Release Notes

Change Log

Date	Area	Change	Type
2022-01-24	Formulas	Added a feature that enables formulas to be make secret from all but explicitly assigned users.
2022-01-10	Inventory Reconciliation	Added a notes feature to inventory reconciliation on the input page, visible on the Details page.
2022-01-09	Receiving	Added a finalize feature to receiving	Feature enhancement
2022-01-07	Formulas	Added a new Projected Costs pane to display the expected costs of raw materials and labor based on batch size.	New feature
2021-12-11	Currencies	Added a new feature that dyamically updates the system with latest international exchange rates and applies these rates to items purchased in currencies other than the user's home currency..	New feature
2021-12-11	Parts	Added a new mass edit feature to parts.	New feature
2021-12-11	Packaging	Added a new mass edit feature to packaging.	New feature
2021-12-11	Materials	Added a new mass edit feature to materials.	New feature
2021-12-10	Ingredients	Added a new mass edit feature to ingredients.	New feature
2021-12-09	Products	Added a new mass edit feature to the product list page.	New feature
2021-12-02	Price Lists	Added a new clone feature that enables all types of price lists to be cloned.	New feature
2021-11-26	Shipping	Released a new configuration option called "Require Production Run Verification". When this is set to true, products that are produced in production runs are hidden from Shipping and the Racking interfaces until the originating production run is verified.	New feature
2021-11-25	Suggested Raw Materials	This new interface suggests what raw materials should be staged for a particular produciton run. There is also a PDF version that workers can take into the warehouse if paper is required.	New feature
2021-08-23	Various	Broke the View Finanical Permission into separate permissions for Procurement, Production, Sales, and Maintance	Feature enhancement
2021-08-22	Meetings	Added the ability to capture signatures to meeting attendees	Feature enhancement
2021-07-29	Picking	Added the ablility to search candidate items	Feature enhancement
2021-07-28	Racking	Major performance improvements	Feature enhancement
2021-07-21	Pricing Tiers	Added a type of price list that enables customers to be grouped into tiers instead of having to create price lists for each customer	New feature
2021-06-17	Tool Management	Added a new feature to check in and check out tools and other equipment	New feature
2021-06-01	Home	Added a Production Run widget to show current production runs	Feature enhancement
2021-05-27	Racking	Added an exact match search feature	Feature enhancement	Feature enhancement
2021-05-19	Production Runs	Added countdown timer functionality	Feature enhancement
2021-05-11	Work Orders	Adding scanning functionality for materials and parts	Feature enhancement
2021-05-07	Work Orders	Released costing for work orders	Feature enhancement
2021-04-20	Upload	Redeveloped image and document uploads on various interfaces to support drag and drop	New Feature
2021-04-20	Transform	Added a new interface that allows products, ingredients, materials, and packaging to be transformed into other item types or other instances of the same type. It is kind of like mini-production runs except with free-form inputs and outputs. You can use this, for example, to convert a product to an ingredient or even combine muliple items to assemble a product.	New Feature
2021-04-13	Quality Control Checks	Released a major revision of Quality Control Create (as accessed from the main menu as opposed to through the Production Run Detail interface) which includes support for scanning barcodes and a more responsive design for mobile devices	Feature Enhancement
2021-04-01	Breakdown	Added a quick access icon for the Breakdown interface	Feature Enhancement
2021-04-01	Inventory Reconciliation	Added the ability to import existing inventory	New Feature
2021-03-27	Inventory Transactions	Added scanning capabilities	New Feature
2021-03-24	Production Run	Rollback production stage.	New Feature
2021-03-20	Breakdown	Added a new feature that allows users to break master cases of fixed weight products down into individual items.	New Feature
2021-03-09	Customer Complaints	Released a Customer Complaint Feature with full incident support	New Feature
2021-02-09	Inspection	Support for adding numeric value inspection responses	Feature Enhancement
2021-02-01	Inventory	Support for editing Best Before Date from Inventory Details	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-26	Inventory Reconciliation	Added the ability to make inventory adjustments to reconcile variances between expected and actual inventory	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-25	Feature Requests	Added email alerts that are sent to stakeholders when comments are added or the status changes	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-24	Internal Audits	Added image and associated document panes	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-24	Receiving	Added support to receive multiple items from the same PO at different prices	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-19	Production Run	Add a filter to search by status	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-17	Picking	Released a major revision of Picking 3	Feature Enhancement
