VERSION 9.11.20 – GENERAL INFO

This post details all general (non-module specific) changes included with Omni-Assistant v.9.11.20. For module specific changes, please refer to the module-specific release note posts.

Login screen. New. From now on, the banner at the bottom of the login screen will change periodically to let users know about new content available on the Omni-Assistant.blog.

Login screen. New. It is now possible to have your own logo instead of the Omni-Assistant logo.

Login screen. New. The Omni-Assistant now supports single sign-on. This feature allows users not to have to login again if they already logged on Windows, the Omni-Assistant software will detect it and grant access immediately. This is an optional feature, should you want to enable it, please contact your sales representative.

Login screen. Improvement. You now can create as many guest accounts as necessary and limit the viewing permissions of each guest account to specific information and to a specific site of your health network. The guest account functionality has also benefited from a few add-ons and improvements:

• Fully revamped look and feel
• Ability to display a personalized message for each guest account

((GUESTS VIDEO))

Home page. Improvement. The mobile layout of the home page has been modified. The home page, inbox, and advanced search icons are always available and the other icons are grouped under a menu.

Home page. Improvement. The “System Broadcast Messages” box was renamed to “Bulletin Board”

Software header. New. It is now possible to have your own logo instead of the Omni-Assistant logo.

Contact management. New. A tip has been added to the contact creation screen to help users to differentiate the different contact types. As for every other tip in the Omni-Assistant software, this tip will appear only to users who have enabled this option in their user profile.

Contact management. New. A search for a company has been added and the contact search has been slightly modified by adding the contact’s first name, last name, and title fields. In both searches, the “Type” of contact filter has been changed to a multi-select drop-down field.

User profile. New. It is now possible to also add an image of the user’s initials.

User profile. New. A tip with the list of steps to perform to unlock a user who is locked himself out of OA was added in the locked-out user’s profile, to guide the administrators who perform this task.

User profile. New. It is now possible to link a user to several addresses if need be.

User profile. New. You now can search for a user with his/her address. A new address filter was added to the user search screen.

((USER PROFILE VIDEO))

Department member report. Bug fix. Displays issues have been fixed.

Permissions / Department and roles. Bug fix and improvements.

• Bug fixed: It was impossible to inactivate departments and roles used in an inactive subcategory’s process action of a ticket category workflow. Security has been added when a ticket subcategory is inactivated to avoid this scenario.
• Improvement: It is now possible to view all departments and roles - even those without assignation rights - when assigning nonconformities view permissions to users. Departments without assignation rights will display a dash instead of the checkbox.

Messaging. New. The messaging system in the Omni-Assistant has been fully revamped. Beyond the look and feel, the following features have been added:

• A message receipt can be requested
• Easier to select multiple contacts
• The reply feature is easier to use and allow better tracking
• Easier to see who read the message
• Now possible to send a message to yourself
• Navigation from one message to another with next/previous message arrows
• The messages’ typography can be modified
• A new column indicating if a message has been processed or not has been added to message inbox page.

((MESSAGING VIDEO))

Search and list screens. Improvement. All search pages are now standardized and responsive (screens adjust themselves to the different screen sizes: PCs, tablets, and mobiles).

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1. Command bar icons have been standardized throughout the search pages. They become blue when the mouse hovers over them to show that they can be selected.
2. All search field sections are collapsed upon opening a search to unclutter the page. The desired section can be expanded by clicking the section header.
3. All search field sections can be expanded at once using the “Expand All” option.
4. The “Grid Configuration” icon is now available to all the system administrators. This option permits modification of the search results: column visibility, title and order can all be changed in the window that opens.
5. Column sorting option has been moved to the command bar for easier access. This option opens a window in which the user’s sorting preferences can be saved.
6. All actions that can be performed with search results are found under the “Action” Column as icons. Possibilities are:

((ICON)) : View file

((ICON)) : Edit file

((ICON)): Download document

((ICON)) : Document cannot be downloaded

((ICON)) : History of change

This column cannot be modified with the Grid Configuration.

((SEARCH PAGES AND LISTS VIDEO))