SPARCRequest v1.5.5 + SPARCFulfillment 2.0.1 for open source blog

SPARC Request New Features:

1. Improved "move visit" function in Step 2B (visit calendar).

Users can now change the sequence of existing visits by clicking the "Move Visit" button.

2. Visit days display reconfiguration in Admin Portal and in User Dashboard on visit calendar.

The visit calendar now can display four digits and only allows the user to input a maximum of four digits.

Users are now able to see see the correlated day with the visit in the "Jump to" dropdown menu.

3. New data protection function for Visit Calendar (Step 2B)

A warning message will pop-up when clicking the select/deselect all mark if the quantity for R or T section is greater than 1. This is a precaution to protect user data in case of incidental selections.

4. New spinner feature while the visitor calendar is loading.

5. Notification popup when "Save as Draft" is clicked in Step 4

In step 4, a notification pop-up box will appear when the "Save As Draft" button is clicked to let users know that notifications and emails will not be sent out at this time because "draft" has been selected.

6. Version Dating and new configuration for Shared Notes & Documents

The columns on this page have been reconfigured. Also, when users "Add a New Document" in Step 3: Shared Documents & Notes, a version date will be applied to the file being uploaded. The naming of this step changed from "Notes & Documents" to "Shared Documents & Notes.

7. New Project Information Button

When chosen the project radio button, a definition will now appear as the mouse hovers over the "i" button.

8. Help/FAQ link

The "Help/FAQs" button now opens in a new browser for users to review previous questions and/or comment.

9. Student Funded Research is added as a funding source

A new funding source – "Student Funded Research" is added to include the scenario where the research is initiated by students. This update affects both SPARC Request and SPARC Catalog Manager.

10. New function to archive study/project in the user dashboard

Clicking the "ARCHIVE Study/Project" button will hide the study/project from your dashboard for previous studies/projects; Clicking on the "Show All Projects/Studies" button will display the full list of studies and projects.

Clicking the "Show Active Projects/Studies" will lead to display only the active studies and projects; "UNARCHIVE Study" button gives the user the ability to recover the archived study/project back to the dashboard.

11. Add Services in Dashboard

From the user dashboard, if you are adding service(s) to an existing study/project that doesn't have any service yet, then use the "add services" button to add; if you are adding service(s) to an existing study/project that already have service(s), click the "edit original" button that shows up to add/modify the services.

12. Admin Portal Reporting Module Reconfiguration