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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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===Revisions to User Interface===
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===New Calendar Format===
* Users of SmartSimple's next generation interface - [[Arcadia]] - may notice minor revisions to the user interface, such as new tab bars and changes to the title bars on records.
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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.
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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===
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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===
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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.  
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* 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===
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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.
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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==
 
==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:
 
The following features are also available immediately with the application of the upgrade, but must first be enabled or configured by a System Administrator:
  
===New Feature: Recently-Viewed Objects===
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===Creating Multiple PDFs with a Single Workflow Task===
*When enabled through [[Manager Permissions]], a new right-hand panel titled "[[Recently Viewed]]" can be shown containing a list of the most recently-viewed records. Users can then click on their most recently-viewed records to [[navigation|navigate]] easily through the system.
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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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*The Recently Viewed panel can be locked to always be shown on the right-hand side of the SmartSimple window, or, by default, will close when a recently-viewed record is selected.
 
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===New Feature: Reports Caching===
 
* [[System Administrator]]s can now schedule reports to be run periodically (daily, weekly, monthly).
 
* Scheduled reports can be configured to store custom field values to SmartSimple records, allowing for the periodic aggregation of data.
 
* The following types of SmartSimple records can be updated:
 
:*[[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===
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===Improvements to Arcadia List Views===
* 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.  
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* In SmartSimple's next-generation [[Arcadia]] interface, the column widths of [[list view]]s can be defined.  
* 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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* 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]].
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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