What's New in Version 4.7
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What's New in Version 4.7

Version 4.7.06

updated Three new filters have been added to the Recruit Info Report, allowing users to find recruits/prospects with outstanding and/or sent letters from the ERP system: Letter, Select Only Unsent Letters?, and Letter Date Sent. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the reports.

updated Three new filters have been added to the Admissions Report, allowing users to find applicants with outstanding and/or sent letters from the ERP system: Letter, Select Only Unsent Letters?, and Letter Date Sent. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the reports.

updated Two new cohort columns have been added to the Degree Applications Report: All Cohorts and All Cohorts Desc. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the reports.

updated Thirteen new columns and two new filters have been added to the Employee College Dept. Assignment Report. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the report.

updated Several new columns have been added to the Admissions Checklist Report: Checklist Item, Checklist Item Desc., and Checklist Orign. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the report.

updated Numerous new columns have been added to the registration archive tables and SEM Registration reports. New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the reports.

updated The following columns have been added to the All Registrations Report: Course College, Course College Desc, Student College, Student College Desc, Student College 2, Student College 2 Desc, Year of Student. New columns and filters can be enabled via the Administration Tab of the report.

updated Active Hold codes and descriptions as well as current academic standing code and description (for term) have been added to the Admissions report. You can adjust whether new columns and/or filters are enabled via the Administration tab of the report.

updated The following columns have been added to the Student Holds Report: Street Line 1, Street Line 2, Street Line 3, City, State/Province, Nation, Nation Desc, Postal/ZIP, Address Code. This report also has a new Address Type filter. New columns and filters can be enabled via the Administration Tab of the report.

updated A course restriction indicator column has been added to both the Course Summary and Enrollment Summary reports. This column is set up as a hyperlink that will allow the user to view any related course restrictions when they exist.

updated Users can now export dashboard grids directly to Excel.

updated Users can now change the type of a Filter Control from the page level Administration Tab. For example, the filter control can be modified from a drop-down list to a multi-select list, or from a multi-search box to a search box, etc. Previously, this could only be modified on custom reports via the Report Builder Wizard.

The login page will now create a system notification for all Site Administrators and all application Master Role administrators if the Scheduler service (used for delivery of scheduled Pinned Reports, delivery of communication centre mass emails, and for syncing client support information and the training video library) has not run recently.

The Auto-load Roles job process can now send email notifications if any errors occur during its nightly execution. Use Configuration Setting #699 under Site Administration to set up the recipient list. Please note that your Oracle database will require the UTL_MAIL package in order to send these failure notifications.

Version 4.7.05

updated A Tool tip feature has been added to the search box multi-filter with some helpful usage tips: 1) Click the magnifying glass icon to search; 2) If you know a specific value, you can type it in without searching; 3) Entering a comma separated list of values will split automatically into individual values; 4) Enter a colon [:] to set a range--i.e. A:Z; 5) Enter a percent sign [%] for a wild card--i.e. A% (starts with) or %Z (ends with) or %A% (contains).

updated The following columns have been added to the Convocation A/R Holds Report: From Date To Date, Placed By, Registered Ind, Street Line 1, Street Line 2, Street Line 3, City, State/Province, Nation, Nation Desc, Postal/ZIP, Address Code. This report also has a new Address Type filter. New columns and filters can be enabled via the Administration Tab of the report.

Version 4.7.04

updated Section Level Pre- and Co-requisites have been added to the Course Prerequisites and Corequisites report. Additionally, a new report called Course Prerequisite and Corequisite Detail has been added to the Course Info menu.

updated A new column called W.L. Capacity has been added to the Course Summary and Enrollment Summary reports. Users can enable new columns and/or filters via the Administration tab of the report.  

updated An address type filter and address columns have been added to the Degree Applications Report. The address columns are hidden by default, but can be enabled by selecting an address type in the Address filter. By manually turning on the address columns and making sure to not select an address type, the address field will default to the primary address option group.  

updated New columns have been added to the Wait List Report:  Add Date (Date added to the Waitlist); Days on W.L. (Number of days student has been on the Wait List); College (Course College code); College Desc. (Course College); and Division (Course Division). New columns and/or filters can be enabled via the Administration tab of the report.  

