CareNote Updates - Aug 2024

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Stay up-to-date with the latest improvements and features in CareNote, your trusted pastoral care management tool. Each month, we roll out updates designed to enhance your experience and streamline your ministry's care efforts.

In this change log, you'll find:

  • Important Updates: Core improvements and site-wide changes to boost performance and usability.
  • New Features: Exciting new tools and capabilities to support your pastoral care work.
  • Bug Fixes: Solutions to reported issues, ensuring smooth operation of CareNote.

We value your feedback and use it to continually refine CareNote. Explore this month's updates and discover how they can benefit your pastoral care ministry.

Core App Improvements

  • Workflow Optimization: We've removed unused workflow-related templates and cleaned up the codebase, resulting in a more streamlined and efficient application.
  • Performance Enhancements: Significant improvements have been made to the core application code, leading to faster response times and better overall performance.

Site Updates

  • New Automations: We've introduced new code for automations, enhancing the app's ability to handle routine tasks automatically and improve your workflow efficiency.

PCO Integration Enhancements

  • Improved PCO Response Handling: We've implemented a first draft of PCO Response clean-up, improving how CareNote processes and integrates data from Planning Center Online.

New Features

Profile Management

  • Enhanced Profile Resource: We've added the PCO Form Relational manager to the ProfileResource, providing better integration between CareNote profiles and PCO forms.

Care Request Management

  • Dynamic Delay for Imports: Implemented a dynamic delay system for PCO form submission imports, helping to prevent rate limit issues by spreading out API requests.
  • Improved Form Submission Retrieval: Enhanced the system to retrieve all form submissions more effectively, ensuring you have complete data for your care requests.

Reporting and Analytics

  • Care Request Report Improvements: Updated the Care Request listing with new features and optimizations for better reporting capabilities.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with address transfer service and country codes.
  • Resolved a problem where form submissions were not displaying in reverse chronological order by default.
  • Implemented a command to retry failed imports, improving data synchronization reliability.
  • Addressed various small issues and "paper cuts" in the profile resource for a smoother user experience.

Thank you for your continued trust in CareNote. Your feedback is crucial in helping us improve and refine our tool to better serve your pastoral care ministry needs.

2024 CareNote Change Logs:

CareNote’s July 2024 Updates
CareNote’s July update: Improved PCO imports, new team invitation system, enhanced task management, and ‘Near Me’ feature for local care.
CareNote’s June 2024 Updates
CareNote’s June update: Enhanced PCO integration, profile management, and care requests. Faster performance, better data integrity, and new customization options.
CareNote’s May 2024 Updates
CareNote’s May update: Faster performance, volunteer management tools, and mobile push notifications to streamline your pastoral care efforts.
CareNote’s April 2024 Updates
CareNote’s April update: AI insights, multi-language support, custom reports. Faster, smarter pastoral care management for your ministry.
CareNote’s March 2024 Updates
CareNote’s March update: PCO integration, faster performance, new Care Provider Dashboard, and enhanced team management features.
CareNote’s February 2024 Updates
CareNote’s February update: Faster, mobile-friendly, with bulk actions and custom reports. Enhance pastoral care through improved team tools.
CareNote’s January 2024 Updates
CareNote’s January 2024 update brings new features for pastoral care: enhanced visitation tools, streamlined requests, and improved reporting.