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Refined Data Application - Release Notes 5.3

Version: RR 5.3

New Features and Enhancements:

Module
RDS #
Description
ApplicationRR-2957

Designated roles can now mark attachments as restricted in records, tasks and reports where attachments are uploaded.  

Administrators can designate the following security settings under Administration >> Security >> Security Settings:

  • Roles who can mark attachments as restricted:

  • Roles who can view restricted attachments:

All modulesRR-3128

The hamburger menu at the site level can now be pinned to stay open while navigating between modules and menu items:

The menu will remain pinned for the user-session until it is closed.  

All ModulesRR-3017

Drag and drop functionality is now available when uploading attachments.   On screens / tabs where an attachment can be uploaded, dragging the attachment to the designated upload area will automatically add the attachment.  

Property ReportsRR-3564

HTML Editor for Property Reports has been updated to the TinyMCE editor offering a few new functions such as the ability to add images, print and switch to full screen mode.

EnvironmentalRR-3009

Assessments / Inspections dashboard now has a link to any overdue tasks that are associated with the specific report type.

EnvironmentalRR-3112

Use the new drag and drop functionality to create a new environmental report:

From the Environmental Reports screen simply drag and drop the report file

This will automatically open the report form with the attachment added.  Simply update the form and save.

EnvironmentalRR-3715

The feature for copying Environmental records has been enhanced to allow records to be copied within the same property.    When selecting the record and then "Copy" the current property will also exist in the destination property list.  

Environmental RR-3729

Updates to the Environmental Landing Page:

The following enhancements have been made to the Environmental Landing Page:

  • Alerts and Notifications section provides direct link to any open questionnaires (not yet approved), and any overdue or tasks and tasks due in the next 30 days. These will only display if there are open questionnaires or tasks. 
  • New Environmental Records section lists all record types with a count of existing records.  Clicking the record type will jump to the record list screen.
EnvironmentalRR-3673

The option is now available to select and copy multiple Environmental records to properties.

Questionnaire/SurveyRR-3040

Questionnaire and survey notifications now include hyperlinks for each of the recipient's listed properties, which open directly into the questionnaire or survey for that property.

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3853

New "Task Status" option available from Questionnaire/Survey dashboard.  This option will open the list of all tasks created from that questionnaire/survey using the auto-task creation configuration.  Refer to item RR-2787 in the 5.2 Release Notes for more information on the auto-task feature.  

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3041

Checklists can now have designated roles for creating the specific checklist for the property and/or accessing and completing the checklist.

Note: if no role selected for these tasks, any role with access to the property will have these capabilities.

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3042

Administrators or approved roles can now assign an editor and/or approver for checklists.  This is a capability that previously existed only with Questionnaires / Surveys.  Now specific users can be designated to completed and approve a checklist for a certain property.   

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3136

Checklists can now be set to allow multiple instances of the checklist per site and multiple active instances by have these options enabled.  These are enabled by default.  Disabling them will allow only one instance per site and only one active instance at a time, respectively.

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3160

When questionnaires or surveys are copied, the auto-tasks configured for questions within the questionnaire/survey will also be copied.

Administration >> Questionnaires 

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3349

New option to select a location for a specific checklist / inspection category:

Questionnaire/Survey 

RR-3350

Questionnaires, surveys and checklists can now be multi-lingual in RDS Mobile Application.  Administrators or approved roles can now add translated categories and questions which will appear in the RDS Mobile Application based on the users language preference. 
Note: This option is not yet available for users accessing the questionnaire from the desktop application. 

 Contact your Refined Data account representative or email support@refineddata.com to request a walkthough of this feature.

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3394

Warranty checkbox now available for Inspections/Checklists. 

When enabled, all tasks created from the checklist will have warrenty option selected as by default, indicating that all tasks for this inspection/checklist are under warranty.


Questionnaire/Survey RR-3396

Checklist instance menu now has minor updates to the naming and order or available functions. 

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3408

Additional filters are now available in the View Tasks screen for checklist instances to filter tasks by category, task tag, task template, warranty (yes, no, all). 

Questionnaire/Survey RR-3197

Delete function is now available in auto-tasks created for checklists, surveys and questionnaires.

