Samaritan's Development department will be focussed on new features to improve the ability to Scale to Enterprise. This work will not be released to clients until the entire project is complete. Each sprint will continue to have minor improvements, performance enhancements, and low-risk fixes.
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QA/Testing |
Production | Sprint | function | notes |
12/26/23 | 01/02/24 | Sprint 89 |
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12/12/23 | 12/19/23 | Sprint 88 |
Ability to view Background Check History from the Volunteer History Tab. |
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11/28/23 | 12/05/23 | Sprint 87 |
Enterprise Scalability and other new |
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11/14/23 | 11/21/23 | Sprint 86 | ||
10/31/23 | 11/07/23 | Sprint 85 |
Calendar |
New field: Shift Title |
10/17/23 | 12/09/2023 | Sprint 84 |
eRecruiter: |
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10/03/23 | 10/10/23 | Sprint 83 |
Prerequisites |
Recruiter Availability |
09/18/23 | 09/25/23 | Sprint 82 |
Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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Ability to add a message with details about the prerequisite. |
Released: Add message for volunteers about a prerequisite ⭐ Recruiter compatibility coming soon!⭐ |
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09/05/23 | 09/11/23 | Sprint 81 |
Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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08/22/23 | 08/29/23 | Sprint 80 |
Scale to Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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08/08/23 | 08/15/23 | Sprint 79 |
Scale to Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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07/25/23 | 08/01/23 | Sprint 78 |
Scale to Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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07/11/23 | 07/18/23 | Sprint 77 |
Scale to Enterprise development work (unreleased)
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unreleased | Ability to set permissions per value of a dropdown UDF | |||
06/26/23 | 07/04/23 | Sprint 76 |
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unreleased | Ability to add multiple signers | |||
06/26/23 | 07/04/23 | eC: Grids | Grid Filters | Ability to access Account UDFs in filters |
Q2 Ends | ||||
06/13/23 | 06/30/23 | Sprint 75 | ||
Email Templates | Merge Fields | Ability to access Account UDFs to insert into email templates | ||
Sign-In Station | Link to Station | Ability to create a link that expires in 12 hour or a link that expires in 24 hours | ||
05/30/23 | 06/6/23 | Sprint 74 | ||
Recruiters | Long and Short Text | Notice that character limit has been reached | ||
CHANGE NOTICE from 3rd Party Plugin : Oracle has announced that they will terminate the AddThis plugin starting on May 31, 2023. In order to avoid confusion for volunteers, Samaritan has decide to remove it from all recruiters. Please see this site for more information: https://www.addthis.com/ |
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05/16/23 | 05/23/23 | Sprint 73 | ||
Ability to add system wide message to eRecruiter | ||||
05/02/23 | 05/09/23 | Sprint 72 | ||
Sign-In Station improvements: URLs and QR code use Station ID # rather than eC user login. |
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04/18/23 | 04/25/23 | Sprint 71 | ||
Secure Messaging Feature - Phase I | ||||
04/04/23 |
04/11/23 |
Sprint 70 |
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Automation |
Search function |
ID Column added to the grid for Automations to make it easier to search by ID number. |
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Automation |
Opportunity Automatic Hours numerical field |
Add the ability to enter a numeric field when setting automatically create hours for multiple opportunities. |
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Automation |
Trigger Options |
Add Survey Title as available options in Trigger |
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Calendar |
Shift time span |
When shift end time is 12:00 a.m. store as 11:59 so that the shift does not span two calendar days. |
AMS |
User Role Login Options |
Refinements: set eC user with multiple roles to log in |
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Maintenance | Test Suite | TestProject | ||
03/21/23 | 03/28/23 |
Sprint 69 |
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Performance |
Enhancements, bug fixing and & Refactoring |
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AMS |
User Role Login Options |
BETA: set eC user with multiple roles to log in to |
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03/03/23 | 03/14/23 | Sprint 68 | ||
🎉 Automation Enhancements to have a big impact on the overall performance for users! |
