Novade Product Update for November 2020
Multiple Novade modules on a single project
Multiple Novade modules can now be used on a single project. Users having more than one project will not only experience a simplified and harmonised setup but will also be able to gather and monitor data in a more accurate manner.
Novade Quality
- Additions:
- Spatial hierarchy values to the Excel export of forms.
- The ability to cc users on Inspections.
- PDF export for partial signoffs for homeowners updated to match PDF standards.
- The ability to display a legal notice before signing a closed case. This legal notice is included in the PDF export of the case.
- The ability to run custom scripts before the last workflow stage check.
- The ability to append a Revision letter to the end of an inspection number when it is duplicated from an existing inspection.
- The ability to display Related Form field in the subcon defects view.
- Mobile:
- Included Forms in the option “Mandatory to pin on Drawings”.
- Optimised the speed of opening My Actions pages for large datasets.
- Added a line break support for comments.
- Web:
- Added the ability to multi-select Unit Statuses as filters.
- Added a Lodged Date column to the Defects table view.
- Updated the location of the “Set Comments viewable by Homeowners” setting to the Homeowner project-level settings page.
- Added an Excel export function on the Inspections Status page.
- The Unit Status filter has been moved to the filter in the top blue bar to accommodate for multi-select functionality.
- Fixes:
- JavaScript errors related to Insights and older phones.
- My Actions not showing To Confirm actions.
- PDF downloads were not including attachments.
- Target rectification dates set before Confirmation were getting updated upon confirmation.
- Slow loading times for Defects dashboards on the web.
- The display of the list of forms in a unit not being filtered by type.
- An issue where 0 was not displayed in Forms.
- Numbers on Defect dashboards not updating correctly when filters were applied.
- Defect descriptions were not being displayed in the table view.
- The exported Excels and PDFs were not reflecting the applied filters.
- The table view of units was not sorting by Tag.
- Archive emails not being sent for Closed cases.
- Forms showing as Draft in mobile even after being submitted.
- Subcon users from the same company seeing different dashboard information for inspections.
- Defect related items were showing in My Actions even if Defects were not enabled on the project.
- On the Web where Form numbers assigned by the server were not being displayed automatically.
- Mobile defect dashboards related to web filter codes being called on mobile.
- Sub–forms not being assigned a number from the server counter for forms.
- Users were unable to add comments to Inspections and Cases.
- An error appearing when Starting Inspections.
- Information missing from custom table views and the excel exports from these views.
- Duplicating meetings with attendees generating an error.
- Exporting Defects to PDF when there are more than 50.
- Subcon users could not see the Unit number in forms.
Novade Safety-HSE
- Optimised app to improve performance.
- Updated PDF exports to conform with standards.
- Inspections – Added the ability to create Inspections from the Project landing page.
- Actions:
- Added tags to the PDF export.
- Added the ability to label photos as Before/After Rectification.
- PTWs – Added the ability to disable the ability to add People to PTWs.
- Meetings – Added the ability to duplicate participants when duplicating a meeting.
- Web – Added the ability to see consolidated My Tasks for all projects.
- Mobile – Added Inspections cc to My Tasks.
- Fixes:
- Sub–forms not working correctly.
- The By Issue types dashboard not filtering when “NC only” checkbox was ticked.
- Cause filter on Actions page displaying custom causes.
- Photos were missing comments when exporting multiple PDFs.
- Incident exports to Excel contained the status of Forms instead of just the incident status.
- An issue with not being able to add comments on NCRs.
- The number of forms displayed on the dashboard was including other users’ drafts.
Novade Reports
- Added the automatic addition of a library field in an Activity template/equipment group on creation.
- For duplicate Reports, the display of the original Reports was added in the history.
- Added the ability to group Activities on PDF and web
- Added the ability to define Activity targets per individual project.
- Added the ability to choose in which Reports absences are displayed.
- Fixed issues:
- In Reports history where the name of the creator was not displayed.
- When selecting people for leaves, the other fields were resetting.
- The deletion of multiple Reports which include timecards.
- The total overtime and total break duration were still displayed despite the columns were hidden.
- A step of a site diary workflow was not displayed.
- When importing the headcount, the name was not updated.
- On site diaries – photos not displayed in PDF export, Activity not editable, impossible to delete diaries.
- Adding workforce or equipment count.
Novade Maintenance
- Added the ability for users with the right to Acknowledge Requests to receive a push notification when a new request is created.
- Added the ability to exclude holidays and non-working days from the scheduling of jobs/inspections.
- Split the Approval rights for jobs and inspections into separate rights.
- Optimised the mobile app for performance on databases with large amount of data.
- Added a check to prevent users from creating Certificates with duplicate names.
- Fixes:
- The Excel export of Inspection/Jobs could not be opened when exporting from Chinese databases.
- Downloading Inspection PDFs on mobile.
- Selecting Request severity on mobile.
- Sending notification for request creation.
- An error related to Certificate dates when importing new certificates.
- In Forms where the user was taken to the top of the form when clicking on a button within the form.
Novade Activity
- Fixes:
- No Activities showing in some units.
- The display of ad-hoc tasks.
- Users with only rights to Start were seeing the item To Complete in My Actions.
- Users were able to Start Tasks before the previous task was completed.
- On the Web where a user was able to Complete Tasks even though the rights were set to Start Tasks only.
- Updating a Task template but not updating the linked activities.
Novade People
- Added the ability to easily spot people with high-temperature records.
- Enhancements around adding Thermal Scanners to the Covid-Safe Platform deployments.
- Redefined ownership rules to allow for one project to be used with multiple modules.
Project Center
- Added a check to make sure that Units with data associated with them cannot be deleted.
- Added support for Thai Baht as currency.
- Expanded Power User rights to be able to add and edit Units.
- Fixes:
- Deleting the steps in a Workflow was removing the Closing step.
- Custom dashboards were not available on mobile.
- Being able to create a broadcast message.
- The delete function in the three-dot menu was not working.
- The “Delete Data” function was not deleting sub-forms.
- Removing a module from a project.
Novade Insights
- Quality – Quality Forms table to show adoption of the form and completion duration.
- Fixes:
- Quality:
- Units Analysis – fixed filtering issue which resulted in incorrect units count.
- Quality Overview – fixed grey border that did not extend fully until the bottom of the screen.
- Defects Performance – suppose to show defects but was showing cases.
- Defects Performance – data label change to be Lodged – or better clarity.
- The form creation date was not properly managed and did not show a time-related dashboard (forms created by month, by hour of the day for example).
- Some typo in the second dimension related to the unit dashboard.
- Safety Overview – fixed grey border that is not extended fully.
- Quality: