Addiitonal April Updates
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Addiitonal April Updates
Report Builder Printing and File Output
A new Printer Friendly & CSV Report button has been added to the Report Builder results screen. This button, at the bottom of the screen, will open a new tab where the Report Builder Results are formatted for better printing, PDF generation and CSV export.
The new format splits the report into sections with fewer Scouts in each section to allow for direct printing from the web browser. It also contains buttons to generate PDFs in either portrait or landscape mode and to export a CSV containing the report data.
Youth can now access their own reports
We have made it so a youth account Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing can access History Reports and Payment Log Report they are accessed from their Scoutbook accounts.
Moving Scout from sync to non-sync unit fixed.
An issue that prevents Scouts from being moved into a unit that is not activated for advancement sync has been fixed. This issue affected all Scouts, even those that had never been activated for advancement sync into units that did not use Scoutbook. With this fix, Scouts can now be moved into any unit. This fix applies to unit subscriptions, free accounts and family subscriptions.
Some Bread Crumbs Cleaned Up
An issue affecting the "bread crumb" navigation at the top of the page in Scoutbook has been fixed. When Scoutbook was on a Cub Scout adventure page, clicking on the Cub Scout rank breadcrumb would return the user to the dashboard. The user will now be properly returned to the desired rank page.
Unit Sync Activation
As we migrate Scoutbook to the BSA’s advancement database of record, all Scouts with a current member ID and are in an active unit subscription, will need to be in the advancement sync.
If your unit does not activate the sync, once your current unit subscription expires you will not be able to renew until the sync steps have been completed. Until then, you will be able to complete but not approve advancements for Scouts without a current BSA membership ID.
In the near future, advancements for Scouts with valid member IDs in Scoutbook and who are not in the sync will be brought over from ScoutNET.
In addition, on June 1, 2018, any trial subscriptions that have not had any activity within the last 30 days will be closed and advancement data associated will be cleared out. If you wish to extend your trial, please contact Scoutbook.support@scouting.org.
If you would like your unit activated for the sync, and are having difficulties activating, please send an email to: Scoutbook.support@scouting.org If a unit Key 3 member sends the email and requests the unit be activated for the sync, Member Care will turn the youth advancement sync on for that unit. Any Scouts with valid member id’s will be activated and included in the sync.
1) Put some whitespace between pages.
2) Rotate the scout names 90 degrees to fit more scouts per page.
Units that do not transition to Scoutbook will have access to Scoutbook Lite when it is released as the replacement for Internet Advancement. Scoutbook Lite will be a no charge subset of Scoutbook.
BTW I personally dislike the CVS format, wish you had shown scout name in column and rank info in row. Yes, I know I could reformat it but that is too much fiddling around for something that should be easier. Make me a believer...
Parents have access to view Payment Log as long as the unit gives them a Full Control connection to their Scout. The SUAC recommends Full Control for parents.
Key 3 are defined by the BSA as Charter Org Rep, Committee Chair and Cubmaster/Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor/Skipper.
Any unit admin can add Scouts (please stop calling them kids) to the roster and activate them for sync. The Key 3 (or Key 3 delegate) is only needed to activate sync the first time.
2. I have a Scout whose last name has changed. Records have been changed at Council, and sync'd. Do I need to change his name in Scoutbook or should that come over in the Sync?
Thanks!
The CSV output is great, but it's hard to work with in Excel because the output is backward from what I would expect. It's better to list the scouts on the rows and the other information in the columns. This way it's easier to use Excel functionality, like V-lookup. Also, it makes the report go across too many columns.
Why is there not a way to look at leadership history for all scouts in one report? This is important for advancement - knowing how much leadership each scout when they request a BOR is critical - we cannot complete a BOR if leadership is not correct for that rank.
I would be happy to provide the reports that we used in Troop Master so that you can create something similar for Scoutbook.
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