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Placis - Release Notes 10.28.0

PLACIS Version 10.28.0 - Released October 2024

Contents

Purpose of the document

Helpdesk Tickets fixed

New Security Items

New Tables/Fields

New Functionality

New trading standards product safety types

Trading Standards Product Safety Types for Commercials

New Trading Standards Visit Tabbed Screen

Search Accidents

Search Samples

Search Notices

Search Prosecutions

Report to List Letters produced between Dates

Pest Invoices between dates

New Merge fields for the logged in user

Non-Targeted Work

Security for Fields

Constants

Un-finalise

Export Templates

Date Calculations

Rogue Landlords

Food Registration Details

Module Types can now be made inactive

New field in HHSRS

Contacts new field

Housing Grants new field

Enforcements new fields

Trading Standards new fields

Licence Conditions new fields

Defendant new field

HMOs new field

NTW new field

Licensing new fields

Workflow Types

RFS Main Details Screen

Interventions on Commercial Tab Screens

Importing CAB records

Purpose of the document

Release Notes of PLACIS 10.28.0 for the customer

Helpdesk Tickets Fixed

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New Security Items

New Tables/Fields

Menu Folders

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Product Safety Types

Menu Screens

AU0007FRM_01000142

User Actions

EH0336FRM_01000001

Search Accidents

EH0338FRM_01000001

Search Notices

EH0340FRM_01000001

Search Samples

EH0342FRM_01000001

Search Prosecutions

CM1079FRM_02000001

Letters Between Dates

Fields

CMMODNAME_ACTIVE

Modules – Active?

CMDATADICT_FCONSTANT

Merge fields - Constant?

EHHGACTELE_JUSTIFICATION

HHSRS Elements - Justification

EHHGACTELE_ACTDATE

HHSRS Elements - Action Date

EHHGACTELE_CLOSEDDATE

HHSRS Elements - Closed Date

PRCONTACTS_DATEOB

Contacts - Date of Birth

CMENFORCE_CORRECT_NO2

Enforcements - Correct - 2

CCMENFORCE_INCORRECT_NO2

Enforcements - Incorrect - 2

CMENFORCE_ENFRESULT2

Enforcements - Result - 2

HGPERMS_REMVDATE

Grant Permissions - Removed Date

EHTSACT_CIGSPACKS

TS Inspection - Cigarette Packs

EHTSACT_VAPESNO

TS Inspection - Vapes

LRCOND_LICOBJ1

Conditions - Licensing Objective 1

LRCOND_LICOBJ2

Conditions - Licensing Objective 2

LRCOND_LICOBJ3

Conditions - Licensing Objective 3

LRCOND_LICOBJ4

Conditions - Licensing Objective 4

LRLOCC_LICOBJ1

Pre Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 1

LRLOCC_LICOBJ2

Pre Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 2

LRLOCC_LICOBJ3

Pre Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 3

LRLOCC_LICOBJ4

Pre Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 4

LRLIQCOND_LICOBJ1

Post Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 1

LRLIQCOND_LICOBJ2

Post Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 2

LRLIQCOND_LICOBJ3

Post Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 3

LRLIQCOND_LICOBJ4

Post Hearing Conditions - Licensing Objective 4

LRLIQMANDCOND_LICOBJ1

Mandatory Conditions - Licensing Objective 1

LRLIQMANDCOND_LICOBJ2

Mandatory Conditions - Licensing Objective 2

LRLIQMANDCOND_LICOBJ3

Mandatory Conditions - Licensing Objective 3

LRLIQMANDCOND_LICOBJ4

Mandatory Conditions - Licensing Objective 4

HGGRTYPESTAT_LINKEDFIELD

Grant Type Statuses - Linked Field

EHFOODREGDET_CHARITYNAME

Food Reg Details - Charity Name

EHFOODREGDET_CHARITYNO

Food Reg Details - Charity Number

EHFOODREGDET_ALREADYTRADING

Food Reg Details - Already Trading?

EHFOODREGDET_TRADINGFREQ

Food Reg Details - Trading Frequency

EHFOODREGDET_MONFLAG

Food Reg Details - Monday?

EHFOODREGDET_TUEFLAG

Food Reg Details - Tuesday?

EHFOODREGDET_WEDFLAG

Food Reg Details - Wednesday?

EHFOODREGDET_THUFLAG

Food Reg Details - Thursday?

EHFOODREGDET_FRIFLAG

Food Reg Details - Friday?

EHFOODREGDET_SATFLAG

Food Reg Details - Saturday?