2021-01-10	Location	Location Inventory search enhancement	Feature Enhancement
2020-12-20	Shipping	Released a major redesign of the Shipping Details interface that completes the series of revisions to the Logistics interfaces. This new version includes a local cache that can work offline as well as major performance impovements when search by scanning or by text.	Feature Enhancement
2020-12-16	Feature Requests	Released a Feature Request module that allows users to suggest, comment, and vote on new features that they'd like to see developed by the Icicle Team.	New Feature
2020-12-12	Production Runs	Added a Sensor Assignment pane on the Production Run Detail page that enables sensors to be easily configured to collect data for QC Checks. Values collected are considered on the QC Checks pane and in the CoA	New Feature
2020-12-10	Lab Tests	Add an Export to Excel feature to the Lab Test List page that allows exports of lab test data for out-of-band analysis	New Feature
2020-12-04	Shipping	Support grouping track by weight items by lot code	Feature Enhancement
2020-11-25	Products, Ingredients, Materials, Packaging, Parts	Enhanced the supplier pane to enable the supplier's internal item code information to be saved	Feature Enhancement
2020-11-19	Kosher Certificates	Add pagination to the Kosher Certificate List page	Feature Enhancement
2020-11-16	Loss Reports	Add a Loss Report, which details the weight losses associated with cooking during production	New Feature
2020-11-10	Loss Report Templates	Add a Loss Report Template that is use to generate Loss Reports, which detail the weight losses associated with cooking products	New Feature
2020-11-09	Sales	Added Sales Fulfillment Report a.k.a. Shipping Report	Feature Enhancement
2020-11-08	Receiving	Added a US-Eligible attribute	Feature Enhancement
2020-11-05	Production Runs	Added the option to include the Tare Equipment Asset Identifier and Net Green Weight to Shipping Labels for items that are tracked individually.	Feature Enhancement
2020-10-28	Products	Added a Substitutes pane on Product Detail that can be used to identity products that can be substituted when picking sales orders	New Feature
2020-10-21	Shipping	Add ability to choose from copack customers (private labels) as shipment sender.	Feature enhancement
2020-10-18	QC Checks	Add a new Receiving Input interface that is used to feed receiving information to the Receiving Detail interface. This new interface serves two primary purposes: 1) It is a lighter, more mobile-friendly interface that is optimized for scanning. 2) It allows users to incremental increase the quantity receiving by 1 as the user scans each item. 2) It enables multiple receivers to work on receiving the same order at the same time without overwriting each other's work.	New feature
2020-10-09	QC Checks	Add support for custom numeric formats for QC Check input values.	Feature enhancement
2020-09-27	Receiving	Added a new Receiving Label interface to allow mass printing of receiving labels in a single operation. The interface is accessible through the printer icon at the top of the Receiving Details page. Note: This interface is also bartender-enabled.	New feature
2020-09-17	Scheduled Task	Add notification topic for scheduled task create and edit.	Feature Enhancement
2020-09-14	Inventory Count	Add a new Inventory Count interface that collects actual inventory counts, which are displayed on the Inventory Reconciliation interface. Future releases will include the ability to make inventory adjustments.	New feature
2020-09-09	Multiple	Add sorting to Material List, Package List, Part List	Feature enhancement
2020-09-09	Product Specifications	Added additional attriubtes to the product spec sheet	Feature enhancement
2020-09-04	Equipment	Edit outage start time and end time	Feature enhancement
2020-09-09	Multiple	Add sorting to Material List, Package List, Part List	Feature enhancement
2020-09-04	Equipment	Edit outage start time and end time	Feature enhancement
2020-09-04	Purchase Order	Added visual cue for order fill ratio to Items column.	Feature enhancement
2020-09-02	Receiving, Label Generator	Added the conversion factor to the Bartender label integration so that master cases can be distingished from single items	Feature enhancement
2020-09-02	Receiving, Production Runs	Added the option to include allergens on receiving and shipping labels. Improved label layout.	Feature enhancement
2020-08-31	Facility	Add default facility for Purchase Order Create, Sales Order Create, and Production Run Create.	Feature enhancement
2020-08-30	Shipping	Add a default Carrier for customers and default the value when creating a shipment from Shipping Create and Picking.	Feature enhancement
