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The new features listed below are enhancements to the SmartSimple system and will be immediately available to SmartSimple users upon the application of the October 2013 upgrade to your server:
 
The new features listed below are enhancements to the SmartSimple system and will be immediately available to SmartSimple users upon the application of the October 2013 upgrade to your server:
  
===System Errors Log===
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===Configuration Error Log===
*System Administrators now have a new tool to troubleshoot errors generated by the system when troubleshooting configuration changes. The [[System Errors Log]], available from the [[Business & System Configuration]] section of the [[Global Settings]] page, maintains a log of server-side errors.
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*System Administrators now have a new tool to troubleshoot errors generated by the system when troubleshooting configuration changes. The [[Configuration Error Log]], available from the [[Business & System Configuration]] section of the [[Global Settings]] page, maintains a log of server-side errors.
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===New Calendar Format===
 
===New Calendar Format===
* The style of the SmartSimple [[:Category:Calendars|Calendar]] has been enhanced, including displaying calendar events in a lightbox format, rather than separate pop-up windows.  
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* The style of the SmartSimple [[:Category:Calendars|Calendar]] has been updated and enhanced, allowing new functionality such as the ability to click-and-drag to move events.  
* The classic Calendar style can be reverted to, by enabling the "Use Classic Calendar" setting on the [[Global Settings]] page.
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* The option to revert back to the classic Calendar style is available by enabling the "Use Classic Calendar" setting on the [[Global Settings]] page.
 
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===Google Map / StreetView===
 
===Google Map / StreetView===
* On a company or contact [[profile]], users can directly jump to a Google Maps page, or directly to a Google Maps Street View, of the company's or contact's street address.
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* On a company or contact [[profile]], users can directly open a Google Maps/Street View of the company's or contact's street address.
 
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===Recent-Viewed Objects List Now Enabled by Default===
 
===Recent-Viewed Objects List Now Enabled by Default===
* The [[Recently Viewed]] panel, a right-hand panel containing a hyperlinked list of the most recently-viewed records, was introduced in the [[September 2013 Upgrade|last month's upgrade]]. With this upgrade, this feature will be enabled by default for all roles.  
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* The [[Recently Viewed]] panel, a right-hand panel containing a hyperlinked list of the most recently-viewed records, was introduced in a previous upgrade. With this upgrade, this feature has been updated to be auto-enabled for all roles.  
 
* For roles which should not have access to the [[Recently Viewed]] panel, this feature can be disabled using [[Manager Permissions]].
 
* For roles which should not have access to the [[Recently Viewed]] panel, this feature can be disabled using [[Manager Permissions]].
 
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===New Permission Settings===
 
===New Permission Settings===
* The permissions for the [[Quick Messaging]] feature can now be set by role in the [[Email & Email Broadcast Security]] settings page.  
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* Restriction settings have been introduced for the [[Quick Messages|Quick Messaging]] feature which can be set by role in the [[Email & Email Broadcast Security]] settings page.  
* Access to the [[Discussions]] feature can be managed by roles from the [[Manager Permissions]] settings pages.
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* Permission Settings have been introduced for access to the [[Discussions]] feature which can be set by role in the [[Manager Permissions]] settings page.
 
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===Remember Me Deprecated===
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* For security reasons the "Remember Me" setting on the login page has been deprecated and removed.
  
 
==On-Demand System Upgrades==
 
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===Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task===
 
===Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task===
*System Administrators can configure a [[Workflow]] task to create PDF files from multiple {{WPV}} fields. See the [[Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task]] page for instructions.
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* The [[Workflow]] task to create a PDF file from a {{WPV}} field has been enhanced to allow System Administrators to configure the task to create multiple PDF files from multiple {{WPV}} fields. See the [[Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task]] page for instructions.
 
