Fishbowl Advanced
Business
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Fishbowl solutions help thousands of small and mid-sized businesses across a wide variety of industries to grow their businesses with features and functionality designed to streamline and scale operations, provide granular visibility to every corner of the business, and - ultimately - become more profitable.
Fishbowl solutions are flexible and scalable - meeting growing businesses where they are, helping them see where they're going and giving them the tools they need to make decisions on how to get there.
When you invest in Fishbowl tools, you are also investing in a partnership. In addition to phone, email and chat support from our in-house customer success team, your dedicated implementation experts we'll help you get up and running in a fraction of the time - at a fraction of the cost of the bigger fish!
Flexible & Scalable
Out-of-the-box features & integrations to fit your business (no matter your industry) and the flexibility to grow with you!
• Full mobile access to your Fishbowl tool
• Customizable workflows
• Wide-range of integrations
Simplify your operations
Save time and money, remove manual processes and put time back in your day
• Real-time inventory tracking
• Barcode Scanning
• Build detailed BOMs
• Automatic reorder points
• Warehouse & Manufacturing management
No Surprises
Get granular visibility into every facet of your business.
• Granular BOMs and optimized workflows
• Multi-location support
• Customizable dashboards
• Mobile access
Requires Fishbowl Advanced 20.2 or newer.
more Updates & Fixes
* Fixed an issue where cycle counting stock in the Location module could create a duplicate entry with an incorrect expiration date.
4.101.0 15 Jun
*Enhancements*
• Sales Order invoice emails now support customizing the email subject and message body. See the updated Fishbowl Advanced Mobile plugin to setup these fields.
*Bug Fixes & Improvements*
• Fixed an issue where expiration date tracking could show or save a date one day earlier than expected. This affected the following modules Receive, Move, Cycle, Consume, Pick, and Parts > Inventory.
4.100.0 3 Jun
Fixes
* Show a friendly upgrade message when connecting to older server versions that don't support multi-currency receiving
* Fix date picker entering the wrong date and year when modifying dates on Sales Orders and Purchase Orders
* Fix error when opening a part from the Location module inventory list
* Fix kit items not being added to Sales Orders when created from an iOS device
* Fix split-tag picking creating duplicate line items that cause overpicking
* Fix lot tracking numbers formatted as dates being misinterpreted during inventory operations
4.99 16 Mar
New Features
* Users can now automatically email invoices to customers when orders are fulfilled during shipping.
Fixes
* Fixed an issue where foreign-currency unit costs were converting to the home currency when receiving purchase orders on mobile.
* Fixed an issue where the “Part - Show Part Cost” permission was not being enforced correctly; standard costs are now correctly shown or hidden based on the permission.
* Fixed an issue where the incorrect expiration date could be selected when moving or scrapping inventory with expiration tracking enabled.
4.98 11 Feb
Updates & Fixes
* Added support for scanning serial numbers when picking serialized items
* Fixed an issue where cycle counting and scrapping inventory failed for parts with expiration date tracking enabled
* Improved layout in the Picking module to more clearly display parts with long descriptions and location names
* Fixed over-picking not retaining the updated quantity value
* Fixed salesperson selection showing a limited list when creating or editing Sales Orders
* Fixed receiving partially shipped Transfer Orders and Outsourced Purchase Orders
4.97 29/12/2025
Updates:
* Fixed an issue in Locations that caused errors when viewing inventory for locations with a large number of items.
4.96.3 27/10/2025
Updates:
* Fixed an error that affected some users when picking orders to locations that were missing a parent ID.
4.96.2 16/10/2025
Fixes
* Fixed partial pick issue where picks were incorrectly marked as finished when opening and saving without fully picking the order.
4.96.1 25/09/2025
Fixes and Improvements
- Enhanced location loading for databases with 300k+ locations
- Added sort option to view pick items by line number for better organization
- Fixed duplicate pick lines when picking from multiple locations/tags
- Improved location lock persistence during scrap/consume operations
- Fixed miscellaneous sales item creation in sales orders
- Resolved work order completion issues with multiple serial numbers
- Improved serial number tracking display and entry
- Enhanced location selection with search and result counts
- Fixed tracking issues with parts containing commas
- Better error handling for inventory selection and tracking values
4.96.0 19/09/2025
Enhancements:
* Over-picking is now supported for both Sales Orders and Work Orders, with controls managed via user access rights.
4.95.0 05/06/2025
Fixes
* Tracking Details Display - Resolved an issue where multiple tracking details were not properly displayed in iOS sales orders.
* Edit Button Missing in Service Appointments - Fixed a bug causing the Edit button to be missing in service appointment views under certain customer conditions.
* Customer Job Number Mismatch in Sales Orders - Corrected a problem where using a customer job number to create a sales order would result in an incorrect customer association.