2020-08-25	Multiple	Add quantity shipped/received and variance to the drop down detail on Sales Order List and Purchase Order List.	New feature
2020-08-20	Multiple	Edit Notes in View mode for Purchase Order, Sales Order, and Shipping Record Details.	New Feature
2020-08-20	Shipping Label	Added a new option on the Company Edit interface to enable a new barcode placed Shipping Labels that encodes the id of the production run in which the product was produced. This label can be used to pop the corresponding record on the Production Run List interface.	Feature enhancement
2020-08-20	Production Runs	Added support to enable GS1-128 traceablity barcodes to be scanned into the Production Run List interface to enable the corresponding detail records to be popped automatically.	Feature enhancement
2020-08-20	Production Run	Added warning if production run Actual Qty is being adjusted lower	Feature enhancement
2020-08-19	Production Run	Added warnings if production run input Qty used is more than available in stock	Feature enhancement
2020-08-19	Picking	Added a new Picking 3 interface that allows users to choose specific sales orders and then pick by product	New Feature
2020-08-12	Multiple	Add Verify feature for Receiving Record and Shipment	Feature enhancement
2020-08-12	Task	Enable team member to view team tasks and reassign to self on completion	Feature enhancement
2020-08-12	Task	Add View All Tasks permission	Feature enhancement
2020-08-11	Receiving	Add Quick View feature to Receiving List, Purchase Order List, Sales Order List, and Shipping Record List	New Feature
2020-08-06	Transaction	Add Transaction History Excel export	New Feature
2020-07-29	Shipping	Add Bill of Lading PDF export	New Feature
2020-07-29	Screening Records	Add comments and notes to screening records	Feature Enhancement
2020-07-24	Production Runs	The system now allows lot codes to be changed on production runs provided that there have not yet been any associated transactions created	Feature Enhancement
2020-07-24	Production Runs	Added an approval mechanism for production runs	New Feature
2020-07-24	Production Runs	Added barcode scanning support to enable users to export Excel and PDF documents from the Production Run List page and then scan these barcodes back into that interface to pop production run detail records. The purpose is to enable workers to pop detail records without having to search when given a list of production runs that have been scheduled for production.	New Feature
2020-07-16	Various	Added support for multiple default printers for different interfaces.	Feature Enhancement
2020-07-16	Various	Added support for multiple printers for clients using the Bartender integration. This includes facility and user-specific default printer selections. When selected, a printer Id is sent through the integration when generating labels from Receiving, Locaitons, Equipment, Production Runs, and the Label Genenerator.	New Feature
2020-07-14	Shipping	Added Search by items in Shipment List.	Feature enhancement
2020-07-14	Sales Order	Added Search by items in Sales Order List.	Feature enhancement
2020-07-14	Purchase Order	Added Search by items in Purchase Order List.	Feature enhancement
2020-07-14	Training Record	Added support for selecting multiple trainees in Create page.	Feature enhancement
2020-07-10	Inventory	Added On Order column, which is outstanding purchased quantity for items.	Feature enhancement
2020-06-23	Sales Orders	Added a barcode to enable scanning into the upcoming new picking interface.	Feature enhancement
2020-06-22	Receiving	Added an exportable PDF version of the interface.	New Fetaure
2020-06-21	Receiving	Added support for calculating best before dates from packaging and production dates when scanning, if an explicit best before date is not avaiable. The scan function will now also use a derivation based on the production date or packaging date as a lot code if a lot code is not available when scanning..	Feature enhancement
2020-06-20	Production Runs	Added support for scanning GS1-128 barcodes with AI 240 (internal code) products as inputs. Previously, users could only scan barcodes with fully described GS1 attributes.	Feature enhancment
2020-06-19	Pandemic Status Report	Added a Pandemic Status Report to accompany Pandemic Plans.	New Fetaure
2020-06-15	Input Trace	Corrected a problem with the way that precuror products were costed.	Bug fix
2020-06-14	Pandemic Control	Added a feature that generates COVID-19 pandemic control plans	New Feature
2020-06-09	Packing Slips	Added an option to display sales order references on packing slips. Note: This feature is turned off by default. Enable by setting the Show Sales Orders on Packing Slips option on the master company's edit page.	New Feature
2020-06-01	Quality Control Checks	Added quality control checks for ingredients, materials, packaging, and parts	Feature enhancement
