A software update was released to SHIP and selected SRS environments
Please note: Some of the features outlined in these release notes depend on configuration options. If you identify a feature from these notes that interests you, but is not currently available in your configuration, please contact Infoxchange on 1300 366 516, (03) 9418 7487 or via email at [email protected]
Release v5.66 contains:
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Back-end changes to support the new Find My Way Homelessness Portal.
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Back-end maintenance updates to system APIs
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Back-end security maintenance updates
Feature Release:
Department of Social Services Data Exchange (AKA: DSS or DEX):
The DSS has chosen to retire the ”Intersex/indeterminate” gender option and move to a broader choice of either “Non-binary” or “[I/They] use a different term”. When the “[I/They] use a different term” option is selected a free text field will be available to record a preferred term (up to 100 characters). The preferred term will only be able to be seen by your Organisation, it will not be available to the department and will not be used for any reporting or analysis at this time.
How will the changes impact on my DSS reports?
The changes will not impact on clients previously reported into the Data Exchange
as intersex/indeterminate unless you are updating their client record.
However, organisations will be able to update client records with a different gender value
if clients would prefer to elect one of the new values should they feel this better represents
them.
Clients who are happy to remain with a classification of ‘Intersex/ indeterminate’ will be able
to do so, and clients who have ceased services, or no longer engage with the organisation will
retain the gender value provided at the time they received the service. For these clients, if
other edits are needed to be made to the client record at a point after the ‘Intersex/
indeterminate’ value is retired, then the organisation will be required to select a new ‘current’
gender value to save the record.
Additional information is available in this factsheet: 2266-gender-values-fact-sheet and on our help-site.
Bug Fixes & Improvements:
Enquiry Create Person with Econtact:
- Fixed the issue where the eContact form would not display the record permission widget if enabled and the eContact was created by an Enquiry.