OASIS Admin Extras - Release Notes

OASIS Admin Extras - Release Notes

Release 60814 – 14 August 2006

· B2 – Debtor Trial Balance. New option to display aging bands over 8 years rather than 3 terms.

Release 60725 – 25 July 2006

· F2 – New Table Edits. Religion Code groups for Census, Staff Religion

· D5 – Add extra Census reports at request of Parramatta CEO.
Students: Non-Catholic Students by religion group
Students: LBOTE students
Staff: Teacher Catholicity
Staff: Years of experience

Release 60220 – 20 February 2006

· F2 - Table Edit MCEETYA Fields, Export. Option added to exclude students from Export file who did not sit test

· F2 - Table Edit MCEETYA Fields, Barcode. Barcode geometry changed to meet MCEETYA specifications – centering, label height, text clearance.

· Label Printing. Standard label initialisation strings modified to include code to force A4 paper selection by the printer.

Release 50608 - 8 June 2005

F2 - Table Edit MCEETYA Fields, Edit. Add Option to filter records displayed by Scholastic Year.
C4 - Print Cheque Labels. Correct printing to printer. Only first line of address was printing.
C2 - Labels Setup. Add 'Favourites' option and Sample printout option for Label Stationery.

Release 50308 - 8 March 2005

F2 - Table Edit MCEETYA Fields, Import. Default Import filename to 'S:\OASIS\deetcode.CSV'. Correct not writing data to files.

Release 50301 - 1 March 2005

A5 - Student Abscences report. Minor format tweaking
F2 - Table Edit. MCEETYA Fields. Add Import option.

Release 50221 - 21 February 2005

A5 - Student Absences report. Add sub-option to print Letter to parents

Release 50203 - 3 February 2005

F2 Table Edit. MCEETYA fields. Enhance option to print validation report. Add Comma Delimited export option. Add Print Barcodes option.

Release 50124 - 24 January 2005

D4 & D5. Change default census date to 11/02/2005 and add dates for 2006
F2 Table Edit. MCEETYA fields. Add option to print validation report. Comma delimited export coming soon.

Release 41210 - 10 December 2004

Fix Arg Error LEN, PromptGet(615) in D4 option

Release 41112 - 12 November 2004

C5 - Reset Orphaned Batch files - New option
Two options Reset Cash Register batch Valheld and Reset Debtor Credit Journal Valeld have been combined into a single new option with processing for all other BATCHFILE/VALHELD included. It is now a general purpose fix it option for orphaned batchfile transactions. Password of the Day access is required.
Windows Printing.
A new printer selection option, WINDOWS, allows OASIS Admin Extras to print directly to the Windows printing system. Any Windows printers defined will be displayed and can be selected. This allows for printing to non-DOS capable printers e.g. USB printers.

Release 40607 - 7 June 2004

Add MCEETYA data collection option to F2 - Table edit.

Release 30303 - 3 March 2003

Overall - Logging has been enabled or refined in the following options:

o C5 - 1 - Reset Valheld field

o F2 - Table Edit

o F3 - Load Absences from SAMS

o F4 - GST Functions

o G5 - Financial Transactions

o H5 - Bank Reconciliation

o I1 - Delete zero balance transactions

o I2 - Update Student Type

o I3 - Subdissection Global Change

o I4 - Fix Dates

o I5 - Change Phone Numbers

Remove need for OPERATOR.DBF as well as OPERATOR.D in eSchool sites.
D3 - CEO Enrolment Return. Prevent Arg Error at 1520 if a single sex class is encountered.

Release 20926 - 26 September 2002

C1 - Mailing Labels. Correct default label specifications.
C5 - Cash Register Management report reprint. Add compressed mode control codes to printout.
D4 - CEO Sydney Feb Census. Add test for blank Family code. Add explicit location for PKZIP.EXE to OASIS base directory to ensure an incorrect version does not get used.
D5 - Census. Change default Census date to 02/08/2002. Change disk output option to suit CEO Sydney. Special treatment of SWDSIP and SWDNONS fields for CEO Sydney.
F2 - Table Edit. All options now log changes made.
F4 - GST Functions. Options that edit data now log the changes.
I5 - Change Phone Numbers. Reformat 040, 042 and 043 digital mobile numbers. Reformat 1300 same ass 1800. Only print Audit list if a change is made to a number. Add Test mode.
General. Caching of log file entries to reduce the likelihood of recovery if a crash occurs.