2020-06-01	Product Specifications	Added product specifications for ingredients, materials, packaging, and parts	Feature enhancement
2020-05-30	Products	Added a Shipping Template attribute to products that is used to override the facility's default shipping template when printing shipping labels from Production Runs using 3rd party label software integrations	Feature enhancement
2020-05-25	Screening Records	Added a new set of interfaces that allow users to screen employees and visitors for pandemic symptoms. Also provided a default set of questions in a master screening template.	New Feature
2020-05-15	Screening Template	Added a new set of interfaces that allow users to configure screening templates for pandemic control	New Feature
2020-05-09	Production Input Report	Added a production input report	New Feature
2020-04-24	Production Forecasts	A complete replacement of the production run forcast interface that enables users to create production runs directly from the forecast.	New Feature
2020-04-21	Purchasing Report	Added an export to Excel feature	New Feature
2020-04-12	Sales Report	Added an export to Excel feature	New Feature
2020-04-09	Production Input Report	Added a production input report	New Feature
2020-03-25	Purchase Orders	Made it possible to add multiple line items of the same item on purchase orders.
2020-03-24	Packing Slips	Added the best before date of items	Feature enhancement
2020-03-20	Sales Orders	Added a Close feature to sales orders that prevents items from closed sales orders from appearing on the picking interface
2020-03-10	Purchasing Suggestions	Added a end date filter to enable users to determine ordering requirements at various times in the future.	New Feature
2020-03-08	Inspections	Added the ability to assign tasks when items fail inspection	New Feature
2020-03-04	Home	Added a new pinnable icon to enable fast access to the Label Generator interface	New Feature
2020-03-04	Formula	Added a new Cost Allocation attribute to by-products. This percentage is used to distribute costs to both the primary product and any by-products during production.	New Feature
2020-03-04	Companies	Added a new Exclude Labor option to the Accounting tile. When this is set, overhead costs are only applied to raw materials. When not set, overhead costs are applied to both raw materials and labor	New Feature
2020-02-08	Work Orders	Added a shipment tile to Sales Orders and updated the default view's Allocated column to display red of the item has not yet been fully shipped, green if it has.	New Feature
2020-02-05	Work Orders	Added the ability to attach photos and documents	New Feature
2020-02-02	Products	Added a new Label Generator under Logistics to enable the creating of labels for inventory locations	New Feature
2020-01-29	Production Runs	The system now automatically allocates overhead when calculating production run costs.	New Feature
2020-01-29	Companies	Added a default overhead rate to the primary organization that is used to calculate overhead	New Feature
2020-01-29	Production Runs	Optimized Production Run Details for mobile devices	Feature enhancement
2020-01-20	Inspections	Created a Complete feature for inspections with task assignments and email alerts going out to the Verifiier when Inspections are compeleted	New Feature
2020-01-16	Products	Added a container size and conversion factor to products and ingredients to simplify the addition of ingredients during production runs	New Feature
2020-01-16	Products	Added the logic needed to categorize Parts by type	New Feature
2020-01-13	Products	Added production run costing	New Feature
2020-01-07	Products	Added scanning capability to enable search by scanning on the Product List page	New Feature
2019-12-29	Racking	Added a racking label that can be generated by clicking the icon in the racking area on the left (or bottom with low-res screens) using the default template or through a Bartender integration	New feature
2019-12-29	Product	Added a scan icon at the top of the Product Edit page to enable users to scan a barcode to automatically populate the GS1 information and UPC field	New feature
2019-12-29	Racking	Revised scanning and searching locations to simplify interface	Feature enhancement
2019-12-28	Receiving	Added support to enable users to scan purchase orders when creating receiving records and to filter outstanding PO items when a purchase order number is entered.	Feature enhancement
2019-12-27	Receiving	Changed the default supplier list on Receiving Create to suppliers and the current company only. Added radio buttons to enable customers to be return in order to process customer returns. Also capped the results to 10,000 companies.	Enhancement
2019-12-21	Purchase Order	Added a close feature. When a purchase order is closed, it no longer appears as a suggested option on new Receiving Records, which prevents unfulfilled orders from cluttering the interface	New feature
2019-12-21	Production Run	Added support for individual items tracked by serial number and weight to be consumed as ingredients	New feature
