Stocktake Variance Reports showing blank or incorrect values.

## GTX – 5.8.1.10

**Released:** 17/3/26

### Enhancements

**GTX-32091 – Business Planner:** Added options to include AM/PM when displaying 12-hour format. **GTX-32042 – Business Planner:** Planner search boxes are now selected by default. **GTX-32168 – Enterprise Tracker:** Improved failure handling. **GTX-32174 – Enterprise Tracker:** Improved record lock handling. **GTX-32067 – Enterprise Tracker:** Tracker customers now always submitted as Person type. **GTX-32008 – Payment Entry:** Can now search line details during payment and receipt entry.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-31983 – Business Planner:** Fixed current time indicator disappearing. **GTX-32040 – Business Planner:** Restored missing Customer Transactions Clone function. **GTX-32081 – Business Planner:** Fixed tabs for external items, jobs and SMS not displaying item counts. **GTX-31828 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed "Saving Enterprise Tracker" issue. **GTX-31950 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed issue when saving new vehicles that already exist at another store. **GTX-32171 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed issue when adding an existing person as the new owner of an existing vehicle. **GTX-32316 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed skipping transaction submissions. **GTX-32372 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed inbox processor duplicate registration issue. **GTX-32478 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed missing search results. **GTX-31897 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed duplicate contact details. **GTX-31902 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed duplicate address details. **GTX-32375 – Enterprise Tracker:** Fixed vehicle submission error. **GTX-32019 – Marlin Web Service:** Fixed work order creation error. **GTX-31990 – Manage Stock CatalogueItems:** Fixed sock catalogueeditor issues. **GTX-32079 – Manage Products:** Fixed product reorder level and pricing maintenance search type updates. **GTX-32499 – Stock Take Entry:** Fixed Stocktake Variance Report showing mobile stocktake items with zero variance. **GTX-32034 – Time and Attendance:** Fixed salesperson and fitter codes not being able to be merged or modified. **GTX-32037 – Time and Attendance:** Fixed incorrect times before daylight saving. **GTX-32090 – Time and Attendance:** Fixed incorrect schedule and work times when finalising attendance events.

## GTX – 5.8.1.9

**Released:** 23/2/26

### Enhancements

**GTX-32308 – EFTPOS:** Failing EFTPOS/terminal/payment processes can now be cancelled. **GTX-32355 – EFTPOS:** Implemented Windcave terminal integration. **GTX-32472 – EFTPOS:** Improved error messages when terminal is offline. **GTX-32474 – System:** Various enhancements to speed and performance.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-32467 – Deposits:** Fixed deposits printing with total of zero. **GTX-32450 – Invoices:** Fixed default products for external partners being invoiced. **GTX-32290 – Service Jobs:** Fixed Service Job Maintenance not clearing previous search results.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 8

**Released:** 21/1/2026

### Enhancements

**GTX-322254 – Bulk Supplier Payments:** Westpac Bank format enhancement. **GTX-32236 – Business Planner:** Updated refresh to minimum of 1 minute. **GTX-31878 – System:** Enhancements to local caching. **GTX-32147 – Work Orders:** Enhanced logistic partner workflow.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-32030 – Consignment Stock Out:** Fixed line quantity issue. **GTX-32191 – Invoices:** Fixed issue with auto-purchases. **GTX-32129 – Purchases:** Fixed issue with module closing when updating inbox purchase.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 7

**Released:** 19/11/2025

### Enhancements

**GTX-32042 – Business Planner:** Search boxes now checked by default. **GTX-32008 – Payment/Receipt Entry:** Enabled line detail searching. **GTX-32046 – Time and Attendance:** Now able to show two hours either side of work days in Attendance Maintenance.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-31897 – Business Planner:** Fixed doubling-up of contact details when using Enterprise integration. **GTX-31983 – Business Planner:** Fixed current time line disappearing. **GTX-32040 – Business Planner:** Fixed missing Clone button. **GTX-31990 – Manage Stock Catalog Items:** Fixed Stock Catalog Editor issues. **GTX-32034 – Time and Attendance:** Fixed salesperson and fitter codes not being able to be merged or modified. **GTX-32037 – Time and Attendance:** Fixed day light savings time issues.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 6

**Released:** 19/11/2025

### Enhancements

**GTX-31992 – End Of Period:** Prevented logging in to other modules during End of Period processes.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-32001 – Reports:** Fixed issues with NZ GST Report. **GTX-31999 – End Of Period:** Fixed EOD hanging when attendance tracking is enabled and no prior EOY exists.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 5

