November 6, 2018 Release Notes – Communication and Work Order Enhancements
Greetings,
This month’s enhancements to our community and property management solution focus on communications where we’ve added a new option for residents to receive messages and work order response templates to give on-creation insight into which communities your templates have been applied to. Without further ado, let’s explore these new updates!
Enhancements
- Communications
- Residents can now choose to be notified via physical mailing by selecting it as their communication preference. Important note: Selecting this preference does not send out the physical mail through Pilera, but indicates to managers that the resident wants to receive their communications through snail mail/physical mail.
- The Resident Report now indicates which residents have chosen physical mailing as their communication preference.
- The “Reschedule Message” function in the Message Center now loads a calendar for managers to select the date and time.
- For better clarity, we’ve changed one of the email delivery statuses from “open” to “opened”.
- Work Orders/Templates
- After our introduction of Templates on August 28, 2018 release, we’ve improved the user interface to better inform managers on how many communities are linked to a template. Similarly, if there are no communities linked to a template, we indicate that in two areas:
- (1) An indicator next to the “Communities” tab.
- (2) The green “Save Without Linking Communities” submission button.
- We’ve added a “Manage” link next to “Quick Add Comment” for Work Order comments so that managers can be directed to the template administration page in a new browser window.
- Tickets now support the entry of emoji’s when creating and updating a ticket.
- After our introduction of Templates on August 28, 2018 release, we’ve improved the user interface to better inform managers on how many communities are linked to a template. Similarly, if there are no communities linked to a template, we indicate that in two areas:
- Miscellaneous Update
- We have added indicators (red astrice mark) to the following fields required when adding a lease to a unit: lease number, and start and end date so that managers know what fields need to be entered for successful submission.
About Pilera
Pilera Software is a premier community and property management suite that has helped thousands of community managers, board members, and back-office personnel enhance communications, improve customer service, streamline maintenance, and increase resident satisfaction. May we help your community achieve these success stories? Schedule a demo today to see our software live in action or request a quote!
