evince blog

We have released a new and improved mapping system for our web-based information management system, evince. Following feedback from our existing users, we have implemented the following:

- nudge buttons to increase/decrease the radius by ‘.1′ of a mile

- editable radius field to type the radius in manually

- view providers outside the radius set, using a button to toggle off and on

- a home and work point can now be added manually to the map, allowing users to plot search results and add home/work points as required - and drag and drop the location of these points

- increase of provider numbers you can plot at any time to 3000

If you do not have access to evince, please check out the enhanced mapping by going to

http://demo.evince-online.com/mapping/

For further details about evince and what it can do for you, please go to www.evince-online.com or contact us on 01223 566522 or at enquiries@opp-links.org.uk

We are increasing the ways that you can log bugs, change requests, ideas and feedback on any of our products and services.  From 12th January 2009 we are asking you to use the GetSatisfaction website (http://getsatisfaction.com/opportunitylinks), which is a dedicated website for managing these types of requests. Please note – all existing bugs and change requests submitted by users are stored.

Steps to take to use GetSatisfaction:

• Add the link above to your favourites in Internet Explorer
• You will then have the choice to either:
  • Ask a question?
  • Share an idea – to be used for submitting change requests
  • Report a problem – to be used for submitting bugs
  • Give praise – to be used for submitting feedback, quotes, testimonials
• Then submit your post
• Here you can change the title of your submission and add in any more detail in the description box if necessary (Please prefix the title of your question with your FIS name) i.e. Cambridge - How do i use GetSatisfaction)
• Once you have added all the necessary details on your first posting you will be asked to set up an account, see below.
• You will be automatically informed of replies to your posting(s) once they are submitted via email.
• At anytime you should be able to click on Opportunity Links name at the top of the page to return to a full list of postings
• All change requests and bugs posted by our users will feed into our release cycles for our different products and services

We are going to be trialling this service for 3 months, and would appreciate any feedback you have on it. If you are unsure how to proceed with the website please give our helpdesk a call (0845 257 2180).

Dear Colleagues,

evince version 1.0.87 has now gone live, the following bugs have now been fixed.

4161 – Can now run reports on selected records in the provider quick search (This currently only works with reports run from evince rather than report manager)

4402 - Admin history in registration now orders by most recent at the top

4401 – Can now create new course unit bookings from contact the contact relations tab

4374 -  A number of issues with ‘Childcare information’ view only permissions have now been corrected

4370 - ‘Total number of vacancies’ field now added back into Careschemes (However we have noticed a layout issue in IE7 that will be fixed next week)

4372 – Can now run reports with an ‘&’ or a ‘+’ in the title from the reports manager

4412 - All Course Units associated with Staff are now returned

4414 – Can now add new Local Mngt Info entries

4419 – You can now sort the submitted search results of the GIS maps

4421 – You can no longer add/new Staff through the registration (as in iChIS)

4426 – When saving a contact it only filters person information if contact complete and no open actions against contact

4293 – Once you save a record for the first time it will not ask you again to save until you move away from the contact and go back to it

We have found one problem with the new release, the “no- consent to hold details” pop-up is not working when creating a new person record. This will be fixed in next weeks release, the workaround in the mean time is to tick the consent to hold details box before entering any other details.

Apologies for any inconvenience this will cause,

Regards,

Alex Pardy

IT Service Desk Manager

Last night we performed a release of the evince DB upgrading it to version 1.0.77. Within this release was the following :-

– changes to query now appear on the report viewer – report viewer now refreshes

– childcare tab in a childcare enquiry form – now more compact for less scrolling

– you can now edit the hyperlink in the html editor in Bulletin Board and Organisations

– Advanced Search now only brings back the fields selected in the ‘Display Fields’ tab

– ‘No consent to hold details’ now works as it did in ChIS – it removes the name

– Setting/Organisation name has now been added to the Vacancy pop-up box in Recruitment Candidate, so that jobs can be told apart

– Autofill of address is no longer missing in related proposed provider

– Course filter working correctly in Contact – relations tab

– People – Resolve Duplicates – you only get the option to resolve duplicates if they are 2 distinct people.  If id is the same then you do not get the option.

– Advanced Search – ‘Drop off at or collect from Schools List’ – when selected along with a particular school this no longer returns an Oops Message.

– Advanced Provider search button from the childcare tab in a childcare enquiry now links through correctly

– ‘Non-secure Message’ in IE6, no longer appearing when you click on the ‘+’ symbols in evince

– Export to Excel in Advanced Search working

– Advanced Search – sped up

We are hoping that the speed issues experienced through earlier releases are getting better, but if you are experiencing problems then please do let us know so that we can investigate these individual issues.  We prioritise a new list of bugs/fixes for our Development team each week (usually on a Thursday), so if you have a particular bug that is stopping you from performing a day-to-day task please let us know and we can re-prioritise our list accordingly.

On Monday night we performed a release of the evince DB upgrading it to version 1.0.75. Within this release was the following :-

- Improvement to the speed of pop-ups and tab navigation.

- Returning to the tab/location you saved from.

- Course filter now displaying booking status’.

- Advanced search results exporting to excel.

Opportunity Links will from now on update the Blog with all release details.