* Incomplete Customer Information - Fixed an issue where not all information for a newly created customer was being correctly saved when creating a sales order.
4.94.0 29/04/2025
Enhancements
* Work Order steps now support tappable instruction links—URLs configured in steps are visible to users and open in the browser when tapped.
* Added a warning to alert users when attempting to pick expired parts.
* Updated system property values to ensure consistency and alignment with current system property keys.
Fixes
* Resolved an issue where the “Ships to Display” text appeared in Spanish for some users.
* Fixed an issue in the Location module where tracking values containing trailing zeroes were being truncated.
4.93.0 03/04/2025
Fixes:
* Pick Order Consistency: Improved the way Pick orders are saved to ensure that modified dates remain consistent with the server.
4.92.1 19/03/2025
Hotfix
Fixes a crash on iPad when printing labels.
4.92.0 05/03/2025
Fixes:
* Resolved an issue where the app failed to adjust the selected amount when confirming the quantity for tracking groups. Now, the selection updates correctly based on user input.
4.91.0 29/01/2025
Enhancements:
* Improved app functionality for the "Advanced Mobile iOS" login process to support seamless integration across server versions.
Fixes:
* Resolved incorrect currency conversion in Sales Orders on iOS.
* Fixed clearing of Customer/Job fields during item receiving on iOS.
* Corrected location updates for started picks when inventory is consumed.
* Addressed UOM conversion errors causing inaccurate inventory movement and availability displays.
* Fixed incorrect prices and totals for currency conversion orders on iOS.
* Resolved quantity multipliers in inventory tracking using UOM conversions.
4.90.0 09/01/2025
Enhancements:
* Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Added support for MFA in the login flow to enhance security.
Bug Fixes:
* Salesperson Auto-Update in Sales Orders: Fixed an issue with the salesperson field not correctly defaulting to the customer’s assigned salesperson when the "use customer default sales person" option is enabled.
* Sales Order Custom Fields Reset: Resolved an issue where custom field values in sales order items were incorrectly carried over to new orders. These fields will now be cleared properly after each order is created.
4.80 10/12/2024
Resolved Bug Fixes
• Scanning within Pack Module was not recognizing UPCs.
• Occasional crash when user would switch between inventory and part tabs within the Part Module.
4.79.0 03/10/2024
Updates:
* You can now scan or search by Location ID within the Locations module.
Resolved Bug Fixes
* When picking Serial Tracked items, "Select and Continue" setting was not being utilized when set.
* Scanning some WO reports was not recognizing the barcode as a valid scan.
* Sales Orders were retaining custom field values between new Sales Orders.
4.78.0 21/09/2024
Resolved Bugs
Fixed an issue that was causing Serial Numbers to not be scannable within the Add Inventory Module.
4.77.1 30/08/2024
Updates
* The Part Number field in Bulk Add, Move, Consume, and Cycle has been moved below the First Location Field to better align with most common processes.
Resolved Bugs
* Incorrect Tracking Value selections were not displaying the Part Number making it difficult to know which Part was the cause for the error.
* Location Group permissions were not being honored and some users were able to see locations that were not assigned to them.
* A crash was occurring in tenants with large customer databases when attempting to open customer selection from a list.
4.77 15/08/2024
Minor Updates to International Language Support
4.76.1 31/07/2024
Simplified Chinese Language Support
We are excited to announce that Fishbowl Advanced Mobile now supports Simplified Chinese!
Resolved Bug Fixes
Capturing signatures in dark mode was causing a white signature to be uploaded to the client appearing invisible.
4.76 25/07/2024
Resolved Bug Fixes:
- When creating a Purchase Order on Mobile the Unit Cost was not carrying over to the Client.
- Creating a Purchase Order on Mobile was not importing the Vendor Tax Code from Australian Databases.
- The default Class was not being imported into Sales Orders when created on Mobile
- Inability to change or edit Classes per item on Sales Orders.
- Autofill Carton setting was not working correctly in the Packing Module.
4.75 24/06/2024
Resolved Bug Fixes:
- Address on international shipping was sending partial address when packing shipments.
- App was crashing when attempting to get shipping rates from ShipExpress.
- Parts that had quotation marks were throwing an error in the app.
- Available to Pick amounts were including inventory at locations that were not marked as “pickable”.
- The app would allow you to add inactive products onto Sales Orders.
- Committed picks were not showing in the pick list with “only show in progress picks” setting turned on.
- The app was defaulting every Sales Order to “taxable”.
- Adding a product to a Sales Order was deleting the customer part record when saved.
4.74 23/05/2024
Updates & Fixes
* Fixed an issue where cycle counting stock in the Location module could create a duplicate entry with an incorrect expiration date.
more Version 4.101.0 15 Jun
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