EHFOODREGDET_SUNFLAG

Food Reg Details - Sunday?

EHFOODREGDET_MONHOURS

Food Reg Details - Monday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_TUEHOURS

Food Reg Details - Tuesday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_WEDHOURS

Food Reg Details - Wednesday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_THUHOURS

Food Reg Details - Thursday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_FRIHOURS

Food Reg Details - Friday House

EHFOODREGDET_SATHOURS

Food Reg Details - Saturday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_SUNHOURS

Food Reg Details - Sunday Hours

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTOONLINE

Food Reg Details - Provided to Online

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTOWHOLE

Food Reg Details - Provided to Wholesale

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTOVULN

Food Reg Details - Provided to Vulnerable Groups

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTOHEALTH

Food Reg Details - Provided to Healthcare

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTONONE

Food Reg Details - Provided to None

EHFOODREGDET_PROVTODKNOW

Food Reg Details - Provided to Don't Know

EHFOODREGDET_FOODRAW

Food Reg Details - Food Type Raw

EHFOODREGDET_FOODREADY

Food Reg Details - Food Type Ready to Eat

EHFOODREGDET_FOODCOOKED

Food Reg Details - Food Type Cooked

EHFOODREGDET_FOODIMPORTED

Food Reg Details - Food Type Imported

EHFOODREGDET_FOODNONE

Food Reg Details - Food Type None

EHFOODREGDET_FOODDKNOW

Food Reg Details - Food Type Don't Know

EHFOODREGDET_PROCVACUUM

Food Reg Details - Processing Vacuum Packing

EHFOODREGDET_PROCSOUSVIDE

Food Reg Details - Processing Sous Vide

EHFOODREGDET_PROCFERMENT

Food Reg Details - Processing Fermenting

EHFOODREGDET_PROCPASTEUR

Food Reg Details - Processing Pasteurisation

EHFOODREGDET_PROCNOCOOK

Food Reg Details - Processing No Cooking

EHFOODREGDET_PROCREWRAP

Food Reg Details - Processing Rewrapping

EHFOODREGDET_PROCNONE

Food Reg Details - Processing None

EHFOODREGDET_PROCDKNOW

Food Reg Details - Processing Don't Know

EHFOODREGDET_DECLARECORRECT

Food Reg Details - Declare Correct

EHFOODREGDET_DECLARENOTIFY

Food Reg Details - Declare Notify

EHFOODREGDET_DECLARELEGAL

Food Reg Details - Declare Legal

EHFOODREGDET_DECLAREFEEDBACK

Food Reg Details - Declare Feedback

EHFOODREGDET_DETAILS

Food Reg Details - Details

EHTSACTTYPE_KEY1

TS Action Products Checked - Product

EHTSTYPE_PK

TS Products - Code

EHTSTYPE_DESCRIPTION

TS Products - Description

EHTSTYPE_ACTIVE

TS Products - Active?