**Released:** 21/10/25

### Enhancements

**GTX-31818 – Supplier Purchases:** Can now email supplier purchases. **GTX-31893 – Integrations:** Added integration with with NAPA Prolink.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX–31903 – BAS:** Fixed other tax subtractions from reported sales taxes. **GTX–31903 – Stocktake:** Fixed mobile stocktake errors.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 4

**Released:** 21/10/25

### Enhancement

**GTX-31906 – Help Menu:** Updated Inform logo and removed Legacy Inform link.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 3

**Released:** 29/9/25

### Enhancements

**GTX-31657 – Business Planner:** Can now send status update emails from planner. **GTX-31764 – Business Planner:** Improved Planner load times and performance. **GTX-31843 – Business Planner:** Can now add bookings without fitters. **GTX-31692 – End of Month:** Added option to delete EventTracker data after running EOM. **GTX-31622 – Supplier Reconciliation:** Can now select From and To transaction dates. **GTX-31735 – Time and Attendance:** Added password validation when adjusting attendance entries. **GTX-31846 – Time and Attendance:** Added access level control for anciliary clock on/off functions.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-31733 – Data Entry:** Fixed inactive staff being selected as salespeople. **GTX-31755 – End of Day:** Fixed End of Day error. **GTX-31764 – Work Orders:** Fixed missing create otes detail button.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 2

**Released:** 29/9/25

### Enhancements

**GTX-31640 – Business Planner:** Fixed planner not showing enforcement when invoicing. **GTX-31641 – Business Planner:** Added work order option when adding orders. **GTX-31550 – Inbox:** Improved inbox processor speed. **GTX-31628 – Messaging:** Added macro support for standard SMS messages. **GTX-31534 – Reporting:** Added selected GL Branches to Profit and Loss report headers. **GTX-31562 – Suppliers:** Extended supplier Description fields.

### Notable Fixes

**GTX-31643 – Business Planner:** Fixed work order and invoice buttons after saving. **GTX-31643 – Business Planner:** Fixed visibility of quotes grid. **GTX-31670 – Business Planner:** Fixed mandatory field enforcements. **GTX-31532 – Customers:** Fixed previous year attachments appearing on current year transactions. **GTX-31642 – Product Search:** Fixed product search button for new enquiries. **GTX-31560 – Transactions:** Fixed descriptions for archived transactions.

## GTX 5.8.1 – Patch 1

**Released:** 26/8/25

### Enhancements

**GTX-31691 – Business Planner:** Improved speed and performance of business planner. **GTX-31334– Time and Attendance:** Individual Staff can now be selected to provide current pay related details. **GTX-31464– Time and Attendance:** Can now cancel leave entries. **GTX-31467 – Time and Attendance:** Changed "Request Help" to "Request Adjustment". **GTX-31468 – Time and Attendance:** Added Attendance Summary enquiry.

## 5.8.1

**Released:** 26/8/2025

### Time & Attendance – Phase 2

**GTX-29083 – Time and Attendance:** Implemented Time & Attendance Phase 2 enhancements.

A number of improvements have been introduced to Time & Attendance functionality, **streamlining performance** and enabling integration with **Marlin HR payroll**.

> and the **Marlin** mobile app.

**These new enhancements enable users to:**

> - **Clock-on/off and record breaks remotely**, using the Marlin mobile app

- **Integrate attendance records** with marlin HR payroll
- **Send help requests** to review and revise attendance events if they make a mistake
- **Edit and cancel attendance events**, if necessary
- **Capture daily snapshots** of staff attendance and schedules
- **Add notes** to attendance events and summary records, which are visible in HR
- **Produce Head Office Attendance Summary Reports** in HR

**Smart reminders** have also been implemented, prompting users to perform tasks like sending **booking reminders** and perform the **End of Day close-off** before clocking off.

See the [Phase 2 Time & Attendance](/gtx/docs/phase-2-time-attendance) help guides for more information.

> GTX Mobile App **MBM-598 – Mobile App:** Added GTX mobile app integration.
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> GTX now integrates with the **Marlin mobile app** mobile app, enabling users to:
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> - **Perform remote stocktakes**, using barcode scanning and real-time inventory updates
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> See the [Marlin](/gtx/docs/marlin-Mobile) help guides for further information.

> Updated documentation in progress.

> Mobile Stocktakes **MBM-637 – Mobile App:** Added Marlin mobile stocktake integration.
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> This integration streamlines the stocktake process by enabling **real-time inventory syncing**, **barcode scanning** and **mobile product entry**.
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> Users can enter or update **product counts**, **add unknown items**, **filter by count status** and **review discrepancies** that have been **marked for recount** directly from the app.
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> See the [Mobile Stocktakes](/gtx/docs/mobile-stocktakes) help guide for further information.
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### Customer Receipt and Deposit Surcharges

GTX now allows surcharges to be automatically calculated and applied to **customer receipts** (account payments) and **deposits**.

