The new version of Complete Patrol Logger offers a bag of improvements and new functions to the user. The vision for this release was to give the user a greater experience in managing members, via easier use and communication with the application. To do this we have redesigned many of the interfaces and have extended functionality in many areas, all while trying to keep in mind a simple principle: Keep it Simple.
We think the new Complete Patrol Logger has achieved this offering many of the improvement asked by you the user. This article will examine and discuss some of the enhanced features and of course the new ones.
Club Members
Complete Patrol Logger has re-engineered the interface for club members and has packaged it up with new functionality, not only in Member Attributes but also Member Tools and Member Reporting.
As we can see in the example below, the Club Member form has been consolidated to one form only, but carries the extra feature of the Summary page, which gives an overall report on the member. This summary makes it easier for the user to view information that is mostly required.
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Essential contact details and club information including patrol hours etc are easily viewed and if changes are required administrators can quickly tab to the relevant section via the tabs at the top of the form.
Administering members this way allows administrators to work with more then one member at the same time, as Complete Patrol Logger will allow multiple members to be loaded.
The new look Member form also allows the user to have access to the Member Tools;
Archive Member – Archives member to the Archive database
E-mail Member – allows the user to e-mail member through default mail client
Member Change History – provides an audit of all changes regarding the member
Export Member Details - Exports the current members details to file
Print Member Details - Prints the members details to screen and then can be printed
Print Patrol Hour Certificate - Prints Member patrol hour history
Set Member Photo – Allows administrators to store a picture of the member
Club Patrol Rosters
With this release of Complete Patrol Logger, we have redesigned the area of Patrol Rosters from the ground up. Creation of Rosters and Scheduling of Rosters is much intuitive and easier to use. We see the Patrol Roster area a major step forward in clubs maintaining this aspect of their patrols. The module offers reporting easy to use reporting, and the ability to draw member patrolling statics. Through the Patrol Forms members can perform complex functions such as Substitutions.
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Custom Reports
Complete Patrol Logger now has extended its custom reports module, to allow for further reporting on secondary clubs, patrol hours and accreditations. Along with this we have also added the ability to load and save custom reports so that they don’t have to be created every time.
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Mailing Groups
Mailing Groups have been enhanced to cater for e-mail groups, as well as mixing postal groups with e-mail groups. With the addition of e-mail groups administrators will save time and most importantly money in getting information out to members.
Member Health Checks
This utility helps you ensure that your members are all spot on in a number of areas. It ensures everyone has a valid name for postal purposes. Checks reference data against member and will report on any invalid codes the member may be connected to such as invalid occupations, awards or accreditations.
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At the end of the check a report is displayed with which the administrator can progressively fix the problem members.
Enhanced Import/Export
Complete Patrol Logger now not only exports member awards, but also exports reference data to CPL. This will aid in the control of Membership Categories, Occupations, and Awards etc.
Member importing has be re-written and improved, so that any members who cause and exception are retained in a list, and can have their data altered prior to an import retry.
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Complete Patrol Logger Database Backup/Restore
Complete Patrol Logger now allows full database backup and restore for all three of its databases. This allows security for small sites that don’t have networked backups. It also allows users to take their databases off site on laptops for events etc.
Web Technology
This version of Complete Patrol Logger is paving the foundation for use of Complete Patrol Logger and Complete Patrol Logger over the web. Future versions of Complete Patrol Logger will report changes to member details to their state centres over the Internet, these changes will be automatically feed into the Complete Patrol Logger database.
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How do you get Complete Patrol Logger Version 2.0?
There are many more features packed into this release, to get your copy of Complete Patrol Logger you can request a CD via the Complete Patrol Logger Menu.. As per usual new users are welcome to install Complete Patrol Logger for a free evaluation period of 30 days after which you will be required to register with us to continue using Complete Patrol Logger.
Should there be any questions regarding Complete Patrol Logger please e-mail us at Jason Hyde |
