December 2024 Product Update Webinar Notes
This document contains information relevant to the December 2024 Product Update. This webinar was held on 12/5/2024. Everything covered in this webinar will relate to the product release which deploys the evening of 12/12/2024.
Please note, the information in the product release notes is crafted for the current release cycle only and is not updated to reflect future changes.
Enhancements
akoyaGO with Accounting
- Donor Opportunities Banner
- A new banner on the donor record alerts users if the system identifies a donor opportunity linked to the donor's gift.
- If a gift matches an existing opportunity (e.g., a promised donation amount), users can now easily link the two records for better tracking
- Program Budgets at Payment Level
- Users can now assign program budgets directly at the payment level rather than being tied to the overall request.
- Payments under a single request can be allocated to different program budgets for greater flexibility.
- Fund Data Update Flexibility
- Fields like fund type, fund class, and endowed status are now editable in CRM with multiple warnings to prevent errors.
- Changes update the data across CRM and Business Central, reflecting all historical records.
- Character Limit for Check Numbers
- The check number field in requests and gift payments is now limited to 20 characters to align with Business Central’s constraints.
- The check number field in requests and gift payments is now limited to 20 characters to align with Business Central’s constraints.
- Gift Fee Forms Simplification
- Enhanced visibility of certain fields based on fee types and calculations, replacing the business process flow with conditional visibility rules.
- Enhanced visibility of certain fields based on fee types and calculations, replacing the business process flow with conditional visibility rules.
- Ledger Updates
- Changes to GL memos in CRM are now automatically reflected in the ledger lines, improving synchronization between CRM and Business Central.
GOapply
- Automatic Phase Advancement
- A new setting, “Advance to Next Phase Automatically,” lets users configure applications to move to the next phase upon completion of a previous one.
- Especially useful for phases like interim reports or grant agreement processing.
- Scholarship Reports
- Added three new reports for scholarships:
- Standard Scholarship Report: Displays reviewer data, conflict-of-interest responses, and scoring.
- Scholarship with Weighted Score Report: Includes weighted scoring in the report.
- Scholarship Totals Report: Consolidates total scores without individual breakdowns.
- Added three new reports for scholarships:
- Registration Charity Search
- Users can now enable or disable charity search options (e.g., for US, Canada, both, or none) during the registration process.
- If no search region is selected, the system defaults to manual entry.
GOfund
- Grant Recommendation Form Customization
- Users can now configure options on the recommendation form:
- Disable interfund grants to restrict recommendations to external organizations only.
- Customize labels for fields like “Organization” and “Established Fund” to align with organizational terminology.
- Add or disable fields for timing of grants, recurring grants, comments, and file uploads.
- Users can now configure options on the recommendation form:
- Improved Organization Information Display
- When selecting an organization, the form now shows:
- Address, EIN, parent organization, and tax status from CRM.
- Users can propose address updates if the displayed address is incorrect
- When selecting an organization, the form now shows:
GOdonate
- Hero Image Defaults
- If no hero image is uploaded for the GOdonate site, the banner defaults to the background color defined in the theme settings.
- This change ensures the site remains visually cohesive without mandatory image uploads.
Business Central
- GL Memo Integration
- Alterations to GL memos after payments are sent to accounting are now updated in ledger lines, ensuring accurate accounting records.
Bug Fixes
akoyaGO Applications
- Alternate Address Handling
- Fixed an issue where alternate addresses on contacts were not responsive to active dates.
- Previously, these relied on the active address dropdown; now, they respect the date ranges specified in the Address 2 and Address 3 fields.
- Canadian Postal Codes
- Resolved a bug where Canadian postal codes displayed the incorrect city. The display now accurately reflects the postal code data.
- Resolved a bug where Canadian postal codes displayed the incorrect city. The display now accurately reflects the postal code data.
- Grantee Flag Locking
- The "Grantee" field in the constituent and contact form headers is now locked to prevent manual editing.
- This field is populated programmatically to maintain data integrity.
- Non-Revenue Accounts for Gift Payments
- Users can now select non-revenue accounts for gift payments, with a warning prompt advising against this choice for consistency.
- Users can now select non-revenue accounts for gift payments, with a warning prompt advising against this choice for consistency.
- Gift Payment Reversals
- Resolved an issue where the "Cancel" button for gift payment reversals was still executing the reversal. This button now works as intended.
- Resolved an issue where the "Cancel" button for gift payment reversals was still executing the reversal. This button now works as intended.
- Bulk Gift Imports
- Fixed a bug in the GOdonate transaction table where imported gifts defaulted to a "monthly" recurrence. The default setting is now "no recurrence.
GOapply
- Email Validation on Pre-Mapped Panels
- Fixed an issue where email addresses with multiple periods (e.g., first.name.last.name@gmail.com) were incorrectly flagged as invalid.
- Pre-mapped panels no longer validate email addresses, but manually added email fields still include validation.
- Importing Users
- Resolved a bug where imported users were not automatically set to “approved” status. Now, the default status for imported users is “approved” unless a different status is specified.
- Review By Date Handling
- Fixed an issue where a blank "Review By" date on reviewer assignments defaulted to a future date (24 hours ahead). The field now displays as blank if left unpopulated.
GOfund
- Donor Portal Access Permissions Default
- Fixed a bug where all permission settings for newly created donor access defaulted to "No." Permissions now correctly default to "Yes" unless otherwise configured.
Business Central
- Deleted Funds
- Fixed a bug where funds deleted in CRM were not blocked for posting in Business Central. Now, deleting a fund blocks its corresponding dimension in Business Central.
- Fixed a bug where funds deleted in CRM were not blocked for posting in Business Central. Now, deleting a fund blocks its corresponding dimension in Business Central.
- GL Memo Updates
- Enhanced the synchronization between CRM and Business Central to ensure any altered GL memos are reflected in ledger lines after payments are sent to accounting.