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*Note: this feature must be enabled. Contact Support or your account manager to enable. |
When this displays, you can go about your work as usual, you do not need to wait until it is complete.* |
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02/21/23 | 02/28/23 | Sprint 67 | ||
eC | Calendar | Show Shift Conflict Message | ||
02/07/23 | 02/14/23 | Sprint 66 | ||
Waivers | eSignature | Ability to add a secure signature to a waiver or agreement (BETA) | ||
01/24/23 | 01/31/23 | Sprint 65 | ||
Automation | Un Place | Filter group of Opportunities | ||
01/10/23 | 01/17/23 | Sprint 64 | ||
Verifier UDF | Due Date | Addition of a "Due Date" | ||
2022 |
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12/20/2022 | 12/27/2022 | Focus on Performance issues | ||
12/13/2022 | 12/20/2022 | Log Book | Automation | Ability to run on-demand automation from the log book |
11/28/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
Calendar |
Number of Shift Placements |
The setting in the calendar "min/max" has been replaced with [number placed] of [Max number allowed]. |
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11/28/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
Sign-In Station |
Editor for Global Message: Search options for columns: |
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11/28/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
ADMIN |
Import Tool | Allows administrators to import data to Volunteer, Opportunity and Organization Profiles. |
11/15/2022 |
11/22/2022 |
ALL |
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09/07/2022-11/08/2022 |
ALL |
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09/06/22 |
09/13/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
08/22/22 |
08/30/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
08/09/22 |
08/16/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
07/26/22 |
08/02/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
07/12/22 |
07/26/22 |
eCoordinator |
Sign-In Station |
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06/28/22 |
07/05/22 |
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Merge Field Search Option |
Start typing the name of the field that you want too insert: |
06/28/22 |
07/05/22 |
Automation |
Reminder Text |
Ability to send a text message reminder for shifts. |
06/14/22 |
06/21/22 |
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Sign-In Station |
We have added the ability to create a message to appear to volunteers (individual or group) as they sign in. |
05/018/22 |
05/31/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
This past Sprint cycle included general maintenance, security updates, and work on internal projects not yet deployed. Small, low risk bug fixes have been added. |
04/19/22 |
04/26/22 |
eC |
Grids |
Display error corrected: Any of you who might have seen this display error will be happy to know that it has been corrected! |
04/05/22 |
04/12/22 |
eC |
View Role User INFO |
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04/05/22 |
04/12/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
General Maintenance and Internal Projects not yet deployed |
03/08/22 |
03/15/22 |
ALL |
ALL |
General Maintenance and Internal Projects not yet deployed |
02/22/22 |
2/29/22 |
AMS, RMS, eC, Sign-In Stations |
Login Page |
Added link to Samaritan's Privacy Policy to all pages |
02/8/22 |
2/15/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Two new options for Automation Actions: article pending |
2/8/22 |
2/15/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Ability to copy filters in "Apply To" step |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Ability to copy value from Log Book to Vol, Opp or Org UDF |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
UDF |
Ability to create corresponding UDFs between Vol, Opp and Org Profiles article pending |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
Usability Enhance-ments |
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1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
UDF Permissions |
Add Permissions to UDF panel like on all Shared items |
1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Attachment Type UDFs available for Snapshot type Automation |
1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
Filters |
Shared items: add ability to select all per column (view, or edit, or delete) to share with multiple roles at once article pending |
1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
correspond-ing UDFs |
Allow other types of fields to be updated: text, date, etc. for corresponding UDFs article pending |
2021 |
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12/28/21 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
Background Check |
NCSI - New Samaritan integration for new clients |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Ability to add Attachments to snapshot type Automations |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
