#22 Release Notes 16.07.2021
by Tyson Young
ImprovementAnnouncement
Platform v3.1.6 — Mobile v2.4.8
Release notes are now published weekly
We use to release our release notes monthly, then realised it's real easy to just release weekly...
In all seriousness though, we use to announce all of our new features, improvements and bug fixes on a monthly basis. But as our development has ramped up and we consistently release weekly, it makes more sense to keep our release notes on the same schedule.
When any part of our software is released, updated, fixed or improved, we'll be sharing it as it happens.
Now you can go back
Shock and awe..... we know, we know....this seems like an obvious one and don't worry, it's bugged us too. We apologise for that!
For the longest time, if you hit 'back' in your browser, your portal would show a blank page and only work again once you refreshed. The ability to simply 'go back' in most applications is such a global norm that we'd continue to do it out of habit, still bumping into the same problems.
But no longer!
Now, you can hit back. With many pages being dynamic in nature, it won't always save the exact same 'state' you were in but will be the last main area you were just in. This one isn't an earth-shattering update by any measure, but one that will likely result in a sigh of relief when you hear about it. Sorry it took so long
Feature Request board now available
Ideas, improvements, and new feature suggestions that come directly from our customers are the pure gold that helps us continue building a world-class product. When you share your thoughts with us (whether it's a raving review or constructive feedback) we genuinely thank you for it.
We sometimes get this feedback from you via email, sometimes on a phone call, perhaps a support chat - or terribly, we don't get to hear it at all, because the moment has passed and you may have forgotten to mention it.
We've now made it much easier for you to pass along your ideas directly into a publicly available feature request board. Not only do you get to add ideas quickly, but you can also vote on other users' ideas that are important to you too, and similarly, they can do the same on yours.
This helps us understand what's going to have the most impact for everyone across the board and prioritise our development where it's needed most. When you vote on an issue, you'll be notified when its status changes - whenever it's commented on from other users or us, or when we move it to planned; in progress; complete or cancelled.
On top of that, we're also delivering our weekly release notes in a much more digestible and accessible way. The format that you're reading right now. We're moving them out of our 'support knowledgebase' and into this dedicated changelog.
Improvements
- Created a datasheet view option to allow bulk editing without the need to go into each record individually. This will make editing information more efficient allowing you to get on with other tasks.
- Created the ability to duplicate records across buildings that are under the same audit.
- When creating a sample, the sample information field now defaults to: 'sampled' for new samples; and 'previously sampled' for samples that are already linked.
- It's now possible to view or hide registers and web registers across our different compliance modules.
- Audit ID added to the Clearance module Samples table.
- Datasheet view now shows the # of images in a record.
- Updated various parts of the Sample Collection Survey Template (e.g. Removed "Site Description" and "Recommendations" from the Executive Summary; changed "survey" to "sample collection" on page 4; changed "an asbestos survey" to "sample collection"; removed "3.0 Exclusions and Caveats" from page 9; and added new "Sample Collection" section on page 15).
- Created Custom Document Library as its own menu listing in the admin menu.
- Added Inspection details button to the clearance module. This can be found when viewing audits that are either awaiting results or pending review.
- Added View audit information button to all compliance modules. You will find this in the Active menu when looking at audits that are either awaiting results or pending review.
- Clearance module audits can now only be scheduled against one building at a time.
- New ability for contractors to selectively sync jobs. Previously, if a contractor was working with multiple clients that use Octfolio, it would sync all jobs automatically. This could cause heavy downloads and slow loads.
- Added text to the 'Sync & Keep' and 'Sync & Remove' buttons on mobile, to better articulate their function. It may not have been obvious previously what these buttons did.
- New option for Friability: 'Unknown'.
- New option for Estimated quantity: 'Not required'.
- We have removed the option to filter by stage in the clearance module. This is because the 4 stages of an audit need to remain with their associated stages.
Fixes
- Datasheet view mode was only showing 50 records even when you had 50+. This has been fixed and will now show all records regardless of how many.
- Move asset tool wasn't quite working correctly. When using the move asset tool the registers were only viewable from a level and not the building. This has been patched to make registers viewable from building and level.
- When creating a new sample or linking a sample, the app was remembering your previous selection which was causing some confusion. Now, when creating a new sample it will be set to sampled and when linking a sample it will be set to previously sampled.
- Clearance module section was an incorrect heading and has been renamed to Clearance Module Stage.
- You can now archive records. When doing so, a comment box will appear so you're able to enter a note for the reason you're archiving. This helps avoid accidental archiving.
- When uploading lab results, samples were not appearing meaning it wasn't possible to enter the results. This has been fixed so you will now see a list of all selected samples allowing you to enter in the appropriate results.
- Datasheet view now includes the Area/ room name information captured by an assessor.
- Fixed alignment issues on the building details edit screen.
- When viewing asset images via the photos tab only the images on page 1 were viewable. Now, images across all pages are viewable.
- Fixed an issue where the save & exit button was unresponsive.