Release Notice
 2008.Q2 v2.5 August 29 2008
JCalendar 2008 2.5  
   

 

This new version adds many new features to the JCalendar Workflow System.

Some of the new enhancements include new visual indicators and tools to manage and create docket and case entries. There are many new ancillary products being developed and released, augmenting the core Scheduling and Workflow System.

 What's new in JCalendar 2008 v2.5 ...

JCalendar
Added Features
  • Added Public Notice Access on Right Click of resource selector.
 
 
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  • Added capability to update a resource name.

  • Added Case Search dropdown, to the Appointment Editor, for quick access to a case on the docket by typing the case number.

  • Quick Note ? Added Hide (top right corner X) function, so you can type a note and manually close the notes window, but the content remains until cleared, or saved.

  • Saving of login information ? Note this requires your browser to be set at a lower security level enabling cookies. It can be accomplished securely by adding www.jcalendar.net to your Trusted Sites and enabling Cookies on the Trusted Sites Zone.

  • Added SmartForms integration to the availability editor

Reports

Added features

  • Date range support - Provides the capability to run any report for a defined date range.

  • Sorting by Resource -

  • Support for running a report for a date range.

  • Added Jury/Non-Jury and Day indicator to the Daily Calendar and Docket Summary Reports.

  • Group By ? You can now define whether you want to group the report data by resource or by date. This is the equivalent to the original Chronological/Standard reports.

  • Introduction of Distribution Lists for quick emailing of reports and other case data to a group of people.

Added Reports

  • Docket Summary ? Provides detailed docket information in a compact summarized format.

  • Case Request List ? The case request list now supports date ranges, and the attachment of an Event Labels report, for the Clerk.

  • Event Labels Report ? This can be used to send to the Clerk?s office, for their internal use, regarding file searches.

JCalendar Fixes
 

ˇ         Clearing of Event Notifications and Case Style when selecting another day or month, where there is no active case/event selected.

 ˇ         Enhanced Case Notes (Quick Note) in the appointment editor. It now supports full MS Word formatting (i.e. font and color changes). It is also much larger and allows the user to mark the note as ?Private?. When the note is marked private, it is only available to the user who created it and the administrator of that user. Example: if a judge types a note and marks it private, he/she and his/her admin (usually the JA) are the ones to view that note. Private notes are not printed on any documentation.

 

ˇ         Fixed the automatic selection of a case when selecting it from the Monthly Calendar or the Case Tracking screens.

 

ˇ         Main page links now work when clicking anywhere within the highlighted menu item.

 

ˇ         Appointment Editor ? You can now minimize only the Scheduler Information panel, or only the Event Summary panel. This gives the user more flexibility in customizing the viewing of the Appointment Editor page.

 

ˇ         Fix to the Attorney bar# lookup. The panel now returns the attorneys full name instead of only the last name.

 
Full Microsoft Outlook Integration
The JCalendar OA plugs directly into Outlook allowing the users to continue to use Outlook as their primary communications console, but adds all of the JCalendar scheduling and resource management. This adds all of the judiciary specific data-elements missing from the common Outlook interface. 
 
Full Microsoft InfoPath Integration
JCalendar can import customized InfoPath forms into its scheduling and workflow for customized data collection. i.e. A Judge can require specific custom information to be filled out prior to scheduling a hearing.
 
 
Open Technology Standards
JCalendar and its ancillary products are written in Microsoft .Net Technologies and provide XML based web-service access to Court IT staff and authorized third-party vendors.
Additionally we provide a developers toolkit, which allows the Court's IT staff to reuse JCalendar GUI components in their custom applications. 

Graphical Daily, Weekly, and Monthly views. (NEW)
 
Cancelation Notes (NEW)
You can now specify a note when canceling an appointment which is attached to the cancelation email and sent to all parties on the case.
 
Resource Multi-select (NEW)
Provides the ability to select specific resources in the Resource List. This enhances the [All Resources] selection as it gives the user more flexibility to select only the resources that they want to view.
 
Global Resource Scheduling (NEW)
Allows for all users to add appointments on the Global Calendar, which is seen by all internal JCalendar users. This is useful for adding holidays and special Court events.
Resource Categories and Color Definition (NEW)
 
 
 Task and Reminder Management *NEW*
Alert Notifier (NEW)
Create tasks and reminders for yourself and other users in the system. Set multiple resources to a current schedule or any other resource.
Send and receive real-time Alert Notifications to any resource on the JCalendar system.
Mobile Alert Notifier (NEW)
 The JAlert Mobile Notifier provides real-time task and assignment notifications to your PDA phone or device. Windows Mobile v3 - v6 currently supported. 
 Report Generation *NEW*

Word Document Export (NEW)

Export all JCalendar reports to editable Word documents.
 
Summary Event Report (NEW)
Prints all events, for a specific date range, and all Resources.
 
Summary Availability/Events Report (NEW)
Prints all availability blocks, for a specific date range, and the current corresponding appointments.
 
Summary Availability Report (NEW)
Prints all Availability blocks within a date range and for all Resources. Includes the number of appointments and documents submitted for that block.
 
Case Notes Report (NEW)
Now prints all case notes recorded by a user and/or all recorded for a specific case within a date range.
 
 
 Report Creator *NEW*