Automation |
Search for Automation preserves previous settings |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
All Shared Items: Grids, Filters, Email Templates, Automations |
Added the ability to Select All Roles and give permission to individual columns (see below) |
Before: only ability to select all |
After: Ability to select all or all per column |
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12/14/21 |
12/20/21 |
ALL |
ALL |
Development continues to work on new features that have not been deployed and other Productivity tools to increase efficiency and performance. |
12/14/21 |
12/21/21 |
eC |
Grids |
Added Columns: Most Recent and Last Automation |
12/14/21 |
12/21/21 |
AMS |
Account Settings |
Reordered Action buttons on Right Panel to: Edit, New, etc. Moving Delete to the bottom |
12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
websites |
All |
Legal Requirement: |
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12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
All |
Password Reset |
Security Enhancement: Prevent the Password reset link from being used more than one time. |
12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
Sign-In Station |
Custom Sign-In options |
Instead of showing the generic "Custom Sign-In options" while viewing "Other methods" the name of the field now appears: |
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11/02/21 |
11/18/21 |
all systems |
all |
Samaritan has been working on system optimization and research for a new feature that will be available in early 2022 |
10/11/21 |
11/01/21 |
all systems |
all |
Samaritan has been undergoing an internal security audit so no new development items to report |
09/21/21 |
10/04/21 |
none |
none |
This past Sprint was primarily small fixes and development research on new features that have no yet been built. |
09/14/21 |
09/28/21 |
AMS |
User Accounts |
Ability to assign multiple users to a role at one time |
09/14/21 |
09/28/21 |
AMS |
User Roles |
Ability to control folder access by role |
09/14/21 |
09/28/21 |
eC |
Filters |
Ability to drag items to reposition them in the search filter |
09/07/21 |
09/14/21 |
eC |
Automation |
Removed the option to use condition/filters from Log Book and Schedule type Automations |
09/07/21 |
09/14/21 |
AMS |
Roles |
Ability to click and drag elements |
08/24/21 |
08/31/21 |
Coordinator |
Account UDFs |
UI enhancements to Account UDFs |
08/24/21 |
08/31/21 |
Coordinator |
Automations |
Hide Condition/Formula to SCH and LB type Automation |
08/03/21 |
08/09/21 |
Sign-In Station |
Enhancements |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Sign-In Station |
Custom Method |
Changed to "custom" method because "other" method was to vague |
07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
AMS |
User screen |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Sign-In Station |
Confirmation Screen |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Coordinator |
Sign-In Station |
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07/20/21 |
07/27/21 |
Coordinator |
Calendar |
Performance Enhancements |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Email Queue |
Allow eC users with non-Administrative Options checked to access the email queue |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Automation |
Add a Back button to the top of the Automations History page in eCoordinator |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
UDF Interface |
Double Click To Edit UDFs and UDF groups |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
UDF Interface |
Move Save & Close and Cancel buttons to lower right of UDF Buttons |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Automation |
Highlight history entries of security automations in red. |
06/22/21
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07/06/21
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User Accounts
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Ability to detach and reattach Automations, email templates, filters, and grid from one user to another. Article coming soon. |
06/15/21 | 06/22/21 |
Sign-In Stations |
Sign-In Stations: New look! | |
06/15/21 | 06/22/21 | Coordinator | Calendar | Recycle Bin for Calendar Shifts |
05/04/21 | 05/18/21 | Coordinator | Calendar | Text messages on Calendar |
04/19/21 | 05/03/21 | Coordinator | Communication | Auto reset of email editor |
05/03/21 | 05/18/21 | Recruiter | Reset Password | Reset Password Enhancements |
2020 | ||||
Version 8305 ** | Coordinator | Various | ||
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** This release was the last of major releases, followed by 12 months of restructuring development cycles. The major feature was the ability to grant Permissions for various items. |
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Coordinator: Log Book | Quick Add Hours | |||
Coordinator: Vol Profile | Activity Status Enhancements | |||
AMS: Account Settings | Time Zone Feature |