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Overview

Watch this video to get a general overview of the new features in this release.

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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 upgrade to their server:

Major Updates

Deprecated Password Variables

Several password variables will be deprecated for improved security. All systems will be required to use the following activation link variable instead of (@password@). The activation link will send the user to a page where they can enter their desired password.

https://@url@@activationlink@

The following variables will be deprecated and will not work after this upgrade: @password@, @checkportalpassword@, @checkactivatedpassword@, @randompassword@, and @passwordresetlink@.

If you would like assistance with transitioning contact our support team. More information can be found in our wiki article Password Variables to Set or Reset User Passwords

Minor Updates

Updated Look of File Uploader

The user interface of the file uploader will change slightly throughout the platform. The toggle setting on the new file uploader will be enabled and the option to switch will be removed from all systems.

Added an AI Chat History log

When using the interactive mode of the AI (to find this, navigate to the Tools menu and select Work with +AI), the prompts and responses in your conversation with the AI are now logged. This will allow you to easily look at your conversation history after your session has ended. To see the new log, go to the desired record, click the Logs menu and select AI Chat History. Then, click on the desired session to view that conversation.

Updated US Census Data

US Census data and visualizations for organizations has been updated to include data up to 2022.

Update to Portal Sections of the type List View - Mixed Record Type

An Open Button option has been added to the List View - Mixed Record Type portal section. After the upgrade, on mobile devices, records will only be row clickable if the Row Clickable or Open Button options are enabled for these portal sections. Formerly records were always row clickable on mobile devices.

On-Demand System Upgrades

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

Major Updates

Added Candid Demographics

We have added the ability to easily see Candid Demographics data for organizations within your system. If you enable this option a new Demographics tab will appear in the left navigation of organization records. Organizational information related to Race and Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Orientation, and Disability Status as well as Staff, Senior Staff, and Leadership are visualized on this tab. You can also do a side by side comparison of the current organization with another organization.

To set up this feature navigate to Global Settings > Integrations tab > Candid Demographics Check. Note that organizations must have an EIN number in a custom field and it must be mapped on the setting page.

Then, go to Menu Icon > Global Settings > Security tab > System Visibility Permissions, and for the setting called Limit Demographics Tab Access add the roles you want to have access to this tab.

Then navigate to the desired organization.

Added ability to set field display order based on type

You can now specify a different display order for a custom field based on the type. This gives you the ability to use the same field across multiple types of applications and have the field appear in different locations without the need to create multiple fields.

Navigate to any custom field and under Display Order toggle on Enable conditional display order for different types. Lower numbers will appear closer to the top of the page.

New E-signature integration with OneSpan

We have added a new electronic signature integration with OneSpan. Now you can use OneSpan as part of your document agreement or approval process. Note that you are required to bring your own OneSpan license. Visit the OneSpan wiki article to learn more about this E-signature integration.

New JSON Custom Field

We have added a new JSON custom field. This field may be used to store historical or other data instead of creating many custom fields. The data added can be displayed in a tree or table format.

Minor Updates

Added ability to Load List Views Faster

We added a new option at the UTA level to load list views faster by deactivating the sort function and total record count.

To enable this for a UTA, navigate to Configuration Settings > General tab, and toggle on Enable Quick Load for List Views.

If desired you can disable quick load on a list view basis. Do this by navigating to the desired list view settings page > Properties tab, and toggle on Disable Quick Load.

Added option to only load records in a list views after a search

To improve the loading time of list views containing large record sets you can now opt to only load records into a list view after a search is run.

To enable this system wide setting navigate to Menu icon > Global Settings > System tab, and enable Only load records after a list view search.

Notes for Admins