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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Sprint 139 QA - 12/10/2025 Production - 12/17/2025 |
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Sprint 138 QA - 11/26/2025 Production - 12/03/2025 |
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Sprint 137 QA - 11/12/2025 Production - 11/19/2025 | |||
Sprint 136 QA - 10/29/2025 Production - 11/05/2025 | |||
Sprint 135 QA - 10/15/2025 Production - 10/22/2025
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Sprint 134 QA - 10/01/2025 Production - 10/08/2025
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9/17/2024 | 9/24/2025 | Sprint 133 |
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Improvements to the Scheduling feature for Activities and shifts : ![]() |
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9/03/2025 | 9/10/25 | Sprint 132 |
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8/20/25 | 8/27/25 | Sprint 131 |
Ability to use Current Date in filters |
8/06/25 | 8/13/25 | Sprint 130 |
Ability to see Volunteers listed in Day view |
07/22/25 | 07/29/25 | Sprint 129 |
Automation Enhancements:
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07/8/25 | 07/15/25 | Sprint 128 |
Ability to Rotate image from Vol Attachments |
06/24/25 | 07/01/25 | Sprint 127 |
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05/27/25 | 06/06/25 | Sprint 125 |
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05/14/25 | 05/21/25 | Sprint 124 |
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04/30/25 | 05/07/25 | Sprint 123 |
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04/16/25 | 04/23/25 | Sprint 122 |
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Sign-In Station: we removed the options to "undo sign in" and "undo sign out" because it was causing a number of people to think they had signed in or out but hadn't. |
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04/02/25 | 04/09/25 | Sprint 121 | Calendar: Option to show all placed volunteer names in the shift while in Month View to print out to see who's coming. |
03/19/25 | 03/25/25 | Sprint 120 | Grid Enhancement: Ability to filter drop- down lists by "is empty" or "is not empty" https://help.samaritan.com/grid-search-by |
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03/06/25 | 03/13/25 | Sprint 119 | Grid Enhancement: Ability to include UDF group name in Grid Reports |
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02/18/25 | 02/27/25 | Sprint 118 | Samaritan's eSignature Enhancements |
02/03/25 | 02/11/25 | Sprint 117 | QR Codes for Surveys |
01/21/25 | 01/28/25 | Sprint 116 | Samaritan's eSignature Enhancements |
01/07/25 | 01/14/24 | Sprint 115 | Vol email Addresses In Calendar View |
By request, email addresses will show next to volunteer names in the Calendar view. To hide this option, click: View Settings and select Hide Volunteer email. |
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12/17/24 | 12/23/24 | Sprint 114 | Internal: New Features |
11/26/24 | 12/03/24 | Sprint 113 | Internal: Refactoring |
11/12/24 | 11/19/24 | Sprint 112 | Enhancements to PDF editor and eSignature on Waivers |
10/29/24 | 11/11/24 | Sprint 111 | Additional Client Fields available on Calendar Grid and Reports |
10/15/24 | 10/22/24 | Sprint 110 | Internal: Refactoring |
10/01/24 | 10/08/24 | Sprint 109 | Internal: New Features |
09/17/24 | 09/24/24 | Sprint 108 | Internal: New Features |
09/03/24 | 09/10/24 | Sprint 107 | Internal: New Features |
08/20/24 | 08/27/24 | Sprint 106 | Internal: New Features |
08/06/24 | 08/13/24 | Sprint 105 | Internal: New Features |
07/25/24 | 07/30/24 | Sprint 104 | Internal: New Features |
07/09/24 | 07/14/24 | Sprint 103 | Internal: New Features |
06/25/24 | 07/02/24 | Sprint 102 | Internal: New Features and Enhancements |
Enhancements to Mobile Options on the Sign-In Station This feature is design to set parameters for the distance around the Sign-In Station to assure that Volunteers are logging in and out within range of their service.