Release 20522 - 22 May2002

C3 - Printer Test. Moved to this menu option from I5
C5 - Special Finance Functions. Corrected 'Variable does not exist NBANKFOLIO' error
I5 - Change Phone numbers. Telephone number reformatter. Removed some time ago because I thought it was no longer required, this option has been reinstated after several requests.

Release 20308 - 8 March 2002

C5 - Special Finance Functions - NEW OPTION (Installer Only)
1. Reset Cash Register VALHELD Field
2. Reprint Cash Register End of Day Management Report
3. Move Wagga style GL codes from Desc. to GL code
4. Cashbook Transaction Listing with GST
5. General Ledger Journal Listing
D4 - Sydney CEO Census
Changes to output file format
E1 - Sundry Payments
Now prints student surname correctly in 'Surname, givenname' format
G3 - Export Debtor Details
Include 120 days debt date band total in with 90 days. (previously this was left out)
G5 - Financial Transactions Export
Remove force prior years dates to 01/01/yy. No idea why it was there!
H2 - Income Batch Summary
Accommodate eSchool and Batch numbers restarting at 1
Fix failure to group properly when NFB or POS transactions are present.
Menu 'hidden' option Q1
Displays menu option security matrix. Intended for debuging purposes only
eSchool security compatability issues
Separate security definition files are now used for OASIS and eSchool installations
eSchool multiuser issues
Options that create temporary work files may generate Alt-E errors when run under eSchool if more than one operator is using OASIS Admin Extras. Until this issue can be addressed, OASIS Admin Extras should be used only by one station at a time when accessed from within eSchool.

Release 11123 - 23 November 2001

B5 Dissection Summary. No longer gives Alt-E error if GST codes not setup
C5 Special Finance Function. NEW. [0] Special finance functions.
1. Reset BATCHFILE/VALHELD field after crash with unposted cash register batch.
2. Cash Register Management report reprint.
D5 Census. Remove FD & HD environment variable dependency for eSchool compatability
E1 Sundry Receipts List. Correct missing first character of student given name
H2 Income Batch Transactions. Selection for individual reports. Batch summary, Debit Journals, Folio Zero.

BETA Release 11025 - 25 October 2001

C4 - Cheque Address Labels. Allows address labels to be printed for a batch of Cheque payments. Avoids the need to use window faced envelopes.
E3 - Building Fund Contribution Families. Allow multiple codes to be selected and reported.
F2 - Table Edit: FAMILY. Add new fields FRELIGION (Father's Religion) and MRELIGION (Mother's Religion) to Family file and permit editing. Validated agains Religions lookup list.
G5 - Financial Transactions. Quote and inverted commas removed from narrative in export file. These caused problems when importing.
H2 - Income Batch Summary. Add Date Range Selection option
I1 - Delete 0 Balance Transactions. Correct logic of List / Delete option. It was previously inverted.

Release 10802 - 2 August 2001

D5 - Census. Remove dependency on environment variables HD and FD. Change default Census date to 3/8/01
Printer selection fixed to select default printer correctly. PSN of '000000000000' no longer required.

Release 10611 - 11 June 2001

H3 - Asset Stocktake. A new option to allow the efficient management of the Stocktake of items in the Asset register. Documentation is avilable here.
Internal changes to Default option logic to remove menu startup delays.

Release 10508 - 8 May 2000

CEO Parramata Item Code Change. Suppress display of TRANSFER transactions.

Release 10418 - 18 April 2001

CEO Parrramata Item Code Change. Clear batch file each time the option is selected to prevent possible mismatch between paymnet transactions file and previous batch.

Release 10409 - 9 April 2001

G5 - Financial Transactions Export. Remove decoding of GL/DEET code from front of Dissection/Subdissection description and instead take this from FSUBDIS->GLACCTNUM
Add ability to hold Tax year GST worksheet brought forward values and report the total in the GST Worksheet file.
C1 - Mailing Labels. Correct failure to output Roll Class to Tab delimited mailmerge file
Add STUCODE field to all Mailmerge formats.

