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Release 18.0 - Key Features
Complete Restructuring of How Members are Implemented
The essence of this is update is change to the underlying identity model used by ScoutsTracker. The old model identified all badge progression, qualifications, emergency info using a “member ID” which referred to a specific entry in your account's roster. This meant that all the records associated with a member in your account were “owned” by that member, and were specific to your account.
That has now been changed to add a “Person” record, that is independent of the account. This includes fields such as your real name, your SC Member #, your birthday, etc. I.e., fields that aren't impacted by whether your a Beaver or a Scouter.
So a member in your Section actually has a significant chunk of their information stored in a Person record, i.e., the member records now actually just refer to a person record. A key advantage is that a person record can now be reference by multiple members. I.e., multiple members can all share the information in the underlying person record.
But even more significant is that all the badge progression, qualifications, emergency info records are linked by person ID, rather than member ID. This means that multiple members (who share the same person record) now also share the same badge progression, qualifications, etc. So if a linking White Tail completes an OAS requirement, that accomplishment is instantly visible in their new Pack.
But this is far-reaching change so there's more details information
Added means by which parents can retrieve their kids' ScoutsTracker ID's
Added means by which scouters can add someone to the roster just by ScoutsTracker ID
Can see members' other Scouting Roles (like a resume)
Added preferred pronouns
Leaders now have birthdays
Miscellaneous Enhancements
SS-4558: Added an Owing/Paid toggle to “Reports” | “Payment”
IMPORT: SS-4556: Improved error reporting when trying to import edited/invalid membership listings
IMPORT: System File Open dialog now only looks for .xls
IMPORT: First/Last names are now mandatory, SC Member # is now mandatory
Hide snapshot summary/events when current youth is an “Other Participant”
Better warning when deleting scouters with signup/attendance/payment records
Ability to reset “start/end a new year” and tips
Move up / Transfer notification email now goes to parents, too
Better parameterization of “Tap” vs “Click” vocabulary
“Manage attendance” COVID and attendance columns are now disabled if the member is not eligible to attend
Bug Fixes
SS-4553: Got misleading error message if you tried to sign in with login with an uninitialized password after previously having tried signing in with a unrecognized email
SS-4459: For self-collaboration, if label was null it was showing as “undefined”
Fixed obscure merging error when dealing with requirements that had been successively awarded/revoked as a result of changing event attendance after Giving Credit
Fixed an issue with with inflating tally counts when repeatedly merging youth
Was losing requirement note attachments when merging youth
CREW: SS-4602: Restored favicon
SS-4600: No consent column included for youth “Other participants” in Manage Attendance page
SS-4600: “Show Other Participants” is not pre-selected when there are attendees who didn't sign up
COMMITTEE: SS-4617: Meetings had a nominal dues of $1, even though the concept of default dues isn't supported in the Committee edition
COMMITTEE: SS-4619: Couldn't get rid of some legacy contacts for Sections
COMMITTEE: Go to “Account” | “Sections” | <section> | “Contact Administrators”, was listing all members as recipients