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We’ve reworked the way tasks (or messages) are handled behind the scenes in Lamplight, which has allowed us to make some small improvements:

– On the diary you’ll see incomplete tasks have a small tick box on them. Tick this and the task will be updated with todays date and shown as complete.
– On the listings of tasks (e.g. on the home page or in a profile) you can see if a task is linked to an activity, and click on it to see the activity detail.

We’ve improved the reporting on custom fields and made it more consistent. All non-free-text custom field types can now be used in report filters and row/column grouping.

There are some additions to grouping on cases (your terminology may vary) too. You can now create auto groups based on whether a case was open during a period, and also on the duration of the case in days.

Data views showing detailed information about referrals can include some referral specific information, such as referral direction and reason.

And finally, you can now associate custom tabs in activity records with particular work records. These tabs will only be enabled if you select the relevant work area when creating the activity. This will make creating activity records easier by making it clear which custom tabs relate to which workarea. System admins will need to set this up in ‘Manage custom tabs and fields in work records’.

We made a few updates to the system last night…

Convert auto groups (/lists) to manual groups

When you view all groups (you may call them lists or something else), the menu for auto and merge groups allows you to ‘convert to manual group’.  This will run the group, and then create a new manual group with the current membership of the group.  The auto group will still update as normal, but the newly created group will be fixed.  This may be useful if you have larger/slower auto or merge groups for your reporting, as manual groups are much quicker to use.

My user restriction now limits editing of waiting lists and manual groups

If you are only able to see ‘my user’ profiles, you won’t be able to edit waiting lists or manual groups.  This is because you will remove anyone from the list who is not one of your ‘my users’ without realising it (because you can’t see that they are on there, and they are not shown as members when you edit them).  If you need to add one of your ‘my users’ to a waiting list or manual group you can go to their profile and in the relevant tab click ‘add’ to add them to the list.  They can also be added via referrals as normal too.

My user restriction now limits access to mail merged files

If you are only able to see ‘my user’ profiles, you won’t see files that other people have generated if they might include mail merge details from those profiles.  This prevents potential information leaks from documents other operators have created.  The file hiding is conservative, so it errs on the side of caution when deciding whether to show a file or not.  Files are visible to higher access level operators who can see all profiles.

Visual changes to the contact details profile tab

We’ve made the contact details action buttons a bit bigger and clearer, and they also now all show or hide depending on the permissions set below.

Minor fixes

• Creating a profile from a work record is now working properly if you have essential fields set for other profile types.
• Updates to the costing module to resolve an issue with location charges and display.
• Sorting tables or profiles by alternative name now works as expected
• Opening the rich text editor adds a bit of space below so that other fields are not hidden by the editor
• Monthly recurring work records would incorrectly set the recurring pattern to ‘2nd Monday of the month’ on particular days.
• The file type is set properly so that the help manual download will now open in Word correctly