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Release 20.12.0.0 - December 2020

New Features

Feature

Description

Mobile Substitute Timekeeping

Added a mobile app feature giving substitutes the ability to check in to and check out of their jobs each day.

  • New Parameters under Parameters > Mobile for enabling the Time-keeping feature; visible only when Mobile Application Access is enabled
  • Parameter for configuring time before job start time to allow check-in and allowing time-keeping data to be filled in job exports
  • Indicator on Active Jobs list for Check-in and Check-out
  • Check-in and Check-out (finish time entry) buttons within job details; duration counter in job details to show duration from check-in
  • View Check-in History within job details for substitute to view previous check-in and check-out times and hours logged
  • New Substitute Timekeeping section in the job details view for Admins to view the check-in history; visible only when Timekeeping feature is enabled, and job is filled
  • Job exports to have Check-in / Check-out times and hours logged when parameter is enabled as the last three fields in the export

Advanced Job Filters for Substitutes

New job filters were added to the substitute web and mobile applications for filtering jobs based on substitute preferences.

  • Requested Filter: To filter jobs on which substitute is specified
  • Duration Filter: To filter jobs based on job duration
  • Location Filter: To filter jobs based on specific locations
  • Classification Filter: To filter jobs based on specific classifications
  • Teacher Filter: To filter jobs having a specific teacher as the absent employee
  • Instructions Filter: To filters job having special instructions

Product Updates

Product Area

Type

Summary

Release Note

General

Improvement

Updated Email Subject Lines

Updated the subject line of all system-delivered emails to include SmartFind Express.

Login

Issue

Resolved Login Issue for LDAP Only Districts

Resolved the issue where users could log in with Access ID and PIN for LDAP only districts.

Profiles

Improvement

Updated Password Workflow

A new OTP authentication step was added to the Reset password workflow. Users wanting to reset their password will receive an OTP and link via email. Clicking the link will take them to the new OTP authentication screen.

Calendars

Issue

Corrected Date Display on Substitute Calendar

Resolved the issue where unavailable dates were not showing on the substitute calendar.

Mobile App

Improvement

Added SSO Profile Mapping for Substitutes

Added an option for the SSO individual profile mapping from the personal tab in the mobile application and the new substitute web application.

Create/Edit Job

Improvement

Added Ability to Edit Remote Job Information on Job Details

Operators can now edit the remote days and remote login instructions from the job details, which will trigger a job modification communication.

Create/Edit Job

Issue

Fixed Space Issue for Custom Job Fields

Resolved the issue in custom job fields where there was not enough space for the options to fit. Users were unable to select the last option.

Create/Edit Job

Issue

Corrected Error with Same Date/Reason Job Creation

Corrected the issue of getting an error - Employee ID is invalid - when administrator used the Same Date/Reason Job Creation button.

Communications

Issue

Resolved Welcome Email Issue

Resolved the issue while saving and sending a Welcome Email from Communications.

Communications

Issue

Corrected Communication to Inactive Substitutes

Corrected the issue where substitute email communications were sent to users with an inactive substitute role but an active employee role.

IVR

Issue

Corrected Data Shown in the Telephone Monitor

Resolved the issue where the telephone monitor was displaying the wrong values for the job number and phone number.

IVR

Issue

Resolved Issue with Callback Verification Calls

Resolved the issue where the phone line pool list was busy and job callouts were blocked due to the callback verification calls. This was corrected, and job callouts will not be blocked even when callback verification calls are in process.

Reports

Improvement

Resolved English Text on French Report

Resolved the issue where English text was printed on the French version of the substitute profile inquiry report.

Reports

Improvement

Added Report for Available Substitutes - Weekly View

A new report was added to the Reports list: Available Substitutes - Weekly View.

