Release 14.12.2010

Owned by Matthew Milosevic (Deactivated)
Mar 30, 2017
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Available Tuesday 14 December 2010

 

PLEASE NOTE: This deployment will occur on the evening of Monday, 13th December.

 

Improving multiple-step forms – feedback required.

The release of the multiple-step form enhancements (progress bar and the Preview and Submit page) were made in an effort to improve consistency, usability and performance. We realise that as a result, an additional click is required when Users assess candidates.

 

We are currently reviewing and looking at ways we can improve this function, without affecting the consistency or performance benefits. Your feedback would be very valuable to us, and we invite you to view the proposed changes on the User Community. Feedback on the proposed changes can also be directly sent to product@nga.net.

 

Search module design validation – feedback required.

We have been working on a project to improve the search module and the way users build, run and review results of searches. We are now at the stage where mock-up screens have been drawn and would really appreciate your feedback on the new design and improved capability. The screens can be accessed from the User Community and feedback can be provided by emailing product@nga.net. Feedback will be accepted until close of business Monday 13th December.

 

Enhancements

  1. 1.       Multiple-step form enhanced usability

Following the release of the multiple-step forms, we have been reviewing its usability and made some minor adjustments. These changes should improve usability for our Users when completing forms for the second time.

 

  1. 2.       WYSIWYG editors 

Enhancements have been made to the current WYSIWYG editor so that it is consistent across the board, as well as improve performance in some browsers. Consequently, new capabilities have been introduced as well as improvements to existing capabilities such as pasting text from Word. Further detail of the new capabilities are included below.

 

  1. 3.       User interface

We have made some User interface changes to improve the consistency across browsers. Users will notice that the appearance of the calendar fields has changed and there are some slight differences in the screen colours (ie. Tabs are highlighted differently). Users will find the calendar fields easier to manage.

 

  1. 4.       Personalised User group home pages

Users are now able to personalise the default homepage at a User group level.

 

  1. 5.       Additional  reporting available

In October, we sent out our quarterly Customer Satisfaction Survey, focusing on the Reporting module. As a result of the survey, as well as feedback and requests from our customers, a number of data types have been added and will now be available for reporting. 

 

Please see below for further detail, if you have queries about any of these changes please contact the NGA.NET Support Team on  1800 642 638 or email support@nga.net.


Multiple-step form enhanced usability

In an effort to continually enhance usability for our customers, we have made some minor adjustments to the multiple-step forms. As a result, the User experience should improve when completing a form the second time.

 

Change 1: Resubmitting completed forms

The first step of a form will always display when Users are viewing completed forms. If changes are made and the form is resubmitted, rules will automatically re-execute if they are able to. i.e. If an approval step has already happened, and the form step that being edited is before the approval step, rules will not be re-executed. Users will have the ability to save only, not re-execute rules.

 

Change 2: Button changes on Summary page

A small change has been made to the Summary page that is displayed to Users when a form is edited via the Edit Form link in the Assessment overview. The Cancel button will be replaced by a Continue button which will take Users back to the Assessment overview.  The change will allow Users to see clearly what each button will do when clicked. 



WYSIWYG editors

We are constantly searching  for new ways to improve system performance for our customers. A few changes have been made to the WYSIWYG editors to improve both consistency and performance, as well as adding new functionality.

 

The following icons have been introduced to the WYSIWYG editor:


  • change text colours;
  • change background colours;
  • undo and redo;
  • Find and Replace function;
  • insert horizontal line;
  • Left, Centre, Right and Justify text;
  • insert custom characters;
  • insert merge tags; and
  • word count, character count and character count including HTML code.


PLEASE NOTE: The ‘Source’ option has been replaced by ‘HTML’. Functionality will not be affected.



Users will now be able to paste copied text from other applications straight into the text box. To ensure the neatest paste, we recommend that the ‘Paste from Word’ icon be used.

Part of this upgrade means that when resaving existing forms/templates, size settings for fonts will need to be updated to align with current code. 



As a result, font size of text may be reduced.


This is easily fixed by highlighting affected text and changing the font size using the WYSIWYG editor. Templates that are currently in the system do not require any action. The font size will only re-adjust if the form or email is viewed/edited and saved. The most common place this will occur, is the Job Details form. 


Then clicking on the Save and Review button. 


When posting Jobs to MyCareer, you will notice that the WYSIWYG editor is slightly different from the other editors in the system. The reason for this is to ensure our customers are posting Jobs that comply with the restrictions set by MyCareer.


User interface

Some small changes have been made to the look and feel of some system pages so that there is greater consistency across different versions of Internet Explorer (IE). Users may notice some slight interface changes, and that pages are loading faster. Example of slight User interface change:


Before:


After:

PLEASE NOTE: This is purely a User interface change, functionality will not be affected.


As part of these changes, upgrades have been made to all calendar fields. Previously there was no option for Users to select month or year, the only way to do this was by navigating month by month using the arrows.



We have upgraded the calendars to allow Users to select month and year when entering dates. Our Users should find the calendar fields much easier to manage, especially when entering dates such as birthdays. 



Personalise back-end homepage by User Groups

Currently the eRecruit back-end homepage can be personalised for individual Users via Manage User. Customers have requested that this be available for User Groups. Work has now been completed so that Users can set User group default back-end homepages.   

 

The options available for the default back-end homepage are:

  • Dashboard (standard home page);
  • Jobs List;
  • Requisitions List; and
  • Tasks List.

 

By setting a default back-end homepage, this will determine the page that is displayed to Users when they login to the system.



Additional reporting available

This represents Stage 1 of an ongoing project to increase the reporting range and depth available within eRecruit. It is now possible to use the following types of data to build or enhance existing reports:

 

  • Enhanced Candidate Source – Report on which Job Board, Job Ad, Audience the candidate applied from;
  • Interview Activity – Report on all upcoming or historical interviews booked using Activity Scheduler;
  • Job Alerts flag – Ability to report on whether a candidate has a Job Alert Profile. (PLEASE NOTE: additional information about the specifics of each candidate Job Alert Profile will be deployed as part of the next phase.);
  • User Job Roles – Report on which users are assigned to Job Roles in each Job;
  • Job Board Ad statistics – Report on the number and types of Job Ads being posted through your integrated Job Boards (Seek, MyCareers etc);
  • Job Status History – Report on exactly when a Job Status changed and how long it held that status;
  • Module, Function and Role permissions by Users – Report on what level of access Users throughout your eRecruit system have; and
  • System Usage metrics by template – Identify which parts of your system are used most heavily to allow more targeted system optimisation.

 

If you would like more information or would like to be able to report on the above, please contact your Account Manager on 1800 642 638.



If you would like further information, please contact the NGA.NET Support Team

p. 1800 642 638

e. support@nga.net

 

Ask the Community. Post a discussion about these changes or other topics of interest to hear from other NGA.NET users. http://www.community.nga.net