4.0.58.1

Highlights

• Reporting: 7 new reports, such as: a housing placement summary and shelter population report, a stay statistics report
• The Point-in-Time (PiT) Module: Updated Point-in-time count module with stable functionalities to better support Everyone Count 2020.
• Custom Tables: Expanded functionality for custom tables.
• Data export: Updated export function to make the export of anonymous fields to Employment and Social Development Canada's Reaching Home easier. In particular:
• Optimization changes to the export function; and
• Test data exports possible from non-production instances of HIFIS.

Major Changes

• Auto-populated fields that show: Default HIFIS roles (such as Staff, Caseworker); Clients; People; Locations; Service Providers; Look-Up Tables Custom Tables
• Text headers and line breaks as well as description text to create 'subsections', making custom tables easier to navigate Custom Tables
• Custom Tables functionality extended to the Finance, Admissions, and Directory of Services Modules Custom Tables
• Option to allow a dropdown selection (for example, 'other') to populate a text field for additional clarification Custom Tables
• Drop-down menu items can be ordered Custom Tables
• The Report Marketplace is a new feature that allows communities to get updated HIFIS Core reports without having to wait for a release. Report
• Housing Placement Summary: Provides summary information on Housing Placement records updated during the selected reporting period. New reports
• My Calendar: Provides information in a calendar layout, for the selected reporting period. For example, cases and housing placements for a particular caseworker, New reports
• Client Profile: Provides information for the selected client. For example demographic information and a record of the interactions the client had with HIFIS. New reports
• Shelter Population and Stay Statistics: Provides statistics on shelter occupancy and client demographics. For example contributing factors and health issues. New reports
• PiT Count: Provides statistics about each PiT Count Survey question entered in HIFIS and a demographic summary of the population surveyed. New reports
• Survey: Provides statistics about each questionnaires question created in HIFIS. New reports
• Bed Nights Monthly Updated/Enhanced reports
• Case Management Clients Updated/Enhanced reports
• Goods and Services – Site Updated/Enhanced reports
• SPDAT – Summary Updated/Enhanced reports
• SPDAT Updated/Enhanced reports
• VI-SPDAT – Summary Updated/Enhanced reports
• VI-SPDAT Updated/Enhanced reports
• Surveys Updated/Enhanced reports
• Turn away Summary Updated/Enhanced reports
• VAT – Summary Updated/Enhanced reports
• VAT Updated/Enhanced reports
• New Data Export table added to capture data export history. Data Export
• Non-production instances of HIFIS are able to export data for testing purposes. Administration
• Added notification in the Export view that indicates if the Admin user's email is not set. Automatic Export notifications are sent to the Admin User. Administration
• For unknown service providers, current users are not displayed in records that affect multiple service providers. Rights
• Users are no longer able to remove service providers from records from which they don't have the appropriate access rights. Rights

Minor Changes

• Broadcast messages appear for a longer period of time for users to see on the screen Communications
• PiT Market only shows approved questions PiT
• Deletion of pre-saved VAT record when user clicks Cancel button from new VAT Intake page VAT
• "Waiting list - clients edit" page attached to the Waiting Lists – Client List user right Waiting Lists
• Added some missing cities/communities in "HIFIS_CityTypes" Table Look-ups
• Communities can customize a new stoplist for the client search Clients
• Site managers can configure the database command timeout value Configuration
• New information panel for export status added to data export view Data export
• User rights have been refined for the data export Data Export
• Status date in Housing Units is mandatory Housing Units
• Medication dispensing views are updated in real-time Medication
• Medication dispensed can be 'undone' Medication
• Changed the ordering of submenu items from 'position' to 'title' in Client information menu Clients
• Server status information displayed on error pages Error
• The alignment of the column headers on the waiting list's "manage clients" page has been fixed Waiting list
• Group activities default to sort by date rather than time Group activities
• Housing loss prevention date label correctly reflects column contents Housing loss prevention
• User names can no longer be created with leading or trailing spaces Users
• Custom tables for case management records are shown in the 'Edit' views Case Management, Custom Tables
• Updated ESDC homelessness program reference to "Reaching Home" Various
• Program history table is paginated to improve loading time and eliminate potential timeouts Programs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue with 'mandatory stars' appearing in the wrong field when using custom tables Custom Tables
• Fixed issue with sites having difficulties connecting to ESDC's export web service (the National Homelessness Information System (NHIS) web service). Difficulties can include: mismatch of security protocols between host server and TARS; export file sizes being too large. Administration
• Fixed the time-out issue when users navigate from the Edit Placement view to Clients list pages Housing Placement
• Fixed issue with the Housing Loss Prevention List where the Start Date was not sorting correctly when adding new subsidy entries Housing Loss Prevention
• Fixed issue with dates not appearing on the form when editing bed status history Rooms and Beds
• Fixed the missing delete button for users who have the right to "Delete" specific values under HIFIS Modules Rights
• Fixed the URL to the registration module under the Administration module Registration
• Fixed the calculation of the DOB that appears on the client list page Client List
• Fixed the missing Antiforgerytoken to allow switching between users using the pop up login form User Access
• Added authentication objects to all calls made by the application even when a user is not authenticated User Access
• Fixed the client search tool when "Minimum Character Input for Search" has a value over "0" and "Restrict Client Search" is disabled Application settings
• Fixed the Pre-Survey score for the F-VI-SPDAT to reflect a single parent family Assessments
• Fixed "Place" drop-down menu showing inactive locations Places
• Fixed issue with "add from PIT Market" button PiT
• Fixed issue with label display in reports Reports
• Watch concerns retain 'created' information when edited Client - Various Factors
• Users can no longer access records they don't have the rights to if they are given a direct link to a page User Access
• Fixed issue preventing users from adding contacts to user immediately after creation Users
• Fixed issue with finding clients with known stop words in their name Clients
• Resolved typos in HIFIS Labels Various
• "Save and start family" button only appears if user has the add family right Clients
• End date can no longer be before start date when exporting records to excel Various
• Revised user rights in application settings page Application settings
• Document list no longer displays html elements as plain text Documents
• Resolved layout issues with misaligned "Save" and "Cancel" button on "Edit Housing Unit" page Housing Unit
• Resolved empty error banner from appearing in reports with no parameters Reports
• Fixed issue with broken waiting list table preventing sorting functionality Waiting lists
• Resolved issue with long waiting list load times Waiting lists
• Resolved issue with housing loss prevention start dates not saving changes Housing loss prevention
• Resolved issue with booking in the starting client when booking in a family Admissions
• Fixed issue with anti-forgery request tokens blocking the password reset functionality Users
• Fixed issues with audit fields not correctly updating in some modules Admissions, Housing Placement, VAT, SPDAT
• Fixed broken link from the Cancel button on the 'Add Fixed Cost' page Programs
• Fixed broken link when editing Medication records on some HIFIS implementations Medications