Previous Updates
See what's previously been there and done with Safe Ag Systems software release notes.
Previous Product Updates
Browse our previous software release notes and features by version below.
Desktop v2.520, App 2.4.27 (4438) - 01/04/2023
In this release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.
Desktop:
Emergency Management Improvements: You are now able to record a greater variety of contact types, and select a system user as an emergency contact so that changes to their contact details are made in one spot only (i.e. in Manage People). Get help with your Emergency Management set-up.
Reporting for Management Portal Users: The Dashboard has been enhanced to provide an overview of records for connected companies. Learn more about the Management Reporting Overview.
Advanced filtering for Reports: Generate reports and present your data in a way that makes sense. Learn more about Reporting in our Knowledge Base.
Save your Favourite Reports: Access frequently used reports, mark them as favourites and save your filters to save you time.
Supervisor's Reports: Supervisors can now access many of the reports.
New reports added:
- Person Records Report (list training, inductions, policies and procedures per person)
- Linked Tasks Report (list tasks linked to records such as Inventory, Checklists, Incidents or Risk Assessments)
- Chemical Quantity On Hand Report (report current quantity, or the quantity at a specific point in time as well as usage for a date period)
- Documents Not Used Report
- Document Interaction and Training report (list of people and their interaction with Policies, Procedures, Checklists, Inductions and Training Records)
- People Without Document Interaction or Training
- Active Users Who Never Logged In Report
- Scheduled Training Report
- Location Items Report
Visitor Register available to all Pro Subscriptions: Allowing visitors to log entry and exit across locations plus vehicle registration field has been added. Learn How to use the Visitor Log.
New field added to Training Register: Added the ability to record a Training Provider Name to the Training Register.
Task Manager improvements: Now able to view and manage links between Tasks and inventory (e.g. see what inventory a task is linked to).
Inspections moved to Checklists: Inspections can now be performed using Checklists to provide a better user experience and utilise a wider range of functionality.
People details: Able to control whether a person’s phone number can be viewed by workers.
More links in Notifications: More notifications now include a link to the relevant record in the system.
Documents: Improved viewing of Policies, Procedures and Checklists.
Safety Rating improvements: Usage Rating now includes four categories Low, Average, Good and High.
Twitter feed fixed on Dashboard: Tweets from the Safe Ag Systems account are responsive again.
Risk Assessments: Increased character limit from 255 to 1000 for some text fields in the General Risk Assessment.
Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements (including improved filtering in multiple areas).
App
Emergency Management: Users able to select various emergency contacts in the event of an emergency (e.g. Fire Warden and Traffic Warden).
Visitor Register: Vehicle registration field added to the Visitor Log (to all Pro subscription users) so that all Visitors can record entry and exit logs across all locations.
Task Manager: Now able to view and manage links between Tasks and Inventory (e.g. see what inventory a task is linked to).
People details: Workers and Contractors are able to view a list of people in the company, and identify First Aid Officers and Fire Wardens from that list. Users can indicate whether their phone number can be viewed by workers.
Notifications: More notifications now include a link to the relevant record in the system.
Increased character limited for Inventory items: You can now include more information in the Maintenance Description field for all Inventory.
Risk Assessments: Increased character limit from 255 to 1000 for some text fields in the General Risk Assessment.
Improved communication on Login screen: Includes updates to the message that appears on the Login screen when a user is offline to make it clear a user can’t login or use the QR scanner.
Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements (including improved filtering in multiple areas).
Desktop v2.506, App 2.4.25 (4420) - 19/01/2023
In this latest release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.
Desktop
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Menu item ‘Audits’ changed to ‘AgAuditor’.
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Adding/editing a review date on a document using the Edit Attributes option will now generate a notification 7 days prior to the Review Date.
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Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.
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Now able to report on archived Training Records.
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In the Management Portal, ‘Update For Company’ document option has been changed to ‘Update for companies’.
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And other minor fixes.
App
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Fixed an issue where updating the Status of a task wasn't immediately reflected.
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Fixed the crashing of App for a new user after verifying an email address.
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Fixed an issue where Contractors and Contract Businesses were not receiving Noticeboard notifications.
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Fixed the crashing of App when attempting to view a document linked to a task.
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Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.
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Fixed an issue where location items wouldn’t display while offline.
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And other minor fixes.
Desktop and App
New Inventory Types added:
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For Machinery: Aviation, Spraying, Harvesting, Farm Equipment
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For Structures: Sheds, Livestock facilities, Automatic doors
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For Tools: Office equipment, Power supply
New Inventory Categories added:
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For Machinery: Gyrocopter, Canopy sprayer, walnut harvester, Almond harvester, Tree shaker, Nut sweeper, Undervine sweeper, Stationary engine (frost fans)
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For Structures: Packhouse, Pastures/Paddocks, Roller doors
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For Tools: Computer, Printers, Extension cords
Desktop 2.500, App 2.4.23 (4044) - 12/11/2022
In this latest release, Notifications has new functionality to make it easier to stay informed.
Manage Notifications
Users can now manage notifications for actions and updates ensuring you don’t miss important information.
Manage your notifications by marking them as read or archive them.
For further information about managing your notifications, you can read the How to Manage Notifications article in our Knowledge Base.
Deep Linking
We’ve now made it easier to navigate. By tapping on the notification you will be sent direct to the relevant section of the App. This is what we call ‘Deep Linking’.