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===New Feature: Reports Caching===
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===Improvements to Arcadia List Views===
* [[System Administrator]]s can now schedule reports to be run periodically (daily, weekly, monthly).
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* In SmartSimple's next-generation [[Arcadia]] interface, the column widths of [[list view]]s can be defined.  
* Scheduled reports can be configured to store custom field values to SmartSimple records, allowing for the periodic aggregation of data.
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* List view headings can also be made static, or in other words always be visible at the top of the page when scrolling through a long list of records on a [[list view]].
* The following types of SmartSimple records can be updated:
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:*[[Organization]] records
 
:*[[Contact]] records
 
:*[[UTA]] records, i.e. {{l1}}, {{l2}} and {{l3}} records
 
* Typical use cases might include:
 
:* On a monthly basis, automatically storing the total number of reviews that have been performed by a given user on their contact [[profile]].
 
:* On a weekly basis, automatically updating a user's profile to indicate whether or not timesheets have been filled out in SmartSimple.
 
:* On a daily basis, automatically updating on a company's [[profile]] a summation of the total number of grants for which contacts of that organization has applied.
 
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===Arcadia - Basing Summary Cross-tab on Standard Fields===
 
* One of the key features of SmartSimple's next-generation [[Arcadia]] interface is its [[Summary Matrix]], which displays a cross-tabbed view of the records in a SmartSimple application.
 
* The default display of the cross-tabbed view is to break out an application's [[status]]es as column headings and its [[templates]] as the row headings:
 
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* The September 2013 upgrade allows system administrators to configure the Arcadia interface to enable the Customer, Branch, Person and Owner standard fields as row headings as alternate methods of displaying data summaries.
 
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===Setting Alignment of Columns in Report Builder===
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===Sending Emails from {{l2}} Records===
*Columns in reports can now be set in the Report Builder to be left-, right- or center-aligned without resorting to custom HTML.
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*System Administrators can now configure {{UTA}}s to allow end users to send emails directly from a {{l2}} record. See [[Integrating_Email_with_the_UTA#Configuring_Level_3_Types_as_Emails|this page]] for instructions.
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===IRS/CRA/OFAC Automated Checking===
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===Update Company Categories with Workflow Tasks===
*The system can now be configured to perform automated verification of [[contact]] records, as well as [[organization]] records, against the OFAC database.
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*A new [[Workflow Task Types|Workflow Task Type]] can been created named [[Workflow Task Type: Update Company Category|Update Company Category]] which can automate the action of adding or removing a [[Client Categories|Organization Category]] from an [[organization]] [[profile]].
*The settings page to configure the automatic verification of records against the IRS/CRA/OFAC online databases has been simplified.
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 11 September 2015

Watch this video to get a general overview of the new features in our October 2013 upgrade.

To watch this video in full screen, please click on the YouTube link, then the full screen button on the bottom right.



Global System Upgrades

The new features listed below are enhancements to the SmartSimple system and will be immediately available to SmartSimple users upon the application of the October 2013 upgrade to your server:

Configuration Error Log

ConfigErrorLog.png

New Calendar Format

  • The style of the SmartSimple Calendar has been updated and enhanced, allowing new functionality such as the ability to click-and-drag to move events.
  • The option to revert back to the classic Calendar style is available by enabling the "Use Classic Calendar" setting on the Global Settings page.

Google Map / StreetView

  • On a company or contact profile, users can directly open a Google Maps/Street View of the company's or contact's street address.

Recent-Viewed Objects List Now Enabled by Default

  • The Recently Viewed panel, a right-hand panel containing a hyperlinked list of the most recently-viewed records, was introduced in a previous upgrade. With this upgrade, this feature has been updated to be auto-enabled for all roles.
  • For roles which should not have access to the Recently Viewed panel, this feature can be disabled using Manager Permissions.

New Permission Settings

Remember Me Deprecated

  • For security reasons the "Remember Me" setting on the login page has been deprecated and removed.

On-Demand System Upgrades

The following features are also available immediately with the application of the upgrade, but must first be enabled or configured by a System Administrator:

Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task

Improvements to Arcadia List Views

  • In SmartSimple's next-generation Arcadia interface, the column widths of list views can be defined.
  • List view headings can also be made static, or in other words always be visible at the top of the page when scrolling through a long list of records on a list view.

Sending Emails from Level 2 Records

  • System Administrators can now configure s to allow end users to send emails directly from a Level 2 record. See this page for instructions.

Update Company Categories with Workflow Tasks