Release Notes 11-15-17

Vendor Visitor Requests

The Vendor Admission Request function was updated to be in alignment with how visitors are processed.  You can now process a group of visiting vendors at one time.  Example: a whole group of arriving electricians can be processed at one time.  Their badges will be printed as fast as the visitors’ badges.  Also, when a host is changed, only that host’s access levels will be displayed for assignment.

Vendor Access Levels

Starting with this release we are adding a third type of access level – one that is just for Vendors.  Currently, there are two types of access levels: one type for Occupants and the other for Visitors.  When you create an Occupant record, you are presented with just the appropriate Occupant access levels to choose from.  When creating a visitor or vendor invitation, you are presented with just the appropriate Visitor access levels.   After this change, visitor and vendor access levels will be segregated so, when you create a visitor invitation, you will only see Visitor access levels, and when you create a vendor invitation, only vendor access levels.    This is desirable because Visitors and Vendors usually follow a different path into a property: Visitors enter through the lobby, Vendors through the loading dock.  

Visitor Requests

• Group Import - Resolved issue where group import failed if there was a blank cell.  This was happening because of an issue in Excel where the last row of a worksheet is not calculated properly which, in turn, caused BluSKY Group Import to attempt to load empty rows.  BluSKY now interprets blank cells and stops when it finds a blank row.
• To speed processing when the host is changed in a visitor request, the visitor access levels that are appropriate for the new host appear first in the pull-down list of possible visitor access levels.    

Reprint Vendor or Visitor Badges from the Admissions Screen

Users can now reprint a visitor or vendor badge directly from the admissions screen.  This button only shows if the visitor or vendor is checked-in.

Limiting the number of times a visitor or vendor can use a credential.

You can now limit the number of times a visitor or vendor can use a credential.  See Knowledge article: How to Enable "Number of Card Uses"

Reports

• Organizational Chart Report - This new report lists the individuals who have fire safety roles on a floor-by-floor basis.  The report prints on 8 1/2  x 11 pages (one per floor) that can be affixed to a wall, so people on each floor can see who to contact in case of an emergency.

Denied Access Report

• The Report now generates correctly if only floors are selected.
• The Report will now filter to an individual person.

Person Status Report

• Now shows all the cards that are assigned to a person.

Watch List

• The members list is now sortable and can be exported.    
      

Badge Templates:

• "Employee One Day Pass" and "Visitor Employee" - Both badge templates now contains the ability to print today's date and time on a badge.  You just need to select the badge template you want to edit and select the "Today" Token.
  

Vendor Management 

• There is now a free text field in Vendors to enable building management to add comments.