PRODUCT UPDATES

Find out what's new with Safe Ag Systems software release notes.

CURRENT VERSION:

Desktop v2.520, App 2.4.27 (4438)

 

 

Latest Release Notes - 01/04/2023

In this latest 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).

Previous Product Updates

Browse our previous software release notes and features by version below.

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

  • Menu item ‘Audits’ changed to ‘AgAuditor’.

  • 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.

  • Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.

  • Now able to report on archived Training Records.

  • In the Management Portal, ‘Update For Company’ document option has been changed to ‘Update for companies’.

  • And other minor fixes.

App

  • Fixed an issue where updating the Status of a task wasn't immediately reflected.

  • Fixed the crashing of App for a new user after verifying an email address.

  • Fixed an issue where Contractors and Contract Businesses were not receiving Noticeboard notifications.

  • Fixed the crashing of App when attempting to view a document linked to a task.

  • Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.

  • Fixed an issue where location items wouldn’t display while offline.

  • And other minor fixes.

Desktop and App

New Inventory Types added:

  • For Machinery:  Aviation, Spraying, Harvesting, Farm Equipment

  • For Structures:  Sheds, Livestock facilities, Automatic doors

  • For Tools:  Office equipment, Power supply

New Inventory Categories added:

  • For Machinery:  Gyrocopter, Canopy sprayer, walnut harvester, Almond harvester, Tree shaker, Nut sweeper, Undervine sweeper, Stationary engine (frost fans)

  • For Structures:  Packhouse, Pastures/Paddocks, Roller doors

  • For Tools:  Computer, Printers, Extension cords

Desktop v2.500, 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:

  • Draft tab

  • Template Library tab (SAS Template tab for Management Portal Users)

  • 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 - 27/10/2022

  • Bulk create policies, procedures and checklists using templates
  •  & improved viewing and printing of checklist logs to include information such as the completion date in the footer
  •  & further enhancements to conditional logic to enable you to specify a label when adding multiple records in a checklist (e.g. add a record to check lights, check tyres, etc).

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 Version 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.

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The diversity across commodities and constant feedback straight to the Safe Ag Systems' team allows technology to improve our product offering to our valued clients.
Katy Landt, CEO, Safe Ag Systems