Property ReportsRR-3818

A button is now available under Property Reports to "Copy from previous quarter".  

This button will automatically pull the Quarterly Report details from the previous quarter which can then be modified as needed. 

Risk ManagementRR-3386

The following updates have been made to the Insurance Claim Form:

  • Tab is renamed to Payments

  • "Total Expenses" field renamed to Total Payments

  • "Vendor" renamed to Name of Vendor
  • Expenses renamred to Amount

  • Removed "Sr.No"

  • Added the new dropdown field "Type" to the form with 2 values "Indemnity Payment", "Expenses Payment"
  • Total of all invoices with type ""Indemnity Payment" now populated in the corresponding field in Financials tab

  • Similarly, invoices with type "Expenses Payment" now populated in the corresponding field in Financials tab

SustainabilityRR-3212

New Waste Record Form available to add waste date from Property >> Sustainability >> Building Performance Data >> Waste

Sustainability

RR-3236, RR-3237

Sustainability - Waste screen - Changes

  • selecting a waste hauler - select the row to open the waste record screen for that hauler
    • Waste Record Screen
SustainabilityRR-3250

Sustainability dashboards - New chart type on Province - Energy, Water, Waste


SustainabilityRR-3252Sustainability Dashboards - Filter by User
SustainabilityRR-3286

GRESB Asset Spreadsheet is available for download from the Energy Dashboard and includes all energy data populated for all properties with active consumption for the current year, for GRESB submission. 

SustainabilityRR-3293Sustainability - Performance Validation - Water to be added to the Utility dropdown
SustainabilityRR-3391Sustainability - Utility Validation - Details displayed for Gaps (Message updated to include more details)
SustainabilityRR-3466Optimize Gap/Overlapping validation in Sustainability
SustainabilityRR-3554Sustainability - Waste - Please make Cost an optional field
SustainabilityRR-3579Add new fields to the Property table
SustainabilityRR-3586Sustainability - Add Account # to EPL import
SustainabilityRR-3587Sustainability - Add Account # to Performance data validation
SustainabilityRR-3598Sustainability Options - Sub-metering options - Changes
SustainabilityRR-3599Sustainability - New fields in Property table
SustainabilityRR-3600Sustainability - Dashboard extracts
TasksRR-3068Estimates and Purchase Order Workflow in Work Order (Task)
TasksRR-3180Create a new Tasks module
TasksRR-3271Overdue Task Dashboard - Filter by Task Type, Module, Role
TasksRR-3278Make Task Templates a new dashboard under Tasks module
TasksRR-3320Add attachment to Task Template and make accessible from task instances
TasksRR-3333Task Template, Assign To - Preserve roles/users on all task instances
TasksRR-3348Add Warranty checkbox to task
TasksRR-3533Security setting that controls who can add/edit/delete Task Template details (configure Task Templates)
TasksRR-3536Add Extract to Task Template List
TasksRR-3551Add a new task dashboard "My Tasks"


Known Issues and Stability Fixes

Module
RDS #
Description
RR-3054ApplicationFixed issue with property/building filter in all modules where the "All Buildings" filter was displaying records for  "Property" instead of records for all buildings.
RR-3518ApplicationFixed Task Template Selector on New Task Screen
RR-3569ApplicationResolved issue where Uploaded attachment could not be viewed or downloaded if the filename contained a comma (,)
RR-3708EnvironmentalApplied fix to ensure that new environmental records will be added to the building/floor/unit number selected in the filter for that environmental records page. 
RR-3709Environmental Environmental records can now be linked to reports at the property level, and not just the building/unit level the record was created in. 
RR-1363OHSResolved Spills or Incidents records with invalid value in timebox after selection
RR-1879OHSFixed time selection issue when adding and editing near miss records
RR-3186QuestionnaireResolved Issues with "Assigned To" user list in Auto Task configuration screen for Questionnaire/Checklist
RR-3592QuestionnaireBuilding level Questionnaires/Surveys/Checklists are available at the Property level when there are no buildings
RR-3602Risk ManagementInsurance module - Read/Write permissions - now able to properly save a claim
RR-3251SustainabilitySustainability - Waste dashboards - Chart types not working
RR-3515TasksModule Field on Task Templates updated to include the Tasks Module