EHTSTYPE_TSCDE

TS Products - TS Code

EHHMODET_LIVINGROOMS

HMO Details - Living Rooms

CMDEFENDANT_COMPENSATION

Defendants - Compensation

LRAPHIST_COUNTRYOB

Licence History - Country of Birth

LRAPHIST_NATIONALITY

Licence History - Nationality

LRAPMAST_COUNTRYOB

Licences - Country of Birth

LRAPMAST_NATIONALITY

Licences - Nationality

LRAPPLICANT_COUNTRYOB

Licence Applicants - Country of Birth

LRAP_NATIONALITY

Joint Applicants - Nationality

LRAP_COUNTRYOB

Joint Applicants - Country of Birth

LRDPREM_NATIONALITY

DPS - Nationality

LRDPREM_COUNTRYOB

DPS - Country of Birth

LRDPREM_PLACEOB

DPS - Place of Birth

LRDPREM_DATEOB

DPS - Date of Birth

LRLIQREVIEW_RGROUNDS

Reviews - Grounds

LRLIQREVIEW_RSTATUS

Reviews - Status

LRAPPLICANT_NATIONALITY      

Licence Applicants - Nationality

CMNFA_EMAIL

NTW - Email

EHRFSEX6_LLTITLE

Rogue LL - Landlord Title

EHRFSEX6_LLINITS

Rogue LL - Landlord Initials

EHRFSEX6_LLFORENAME

Rogue LL - Landlord Forename

EHRFSEX6_LLSNAME

Rogue LL - Landlord Surname

EHRFSEX6_LLCOMPANY

Rogue LL - Landlord Company Name

EHRFSEX6_LLAD1

Rogue LL - Landlord Address Line 1

EHRFSEX6_LLAD2

Rogue LL - Landlord Address Line 2

EHRFSEX6_LLAD3

Rogue LL - Landlord Address Line 3

EHRFSEX6_LLAD4

Rogue LL - Landlord Address Line 4

EHRFSEX6_LLPCODE

Rogue LL - Landlord Postcode

EHRFSEX6_LLTELNUM

Rogue LL - Landlord Telephone

EHRFSEX6_LLMOBNUM

Rogue LL - Landlord Mobile Phone

EHRFSEX6_LLEMAIL

Rogue LL - Landlord Email

EHRFSEX6_AGTITLE

Rogue LL - Agent Title

EHRFSEX6_AGINITS

Rogue LL - Agent Initials

EHRFSEX6_AGFORENAME

Rogue LL - Agent Forename

EHRFSEX6_AGSNAME

Rogue LL - Agent Surname

EHRFSEX6_AGCOMPANY

Rogue LL - Agent Company Name

EHRFSEX6_AGAD1

Rogue LL - Agent Address Line 1

EHRFSEX6_AGAD2

Rogue LL - Agent Address Line 2

EHRFSEX6_AGAD3

Rogue LL - Agent Address Line 3

EHRFSEX6_AGAD4

Rogue LL - Agent Address Line 4

EHRFSEX6_AGPCODE

Rogue LL - Agent Postcode

EHRFSEX6_AGTELNUM

Rogue LL - Agent Telephone

EHRFSEX6_AGMOBNUM

Rogue LL - Agent Mobile Phone

EHRFSEX6_AGEMAIL

Rogue LL - Agent Email

EHRFSEX6_REPORTWHO

Rogue LL - Reported Who

EHRFSEX6_REPSTATUS

Rogue LL - Reporter Status

EHRFSEX6_OTHSTATUS

Rogue LL - Other Status

EHRFSEX6_NOCONTACT

Rogue LL - No Contact Reqd

EHRFSEX6_NOTES

Rogue LL - Notes

EHRFSEX6_PCONDITION

Rogue LL - Poor Condition

EHRFSEX6_NOREPAIR

Rogue LL - Refuse to Repair

Other

DELPRTSTYPE

Delete a Product Safety Product

DELTSACTTYPE

Delete a Product Safety Check

DELTSTYPE

Delete a Product Safety Type

DELNTWTYPE

Delete a NTW Type

DELNTW

Delete a NTW Item

EH0333FRM

TS Product Types

EH0334FRM

Food Registration Details

AU0007FRM

User Actions

EH0335FRM

Rogue Landlord Tab

CM1079FRM

Letters Between Dates

EH0336FRM

Search Accidents

EH0338FRM

Search Notices

EH0340FRM

Search Samples

EH0342FRM

Search Prosecutions

UNFINAL

Un-finalise Documents

New Functionality 

New Trading Standards Product Safety Types

 A new trading standards product safety maintenance screen has been created to support the TS inspections. This feeds a new drop down box available on the TS visits screen (EH0328FRM). Menu option Public Protection > Maintenance> Commercials > Trading Standards > Product Safety Types.

Trading Standards Product Safety Types for Commercials

You can select/add the product safety types for the commercial record that apply for that business. Any selected types listed here will be available on the visit/inspection tabbed screen to be selected/added for the action.

New Trading Standards Visit Tabbed Screen

As with all inspection screens, this runs from adding an action and should be configured against an appropriate action. Select ‘TS Visit’ from the list available in the ‘Next Screen’ field of action maintenance. There are 6 individual tab screens for this type of action. Any or all can be completed for each visit/inspection.

Search Accident

A new search screen has been added for Accidents, which allows multiple search criteria across the accident and the injured persons. The individual records can be selected from this screen, or the search results can be displayed as a list view.

Search Samples

A new search screen has been added for Samples, which allows multiple search criteria across the sample. The individual records can be selected from this screen, or the search results can be displayed as a list view.

Search Notices

A new search screen has been added for Notices, which allows multiple search criteria across the notice. The individual records can be selected from this screen, or the search results can be displayed as a list view.

Search Prosecutions

A new search screen has been added for Prosecutions, which allows multiple search criteria across the prosecution The individual records can be selected from this screen, or the search results can be displayed as a list view.

Report to List Letters produced between Dates

There is a new report to list all letters that have been produced via the system between selected date, for a selected, or all, template types.

