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Release 20.3.0.0 - March 2020

New Features

Feature

Summary

PowerSchool Product Integration

We have enhanced your ability to navigate between PowerSchool products using single sign-on.

This feature is available for administrators and employees and can be enabled in Parameters > Administrator/Employee. Please work with PowerSchool Services.

Analytics

A new Analytics tab has been added to the Reports menu, providing access to the analytics reports of SmartFind Express. Access is enabled using a new Menu access option - Analytics.

Product Updates

Product Area

Type

Summary

Release Note

Jobs

Issue

Removed Substitute View of Employee Absence Reason

Fixed the issue where substitutes were able to view employee absence reasons from their calendar view.

Jobs

Issue

Fixed Issue When Commenting on Jobs

Fixed the issue where a comment added on a job resulted in the job added back with its separated, cancelled job segment.

Jobs

Issue

Corrected Display of Unpaid Breaks

Fixed the issue where an unpaid break on an employee profile was not reflected when creating jobs for the employee.

Jobs

Issue

Corrected Admin Rights Upon Split Job

Fixed the issue where the Split Job function allowed the administrator to edit a finished segment on the job even though they did not have rights to update/create finished jobs.

Jobs

Issue

Corrected Access ID for Comments on Split Job

Fixed the issue where original comments on a job being split did not keep the correct access ID.

Absence Approval

Issue

Fixed Display of My Pending Approvals

Fixed the issue where the My Pending filter on the Absence Approval page showed no results unless dates were selected.

Absence Approval

Issue

Fixed Approval for Split Job Segments

Fixed the issue where split job segments were stuck in the absence approval process as pending.

Notifications

Issue

Corrected Early Display of Notifications

Fixed the issue where web notifications were displayed before their Valid From date.

Notifications

Issue

Fixed Bulk Job Cancellation Notifications

Fixed the issue where the bulk cancellation of jobs did not send cancellation notifications to the substitutes.

Notifications

Issue

Fixed Retention of SMS Text Notification Preferences

Fixed the issue where SMS notification fields for mobile number and mobile provider were emptied once the preference to receive SMS notification was turned off.

Reports

Improvement

Added Filters to Substitute Detail Report

Filters for SMS Notifications and Communication Preferences have been added to the Substitute Detail report.

Reports

Improvement

Added Option for Access ID in Absence Approval Report

Now the access ID of an employee can be selected for the Absence Approval report. Also, the issue of the employee name displayed as truncated in the exported reported has been resolved.

Reports

Improvement

Added Filter to Substitute Time Worked Report

A new filter - Substitute Access ID - has been added to the Substitute Time Worked report to enable viewing the report for an individual substitute.

Reports

Issue

Fixed Employee Name Truncation in Absence Approval Report

Fixed the issue where employee name on the Absence Approval Report was truncated.

Reports

Issue

Fixed Null Value in Days Absent/Worked Report

Fixed the issue where Null was displayed when the Days Absent/Worked report was viewed with no date range selected.

Reports

Issue

Enabled View of Absence Authorization Report

Fixed the issue where administrators were unable to view the Absence Authorization Report for an employee.

Reports

Issue

Corrected Today's Jobs Report

Fixed the issue where Today's Jobs report was showing past jobs.

Administration

Improvement

Added Distinction for Mobile Jobs Accepted

The Job Accepted Via field on the Job Details page has been enhanced to indicate if the job was accepted via mobile web or mobile app.

Administration

Improvement

Added Filters to Substitute Profile Inquiry Page

New filters - SMS Notification, Communication Preferences - have been added to the Substitute Profile Inquiry page. SMS notifications will display as a new column in the search results.

Administration

Improvement

Added Order Number to Priority List Export

A new column for the order number (person ID) was added to the priority list detailed export.

Administration

Improvement

Enhanced Daily Jobs Count Calendar

An option to not include weekends has been added when exporting the Daily Jobs Count calendar.

Administration

Improvement

Added Ability to Hide Vacancies from a Substitute

A new checkbox - Restrict from vacancies - was added to the substitute profile, preventing them from seeing vacancies.The job disposition details will show why the IVR call skipped the restricted substitute. The sub-called column within search rule analysis (part of tools) will indicate No when substitute is restricted.

Administration

Issue

Fixed Calendar View Issue with Hyphens

Fixed the issue where the Calendar view was showing incorrectly when a classification name contained hyphens.

Administration

Issue

Corrected Job Fill Status

Fixed the issue where jobs assigned using Sub Auto-Accept were listed as IVR Assigned on the Job Detail. This has been corrected to display Sub Auto Accept (System).

Administration

Issue

Corrected Display Security of Dashboard Graphs

Fixed the issue where dashboard graphs and numbers for ALL locations were displayed for location administrators.

Export/Import

Issue

Corrected Imported Vacancy Job Time

Fixed the issue where vacancy jobs from the job import process were using the location's set time instead of time in the import.

Export/Import

Issue

Corrected Job Import Error Message

Corrected the error message displayed when conducting a job import for an employee without a work schedule.

Support

Improvement

Added Support Information to the Help Menu

The support phone number and helpful PowerSchool support links were added to the Help menu for operators.

Archive release notes are organized by year.

System Configuration

Improvement

Added Parameter Menu for Mobile

A Mobile menu option was added to Parameters, providing access to parameters for mobile web and mobile app.

System Configuration

Improvement

Added System Configuration for District

A System Configuration menu option was added for District, allowing Districts to enter their address (which will be used to enable mobile app access) and their school calendar dates.The Integrations tab allows districts to enter information about the systems interfacing with SmartFind Express.

System Configuration

Improvement

Enhanced Selection in Absence/ Vacancy Reasons for Approval Levels

The feature to select approval user groups or location administrators for absence approval at a level was enhanced with a radio button selector.

System Configuration

Improvement

Added Reason Groups

The ability to create reason groups (like location/classification groups) has been added. Respectively, reason group was added as a filter to the Job Inquiry report.

System Configuration

Improvement

Enhanced Holidays and NSR Days in Calendars

A new feature was added to allow date ranges to be defined for Holidays and No Substitute Required days in all calendars.

Mobile App

Improvement

Enabled Updates to SMS Phone Number and Provider

Now substitutes can update their phone number and mobile provider for receiving SMS notifications.

Mobile App

Improvement

Enhanced Mobile App Navigation

The following enhancements were made to mobile app navigation.

  • Added tabbed bottom navigation.
  • Settings menu with General and Availability tabs.
  • General contains access to Notifications (navigating to Push & SMS notification preferences).
  • Availability contains access to Unavailability, Work Times, Do Not Call Times.

Mobile App

Improvement

Added Multi-Lingual Support

The mobile app was enhanced to have multi-lingual support. The mobile app translates to another language when the substitute changes the language of the device.

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