Organization Coordinates Once the coordinates are entered, you can verity the accuracy by selecting "Show Map"
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06/11/24 | 06/18/24 | Sprint 101 | Internal Improvements Release |
05/28/24 | 06/04/24 | Sprint 100 | Internal Feature Release |
05/14/24 | 05/21/24 | Sprint 99 | Ability to Search by Grid Name or Filter |
To see a complete list, click in window and full list will appear |
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04/30/24 | 05/07/24 | Sprint 98 | New Permissions for Volunteers on Surveys |
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Item removed: For consistency, the ability to generate a QR code has been removed from the Sign-In Station editor but will still be accesses from the Main Grid for Sign-In Stations. |
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Import tool enhancement | Ability to use the Organization ID when Importing Opportunities (previously only Title was allowed. | ||
04/16/24 | 04/23/24 | Sprint 97 | |
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04/02/24 | 04/09/24 | Sprint 96 | New Feature Development |
03/19/24 | 03/26/24 | Sprint 95 | |
03/05/24 | 03/12/24 | Sprint 94 | |
02/21/24 | 02/21/24 | Sprint 93 | |
New UDF type: Icon UDF | |||
Sign in Station Message when a volunteer tries to sign out too soon.
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02/07/24 |
02/14/24 |
Sprint 92 |
Ability to download QR code for Sign-In Stations from Admin tab or Org profile |
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01/23/24 |
01/30/24 |
Sprint 91 | Enterprise internal development, cont. |
🔁 Automation: Ability to Enable or Disable Automation upon creation |
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📅 Calendar: update Before: less contrast between views made it less clear about which view is selected
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📒 Log Book Entry: New feature in Logged Data Field Hours displayed as % Display as HH:MM
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01/09/24 |
01/16/2024 | Sprint 90 | Internal Samaritan Release |
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When a copy of an Automation is created, it will be turned OFF by default. | ||
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Calendar Enhancement | Shift Reminders will now automatically save to Outlook or Google Calendars |
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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. |
Volunteer Grid |
Ability to view the "most recent Recruiter login" from the grid view. Now you can see in the grid view when volunteers last logged in to their profiles. You can also filter for date ranges to see patterns. |
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11/28/23 | 12/05/23 | Sprint 87 |
Enterprise Scalability and other new |
11/14/23 | 11/21/23 | Sprint 86 | |
10/31/23 | 11/07/23 | Sprint 85 |
New field: Shift Title |
10/17/23 | 12/09/2023 | Sprint 84 |
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*please contact your account manager |
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10/03/23 | 10/10/23 | Sprint 83 |
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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Ability to set permissions per value of a dropdown UDF | |||
06/26/23 | 07/04/23 | Sprint 76 |
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Ability to add multiple signers | |||
06/26/23 | 07/04/23 | eC: Grids | Ability to access Account UDFs in filters |
Q2 Ends | |||
06/13/23 | 06/30/23 | Sprint 75 | |
Email Templates | Ability to access Account UDFs to insert into email templates | ||
Sign-In 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 | 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 |
ID Column added to the grid for Automations to make it easier to search by ID number. |
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Automation |
Add the ability to enter a numeric field when setting automatically create hours for multiple opportunities. |
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Automation |
Add Survey Title as available options in Trigger |
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Calendar |
When shift end time is 12:00 a.m. store as 11:59 so that the shift does not span two calendar days. |
AMS |
Refinements: set eC user with multiple roles to log in |
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Maintenance | TestProject | ||
03/21/23 | 03/28/23 |
Sprint 69 |
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ALL |
Enhancements, bug fixing and & Refactoring |
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AMS |
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 | Show Shift Conflict Message | ||
02/07/23 | 02/14/23 | Sprint 66 | |
Waivers | Ability to add a secure signature to a waiver or agreement (BETA) | ||
01/24/23 | 01/31/23 | Sprint 65 | |
Automation | Filter group of Opportunities | ||
01/10/23 | 01/17/23 | Sprint 64 | |
Verifier UDF | 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 | Ability to run on-demand automation from the log book |
11/28/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
Calendar |
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: |
11/28/2022 |
12/06/2022 |
ADMIN |
