Template:July2024Upgrade

Overview

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Upgrade Highlights

• The new Privacy and Security Policies feature improves configuration efficiency, enhances user experience, facilitates tailored policy creation, and strengthens compliance management to foster greater user trust.
• The Annotations feature has been refined with a new interface, improved process flow, and the ability to mark annotations as resolved, creating a better and more intuitive collaboration experience.
• The new option for AI-powered Natural Language Processing Search lets users enter plain text to generate filter criteria for list views, making it easier to find what you need naturally.
• The new Activity Scheduler feature streamlines bulk creation and scheduling of Level 2 activities with customizable recurrence rules, offering simplified and timely activity management.
• The new Follow Organization feature for following organizations automates notifications to alert users about new opportunities, enhancing user engagement.
• The +AI Insights feature enables users to upload and manage training files for effortless AI model creation.
• To prevent email spoofing, the "From" address in the group email feature is now only selectable from a dropdown menu.
• We've incorporated the capability to display notes within the "Special – Linked Record List" custom field, enhancing user interaction and workflow efficiency.
• The new PDF Text Export feature allows extraction of text from PDF files into a multiline text custom field, facilitating integration with +AI functionalities for tasks like translation and summarization.

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

Improved Annotation Mode Experience

Annotations serve as a collaborative tool allowing users to add notes and responses directly to specific fields within a record. With field-level annotations, users can modify individual fields and respond to comments without affecting the rest of the record.

In this upgrade, we refined the interface by hiding the left navigation panel and implementing color-coded messages: Blue indicates comments made by you. Yellow indicates comments made by others. Green denotes resolved annotation sets.

Additionally, when the Open in Annotation Mode setting is enabled, users will now directly enter annotation mode when changing to the defined status.

Users can easily view the list of annotations in the right column, facilitating navigation to specific annotation fields and drilling into the collaboration conversation. Reply and edit functionalities for unlocked fields are conveniently accessible through a modal window.

The ability to mark an annotation set as resolved is also new.

See the revised wiki article: https://wiki.smartsimple.com/wiki/Field_Revision_Annotations

New AI powered Natural Language Search option

We’ve introduced a new search option where users can enter plain text and have the AI generate filter criteria for list views.

To use this feature, click on the “Enable AI assisted search button” (robot icon) and type the desired criteria using natural language to filter the results. For example, you could type “Search for all records with the status ‘Draft’.”

Note: For added security, only data visible in the list view will be searched.

Minor Updates

From Address in Group Email Now a Dropdown

To prevent email spoofing, the "From" address in the group email feature is now a dropdown menu and is no longer accepting free-form text input. Users can select the default "From" address if configured, or choose their own email address. If no default email address is set, "donotreply@smartsimplemailer.com" will be available as an option.

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

New Privacy and Security Policies Feature

Privacy and security policies are crucial for aligning your system with regulations, mitigating risks, and fostering user trust by detailing how user privacy and data will be protected.

Our latest update to this feature simplifies the configuration and enhances the user experience of this compliance checkpoint within your system.

Some key features include:

Tailored Policy Creation: Develop custom policies with distinct sections and translations to meet regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, and build user trust by clearly explaining how privacy and data will be safeguarded. Scope, Timing, and Audience Specification: Define the collection points, such as login pages, registration forms, or specific application processes, and outline enforcement mechanisms for each policy. Policy Builder: Use this new tool to create customized sections of a policy, addressing specific compliance needs. For example, a privacy policy might include sections like 'Information Collection', 'Data Processing', 'Data Sharing', etc. Version Management and Compliance Tracking: Manage different versions of your policies, monitor compliance, and view detailed records of user acceptance for accountability.

To activate the new Privacy and Security Policies feature, system administrators need to navigate to:

Menu Icon > Global Settings > Classic Options tab > Disable the classic privacy and security policies.

Note: Existing policies will not be migrated to the new feature and must be rebuilt. Existing policy acceptance information will still be retained.

For more information, visit our wiki article: https://wiki.smartsimple.com/wiki/Privacy_and_Security_Policies

New feature to follow organizations

Have you ever wished to receive notifications when an organization you're interested in posts new opportunities? We've introduced a feature that allows users to follow organizations, enabling automated alerts for new opportunities as they become available.

From the user's perspective, you can follow organizations in bulk by visiting the organization list view and selecting your desired organizations. Alternatively, you can go to a specific organization's record and click the follow button.

For system administrators interested in enabling this feature, navigate to Menu Icon > Global Settings > Organization tab > Toggle on Allow users to follow organizations.

Additionally, system administrators need to set up a UTA Level 1 workflow with an acknowledgment task to notify followers of organizations. Please ensure that the organization is assigned in the Level 1 Customer field.

New feature for creating and scheduling activities in bulk

Ever needed to efficiently schedule multiple activities, such as events or shifts, in bulk? We've introduced a customizable wizard that simplifies the creation of Level 2 activities using recurrence rules.

From the user's perspective, navigate to the desired Level 1 record, access the tools dropdown, and select the appropriate Level 2 creation wizard. Alternatively, the wizard can be accessed inline as a button on the record.

Specify your criteria and set recurrence rules, then click "Preview" to review the bulk activities to be created. Adjust the activities inline as needed, and then click "Create" to finalize the creation of scheduled activities in bulk.

For System Administrators looking to activate this feature, navigate to the desired Universal Tracking Application > Configuration Settings > Level 2 tab, and access the activity scheduler link to configure one or more wizards.

To display a button that launches the activity scheduler on a Level 1 record, create a custom field of the type display text and variables. In the content input, enter @ssGet(ACTSCHEDULER,activity_scheduler_name)@, replacing "activity_scheduler_name" with the name you specified for your activity scheduler.

+AI insights training files

With the +AI Insights feature, you can create a custom AI model tailored to your needs. Use the “Training Files” tab to upload and manage files that can contain data from outside your system. Upload organization or community-related documents such as call guidelines and compliance documentation, enabling users to query the model for better understanding. Additionally, upload your research and project outcomes to facilitate easy sharing and allow the AI to respond to questions about your impact. Users can access Instance and Global level models in the header of your system. System Administrators can configure a +AI Insight model by navigating to Menu Icon > Global Settings > +AI tab Note: You will need an OpenAI license to use AI features on SmartSimple. Contact your account manager or sales@smartsimple.com for further information on billing and implementation. To learn more about all our AI features, visit the wiki at https://wiki.smartsimple.com/wiki/AI

Minor Updates

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