LifeApps - Released November 6-7, 2023
Life Apps has a new look! But this isn't just a face-lift. We added a bunch of things you've been asking for that will improve how you (and your group participants!) work in Life Apps.
Care Life
- Fixed an issue where the Dashboard was only displaying the first 100 Care Cases. Now, all active cases display across multiple pages of results.
- Fixed an issue where Care Case Managers were not able to close cases using the drop-down menu.
Group Life
New Look and Feel
- We've updated the overall look and feel of Life Apps! The header bar across the top now includes additional options and navigation "breadcrumbs" so you know exactly where you are. And we added a menu bar on the left so you can jump between the different applications that you have access to. (We may add other applications to this list in the future.)
- Want an easier way to get back to the Platform from Life Apps? Introducing the new app switcher! In the top-left corner, click the area that says Life Apps, and select MinistryPlatform from the menu. This only displays for users who have access to the Platform.
- In Group Life, we redesigned the My Groups page so you can see all the information you need to know at a glance.
- When you open a group's page, you'll see that each tab and its content have been redesigned for better readability. And the tabs actually look like tabs! We renamed some tabs to better reflect their purpose. The About tab is now Info; the Members tab changed to Participants; the Inquiries tab is called Sign-ups; the Meetings tab was renamed Activities to incorporate other events; and there's a new tab for Attendance (which is discussed in the Improvements section below).
- Speaking of renaming things, you can customize the language used in Group Life! All tabs, along with other headings and buttons, now use application labels. Update these in , under the Application Name TM.LifeApps.
- We improved the look and functionality of the New Message dialog box.
Group Life for Participants!
- Participants can now log in to Group Life and view details for groups they are part of. This includes meeting day/frequency, time, and duration; group location and leaders; life state; and description.
- Now that participants have joined the Group Life party, they will be able to see the names of other participants in their groups. But they may not want to share all their details, especially with larger groups of people. There's a new button in the top-right corner of each group's page called My Privacy. Participants can choose which personal information (like birthday, email, phone numbers, and so on) is okay to share with other people in their group and which information should only display to group leaders.
- RSVP tracking, meet Group Life! Participants can indicate which events they plan to attend, which ones they might attend, and which ones they cannot attend. This also lets group leaders see who is coming to their activities and who has not responded so they can follow up with them.
- Information about the next upcoming activity for a group now displays on the Info tab.
- *Schema change*: There's a new table in the Platform for RSVP Statuses, and an individual's status will be recorded on their Event Participant record.
Improvements for Group Leaders and Primary Contacts
- Different people may be updating records in Group Life. So, in the Platform, the Audit Log now tells you which user made a change through Group Life to any Group Participant, Event, Household, Contact, and Group records.
- You can toggle between current and past participant lists, and filter the list by the participant's Role Type and Role.
- On the Activities tab, you can toggle between upcoming and past events. Upcoming activities include events through the next six months, and past activities show for the last 60 days.
- You can cancel an upcoming activity or indicate that a past activity did not meet.
- There's a new tab called Attendance where group leaders and primary contacts can view participants who are expected to attend and mark attendance for group events.
- When taking attendance, group leaders can indicate how many guests attended. This is useful for one-time visitors who should not be added as a regular participant. This number is recorded as an Event Metric for "Guests".
- If an admin allows it, you can:
- Edit information about a group in Group Life. This includes things like the description, meeting details, maximum target size, and group photo.
- Add a participant on the Participants tab. Note that Household Position is now required when adding a participant. (An admin can set a default position.) Additionally, you can now add/edit Contact photos and remove multiple participants at once.
- Edit information about a participant.
- Add a new activity on the Activities tab. You can also cancel an upcoming activity or indicate that a past activity did not meet.
Note: Admins: To allow group leaders and primary contacts to perform these actions, go to in the Platform, and configure the following settings with Value set to 1:- CLOUDAPPS ShowEditGroupButton
- CLOUDAPPS ShowAddParticipantButton
- CLOUDAPPS ShowEditParticipantButton
- CLOUDAPPS ShowAddActivityButton
To set a default Household Position for new participants, configure the setting for CLOUDAPPS DefaultHouseholdPosition. Set the Value to the Household Position ID you want to make the default.
It may take up to 15 minutes for changes to display in Group Life.
Other Improvements
- Fixed an issue with the end time for meetings added in Group Life. Now, the end time is automatically added based on the duration. If the duration is not set, the record defaults to 60 minutes after the start time.
- Fixed an issue with dialog boxes being cut off in a small browser window. Now, you can scroll inside these boxes.
- Fixed an issue with the Last Attended Date not being updated in the Platform after marking attendance.
Note:
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The technical details: TLS versions 1.0 and 1.1 are no longer supported for our services. To use our applications, the browser must be on TLS 1.2 or higher. For this reason, we suggest using the most updated browser version.