Release Notes - February 2023

Release Notes - February 2023

STAY UP-TO-DATE! Please check back here often throughout  February 2023. 
We will continually add to this article as we release new features this month.

AD HOC 

  1. New columns to Invoice Reports 
  2. New views for Community Connect "My Info" and "Functional Needs"
  3. New views for existing Pre-Plan Hazmat and Pre-Plan Unit data sources


Assets

  1. Allow to scan Equipment ID Scan QR or Barcodes for Serial #s.





  2. Add Barcode Scanning Support to the Equipment Check search box:





  3. Pouches in Kits- Adding Compartments to Kits:









  4. Support Multiple Team Assignments in Work Orders and Work Order Board.




  5. If you don't have the Assets- Work Order Boards permission, on the Assets Checks page (Apparatus/Equipment/Station/Kits), the Work Orders tab will not be displayed.
  6. Asset-Work Order Board Delete permission was deleted on Storage/Compartment and Pouches.

Activities

  1. New Events workflow.  Instead of displaying a modal when we want to adda new event, it displays a page similar to the one for adding Training Classes. 


  2. The data is similar to what we had before. The way to create a recurrent event has changed, from the same UI (adding a new event) you will find a toggle button where you can set whether it is recurrent or not. Once enabled, the field to configure the recurrence type is displayed.



  3. Another important change is how to add assignees to the event. Now we have a new tab "Attendee" to manage it. (Same as Training classes as well)



  4. The Eligible Sign Up provides the ability to register users for an event. The statuses handled for attendees are: requested, accepted, or denied. You can update the statuses individually or in bulk.



  5. In addition, a new feature has been added: The Payroll Summary.
    1. You need these permissions endabled
      1. Event-Payroll Summary
      2. Event- Setup
      3. Make sure that Setup-> General-> Enable Payroll Summary setting is ON







You can also update fields in bulk or individually for attendees involved:




Inspections/Invoice

  1. Email notification for each Inspection answer

    - Configure Inspection Type



    - For new inspections, a new icon appears when this specific answer is selected.



    - When the inspection is complete, an email is sent including this info

  2. Additional contacts can be configured to receive Inspection Report.



    -Improved view of Contact Info




  3. A New filter was added to the Invoice List to check which ones do not have Contact Email




  4. A new button to send bulk emails was added in invoice list




    We released some fixes for:

    • Inspection with loss of signature in Report.
    • Inspection linked to Invoices and Permits.
    • Permit Report with large images in the header.
    • File extension in Permit Report sent by email.
    • Order of columns in tables with Saved views.

Scheduling

  1. Save Function Buttons
    This is a big one.  Previously we were only allowing users to change every single instance of a user rotation.  It is very often the case that an admin might want to change only a select date, or the selected and future dates of a user rotation (e.g., change one day's work type to Overtime, or change the Project Code of a user rotation from today forward).
    Now, when editing a user rotation, and clicking Save or Delete, three radio options are displayed: This Date, This Date and Followings, and All Occurrences.




  2. Manual adjustment to trade.
    -Now, you are able to add manual adjustment to the trades register
    -New permissions related: 
    - Scheduling - Trades - Update Own History Registers (The user who only has this permission will ONLY be able to add his own manual trades with other users, NOT third-party users)

    - Scheduling - Trades - Update History Registers (The user is able to add his own manual trades with other users and for third-party users between them)
    -    Manual trades will NOT be displayed on the shift board, and are unrelated to Payroll Reports. It will be identified by an icon with a little man on the Register History Page.

  3. "Non-Shift" Work types
    -We added a new feature allowing certain work types overlaps with other work shifts / user rotations. The user can be on their regular rotation and e.g. On-Call at the same time on the Shift Board
    -A new toggle in the Add/Edit Work Type page with the label "Is Shift type?" was added for this purpose. If disabled, it is a non-shift type. (Enabled by default)




  4. Bulk Add Users to Off Roster
    -You can now add users in bulk in the Add/Edit Off-Roster modal.



  5. Call Shifts Count
    -When initiating a Call Shift, the admin can see the total count of users who signed up for availability. They also can see those users indicated in the contact list.


    -Only apply if "Ignore Availability" is checked in the call shift form.



    -A green check mark (with a tooltip on mouse over) appears before the user's name (both in the call shift preview and in the history details).




  6. Up-Coming Shift Reminder
    -This feature is useful for those employees who would like to be reminded of their upcoming shifts, especially for certain work types. You should enable the "Shift Reminders" setting, set the hours before shift (min->1 hr., max->168 hours (1 week)), and what work types for.




    -You can check the reminders history on the Messaging/History menu.




  7. Print Options Update
    -More convenient filtering is allowed when printing from the Shift Board. Added option to filter by active/existing boards.