Release 10124 - 24 January 2001

F2 - Table Edit. Correct Alt-E Error when editing Roll Class or Scholastic Year.
Support new Student field BRVS, Bridging Visa
Finance options with date range. Correct inability to enter a start date when computer date is between 01/01/???? and 15/01/????

Release 01109 - 9 November 2000

F2 - Table Edit. Add STUDENT: Finance Flags ( Finance Typecode) and FAMILY: Finance flags (Billing Frequency and Postion of students in other schools)
G5 - Financial Transactions. Refinements to reporting layout, export file naming convention and file structure.
H5 - Bank Reconciliation. Increase width of AMOUNT field to accomodate values in excess of $999,999.

Release 01003 - 3 October 2000

G4 - Export Kidmap Data. Corrections to export file format.

Release 00821 - 21 August 2000

B5 - Dissection Summaries. Added option to exclude effect of GST
E5 - Budget performance report. Added option to exclude effect of GST
H1 - Receipts and Payments. Added option to exclude effect of GST
F4 - GST functions. Chart of Accounts reports added
G4 - Export Student Data. Option added to export Kidmap format data
G5 - Financial Transactions
DEET number and OASIS Finance ledger number added to export file
Crashes with Wagga Diocese format codes corrected.

Release 00803 - 3 August 2000

G5 - Financial Transactions.
Correct the value of GST total G4 reported in GST summary file.
Fix Error DBFNTX/1004 Create error: TEMP127.DBF

Release 00801 - 1 August 2000

F4 - GST functions / GST Report (Canberra CEO). Transfer of Funds transactions included in totals
G5 - Financial Transactions. Rearrange GST summary report to accomodate Input Taxed purchases and sales.

Release 00731 - 31 July 2000

D5 - CENSUS. Corrections to part time teacher counts in DETYA transfer file.
F4 - GST Functions. Parramatta Diocese only options removed from menu and now accessible only by command line invocation e.g. H1OASIS /F4;10 (Change Item Code) and H1OASIS /F4;11 (Set pre GST item codes to 'P')
G5 - Financial Transactions. Additions to calculate and export GST figures

Release 00716 - 16 July 2000

F4 - GST options. Added options to support GST processing using OASIS Finance.
Individual menu options can now be invoked from the DOS command line using H1OASIS /{menu};{submenu}, e.g. H1OASIS /F4;1
I3 - Global subdissection change. Tidy up flow of dialogue for easier use. Don't print audit trail or force backup if no changes are made.
I4 - Fix Dates. Infinite loop at wrong year entry prompt corrected.

Release 00518 - 18 May 2000

I4 - Fix Dates. Renamed from 'Fix 1900 dates' and modified to allow any single year to be specified as the incorrect year to be changed into the current year.
F2 - Table Edit. Add Field REGD4GST to supplier maintenance. All options now add new field details into the Report Generator Catalogue of Files to allow them to be used in Report Generator reports.

Release 00407 - 7 April 2000

G4 - AfW Lib. & SES Data. New option to export Student address data in the form required for the SES survey

Release 00310 - 10 March 2000

C2 - Setup Labels. Additional label definitions added. Escape sequences for 8 row labels changed to prevent 'creep'
I4 - Fix 1900 dates. NEW OPTION. Scans all OASIS files and changes any dates with a year of 1900 to the corresponding date in the year 2000 (which is what they are meant to be).
F2 - Table Edit. NEW OPTION. Finance Supplier file. Adds field for Australian Business Number (ABN) and allows editing
ADDMENU.EXE added back to installation image. This was accidentally left out and prevented the menu option F5 from being added.

Release 00225 - 25 February 2000

C2 - Setup Labels. Correct Alt-E error if updating old format Labels definition file.
H4 - Fee Billing Summary. Accomodate codes longer than 2 characters.

Release 00202 - 2 February 2000

Add option G4 - Borrowers to AfW Lib. to export Student details to a comma delimited file that can be imported into Alice for Windows to refresh borrower details.
Add option D4 - Sydney CEO Census to produce February School Census information as required by Sydney CEO.
Correction to A1 - Student lists. Scholastic Year and Roll Class selection options would cause a program error.

Release 00104 - 04 January 2000

Initial Internet accessible release

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