Release Notes version 5.8.1 Heisenberg

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New features from the Core group

Communicator improvements

In this minor release, the Communicator module was the lucky recipient of most new features. One of these features were for the Email blacklist, where it is now possible to import emails to the lists. This feature was made in order to easily add a long list of government blacklisted emails, so we ensure that these are not used.

Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting the communicator were:

VN2980COR - Email blacklist - Import emails VN2982COR - SMS - Obey distribution rules
VN2979COR - Email blacklist - Filter emails from being sent when they are blacklisted
VN3057COR - Change formatting of phonenumber in cati window

Group builder

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting group builder were:

VN2992COR - GB Rebuild Warning

New features from the Data group

Export and Import extensions

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting export and import modules were:

VN3043DAT - Export - One more column QAS.Status to SPSS exported file
VN2991DAT - Export - One more column QAS.Status to excel/csv exported file

New CGScript functions

As always, a stack of new CGScript functions have been added. The full list of new ones are:

  • EmailError_getInvalidEmails: Used for getting email errors' information which is based on last updated date of invalid emails and group id which limit to return invalid emails of users on the group.
  • Sms_send: Used for sending SMS to a list of users.
  • Sms_sendMailTemplate: Used for sending SMS based on a Mail Template to a list of users.
  • QAS_getByUserResourceId: This function is used to get list of answer sheet objects which have been assigned to a specific user.
  • Workflow_call: This function is used to run a workflow or a tabulation script.
  • Workflow_getParameters: This function is used to get parameters passed to the current workflow or tabulation script.

Projects made in version 5.8 supporting CGScript were:

New CGS: QAS_getByUserResourceId
New CGS: Workflow_call
New CGS: Workflow_getParameters
VN2981COR - Email Error - CGS functions
VN2984COR - SMS - CGS functions for single SMS

Cost management improvements

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting the cost and invoice modules were:

VN3044DAT - Add paid date to invoice mass update

Project resource updates

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting project resources were:

VN2993DAT - Project code validation should allow for sites to have more projects than the original code

Web shop improvements

Since we have a new client using the web shop, we were also informed of some usability issues. The issues that were fixed were:
If all products in the basket are non-physical then the steps “Delivery address” and “Delivery types” will be hidden when using the payment wizard.
If the web shop does not have credit card enabled, then the "Payment" step will be hidden in the payment wizard and there will not be a choice of currency in the shop.

Projects made in version 5.8 supporting the web shop were:

VN2957DAT - WebShop - Usability improvements

New features from the Questionnaire group

Questionnaire editor and viewer

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting VoIP were:

VN2865QNR - Questionnaire viewer - Simple and detailed error messages

CATI updates

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting CATI were:

VN3008QNR - CATI statistic - Extension the statistic with the average length of successful interviews
VN2870QNR - Bandwidth of Save&Next + speedup

Sample request module improvements

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting sample request module were:

VN2886QNR - SRM - Background information - Support more than one request from a site

New features from the Report group

General report engine improvements

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting the general reporting engine were:

VN3056REP - Same business logic as View Report for View Cross from PQ list
VN2778REP - Make new engine usable with old engine

Style sheet module

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Projects made in version 5.8.1 supporting the style sheet module were:

VN2798REP - Report style sheet - Setting to display or hide zero values in diagrams