  8. New Occurrence Rules
    • 4 on / 10 off
    • 4 on / 4 off / 3 on / 4 off / 3 on / 3 off
    • 1 on / 6 off / 1 on / 13 off
    • 5 on / 2 off / 2 on / 5 off
    • 2 on / 2 off / 5 on / 5 off
    • 3 on / 3 off / 3 on / 5 off
    • 3 on / 3 off / 1 on / 7 off

Mobile App Update (Android) Version 6.3.2

  1. Fixed issue on notification view when having responder buttons.  Now you will be able to get the dispatch information for those cases as well.
  2. Enhanced hydrants information.  Now showing as header whatever is defined in the hydrant setting.
  3. Minor bug fixes


Fire Inspections

  1. We released the ability to show checklist with another level of organization Groups.  Within a section we can have now questions organize by GROUP

  2. To define those there is a new type of Response type



  3. On the checklist the group looks like this



  4. This feature will have support on futures app build as well and older version of the app won't show the groups on the checklist on the native app.


Incident Reporting/ OFM/ Fire Investigations

  1. Add EMS Module fields to NFIRS Print Report
    -We include all the fields of the EMS Module in the print report. To see the fields there is a new option for Print: "Include Person(s) involved"





  2. Add validation to the NFIRS EMSModule to require details
    -When selecting an incident type for which the NFIRS EMS module is required (when the NFIRS incident type is a 300 series call), it will require both "EMS Patient" to be used, and the EMS patient fields will also be required to be completed as well.
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  3. New fields were added to the Apparatus view in Ad Hoc Reports
    - Arrived at patient Date/time
    -Transfer of care Date/Time
    -Response Mode




  4. Add custom questions to Ad Hoc dataset
    -Support was provided to include in Ad Hoc reports all NFIRS custom questions that have been created, and new ones that are added from now on.

  5. Add Dispatched Response Type field to OFM form




  6. New fields for Fire Investigations
    - Inside "Add Utility" section, a new field called "Utility Comments".



    -     New section called "Interior and Exterior Examination", with "Exterior Findings/Comments" and "Interior Findings/Comments" fields.




  7. Other Tasks Completed
    - Remove hard coded validation around Dispatched Incident Type.
    - UI enhancements for drop downs components.
    - Enhancements to optimize incident list queries.
    - Fix Custom fields misbehavior.
    - Fix issues with Actual Incident Type helper function

Mobile App Update (iOS) Version 5.2.5

  1. Fixed several issues on the fire inspection module:
    1. Fixed completed date value that was getting empty while completing an inspection offline.
    2. Filed opening the inspection report tab if an inspection type has not been selected yet.
    3. Avoid loosing subsection group names.
    4. Added ability to send default recipients in offline workflow.
    5. Disabled inspection type updates after the inspection is saved on our servers.
  2. Enhanced network usage by optimizing the map information loading process.

EMS Documentation

  1. Ability to Import/Consume a Standard NEMSIS File
    - This functionality will allow customers to import their legacy data from the vendor they are switching from.  The imported reports will be shown in the list as read only.

  2. Read only status
    -Now after completing a report, it shows Read only. To edit it again, it must be changed back to In progress status.

  3. Support multiple dAgency.01, dAgency.02 values for single state.
    -Multiple Agency configurations can now be added for each client, similar to FDID for Incident Reporting.  When there is more than one configuration active, a new field is shown on the side of the report, in the Dispatch section to select which one to use for each report.








  4. Provide a list of all values and allow for sorting and Activation
    - We include a "Values" section in the Field customization form, for the fields that are lists.  From this new section you can activate/deactivate values from the list or change the order in which they will be displayed in the report.  Inactivated values will still display the correct value on older incident records, they just won't be available going forward to select.




  5. Display Request Handle as column for Export History
    - On the EMS Setup>Export Summary page, we added a Request Handle column.  The Request Handle is a number/GUID or identifier that the web service will send back to first Due upon the initial SubmitData Request per export.




Mobile App Update (Android) Version 6.3.3

  1. Fixed issue with private ESRI layers not being shown.
  2. ****NEW FEATURE**** Added ability to manage Google Maps POIs.  Now you can turn them off, from the map layers settings.
  3. Fixed an issue with bar code scanner

Mobile App Update (iOS) Version 5.2.6

  1. Enhanced user experience by allowing more time on screen while working with options like for example Inspections, or Pre-Planning, or Invoicing.
  2. ***NEW FEATURE*** Better understanding on map information, specifically with address tags for secondary places. Now you will be able to see the unit name for none primary addresses.
  3. ***NEW FEATURE*** Added ability to manage Google Maps POIs. Now you can turn them off, from the map layers settings.


EMS Documentation

  1. Ability to import patient information from previous visit.
    1. A new functionality was included to search for patients that are already registered in the DB associated with a previous report.



    2. Clicking on the Search patient option will automatically filter by any manually entered First/last name, Gender and DOB values, but the filters can be modified.



    3. When selecting a patient and clicking on match, all the information related to that patient that we have stored in the database will be brought to the report.



    4. There is an Undo option, in case the wrong patient was selected.



    5. When completing a report, the patient's information will be added to the patient management table if it is a new patient, or if it is one that was already stored, their information will be updated with what was documented in the report, overwriting the previous information that it had.

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