What's New and Resolved Issues
The following items are included in Millennium 2017.1. Some items are enhancements to the software, some are changes, and some are corrections.
What's New in Millennium 2017.1
Product Area |
Feature | Description |
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Profiles | Update/Archive linked phone numbers. | The Update/Archive function was added to linked Address records ( ). |
Profiles | Update/Archive linked internet addresses. | The Update/Archive function was added to linked Phone records ( ). |
Profiles | Unlink Attributes one at a time. | This feature allows you to unlink a single attribute from a profile. |
Profiles>Advanced Search | Revise advanced search to remove Java from the interface. | The Advanced Search feature replaces the Java applet with an updated method for specifying search criteria. |
Search Results Setup | Revise search results setup to remove Java from the interface. | The Search Results Setup feature replaces the Java applet with an updated method for specifying search criteria. |
Tools>System Upkeep>System Options | Specify whether a date-time stamp is added to reports. | A system option has been added to specify whether a date-time stamp will be added to the name of scheduled reports. If the option is set to Yes, the system saves each run of a scheduled report with a unique file name. If the option is set to No, the system overwrites scheduled reports each time they are run. |
Reporting | Send multiple copies of a report to the printer. | If you select Printer as the Destination for a report, a new Copies option allows you to print multiple copies of the report in a single run. |
What's New in Millennium Drive 2017.1
Product Area | Feature | Description |
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Constituents | Display comments on Planned Giving and Proposal | Planned Gifts and Proposals on the Constituents>Proposals page show any text entered into the Comments field when the records are added or edited. |
Constituents | Turn off unused Touch Point buttons | If an organization has turned off a table in Millennium, the corresponding button will not appear in the buttons at the top of the Touch Points page (Actions, Attributes, Correspondence, Events, Gifts, and Tasks). |
Constituents | View attachments | If an attachment is added in Millennium to a planned gift or proposal, and you have permission to view attachments in Millennium, a link to the attachment appears in the entry for the gift or proposal in the page in Millennium Drive. You can click the link to download a copy of the attachment to your workstation. |
Constituents and Administration | Insert Proposals - Configurable | The Constituent>Proposals page allows users to add proposals directly from Millennium Drive. This new feature also allows you to configure the Insert Proposal form to suit your organization's needs. |
Constituents and Administration | Insert Planned Giving - Configurable | The Constituent>Proposals page allows users to add planned gifts directly from Millennium Drive. This new feature also allows you to configure the Insert Planned Gift form to suit your organization's needs. |
Constituents>Summary | Hyperlink capabilities in e-mail and web addresses | Email addresses, web site URLs, and phone numbers can be clicked to send an email, go to the web site, or call the phone number. |
Constituents>Touchpoints | Toggle the display of the chart. | Use the show/hide icons (![]() ![]() |
Dashboard |
Summary of overdue tasks for user | The Tasks section contains a summary of overdue tasks for the user. Each Constituent Summary also lists overdue tasks associated with the constituent. The Edit link next to each overdue task allows the user to edit the task, adding information to it and updating its status. |
Dashboard | View task comments on the dashboard | If there is text in the Comment field for a task, show/hide icons (![]() ![]() |
Dashboard | Choose Attributes for Display on Summary | Use the show/hide icons (![]() ![]() |
Dashboard | Delete Tasks | From the Dashboard, select the Edit button to open the Edit Task form. If you have permission to delete a task in Millennium, the form includes a Delete button. If you click Delete, the system prompts you to confirm the decision. |
Dashboard | Search for constituent on Action insert | When you add a task from the Tasks section of the dashboard, you can search for the constituent associated with the task in the Action For field. Wildcard characters, such as the % sign, are supported for this search, or type a few characters of the constituent's name and click the Search icon (![]() |
Dashboard and Administration | Configure Add Action form | When adding or editing a task, you can create a new action for the task by clicking Add Action. This new feature allows you to add a new Action to the task and to configure the Add Action form to suit your organization's needs. |
Dashboard>Add Task and Edit Task | When editing an action, display the name of the associated constituent | The Action For field has been added to the Insert Task and Edit Task forms. When you choose an constituent in the Action For field to associate the assigned actions with the constituent. On the Edit Task form, this field is for display only and cannot be edited. |
Database Changes
The following database changes were made for Millennium Version 2017.1.
Table | Field | Type/Length | Description | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
phone | phnactive | char(1) |
Y/N |
Added to support update/archive function. |
internetaddress | intactive | char(1) | Y/N | Added to support update/archive function. |
afo_account | afoaccount_account_key | char(320) | AFO account key | Field length increased to accommodate change in Community Brands Fundraising Online data. |
Resolved Issues
The correction items describe system behavior as it existed before the installation of this release. Unless otherwise noted, changes and corrections apply to both database platforms.
