07/19/2010

New Custom Report Walkthrough

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We have added a new custom report walkthrough "Attendance Count Report" in the Knowledge Base. This report groups multiple services together on a single date to give you an accurate attendance status and count. To view the list of custom report walkthroughs available on the site, visit Custom Report Examples.

07/12/2010

Maintenance Release for Version 11

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A Maintenance Release dated 7/12/2010 has been published for Version 11.

To download and install this from within the program, go to Help > Download Maintenance Release. To manually download and install it, visit http://powerchurch.com/mr.

The following changes were made in this update:

- E-mail may not be sent to either address if one address is bad (for example: bademail; good@email.com)
- Vendor names not sorted properly in “Select items to pay” list
- HTML bookmark links not formatted properly in bulk e-mail
- Local copy of CHM help file not being updated with Maintenance Release
- Sync to Google Calendar hangs on error
- Designated Contributions report title shows “Designated Givings”
- Family email address ignored on E-mail Statement List report
- Possible to create error message when adding new Contribution Fund
- Birthday & Anniversary report does not include multiple months of dates
- Beginning and Ending Instructions do not print on every group in the Family Update Form
- Blank Family Form does not show last family or individual phone field
- First name does not print on Current Officers labels in Activities & Skills
- Direct Deposit file references the wrong employee numbers

07/08/2010

Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2010

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We have published the first issue of a new quarterly e-mail newsletter. If you did not receive the e-mail, you can view it here.

You can change e-mail subscriptions here or by logging in to my account.

We have also added the full newsletter text in the searchable Knowledge Base.

07/06/2010

Maintenance Release for Version 10

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A Maintenance Release dated 7/6/2010 was published for PowerChurch Plus version 10 and 10.4.

The following changes were made in this release:

Accounts Payable
- Missing date causes error on invoice and manual check
- Account detail on check stub might use old, deleted acct names
- Added prompt if A/P transaction does not affect an asset account

Attendance
- Attendance Register Form - Weekly Column format does not have visitor lines
- Activity Attendance report is not formatted properly in Excel

Contributions
- Add "don't show this" option to Contribution date warning
- Monthly Contribution Totals report is not formatted properly in Excel
- Unposted Contributions report can group incorrectly by name instead of envelope
- Canadian Tax Receipts require middle initial or name
- Release repeating does not release end of month contributions

Events
- Newly booked rooms do not always show on Daily Plan View
- Events filtered by activity does not always work
- Event Occurrences with Detail report date format does not follow Regional Settings

Fund Accounting
- Balance Sheet by Fund report always includes account numbers
- Annual Budget Worksheet report - Budget by the group accounts are not treated as budgeted
- Custom Reports - Income & Expense balances not reset to zero at beginning of year
- Account Activity report ignores "show year end transactions" option
- Cash Management report - added sort within account types

Mailing Labels
- 14 label sheets (5162) are out of alignment
- Envelope number cut off on 5162 labels
- Bar codes stop printing after a problem address

Other
- Backup to CD/DVD not supported in Windows 7
- Crystal Reports can error on 64 bit Windows
- Date lookup button does not work in certain scenarios
- Bulk e-mail - Anchor links do not work in HTML formatting
- Zip Code sort is wrong when alternate address in use

Personal Profiles
- Export Data missing e-mail preference fields

06/16/2010

Maintenance Release for Version 11

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A new Maintenance Release has been published for PowerChurch Plus version 11.

Visit http://powerchurch.com/mr to download this release manually, or simply go to Help > Download Maintenance Release.

The following issues were addressed in this Maintenance Release:

Accounts Payable
- Repeating Accounts Payable transaction can be out of balance in certain circumstances
- Feature Change - Accounts Payable invoice/manual check description changes to match vendor name
- Feature Change - Support added for July 1 change to Canadian HST

Attendance
- Feature Change - Consecutive Absentee report can now be grouped by Activity Type, to support multiple services
- Feature Change - Blank Visitor lines added to Attendance Register Form on Weekly Column layout
- Press F1 on Attendance Mail Merge/Labels screen opens wrong help topic
- Activity Attendance report saved to Excel file layout problem

Contributions
- Added "Don't show this" option on Contributions date changed warning
- An error occurs when you click the Refresh Report Options button on the Bank Deposit Slip
- Monthly Contribution Totals report saved to Excel file layout problem
- Calculator button removed from tab sequence on Enter Contributions
- Contribution Fund Type not shown on funds lookup lists
- Reverse contributions does not reverse designation
- E-mail Contribution Statement doesn't recognize family e-mail
- Error on fund lookup in Contributions graphs

Custom Reports
- Unique family id (mail_no) missing from Custom Reports

Events
- Feature Change - Sync to Google Calendar now only syncs events from one month prior and 18 months future
- Filtering by activity or church-wide on Events reports does not work
- Sync to Google Calendar errors when Google server timeout
- Uncheck "Sync to Google" setting on event does not remove it from Google Calendar on next sync

Family Mailing List
- Visit Area and Who Visits fields return two digit codes instead of descriptions in some reports
- Income and expense account balances not resetting to $0 at beginning of the year in Custom Reports
- Blank Family Form and Family Update Form missing profile phone # 5
- Blank pages removed from Family Update Form

Fund Accounting
- Annual Budget Worksheet not including "Budget by the group" detail accounts

General
- Running report from Quick Task menu does not load default profile
- Tool tips added to buttons throughout Version 11

Mailing Labels
- 5162 14 label sheets out of alignment
- When printing labels using Intelligent Mail Bar codes, a problem address will cause bar codes to stop printing

Ministry Services
- Spell check button missing from Add Ministry Services
- Feature Change - Allow future dates entered into Ministry Services

Passwords/Permissions
- Users without "Maintain Custom Code" permissions can add new codes
- Family Mailing List permissions should not be required to add new Visitations

Payroll
- Feature Change - 941 Form changing on July 1, 2010
- Code "W" (health savings account) added as an option in Box 12 on the W2
- W2 does not print second State or Locality
- Feature Change - Arizona State tax table format changing on July 1, 2010
- Post Payroll added to Accounting Audit Log

Personal Profiles
- Select by Visit Area does not work on Selected Profiles - Full Details report

Visitations
- Error on deleting custom Visitations codes