2019-12-11	Logistics	Added a utility in the admin section that enables users to see the result of scans in terms of scanner output. Used to check scanner configuration	New Feature
2019-12-11	Logistics	Released support for non-GS1-compliant scanning of barcodes for inventory items and inventory locations	Feature enhancement
2019-12-08	Logistics	Added logic to support scanners that substitute spaces for group separators in barcodes	Device Support
2019-12-08	Shipping Label	Add a new Production Run attribute to primary companies that enables the production date to be output on Shipping labels that are generated from Production Runs.	New feature
2019-12-08	Logistics	Made extensive layout changes to Receiving, Racking, and Picking to improve the experience on mobile devices	Enhancement
2019-12-08	Production Run	Added the ability to generate 1D and 2D shipping labels for items that are tracked individually by weight	New feature
2019-12-08	Production Run	Added the ability to generate 2D shipping labels on Production Runs.	New feature
2019-12-08	Receiving	Changes to Receiving Details to improve scanner functionality	Enhancement
2019-11-22	Destruction Report	Enabled a printable destruction report PDF to be generated.	New feature
2019-11-21	Internal Audit	Added a new Internal Assessment feature to enable companies to self-assess their operations	New feature
2019-11-20	Contact Type	Added a new Contact Type entity and an associated attribute in Contacts	New feature
2019-11-20	Maintenance Activity Report	Added a new Maintenance Activity Report	New feature
2019-11-19	Projects	Added a new Projects feature for managing maintenance projects	New feature
2019-11-17	Customer Types	Added a Customer Type attribute to Companies. Note that the field only appears if the Customer attribute is checked.	New feature
2019-11-17	Trade Types	Added a Trade Type attribute to Purchase Orders and Sales Orders	New feature
2019-11-16	Equipment	Added a Previous Work History region to Equipment Detail and made it possible to search by scanning	New feature
2019-11-13	Product	Added a new Product Type entity	New feature
2019-11-13	Inspection	Added an option to hide the latest creation date in each regon of inspection details (needs to be set from the database)	New feature
2019-11-13	User	Added a Start Date attribute	New feature
2019-11-11	Destruction Reports	Added a Destruction Report feature with Witness Statements	New feature
2019-10-22	Products	Added an Is Cannabis Product? attribute to products. When this option is checked on the create or edit interfaces, a list of cannabis catagories is displayed with check boxes so that users can select the cactory. Used for government reporting purposes.	New feature
2019-10-22	Products	Added an Ingredient List attribute so ingredients can be printed on labels (didn't use the formulas to handle situations where users are trading without manufacturing)	New feature
2019-10-21	Production Run	Added a labour cost region so labour can be added to production runs. Also added Unit Labor and Total Labor KPIs to the top of the prodution run detail interface	New feature
2019-10-16	Users	Added a loaded cost attribute so labour can be calculated on production runs and crops	New feature
2019-09-30	Receiving	Added a print all spec sheets feature to the top of the Product List page.	New feature
2019-09-22	Containers	Added a new Container Type feature to caputure notions like skid, carton, shipping container, ect. More to come on this.	New feature
2019-08-29	Production Runs	The system now displays the date ingredients are received or produced when the ingredient chevron is clicked.	New feature
2019-07-29	Consumption Report	Added a new Consumption Report that shows the quantities of inputs that have been consumed over a given date range.	New feature
2019-07-28	Receiving	Added the ability to automatically calculate best before dates based on lot codes. Note, you must set the lot code and shelf life first. Works on ingredients and products. Only in available in the new receiving detail interface.	New feature
2019-07-28	Receiving	Added support for unit conversion on received products	New feature
2019-07-07	Receiving	Released a new feature that enables a default best before days attribute to be set for ingredients. When this value is set, the system will calculate a default best before date by adding the indicated number of days ot the current date so that the best before date doesn't have to be added manually. Note, this feature is intended to be used only with items that do not come with predefined best before dates, such as fresh fruits and vegetables.	New feature
2019-06-26	Materials & Packaging	Released a new feature that enables materials and packaging to be flagged as requiring testing. When items are received for which this flag is set, an alert is set out and them item is sent to the default QA Hold inventory location instead of general inventory.	New feature
2019-06-07	Purchase Orders	Released a new high-performance version of the Purchase Order Detail interface.	Enhancement