Bulk Publishing Checklists, Policies, Procedures and Audits
Users can now publish multiple documents (bulk publish) from the following tabs:
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Draft tab
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Template Library tab (SAS Template tab for Management Portal Users)
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Company Templates tab
This functionality is also available for Management Portal users. Management Portal users can also bulk update documents in connected sites after creating a new version of a document in the portal.
Desktop Version 2.444 - 17/06/2022
- Import your items into your map from another mapping system
Desktop Version 2.436 - 31/05/2022
- Draw polygons (allows you to map paddocks), & Checklist enhancements to add People, Inventory and Location dropdown fields to the form
- Added Record Repeater element (i.e. can utilise Add Record button in a form so that the user can add the same fields multiple times)
Desktop Version 2.415, App 2.4.14 - 26/03/2022
Advanced Task Management
New features added to Task Manager:
- Create “Anyone” tasks - any worker can then work on these.
- Create “Unassigned” tasks on the go and assign them to a worker later.
- Multiple assignees - assign a task to multiple people so that any assignee can complete the task, or a separate task is created per person in one go.
- Attach checklists, policies, procedures and other documents to tasks to provide a refresher on your safety information.
- Improved activity feed provides comprehensive information regarding comments and amendments recorded for a task.
- Specify task position on your map
Enhanced Hazard Mapping
- A new suite of icons is available to differentiate your hazards, structures, biosecurity and more with the hazard mapping tool. You can map your hazards and other items straight from the mobile app.
- A line mapping tools is available to define property boundaries, roads, traffic flow, etc.
Introducing Conditional Logic
When creating checklists, you can now include conditional logic to tailor forms based on your needs. You can create a question and include conditions to hide or display a field based on the respondent’s answer (and much more). e.g. If a particular answer is given, prompt the user to add a task or to enter further details.
Desktop Version 2.368 - 13/10/2021
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New Risk Assessment features.
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Perform or Link a Risk Assessment directly to your Safe Ag Systems Inventory items
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Ability to Add/Edit Corrective Action (Task)
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Improved Registration and Login user experience
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New Drawing Tool available as response for Checklists
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See number of linked inventory documents at a glance
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Improvements across Policies, Procedures, Checklists, Inventory, Task Manager, and Noticeboard
App Version 2.4.12 - 13/10/2021
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New Risk Assessment features.
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Perform or Link a Risk Assessment directly to your Safe Ag Systems Inventory items
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Improved Registration and Login user experience
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New Drawing Tool available as response for Checklists
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See number of linked inventory documents at a glance
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Improvements across Policies, Procedures, Checklists, Inventory, Task Manager, and Noticeboard
Desktop Version 2.351 - 06/09/2021
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Chemical Hazards and PPE
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Near Miss and Incident (UK)
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Policy and Procedure Workflows
App Version 2.4.11 - 06/09/2021
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Chemical Hazards and PPE
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Near Miss and Incident (UK)
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Policy and Procedure Workflows
Desktop Version 2.273 - 29/3/2021
- All new Single Sign On (SSO)
- Sign in with your Email Address or other account provider
- Link multiple accounts and subscriptions to a single login
App Version 2.4.5 - 29/3/2021
- All new Single Sign On (SSO)
- Sign in with your Email Address or other account provider
- Link multiple accounts and subscriptions to a single login
- Upload Video for Checklists
- Complete Checklists while offline for later syncing
- New Asset ID field for Inventory
- Added a number of new Types and Categories for Inventory
- New Zealand localization improvements
Desktop Version 2.228 - 16/11/2020
- New Drag and Drop Checklist Builder
- New Document Versioning System for Checklists
- New Checklists able to be attached to all Inventory types
- Addition of 18 new Checklist Templates
- Added ability to upload a PDF for Policies
- Site wide rename of "Checklist" to "Procedures"
- Updated "Carousel" to showcase new features
- Manage People: Large Overhaul of functionality and styling
- Manage People: Added Ability to Add Training Record to a selected user
- Manage People: Added Ability to Assign Inductions to a selected user
- Manage People: Ability to view "Business Records" for a Contractor Business
- New record types added to Personnel / Business Records (Contract Documents, Insurance Records)
- Inductions: Archived records now show in Inductions section when filtering on "Status > Archived". No longer shown in "Administration > Archive"
- Training Register: Archived records now show in Training Register section when filtering on "Status > Archived". No longer shown in "Administration > Archive"
- Training Register: All Current Training and Scheduled Training now displayed in a single tab
- Task Manager: Updated styling for add/edit task popup
- LHS Menu Reshuffle and Styling updates
- Style / Layout Updates (7 day trial, full registration, contractor registration, login, reset password screens)
App Version 2.4.4 - 16/11/2020
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Former "Safety Checklists" have been renamed to "Procedures"
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NEW Interactive Checklists functionality via new desktop builder.
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Ability to access checklists access and run checklists attached to inventory including chemicals, or run standalone
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View Policies uploaded as a PDF
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New quick 'Add Task' button added to Footer, Emergency icon changed
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Multiple fixes and Improvements to "My People"
Desktop Version 2.214 - 20/09/2020
Updated following email templates with a new look:
- Contractor Connection Request
- Contractor Platform Invitation
- Visitor Induction Invite
- Xero Import
- Password Reset
App Version 2.4.2 - 29/07/2020
- Fixes to QR Scanner not functioning on second use on Login screen.
- Fixes to Log Machine Engine/Hours records with decimal point.
- Improved safety checklist, hazard list and hazard map display.
- Improved noticeboard data loading speed.