Issue # | Product Area | Description |
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22348 | My Millennium | Assignment where Apply Notification to is set to My Prospects creates advisories for other PM relationships. |
21512 | Mobile | Address: The weather hyperlink feature doesn't work if the zip code is longer than five digits. |
21059 | My Millennium | Prospect tasks due before the current date with a null completed date are not shown. |
21588 | Reporting | WorkTable format User Defined: –unable to save script path and file name. |
n/a | Reporting | An Error is issued for the custom Worktable (Oracle only): [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid string or buffer length Native Error: 0. |
n/a | Reporting | The Script Path/Filename input field should allow entering or modifying existing text up to 80 characters. |
21586 | Reporting | Unable to print criteria with destination PDF or HTML. |
21494 | Reporting | Salutation, Name Type lookup table value list duplicated in Report Options. |
20771 | Reporting | Criteria and Prompts attributes linked to secondary tables not available in reporting Criteria and Prompts. |
20777 | Reporting | Default Options (display only): duplicate and multiple drop down values in Export and Worktable areas after saving default. |
20783 | Reporting | report_options row. | : The system updates user's report_options row/defaults incorrectly or deletes user's
21283 | Reporting | Problem saving criteria if using ID select; saved criteria are truncated and cause IIS crash (Firefox only, v.48 and higher). |
21669 | Reporting | The Report contains duplicate Prompts... message should not be generated if the lines that are duplicate are not really prompts. |
22245 | Reporting | Closed Batch number does not display in the In List Of criteria results. |
22351 | Reporting | Inactive table values not available in reporting criteria drop-down list or in prompted reply values. |
22438 | System>Admin | Unable to Copy Millennium Group. |
20441 | Tools>Display Design (Customizer) | Update step populates all empty or blank dates with Jan 01, 1900 when a date-type field is added to the Online Constituent Directory Display Designer. |
20454 | Tools>Display Design (Customizer) | Task not displaying on constituent record if taskid field is added to the Tasks display. (The primary owner ID should not be added to a maintenance form.) |
21497 | Mobile | The Constituent ID (coreid) in Mobile display type converts to Constituent Name instead of the Constituent ID. |
21156 | Profiles>Biographical | Address: Map It hyperlink does not work. |
13953 | Profiles>Giving | Pledge payment transaction that overpays pledge creates a credit transaction with gift amount $0.00. |
20453 | Profiles>Giving | Giving Detail-Data fields for giftmdtotl and giftmptotl are incorrect when a matching pledge payment is paid by another constituent. |
20501 | Profiles>Giving | The Purpose field does not validate the value of a Chart of Account if there is an apostrophe in the Name field. |
20825 | Profiles>Giving | Error when Journaling a transaction: The date entered is not valid. This field requires a valid day, if the Purpose or Solicitation value contains a date or day string |
21969 | Profiles>Giving | Sustainer pledges and payments deleted if user clicks OK to cancel the entire transaction without saving payment information |
22075 | Profiles>Giving | Unable to not accept quid when entering Gifts. |
22350 | Profiles>Giving | A pledge payment is skipped in serialized tax receipting. |
21837 | Reporting | All users are exited out of Millennium when any user clicks Save as in Millennium Reporting. |
20740 | Reporting | Prompts and Parameter Options screen does not display any prompted values or parameters in existing reports. |
22212 | System | Date and time stamp added to the UNC path, when the path includes .com, and if the user omits the extension of the file name. |
n/a | System | The Change Password screen does not recognize the old password with special characters: Sorry, the user id or password is invalid. Please try again. |
n/a | System>Browser | Special characters #, & or % in filter crashes IIS when using Firefox. |
n/a | System>Browser | Firefox - Change Password areas > Special Characters causing potential errors. |
20883 | Tools>Data Examiner | Automatic Update error Insufficient security or table value inactive for lookup table dues_types (duestype). Table Code: 'y'. |
20712 | Tools>Lookups | Commas are not accepted characters in lookup table values. |
20555 | Tools>Online Directory | The OCD update process does not retrieve existing data into pending tables resulting in blank data being imported into Millennium. |
21159 | Tools>System Upkeep | Accounts: User ID/Anywhere Private Key API Key truncated to 30 characters. |
21732 | Tools>Wealth Engine | Wealth Engine lookup sends corrupted , which hangs history lookup in Wealth Engine (Oracle only). |
22621 | Profiles>Giving/Dues | Pledge Transaction Turning into Write-Off Transaction when assign closed batch (Oracle only). |
22615 | Profiles>Biographical | Match ratios 0.00 or 0.000 incorrectly sets jobsmflag on Update (SQL only). |
22787 | Tools>Display Design (Customizer) | Saving the Tasks>Actions/Tasks Maintenance screen layout, removes ‘taskid’. |
22390 | Reporting | Prompting by event name returns 0 records. |
22142 | My Millennium>Assignments | Error generated inserting a Gift Account Assignment:You Must enter text with fewer than 30 characters. |
20914 | Reporting | Criteria and Prompts areas unable to search/select Value-based Lookups when searching on Code or Account Number. |
13953 | Profiles>Giving/Dues | Pledge Payment Transaction creates Credit Transaction with giftamount $0.00. |