A new baseline report has been added that will allow the user to look up approved transfer courses from other institutions.

updated The Admissions Report now has several new columns including: Suffix, Prefix, Advisor ID, Advisor, Advisor First Name, Advisor Last Name, Secondary Advisor IDs, Secondary Advisors, Secondary Advisors w/Type. The Advisor fields are intended to contain primary advisor information. By default, primary advisors are identified as the advisor in which the primary advisor indicator is checked. If you use a different logic to identify primary advisor, submit a customer support ticket and we can alter this for you.

updated Single record view can now be displayed on a dashboard by using the Save As pinned report tool and checking the box next to the option for making the grid available on a Dashboard and then adding the pinned record to your preferred dashboard.

updated It is now possible to set a target for a hyperlink destination page (same tab, new tab, pop-up) and the ability to specify if a destination page opens in grid view or card view.

When a custom report or custom data entry form is created or updated and needs to be approved before showing up in the menu for other users, a FAST notification will now be automatically created for all users who have access to approve the report.

There is a new menu item under Administration--> Communication--> Email From Address Administration. This function allows administrators to define email addresses that users can send from (instead of sending from their own personal addresses). Role security can be defined to control which groups of users have access to which "from" addresses.

updated There is now a "View Menu [by User/by Role]" option on the Menu Access screen. This allows administrators to preview what the menu might look like for specific users or roles or a combination of roles.

Version 4.7.03

updated The Course Summary report has a new column called Fee Rules Exist? which indicates if there are Course Section Feel Rules established for the course. If Y is indicated, users can click on the hyperlink to view associated fee rules via a popup. NOTE: This column is hidden by default and can be enabled via the Administration tab of the report.

updated The General Student data set has been updated to include Degree Code and Nation Description.

updated There is a new security role called Student - Instructor that can be added to both custom and baseline reporting pages. The new security will allow instructors access to reports based on the term and the course IDs to which they are assigned as instructors. The Instructor security role can be used independently or in combination with other access levels.

updated The Administration tab has undergone a major overhaul. It allows Site Administrators to more easily make changes to baseline and customized reports.

Users can now view individual records from any report rather than all of the records at once. To view an individual record, there is a new button on the tool bar above report results (next to the Grid Settings gear button) which allows users to switch between grid view and single-record view.

updated The Email template has been updated to include new formatting features similar to those found on a word processing document or typical email platform communications.

It is now possible to include tool tips, or pop-up text, on grid column titles. These will appear when the cursor is hovered over the column title and can be configured via the Administration tab.

updated Previously, when a user was the creator of a custom report, they would always see the page-level Administration tab on that specific report, regardless of the status of their access to build reports. We have updated this so that the creator will only see the page-level Administration if they still have access to the Report Builder (i.e. must have Report Editor role, application administrator role, or site administrator role as well).

updated When reviewing the Client Support Cases Dialog, users can now review Recently Closed cases via a new filter option.

Version 4.7.02

New columns have been added to the Faculty Workload Details report to calculate Actual Faculty pay by course: Actual Regular Pay for Course, Actual Overload Pay for Course, Actual Total Pay for Course. These columns are hidden by defaculty and can be enabled by your site administrator.

A new Ad Student Comment report has been created that lists all event, transcript level, and transcript term comments. A comment indicator has also been added to the General Student report that allows users to drill down to see comments.

A New Faculty Pay by Term report has been created to sum total faculty pay by term and position. This report is available via the Faculty drop down menu item.

updated Users can now add Program Code and Description on the  Class List report. These columns are hidden by default but can be enabled via the Advanced Options tab.

Schools using the archive process can now use the Archive Summary data entry page to view all successful archive snapshots, determine which ones should be available for reporting, and delete errant snapshots. The Archive Summary page is available via the Administration tab --> Archive Information --> Archive Summary.