Once configured, surcharges are automatically calculated and applied when the relevant payment type is selected, ensuring seamless surcharge handling across multiple transaction types.

See the [Surcharges](/gtx/docs/surcharges) help guide for further details.

### End of Year Enhancements

**GTX-29320 – End of Year:** Improved End of Year speed and archiving.

The **End of Year close-off** speed has been greatly improved, making EOFY processing **faster** and **more efficient**.

Once the close-off is complete, the **Previous Year Data Archiver** now also launches in the background, allowing trading to continue while previous years' data sets are installed.

See the [End of Financial Year](https://help.megabus.com.au/gtx/docs/end-of-year) help guide for more information.

## Other Enhancements

**GTX-30318 – AutoTracker:** Added email column to Business Planner search results. **GTX-31062 – AutoTracker:** Improved AutoTracker information editing. **GTX-30313 – Business Planner:** Enabled company names to be displayed in resource planner tab. **GTX-30342 – Business Planner:** Updated resource list right click options to match task list. **GTX-30434 – Business Planner:** Added option to disable the ability to add or modify bookings from the task list. **GTX-30524 – Business Planner:** The message and recipient mobile number are now shown when right-clicking to send a deposit request. **GTX-30551 – Business Planner:** Booking dates can now be changed when a booking has a parked invoice. **GTX-30600 – Business Planner:** In resource planner hint, Enabled for time out settings such as All Day. **GTX-31259 – Business Planner:** Added option to show work order details from planner inbox. **GTX-31258 – Business Planner / Customer Deposit Entry:** Add SMS standard message substitutions for invoice heading and suburb. **GTX-31175 – Business Planner / SMS Manager:** Enabled SMS standard messages to be maintained by a head office. **GTX-30322 – Consignment Stock Out:** Enabled CSO Delivery/Return to select an inactive product if there is qty on hand. **GTX-30367 – Consignment Stock Out:** Consignment Out data entry can now import transaction pricing. **GTX-30096 – Dispatch:** Enabled configuration of work order columns. **GTX-31265 – Journal Entry:** Increased Journal Entry import limit from 800 to 5000 lines. **GTX-29999 – Invoice Entry:** Lines imported from Repco now include service and vehicle header remarks. **GTX-30678 – Invoice Entry:** Repco Navigator quote prices are now always tax-inclusive. **GTX-30705 – Invoice Entry:** Improved Vehicle Index searching. **GTX-31235 – Manage Customers:** Enabled different dealer prices to be shown in the Trade Portal, instead of the invoice prices shown to the payer. **GTX-30838 – Printing, Reports:** Added job headings and subtotals to work orders and invoices. **GTX-28350 – Text2Pay:** GTX now uses shortened URL formats to reduce SMS character count and associated costs. **GTX-30622 – Stock Transfer:** Added scrolling to show Branch Stock quantities. **GTX-30792 – Utilities:** Added Ctrl+F search to Specific Cost Item Maintenance.

## Notable Fixes

**GTX-30325 – AutoTracker:** Fixed handling of dashes in Model during Planner search. **GTX-30675 – Business Planner:** Fixed buttons greying out after closing insufficient stock warning. **GTX-28660 – Business Planner:** Fixed issue with licence plates being incorrectly added to vehicle fields when adding new vehicles. **GTX-29269 – Inbox Processor:** Fixed promotion remark codes not being added to web orders. **GTX-28940 – Invoice Entry:** Invoice Entry now correctly validates quantity when promotions are manually added after remarks. **GTX-31020 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed issue with product-scope promotions preventing non-stocked items from being used. **GTX-30795 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed red highlighting of unmatched external products on work orders and invoices. **GTX-30636 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed unresponsiveness when tabbing after removing add-on package parent lines. **GTX-30540 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed delivery addresses not clearing. **GTX-30452 – Invoice Entry:** Fixed add-on package totals. **GTX-30185 – Invoice Entry:** Prevented sales into negative stock when not enabled. **GTX-30920 – Manage Products:** Fixed issue preventing field edits when adding products. **GTX-31109 – Receipt Entry:** Fixed issue with refunding Txt2Pay deposits. **GTX-30525 – Reports:** Fixed GL reports not printing company names. **GTX-30471 – SMS Messaging:** Fixed SMS macros (e.g. %N, %R) not being substituted in invoice link messages. **GTX-30611 – Stock Transfer:** Fixed finalise and save issue. **GTX-30621 – Stock Transfer:** Fixed issue with tabbing to the next line after changing quantities. **GTX-30935 – Work Order Enquiry:** In work order enquiry you cant reopen a cancelled work order.