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Release Notes - February 2024

PlayerFirst platform release notes for February 2024, migrated from Confluence.

February 29, 2024

COMMIT #: d67e68b

Updates

Programs

  • Programs (GWU-4106)

    • Update: Replaced "Sports Director" with "Admin" and "Site Settings" with "Operations" throughout (e.g. "Sports Director Approved" → "Admin Approved").

Sales

  • Account Credits (GWU-4101)

    • Update: Added admin-only functionality to move credits from outside PlayerFirst (e.g. GotSport) into PlayerFirst.

Communications

  • Messaging (GWU-3756)

    • Previously: Some athlete profiles had a secondary email address receiving PlayerFirst emails despite no GUI to view/edit it.

    • Update: PlayerFirst no longer sends to an athlete's secondary email address.

Site Settings

  • Fees (GWU-3608)

    • Previously: For Rollup Fee brands, a 100% discount code only covered the line item cost, excluding the rollup fee.

    • Update: A 100% discount code now covers the line item cost plus the applicable rollup fee.


February 26, 2024

COMMIT #: 5e632fd

Bugs

Edit Program

  • Waitlist (GWU-4064)

    • Previously: The setting to waitlist all program registrations after a set date/time wasn't working, allowing registrations past that point.

    • Update: Registrations past the set date/time are correctly waitlisted.

Schedule

  • Leagues & Tournaments (GWU-2494)

    • Previously: Deleting a tournament and creating a new one with the same source program could leave the deleted tournament's name on the schedule page and in data tokens.

    • Update: The new tournament's name is used correctly.

Edit Program

  • Edit Public Pages (GWU-1935)

    • Previously: A program's sub navigation didn't mirror a page title change upon saving.

    • Update: Sub navigation mirrors title changes upon saving.


February 22, 2024

COMMIT #: d60dd97

Bugs

Users

  • Merge Accounts (GWU-3939)

    • Previously: Merging accounts could move user profiles but leave invoices behind on the original account.

    • Update: Profiles and invoices both merge into the selected account.

Updates

Program

  • Create Program (GWU-3773)

    • Update: Streamlined program creation/copying into one button, with more required fields (Insurance Options, Accounting Group, Event Start/End, Fiscal Year, Activity Type, Sub Brand, Start/Stop Showing, Time Zone).


February 20, 2024

COMMIT #: a5dbed7

Bugs

Program

  • Bulk Registration (GWU-4065)

    • Previously: Single Select registration questions with apostrophes or quotes caused errors or dropped values.

    • Update: Those characters no longer cause errors, and values are recorded correctly.

Sales

  • Shop (GWU-3870)

    • Previously: Editing gate products automatically disabled the multi-use setting.

    • Update: Editing gate products no longer changes settings automatically; settings only change manually.

Updates

Front End

  • Edit Program Page (GWU-4031)

    • Update: Removed the obsolete Embed Team Page Link, Seasonal Player Leaders, and Event Player Leaders settings.


February 19, 2024

COMMIT #: 03d69a2

Bugs

Front End

  • Communications (GWU-4086)

    • Previously: In a family with multiple athletes on the same team, a coach could message one athlete without CCing their parents.

    • Update: That workflow no longer allows messaging an athlete without CCing parents.


February 16, 2024

COMMIT #: d60dd97

Bugs

Sales

  • Shop (GWU-4054)

    • Previously: Editing a shop product with a non-whole-number price auto-rounded it to the nearest dollar.

    • Update: The price no longer changes automatically.

Updates

Sales

  • Create Invoice (GWU-4062)

    • Update: Added an Item Type and Account Type for admin creating invoices for prepayments/overpayments by check.

Program

  • Programs (GWU-3268)

    • Update: Replaced Short Name with Program Groups for grouping and year-over-year tracking, managed per brand under Program > Program Groups.


February 15, 2024

COMMIT #: 8b2d760

Bugs

Communication

  • Create Message (GWU-4085)

    • Previously: Very large email lists failed to load.

    • Update: Very large email lists load successfully.

Program

  • Register (GWU-4051)

    • Previously: Multiple clicks during single-user admin registration could create duplicate invoices.

    • Update: Invoice-creating buttons can only be clicked once, some alerting the admin to wait.

Sales

  • Shop Messaging (GWU-3947)

    • Previously: An SMS message was required before sending email.

    • Update: SMS is no longer required before sending email.

  • Invoices (GWU-3813)

    • Previously: Past due invoices missing scheduled payments were excluded from past-due search results.

    • Update: They're included in the results.

  • Invoices (GWU-3365)

    • Previously: Rounding errors affected the Payment filter's results.

    • Update: The root cause was fixed.

Updates

Front End

  • Compose Email (GWU-3779)

    • Previously: Coaches/team managers couldn't use data tokens composing a front-end email.

    • Update: They can use data tokens.

User

  • Edit Profiles (GWU-3689)

    • Previously: Admin were forced to fill in all required profile fields just to save a change, sometimes forcing false info.

    • Update: Admin only need to enter first and last name; full requirements still apply to users themselves.


February 9, 2024

COMMIT #: bf40b0c, 8f55ab5

Bugs

Sales

  • Invoices (GWU-4076)

    • Previously: Credit card payments couldn't be processed for the brand EDP due to a 4-character WorldPay name requirement.

    • Update: Credit card payments can now be processed for EDP.

Updates

Site Settings

  • Orders (GWU-4018)

    • Update: Added a global and a brand-level setting (overriding global) for cart timeout minutes, previously hard-coded.

Schedule

  • Downloads and Reports (GWU-3988)

    • Update: Added a Division Pool Report summarizing team/game/pool counts, locations, and pool names for a division.

Front End

  • Quick Waiver (GWU-3814)

    • Update: Added a phone number field and a Marketing SMS opt-in checkbox to the Quick Waiver.

Communication

  • Communication History (GWU-3532)

    • Update: Added Email Recipient Count to analytics, renamed Recipient Count to PlayerFirst Count, and scoped Email Deliverability Rate to valid emails only.


February 8, 2024

COMMIT #: d449e1f

Updates

Sales

  • Invoices (GWU-3955)

    • Update: Manually adding an invoice line item now requires a "Program to Link" selection before saving.


February 7, 2024

COMMIT #: 9392a27, 1ff02b0

Bugs

Team

  • Team Management (GWU-4067)

    • Previously: The system wouldn't save a team name containing an apostrophe.

    • Update: Team names with apostrophes save correctly.

Updates

Program

  • Program Edit (GWU-3275)

    • Previously: Admin had to include the year in the program title since there was no Program Year field.

    • Update: Added a Program Year field with validation against years typed into the Program Name field.


February 5, 2024

COMMIT #: 76fec10

Bugs

Sales

  • Invoices (GWU-4023)

    • Previously: Exporting to Excel showed code in the Purchased column.

    • Update: The Purchased column exports correctly.

  • Payment Plan Status (GWU-3999)

    • Previously: Exporting to Excel showed multiple line items combined in the Line column.

    • Update: Each line item exports on its own row.

Updates

Program

  • Registration Details (GWU-3964)

    • Update: Admin can create a pre-filled program Quick Waiver link and QR code.

Sales

  • Invoices (GWU-3627)

    • Update: Upgraded concession sub-types for more practical usage and accurate reporting.

  • Payments and Concessions (GWU-3696)

    • Update: Added a new Payments and Concessions Reporting page.

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