  • Prints data for seven days starting from the selected date
  • Prints the schedule, unavailability, and work data for the substitutes for each of the 7 days
  • Prints the duration of the job and location code in the work row
  • Only available in xlsx format

Reports

Improvement

Corrected Sorting in # Days Absent/Worked Report

Corrected the sorting order for the # days absent/worked. The output report will be sorted in alphabetical order when the report type is Substitute.

Reports

Improvement

Corrected Space Issue on Today's Job Report

A minor issue was corrected where space was missing after the comma on the last name and first name for the assigned substitute in the Today's job report.

Reports

Issue

Fixed Error in Scheduled Reports

Resolved the error in Scheduled Reports: When modifying an existing report, users were receiving an error: one or more report parameters failed validation and need to be corrected.

Reports

Issue

Corrected Substitutes Shown on Today's Available Substitutes Report

Resolved the issue where substitutes on an active Do Not Use list were included in the Today's available substitutes report.

Reports

Issue

Resolved Delay in Generating First Substitute Detail Report

Resolved the issue where generating the first substitute Detail Report of the day was slow.

Reports

Issue

Resolved Issue with Substitutes List Report

Resolved the issue of fewer substitutes being printed on the substitutes list report. Viewing substitutes in the Active DNU list is selected by default.

Administration

Improvement

Added Parameter to Enable New Substitute UI for Sub-Only Profiles

A new parameter was added under District for the new substitute UI.

  • Enable new UI for all substitute (substitute-only profile) sub-parameter
  • When checked, all sub-only profiles will get the new substitute UI turned ON
  • New profiles created via import with no selection for new substitute UI will make sub-only profiles with the new UI turned on
  • Unchecking the new parameter after previously checking it will remove the new substitute UI from substitute-only profiles

Administration

Improvement

Added Ability to Add Missing City Name

Enhanced the District General page with a new option to add a city name, if the city is missing from the existing cities list.

Administration

Improvement

Resolved Password Validation Error

When an administrator or operator deselected active or available for new jobs on a substitute profile, there was a password validation error on the profile. This was resolved.

Administration

Improvement

Added Parameter to Hide User ID and Password from Login Page

A new parameter was added in Parameters > General for districts to choose to hide User ID/Pwd from the login screen when SSO is enabled.

Administration

Improvement

Added Filter on Manage Import Records Page

A message filter was added on the Manage import records page.

Administration

Improvement

Updated Password Expiration Feature

The following enhancements were made to the password expirations feature.

  • New parameter within Parameters > General to set the password expiration period
  • Password expired filter added to employee/substitute/administrator profile inquiry pages
  • SSO-only / LDAP-only district users will not receive password expiration emails

Administration

Improvement

Added Parameter to Remove Email from Inactive Profile

A new parameter was added within Parameters > General: Enable option to remove email when making a profile inactive.

This will ensure emails are removed from the profile upon inactivating them. This parameter is unselected by default.

Administration

Issue

Fixed Impersonation for Administrators with Expired Date

Resolved the issue where administrators with an expired date were not able to see the available jobs tab when impersonating a substitute.

Administration

Issue

Corrected Missing Records in Job Audit Log

Resolved the issue where operators and administrators were not able to see job records in the job audit log.

Administration

Issue

Corrected Error with Editing Reason Codes

Resolved the issue where the error Please select user group for level 1 was shown while trying to edit reason codes.

Administration

Issue

Resolved Issue with Importing Employee Profile via P1 Import

Resolved the issue where P1 import was used to import employee profile, and the import error for substitute callback number was shown in the import logs.

Administration

Issue

Fixed Issue with Bulk Job Modification of Calendar

Resolved the issue where the bulk job modification (NSR update) was not allowing the day on the calendar to be marked as an NSR day.

Administration

Issue

Resolved Bulk Job Cancellation Issue

Resolved the issue where only the last segment of a multi-day job was shown as canceled in the transactional export when the job was canceled using the bulk modification process.

A new parameter within Parameters > Jobs > Job cancellation was added to enable showing all segments of a bulk-canceled job in the transactional export.

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