Release Notes (2016.04.28)

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What’s New

Budget

  • This release includes numerous usability and stability fixes for the Budget module.
  • Navigation Key Improvements:
    • TAB: Use the TAB button to move forward through the category and budget line item fields on the budget.
    • SHIFT-TAB: Use SHIFT-TAB to move backwards through the category and budget line item fields on the budget.
    • ENTER: Pressing the ENTER key when editing a row will either select and begin editing the field in next budget line item, or if you are editing a value in a placeholder row, will add a new budget line item.
  • Editing budget line items: The Description field for both Category and Budget line items is no longer required. This makes entering large amounts of data much easier. Use the ENTER key to rapidly add multiple items quickly without requiring a line item description.
  • The Qty field now defaults to 1 (a more sensible default than 0) to allow you to quickly see how your category and budget totals are affected when adding new line items.
  • Validation for the Qty and Unit Cost fields has been improved to prevent invalid values from being entered that cannot be saved. The Qty field only accepts positive numbers. The Unit Cost field accepts both positive and negative numbers in standard currency accounting format (e.g. “-29.99” or “29.99”).
  • Saving your changes: A new Save icon will now be visible when editing any line item row. This makes it much more obvious how to save pending changes to a budget line item row. Other ways that you can save pending changes include pressing the TAB key until you move off to the next row, pressing the ENTER key to move to the next row, or clicking/tapping on any other row.
  • Pending changes on a budget line item row are automatically saved when you navigate to another module or click the Refresh button.
  • Discarding changes to a budget line item: Prior to saving changes you have made to a row, you can now press the ESC key while editing a budget line item to easily discard your changes. The budget line item will revert to the previously saved values.
  • Exporting Budgets: When exporting your event budget to an Excel CSV file, the order of the line items now matches exactly with what you see in the Budget section. Empty categories are also not exported.
  • Formatting Improvements: A number of small formatting and white-space improvements have been made to the budget module to make the budget easier to read.

Event Portal

  • The list of published Registration Forms that is displayed on the Event Portal is now sorted by name to make forms easier to find.

Schedule Editing:

  • When creating or editing a Schedule in the Event Manager App > Schedule section, a Section’s Name field is no longer required. If desired, you may leave the Section’s Name field blank, but it’s still best to give your Sections descriptive names whenever possible (e.g. ‘Main Stage’, ‘Saturday’, ‘Sunday’, etc…). When a Section with a blank Name is displayed on the Event Portal, the Section header will appear as a gray divider bar.