2019-05-27	Sales Orders	Released a new high-performance version of the Sales Order Detail interface.	Enhancement
2019-05-09	Price Lists	Released a new feature that enables price lists to be customer specific	New feature
2019-05-06	Racking	Deployed a new racking interface with local data cache for fast inventory processing and offline access.	New feature
2019-04-29	Picking	Deployed a new picking interface with local data cache for fast inventory processing and offline access.	New feature
2019-03-24	Footer	Added link to enable direct access to the primary account's company detail page from the footer	New feature
2019-03-23	Home	Released a redesign menu and navigation system with customizating capapbilities and dashboard widgets.	New feature
2019-03-01	Inventory	Added pagnation to the Inventory List page	New feature
2019-02-24	Formula	Added a new Input Trace feature that allows you to see the underlying ingredients, materials, and packaging for any production run. This report can be accessed from the Production Run Detail, Production Run List, and Production Report pages.	New feature
2019-02-24	Formula	Added search filters and sorting to the Formula List page	New feature
2019-02-15	HARPC Plans	Optimized the query feeding data to the Inventory List page to improve performance when Show Lots is selected.	Optimization
2019-02-14	HARPC Plans	Created a new HARPC plan that pulls in various elements from Icicle to create a HARPC-compliant plan.	New feature
2019-02-07	Vendor Certification	Added a new feature to the Vendor Certifciation List page that allows reminders to be sent out to vendors whose certifications are expiring or expired.	New feature
2019-02-07	Shipping	Added a new 'Stage' column to item search results table that displays the production stage of the product. Item that have been completed or those produced without using production stages display as 'Complete'. All others display in red to avoid shipping incomplete product. Note: If production stages haven't been used within the past year, this column does not appear.	New feature
2019-02-07	Packaging	Added controls to filter formulae to show active, terminated, or all formulas based on termination date.	New feature
2019-02-06	Packaging	Added Images and Related Document regions to Package Details to allow users to attached images and related documents to packaging records	New feature
2019-02-05	Material	Added Images and Related Document regions to Material Details to allow users to attached images and related documents to material records	New feature
2019-01-28	Facility	Added a Product Stage region to Formula Details to allow users to define stages of production that can be used on Production Runs to indicate the status of in-process products	New feature
2019-01-28	Facility	Created new Farm Report that is generated by a new button at the top of the Facility Detail page (only appears if the facility has associated Crops)	New feature
2019-01-28	Facility	Added Fax and Mobile attributes to facilities	New feature
2019-01-26	Production Run	Changed the way that permission assignments work so that users can only assign permissions that they have themselves.	Security Enhancement
2019-01-16	Production Run	Added a new 'Batches' field to the Production Run Create interface that allows users to enter the expected yield in batches. The system then automatically calcuations the expected output in inventory units.	New feature
2019-01-16	Production Run	Added a new feature to allow users to select an alternative inventory location for production run outputs.	New feature
2019-01-15	Shipment	Added an option to select an alternative shipping address during shipment create and edit	New feature
2019-01-15	Company	Added a new region to allow the definition of alternative shipping addresses	New feature
2019-01-14	Sales Order	Added the ability to define the order of items on the PDF Sales Order export according to the ordinal attribute of the product. If the ordinals are not set, the order is sorted by product name.	New feature
2019-01-04	Inspection	Added a new filter on the Inspection List page to allow users to filter the list to display only verified inspections or inspections that have not yet been verified.	New feature
2019-01-04	Inspection	Added logic to prevent inspections from being finalized before they are verified or when the end date is required but not yet set.	New feature
2018-12-20	Product	Added a Shipping region to the Product Detail interface so that users can see a history of product shipments over a date range.	New feature
2018-12-19	Change Log	Added this change log feature to keep the user community up to date on changes to Icicle	New feature
2018-12-19	Product	Simplified weights on Products to gross and net weights only.	Product enhancement
2018-12-10	Crops	Added new crops feature to capture planting, feeding, harvesting, etc.	New feature

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