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 |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
08/22/22 |
08/30/22 |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
08/09/22 |
08/16/22 |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
07/26/22 |
08/02/22 |
ALL |
Work in progress has not yet been released. No other changes to report at this time. |
07/12/22 |
07/26/22 |
eCoordinator |
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06/28/22 |
07/05/22 |
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Start typing the name of the field that you want too insert: |
06/28/22 |
07/05/22 |
Automation |
Ability to send a text message reminder for shifts. |
06/14/22 |
06/21/22 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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04/05/22 |
04/12/22 |
ALL |
General Maintenance and Internal Projects not yet deployed |
03/08/22 |
03/15/22 |
ALL |
General Maintenance and Internal Projects not yet deployed |
02/22/22 |
2/29/22 |
AMS, RMS, eC, Sign-In Stations |
Added link to Samaritan's Privacy Policy to all pages |
02/8/22 |
2/15/22 |
eC |
Two new options for Automation Actions: article pending |
2/8/22 |
2/15/22 |
eC |
Ability to copy filters in "Apply To" step |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
Ability to copy value from Log Book to Vol, Opp or Org UDF |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
Ability to create corresponding UDFs between Vol, Opp and Org Profiles article pending |
1/24/22 |
1/31/22 |
eC |
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1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
Add Permissions to UDF panel like on all Shared items |
1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
Attachment Type UDFs available for Snapshot type Automation |
1/11/22 |
1/18/22 |
eC |
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 |
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 |
NCSI - New Samaritan integration for new clients |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
Ability to add Attachments to snapshot type Automations |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
Search for Automation preserves previous settings |
12/28/21 |
1/04/22 |
eC |
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 |
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 |
Added Columns: Most Recent and Last Automation |
12/14/21 |
12/21/21 |
AMS |
Reordered Action buttons on Right Panel to: Edit, New, etc. Moving Delete to the bottom |
12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
websites |
Legal Requirement: |
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12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
All |
Security Enhancement: Prevent the Password reset link from being used more than one time. |
12/01/21 |
12/08/21 |
Sign-In Station |
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 |
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 |
Samaritan has been undergoing an internal security audit so no new development items to report |
09/21/21 |
10/04/21 |
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 |
Ability to assign multiple users to a role at one time |
09/14/21 |
09/28/21 |
AMS |
Ability to control folder access by role |
09/14/21 |
09/28/21 |
eC |
Ability to drag items to reposition them in the search filter |
09/07/21 |
09/14/21 |
eC |
Removed the option to use condition/filters from Log Book and Schedule type Automations |
09/07/21 |
09/14/21 |
AMS |
Ability to click and drag elements |
08/24/21 |
08/31/21 |
Coordinator |
UI enhancements to Account UDFs |
08/24/21 |
08/31/21 |
Coordinator |
Hide Condition/Formula to SCH and LB type Automation |
08/03/21 |
08/09/21 |
Sign-In Station |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Sign-In Station |
Changed to "custom" method because "other" method was to vague |
07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
AMS |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Sign-In Station |
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07/27/21 |
08/03/21 |
Coordinator |
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07/20/21 |
07/27/21 |
Coordinator |
Performance Enhancements |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Allow eC users with non-Administrative Options checked to access the email queue |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Add a Back button to the top of the Automations History page in eCoordinator |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Double Click To Edit UDFs and UDF groups |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Move Save & Close and Cancel buttons to lower right of UDF Buttons |
07/12/2021 |
07/20/2021 |
Coordinator |
Highlight history entries of security automations in red. |
06/22/21
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07/06/21
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AMS
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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 | Recycle Bin for Calendar Shifts |
05/04/21 | 05/18/21 | Coordinator | Text messages on Calendar |
04/19/21 | 05/03/21 | Coordinator | Auto reset of email editor |
05/03/21 | 05/18/21 | Recruiter | Reset Password Enhancements |
2020 | |||
Version 8305 ** | Coordinator | ||
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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 |