NW Scheduler/Publisher - Updates, Support, and Suggestions

[trs]

With version 4.0.5 and Build 1449 of the NW Publisher App, non-publishers (persons without publisher status) are still not displaying properly. 

But the warning message about group features being removed in the second half of the year—and recommending the mobile version—has been removed.

Edited 5 hours ago by trs

[trs]

6 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I just noticed that the Cleaning Descriptions in NWS are not being included in the NWP Cleaning Duty. I altered the description and removed one group assignment, synced, replaced the group assignment and synced again, but the description did not show up in any of the NWP Cleaning assignments.  

4.0.5 and Build #1449 seem to solve the problem.

[trs]

7 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Has anyone used the new Custom Schedules feature? Any ideas or suggestions on what to use it for?

Yes, but it doesn't seem fully thought out. Tasks are displayed only under "My Duties" instead of under "Programs."

 

It would make sense if tasks could be assigned according to the normal program - possibly to the midweek or weekend meeting - and if it could also be set for each person who is allowed to do what.

 

Another issue is that there is no check whether the person already has other tasks, as in normal scheduling.

[foghorn]

8 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Has anyone used the new Custom Schedules feature? Any ideas or suggestions on what to use it for?

Yes - we have a family with no vehicle. We have an Excel schedule for 5 different families to take turns giving them a ride to the meeting. So, as a test, I created same schedule using this new feature. It shows up on the Duties list and in the Upcoming box on home page. And I assume I will get notifications also.

[Tortuga]

27 minutes ago, foghorn said:

Yes - we have a family with no vehicle. We have an Excel schedule for 5 different families to take turns giving them a ride to the meeting. So, as a test, I created same schedule using this new feature. It shows up on the Duties list and in the Upcoming box on home page. And I assume I will get notifications also.

I experimented with it last night and created a variety of schedules. I created one schedule with a date range, another with fixed dates. I created a schedule with multiple roles and descriptions. I intentionally scheduled myself several times to see if I would get duplicate assignments, and I did. It seems that it may be a useful tool for simple schedules. 

[Tortuga]

8 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I just noticed that the Cleaning Descriptions in NWS are not being included in the NWP Cleaning Duty. I altered the description and removed one group assignment, synced, replaced the group assignment and synced again, but the description did not show up in any of the NWP Cleaning assignments.  

The latest updates seem to correct this problem but created a new one. Now the Cleaning Duties assignment shows as a date range instead of a single date.

 

The updates didn't immediately correct the missing descriptions, the first time I removed one of the groups, sync, replace the group and sync again it still didn't show the description. The second time I did the same thing I noticed there was a Schedule Settings in the list of things to be synced and NWP showed the Cleaning Duty descriptions after that sync. 

[Tortuga]

2 hours ago, trs said:

 

Another issue is that there is no check whether the person already has other tasks, as in normal scheduling.

The Custom Schedule appears to be for events not related to the meetings, so they wont show up on the Meeting schedule.

 

I scheduled myself for a duty on the same night that I have a MWM assignment and NWS did not indicate any conflicts. That seems reasonable since the custom schedule duty doesn't have a specific time frame and doesn't conflict with the meeting.

 

I did notice that when I scheduled myself during an Away Period, the input field was red, indicating a conflict.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Tortuga

[Tortuga]

10 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Has anyone used the new Custom Schedules feature? Any ideas or suggestions on what to use it for?

BTW, it appears that the new feature is hidden by default when you update to NWS 8.1. You need to ask an administrator to give you view or edit access.

[Cruzer]

Perhaps I missed this, but is NWS Mobile not currently working? I keep seeing this message, "This version of NWS Mobile out of date. Please update to the latest version NWS Mobile. 8.1."

 

On the Google Play store, the latest version is still 8.0 and there is no update available.

[Tortuga]

7 minutes ago, Cruzer said:

Perhaps I missed this, but is NWS Mobile not currently working? I keep seeing this message, "This version of NWS Mobile out of date. Please update to the latest version NWS Mobile. 8.1."

 

On the Google Play store, the latest version is still 8.0 and there is no update available.

I have 8.0 #1018 en_US and it is working.