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  1. Client's Recent Activity not Updating

    When creating new services (Admissions, Case Management, Housing Placements, Reservations, SPDAT, Storage, Turnaways etc..) for a client in HIFIS 4.0.60.4.2, the 'RecentActivityModuleTypeID' and 'RecentActivityDateTime' fields in the HIFIS_Clients table are not updated to reflect the client's most recent activity. This can result in inaccurate data shown in the 'RecentInteractionDateTime' and 'SinceLastActivityDays' fields in the vw_CoordinatedAccess and vw_CoordinatedAccessExport views.

    #243Ryan B

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  2. Housing Status: Incorrectly displaying as "Unknown"

    Known bug that happens a LOT! Clients show up as “Unknown” housing status even when there is data that should give them a different status! More detail in the comments.

    #156Ali Ryder

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  3. 14885: Chronic Homelessness mismatch

    We updated our production environment to build 60.3 on Wednesday and have noticed some inconsistencies between the “Chronic Homelessness Y/N” field from the CA module and what is reported under the new “Chronically Homeless” Yes/No field available on the client profile. We use the CA module in order to run our local prioritization, so it’s important that we understand how it’s working and why the Y/N fields aren’t matching with what HIFIS is saying for the client on their profile. This example client shows “Yes” for the new Chronically Homeless field on the client profile. Please see the relevant housing history for this client below as well. From the CA Module, looking for this same client, he is reporting “N” under Chronic Homelessness Y/N. Here is a query demonstrating the relevant fields: SELECT CA.ClientID ,CA.HomelessIn365Days ,CA.HomelessIn1095Days ,CA.ChronicallyHomelessYN FROM vw_CoordinatedAccess as CA WHERE ClientID = 125 I am attempting to troubleshoot to trace the issue back to the source, but I thought I would start by reporting it and provide a sample query to the devs to demonstrate the issue. SELECT CA.ClientID ,CA.HomelessIn365Days ,CA.HomelessIn1095Days ,CA.ChronicallyHomelessYN as CAChronicallyHomelessYN ,HIFIS_Clients.IsChronicallyHomelessYN as ClientProfileChronicallyHomelessYN FROM vw_CoordinatedAccess as CA INNER JOIN HIFIS_Clients on CA.ClientID = HIFIS_Clients.clientID WHERE CA.ChronicallyHomelessYN HIFIS_Clients.IsChronicallyHomelessYN The following query is currently giving us 126 results (with 1376 total results from vw_CoordinatedAccess). 69 of the 126 are showing Y for Chronic in the CA Module, and N for Chronic on the client profile. The remaining 57 are showing N for Chronic in the CA Module, and Y for Chronic on the client profile.

    #219Christie S

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  4. 15137: Users with a rights template can't modify rights templates

    If a user has a rights template granting them full rights, they cannot modify rights templates. If the same user instead has just all rights granted ad hoc (disconnected from a rights template), they now can modify rights templates. https://www.loom.com/share/48ae107c786441f98753280b7e61603f?sid=8177c9e8-9b99-46cc-ab43-3f6db219d0cd

    #251Ali Ryder

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  5. 15750: Express Goods & Express Services not in Audit Log

    https://www.loom.com/share/1e162f58dd124da0accb7d4b48fb38fa?sid=2c85d488-f519-45c0-9788-7bd2826b96eb

    #322Gregg Y

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  6. Replicating Group Activities results in incorrect end date

    I know that when you look at Group Activities from the front end, there is only one date field (Start Date and Time), but in the back end, there is a corresponding record in HIFIS_Services. When you use the Replicate function to copy a Group Activity, HIFIS_Services.DateStart is updated with the new date, but HIFIS_Services.DateEnd for the new instance of the Group Activity keeps the HIFIS_Services.DateEnd value from the original group activity. The significance of this is one might use the HIFIS_Services table to determine something like average service duration by service provider, program, or some other category. Replicated Group Activities have a negative service duration.

    #323Ali Ryder

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  7. Case Management > View All Session Details Blank

    In testing 60.3 we have found an issue with the “View All Session Details” button in the Case Management area. To see this, create a new case management record, or open a client that already has an open case management record, either from Front Desk > Case Management, or from Client Management > Case Management. Then Click on the Display button to view the details. What we expect to see here is a summary of all sessions attached to the case management record. In our production environment (v4.0.59.7.1) we see a summary of all sessions attached to the case management record.

    #215Christie S

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  8. Change username

    Sometimes a user account might get added with a typo, or in contravention of a naming policy. It would be great if we could be able to modify user accounts.

    #213Ali Ryder

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  9. Client Search not working as expected

    The Client Search is really different than in our current production version (4.0.59.4). Is it working the way you expect it to? For example, to get to my client John William Test (Alias 1 Jonathan Silly Pants), it no longer works to search jo te or wi pa. john test doesn't work either, you have to type in test, john. But jonathan silly works. Is that by design? Absurdly, han sil works.

    #40Kristina N

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  10. Make consent uploads mandatory

    Currently, can't make the attachments field in Consent module mandatory or disabled.

    #62Laura S

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  11. Case end date is not mandatory

    When changing the case status from Open to Closed (any), the End Date appears but is not mandatory. You can save the case status as closed without providing an end date. This causes a disconnect in the data; cases may appear ongoing (no end date) but with a status indicating they are closed.

    #33Ali Ryder

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  12. Financial Profile records duplicating

    In testing 60.3 we have found an issue with records duplicating under the Financial Profile area. This appears to be affecting all 4 tabs within the Financial Profile section. Whenever you add a record under Income, Expenses, Assets or Debts when there is already a record, the new record is added multiple times. For example, I added a “Employment - Casual" record under Incomes on client # 5624 on the demo site. Adding the first record seems to work properly.I then added a new income record for “OW” and two were createdI then added another new record for “Panhandling” which was created 3 times.Adding a fourth record for “Disability Benefits” resulted in 4 records being created

    #4Christie S

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  13. Stored procedure sp_CheckClientState not being initiated

    Every night, the stored procedure sp_checkClientState is supposed to run, which is supposed to check each client's date of last activity and update their activity/inactivity status accordingly. It appears that this procedure is not always being called when it is supposed to, which is resulting in a number of issues related to activity/inactivity.

    #297Ali Ryder

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  14. Make the mandatory status of more fields customizable

    There are a lot of fields that cannot be made mandatory or disabled, for no particular reason other than that functionality has not been programmed. It would be ideal if ALL fields could be configurable in this way. See also https://hifisfeedback.acreconsulting.ca/b/6vrrdwev/feature-ideas/hidden-not-just-disabled-fields

    #267Ali Ryder

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  15. Bing Maps API is being deprecated

    For most users, Bing Maps will stop working on June 30, 2025. New HIFIS instances are already unable to create new Bing Maps keys. This means that on June 30, 2025 any feature that has to do with mapping will stop functioning. That includes: Directory of Services mapHousing Unit Search mapGoods & Services and Group Activities geo-taggingOutreach mapEncampments geo-tagging and map display

    #242Ali Ryder

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