New Student Definition and Term Type filters have been added to the Admissions report to work with the new Enrollment Planning Institutional Definition functionality. The term type filter allows users to pull applications from a certain term type, which is helpful when creating dashboards.

updated The Course Summary report has been updated to include a new column, Meeting Type Code. This column is turned off by default and can be enabled via report Administration.

updated It is now possible to test sending an email communication either to an individual or using the Email All or global Communication options, you can do this by configuring the email and clicking on the "Test" button. This will send a draft of the email to the email address of the logged in user so they can review before sending to the recipient(s).

updated When reordering columns using Advanced Options in a report, it is now possible to move multiple columns at once by using the CTRL+click function to select more than one item at a time and then dragging and dropping into a desired location.

Version 4.7.01

A new button on the Review/Edit Course Plan page allows for the mass update of Course Plan records. Note that only users with the role of Course Plan Administrator or Course Plan Record Mass Update will see the button and be able to mass update records.

A new button called Update Institutional Definitions has been added to the bottom of the Institutional Definitions Rules and Institutional Combination Definition Rules pages. Clicking the new button allows users to immediately use/implement their new institutional definitions.

A new crosswalk data entry page for Student and HR applications has been created. This page can be used to map faculty pay to expenses associated with courses. This page can be located via the Course Planning --> Institutional Definitions menu.

updated The General Student Info Report now has new filters and columns: 1) The first will show if a student is eligible to register for classes and 2) the second identifies students who are required to be re-admitted per ERP rules in order to register. Additionally, 3) new columns have been added that display students' Current Academic Standing (and Desc) during the term, rather than only after grades have been submitted. All columns are deselected by default but can be selected via the Advanced Options tab on the report. Note that the 'Eligible to Register' indicator is controlled by institutional definition and can only be modified through the Course Planning --> Institutional Definitions menu. Be sure to contact us if you need assistance updating the institutional definition to determine eligibility for course registration.

The registration records and class list table now includes a column for mid-term grades if these are collected/reported by a school. This column is available via selection on the Advanced Options Tab.

There is a new report available that will show a list of which course registrations have mismatched or missing linked courses.

updated The Degree Application Report, located in the Convocation menu, has two new columns reflecting Honors Information: Honors Code and Honors Description. Both are hidden by default and are available for selection via the Advanced Options tab.

updated In the column level context menu of a reporting grid, the Remove Sorting option has been changed to two options: 1) Remove sorting on this column and 2) Remove ALL Sorting.

There is a new report called Support Cases located under the Help menu in Site Administration. This report pulls data from the Millennium Customer Support System to show you the status of your submissions to customersupport@mcsl.com. Users with access to this report will also see a button in the top-right corner next to their user profile name which will bring this information up in a pop-up box.

updated The Query Comments field on the Query Builder screen has been increased to accept up to 4000 characters in length.

Version 4.7.00

Millennium is excited to announce our new Enrollment Forecasting and Planning tool! Our new tool can help with course planning, enrollment and budget forecasting, and revenue projection, and the tool is for use across the institution and for all departments involved in strategic planning.

A new high school course indicator has been added to the Admissions reporting page. This hyperlink will open the page in pop-up mode and display all high school courses with grade and subject GPA. This column is hidden by default and can be selected for inclusion in the report via the Administration settings.

New columns displaying Linked To Courses, Linked To CRNS, and Linked To Course Descriptions have been added to both the Course Summary and Enrollment Summary reports.  These have been added in 'Deselected' mode, which may be edited via the Administration tab of each report.

updated Until now, when providing a comma separated list of indexes using the Client Warehouse Builder, only one composite index was created with all columns included. If multiple indexes are desired instead, this can now be done via a semi-colon delimited list.

There is a new help file called Client Warehouse Builder Table Types. This should help users better understand the differences between Stage Tables, Warehouse Tables, and Constant Tables.

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