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Release Notes – OS 3.3.0

OS 3.3.0 expands Integrated Finance with a new UK Finance Marketplace (starting with Propensio), improves the Xero integration, and adds guided bank transfer templates in CashFlow. This release also gives you more control in Project Management CRM, and updates Auto Design, Design Studio, AI Lead Gen, Hardware Shop, Expo, Wallet, and Teams.

OpenSolar interface displaying the new UK finance marketplace featuring Propensio integration. The dashboard shows a solar system quote of Β£9,547.50 alongside sliders to adjust the deposit and 15-year loan term. A prominent financing card details a Propensio offer with 10.9% APR, Β£105 monthly payments, and a total repayable amount of Β£18,882, including a blue 'Apply Now' button.
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New UK Finance Marketplace featuring
Propensio integration

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Integrated Finance

  • Offer finance instantly without complex registration hoops. This Propensio integration gives you controlled payouts triggered simply by entering the project’s MCS Certificate Number. Learn more in the Help Center article.
A white card featuring two logos: the black Palmetto LightReach logo with a house and sun icon, and the purple Recheck logo with a checkmark icon.

LightReach integration now supports RecheckID

Β πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² Integrated Finance

  • You can optionally provide your RecheckID during LightReach payment option configuration to reduce post sale friction and streamline the NTP process.
OpenSolar Direct Payment Configuration screen showing the Bank Transfer form with fields for Account Name, Sort Code, Account Number, and Bank to generate payment instructions.

Guided templates for configuring bank transfers

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CashFlow

  • Fill out a simple form to generate a clean, professional HTML table for your β€œHow to Pay” instructions, reducing friction and speeding up configuration so there is less guesswork and more getting paid.
Graphic illustrating the new and improved, secure, one-way in-house direct integration for syncing single and milestone invoices and payments from Cashflow to Xero for accounting data transfer.
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New and improved Xero integration

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ CashFlow

  • Use an in-house direct integration with Xero that replaces the prior third party provider. The initial phase delivers a secure one way sync of invoices (single and milestone) and payments from Cashflow to Xero for accounting data transfer.
A screenshot of the OpenSolar design interface showing a 3D aerial view of a residential roof with a 31-panel solar array installed. A sidebar menu labeled "Auto design templates (BETA)" is open on the right, featuring an AI assistant named "Ada." The interface prompts the user to save their current project specifications (a 10.385 kW system with a battery) as a reusable template for future similar projects.
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Auto Design powered by Ada

  • New ability to leave feedback – Leave feedback on chats and auto designs.
  • Save existing project as template – Save an existing project as an auto design template.
  • Ada chat can create templates and designs – Allow Ada chat to create a new template and design, rather than just a project.
  • Adders available in design templates – Added support for choosing adders in a design template.
A screenshot of a solar panel system interface, showing a battery settings panel for a SolaX Power 3.6kWh battery. A pop-up highlight box displays the new metric 'Average Cycles per Day 0.46'. The text 'Battery panel metric - Added β€œaverage cycles per day” as a metric to the battery panel.' is visible. The interface also shows metrics like 'Grid Independence 43%' and 'Self-consumption 38%', and options for 'AC-connected' or 'DC-connected' battery control schemes.
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Design Studio

  • Design rule for compatible generation meters πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ – Introduced a design rule that recommends a compatible generation meter to all projects based on the inverter.
  • Tesla Powerwall 3 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – Implemented design logic for Tesla Powerwall 3
  • Estimates for incomplete generation data – Added estimates for generation when there is incomplete monthly/quarterly data.
  • NREL PSM4 weather dataset πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – Added NREL PSM4 as a weather dataset for the US.
  • K2 SimpleTilt πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – Added K2 SimpleTilt mounting calculator
  • Summary metric tooltips – Added a tooltip to each summary metric in the system header.

Project Management CRM

 

  • New export permission rule – Use the new “Projects – Export” permission rule to control who can see and use the Export Report feature, providing better data security for your organization.

Expo

 

  • Home page translations – Expanded translations on the Home Page.

AI Lead Gen

 

  • Manual Facets – Added map panning.

  • Translations – Added translation support.

Fixes

CashFlow
  • Project milestone limit increased from 5 to 10 – Increased the hard limit for payment milestones on a project, allowing configuration of more complex payment schedules for larger projects.
  • Adjusted invoice price validation to prevent rounding errors – Relaxed price validation to the cent so minor rounding discrepancies no longer block users.
  • Corrected payout date mismatches – Resolved a data mismatch to ensure the payout date in OpenSolar aligns with the actual payout date from the payment partner, improving data accuracy for reconciliation.
Hardware Shop
  • Loading fixes for available suppliers πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ – Resolved issues affecting the loading of available suppliers.
  • Improved supplier connection πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – Updated visuals in the supplier connection flow.
  • Order confirmation email updates πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – Ensured all required information, including delivery details and selected payment method, is correctly included and displayed in the email template.
  • Brand filter in Shop πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ – Resolved an issue where the available options were not dynamically updating based on the selected supplier.
Classic Sales Proposal
  • Module Performance Warranty now appears in Showcase Content –Β Resolved an issue where the Module Performance Warranty value was not appearing in Showcase Content across Online and PDF proposals. The placeholder now loads correctly.
Project Management CRM
  • Improved visibility for assigned team members – Fixed a bug to ensure that all assigned team members (up to five) are visually represented by their avatars, improving team visibility on projects.
  • Projects list sorting enhancement – Moved the sorting feature on the projects list to the table headers and out of the filter side drawer.
Auto Design powered by Ada
  • Fixed microphone issue on iOS – Fixed a bug where the Ada microphone did not work on iOS.
  • Improved handling for Ada chat loading issue – Better handling the bug where Ada chat would sometimes sit and think in a perpetual loading state.
  • Fixed auto design placement issue – Fixed a bug where auto design was failing to place panels on manually drawn roofs.
Design Studio
  • Improved calculation speed – Full calculations are faster.
Expo
  • Mobile responsiveness – Improved experience on mobile.
  • Filters, customer redirects, and social sharing – Fixed issues across filters, customer redirects, and social sharing.
AI Lead Gen
  • Smoother roof mapping – Improved polygon drawing for smoother roof mapping.
General
  • Unified integrations – Updated Wallet to unify all integrations in one place.
  • Connected Organisations – Cleaner Control menu under Team for Connected Organisations.

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