Pest Invoices between dates

The ‘Date Paid’ field has been added to this report.

New Merge fields for the logged in user

The logged in user can now be added to any template by using the 10 new merge fields that begin with ‘USR_’.

Non-Targeted Work

Non-Targeted Work, previously abbreviated by the letters ‘NFA’ (formerly meaning Need for Action) now have the abbreviation of ‘NTW’ to avoid any confusion with the possible meaning of ‘No Further Action’.

Security for Fields

Subject to permissions, you can now add or remove security to fields by right clicking them. Previously this function only returned the merge field name, however you can now select one or multiple groups to change the permissions of the selected field by ticking the groups you want to apply the new settings to, and then clicking the appropriate button.

You can also create field level user defined help for the field.

You can also create a new merge field if one doesn’t exist already.

You can set a field as mandatory.

Constants

Like merge fields, you can now insert ‘constants’ into templates. A constant is a word or phrase or sentence or paragraph that remains the same regardless of the record it is being used with.

e.g. ‘The Food Safety Act 1990’

This could then be inserted into a template, exactly like a merge field, to substitute data at the time of production. In the example, if the legislation changed, instead of updating it in many templates, you would only need to update it the merge field maintenance screen to then ripple through every document the merge field was used in.

To create a constant, create a new merge field name (try to be consistent, it makes life easier!) and tick the ‘constant’ flag, then add the details of the text you want to display.

Un-finalise

Letters that have been set as ‘final’, and that are therefore un-editable, can now have the ‘final’ flag removed if you have permission to the security setting ‘UNFINALISE’

Export Templates

There is a new maintenance option to dump out all templates to a specified drive.

Date Calculations

Every date field in the system can calculate a date from today by using any of the following codes:

T – will set the field as today’s date

NW – will set the field as today’s date + 7 days

PW– will set the field as today’s date - 7 days

NMO – will set the date as the next Monday’s date

NTU – will set the date as the next Tuesday’s date

NWE – will set the date as the next Wednesday’s date

NTH – will set the date as the next Thursday’s date

NFR – will set the date as the next Friday’s date

NSA – will set the date as the next Saturday’s date

NSU – will set the date as the next Sunday’s date

Px – will set the date as the number of days prior to today. E.g. P4 will take off 4 days

Nx – will set the date as the number of days after today. E.g. N4 will add 4 days on

Rogue Landlords

There is a new ‘extra details’ screen for requests for service categories that will allow storage of data relating to rogue landlord reports.

Food Registration Details

In readiness for the Food Standards Agency ‘Register a Food Business’ version 4 rollout, the system has new fields available to store the centrally collected information. It is now visible from the food safety tab of a commercial record

Module Types can now be made inactive

There is now an ‘active’ indicator on module types.

New field in HHSRS

There are 3 new fields in HHSRS inspections, A new unlimited justification field and two date fields that will allow the closing of individual hazards once abated, where there is more than one hazard found per inspection.

Contacts new field

A new field has been added to contacts for date of birth, which will be used as part of the Register a Food Business process.

Housing Grants new field

A ne field has been added to housing grants permissions to allow permissions to be noted as expired or completed.

Enforcements new fields

Three new fields are available on enforcements to allow further recording of results.

Trading Standards new fields

Two new fields are available on the illicit goods tab of the trading standard visit/inspection screen.

Licence Conditions new fields

There are 4 new fields on conditions maintenance that allow you to select which licensing objective (s) are related to which conditions. These options ripple through to the conditions when they are applied to licences.

Defendant new field

There is a new field to store compensation amount.

HMOs new field

There is a new field for the number of living areas as specified on the register.

NTW new field

There is a new field for email address.

Licensing new fields

There are new fields in the main licence screen, in histories, in joint applicants, in applicants and in DPS to show the country of birth and the nationality of the person.

Workflow Types

Where the workflow type is RFS, the list of workflow actions for types is not listed by default when the screen loads to speed up the time to load the screen.

To list options now, you should use the search field and the filter button. If you want to fetch a list of all types, then you should type and asterisk in the search field and then click the filter button.

RFS Main Details Screen

Two new buttons have been added to the main details screen to allow any typed in requestor details to be quickly copied to the ‘Client’ list or be added to the case contacts screen.

Interventions on Commercial Tab Screens

A list of interventions (work items) is now available on both the Food Safety tab and the Food Standards tab.

Importing CAB records

Importing CAB record will now also populate the ‘source’ of the RFS with the code from the record, either a N (notification) or an R (referral).