Aircraft Maintenance

Release Notes: September 2025 Updates

Written by Chris Heine | September, 4, 2025

(Enhancements below are available in the 9/9/25 Feature Release)

This release focuses on enhancing a few key areas within EBIS:

 

Analytics. Dashboards. Reporting.

We’ve fielded a ton of questions on these topics since we launched EBIS 5 in 2022. These questions usually come in the form of:

  • How efficient are my technicians?
  • How many hours do we actually bill customers for?
  • Which items are we consistently going over on time?
  • Who do we buy the most parts from?
  • Who do we sell the most parts to?

We’re excited to help you answer these questions with the new ADA Dashboard module:

 

 

The new ADA (Advanced Data Analyzer) Dashboards aggregate data from across the entire system, allowing you to visualize trends over time, with filtering by location, technician, vendor, customer and part type.

The new dashboards allow you to view summaries or drill into specific data points, giving users the flexibility to explore their operation’s data without leaving the system

These new ADA Dashboards are available to all EBIS 5 Professional-tier customers.

 

Understanding Technician Efficiency and Billable Hours

Get a clear picture of how your technicians spend their time. The Technician Efficiency dashboard compares work order hours to time clock hours, highlights efficiency and billable percentages, and breaks results down by technician, week, or shop.

With this view, you can:

  • Track trends in labor efficiency over time
  • See billable vs. non-billable hours by technician
  • Spot overruns where estimated hours were exceeded
  • Filter by date, city, or technician and export results

Use this dashboard to quickly identify opportunities to improve productivity and ensure more hours turn into billable revenue.

👉 View the full Knowledge Base Article here.

 

Identify Item Overages

The Item Overruns (Finished) dashboard highlights line items where estimated hours were exceeded, so you can spot exactly where time was lost.

With this view, you can:

  • Compare estimated vs. worked vs. billed hours for each item
  • Track weekly trends in overruns and adjustment hours
  • See which technicians and aircraft are most affected
  • Drill into the details by item, discrepancy, or customer to find the root cause
  • Export data or use filters (date, city, customer, aircraft, warranty) to refine results

Use this dashboard to quickly identify patterns — whether it’s a training gap, a quoting issue, or recurring discrepancies — and take action before they impact profitability.

👉 View the full Knowledge Base Article here.

 

Assess Top PO Vendor Spend

Understanding where your money goes is key to controlling costs. The Purchase Order Overview dashboard gives you visibility into parts, labor, and service purchases, showing who you’re buying from, what you’re buying, and how much you’re spending.

With this view, you can:

  • Compare parts vs. service spend and see true average cost per PO
  • Identify your top vendors and drill into detailed purchase history
  • Track where purchases are going (work orders, stock, consumables, OTC, tools)
  • Monitor purchase order status trends (created, ordered, approved, completed)
  • Break down spend by part type for deeper cost analysis

Use this dashboard to negotiate better pricing, spot dependency on specific vendors, and ensure your purchasing aligns with operational needs.

👉 View the full Knowledge Base Article here.

 

Analyze Part Sales Revenue

The OTC Revenue dashboard gives you visibility into Over The Counter (OTC) sales activity, making it easy to see which customers are buying the most, which sales agents are driving revenue, and how sales trend over time.

With this view, you can:

  • Track total OTC parts revenue, processed invoices, returns, and voided invoices
  • See weekly or monthly parts sales trends, broken down by customer
  • Compare customer spend to quickly identify your top buyers
  • Review sales by agent and drill into their detailed transactions
  • Filter by city, date range, customer, or sales agent for tailored insights

Use this dashboard to spot sales opportunities, track agent performance, and strengthen customer relationships with real data on purchasing patterns.

👉 View the full Knowledge Base Article here.

 

EBIS / Power BI Connector

Microsoft’s Power BI is a tool used to pull in data from multiple software applications, allowing users to build custom dashboards and reports that compare and visualize data from their accounting, ERP, CRM and work order systems. 

With the new EBIS Power BI Connector, you can now pull critical operational data from EBIS directly into Power BI with just a username/password. No deep technical knowledge of API’s required to get started.

 

 

Customers are already using it to combine EBIS data with other business systems for deeper insights, such as:

  • Technician Performance: Merge EBIS data with payroll, HR, or timeclock systems to track efficiency and billable hour percentages.
  • Parts Forecasting: Build custom historical parts reports to refine min/max levels and improve ordering forecasts.
  • Profitability Tracking: Create custom WIP profitability reports to support more accurate accounting accruals.

👉 View the full Knowledge Base Article here.

📘 To request access to the Power BI Connector, fill out this form.

 

Invoice Exports for Accounting Software

Our native QuickBooks Online integration has been a useful tool for many customers, but for those not using QBO, there’s still a massive need to expedite the transfer of Invoices and Purchase Orders from EBIS into their accounting software.

For users of Netsuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Desktop/Enterprise or Transaction Pro, you can now export Work Order and OTC Invoices, as well as Purchase Orders in .csv or .tsv format. This allows users to quickly export from EBIS and import into a variety of financial software without duplicate data entry.

 

Activating the Exports

If you already have the QuickBooks integration active, simply go to Config > QuickBooks Config > QuickBooks Product (dropdown) and select Transaction Pro.

If you don’t already have the integration active, submit a support ticket or reach out to support@datcomedia.com and request to have the integration turned on.

 

Customizing the Exports

Using the QuickBooks Config Profiles, these new exports give users the flexibility to export and configure invoices at the line item level, including:

  • Labor
  • Parts
  • Outside Repairs
  • Miscellaneous Charges
  • Taxability
  • ACF (Airport Concession Fees)
  • Warranty Items
 

Where to Export Data

Users will be able to export individual completed Work Order and OTC invoices, as well as completed or partially completed Purchase Orders directly from the WO/OTC/PO record itself.

Users will be able to bulk export from the Config > QuickBooks Config > Synchronize & Logs page.

 

In-App Purchase Order Emailing

In this release, Parts and Procurement Managers will now be able to generate and email Purchase Orders directly from within EBIS

The new functionality automatically:

  • Applies the Vendor’s email address
  • Populates the PO Number in the subject line
  • Generates a short writeup in the body
  • Changes the PO Status from “Open” to “Ordered”
  • Verifies the email was received by the Vendor

This also provides Version Control by selecting the History tab. This will show each version of the PO emailed to the vendor, as well as the contacts included and the email contents.

 

 

Notifications and Internal Messenger (Upcoming Beta)

This release lays the foundation for the launch of our new Notifications functionality and Internal Messaging system.

👉 Request early access to the beta here.

 

Upcoming Notifications Functionality

Users will be able to set custom Event Notifications, allowing them to receive in-app and email notifications when certain events happen. For example, notify me when:

  • A Work Order for a specific customer is created
  • Any parts or OSRs are requested
  • My requested parts have been fulfilled
  • A Purchase Order has been created
  • A Work Order has changed status

 

Upcoming Internal Messaging Functionality

Users will now be able to send 1-1 messages within EBIS, as well as open group threads. This can be used for:

  • Turnover logs
  • Quick updates on specific items
  • Notify leads of possible overruns
  • Internal company PSAs

👉 Request early access to the beta here.

 

 

Feedback

Since day one, EBIS has been built on customer feedback. If applicable to you, please check out these resources, test out the functionality, and let us know what you think.

You can submit direct feedback on this feature to support@datcomedia.com with the subject line "Feedback:".