What's New 2022

MAY 2022

Checkpoint Comments

Comments is an important new feature that streamlines field communications. With it, you have the ability to involve any number of people in back and forth discussions surrounding resolution of an issue. Briefly, it works like this: You can add a comment to any checkpoint and mention another FTQ360 user. In less than 5 minutes they will automatically get an email with your comment and a link back to the inspection so they can reply back and add their own comment. You are notified of their reply in the same fashion. Comments are intended as informal communications, therefore they are NOT included in the inspection report Pdf printouts.

• Instructions: Create and Respond to Comments
• Instructions: Enter a New Inspection

 

Schedule Data Queries

Just like the current performance and data reports, you can schedule your data queries to run on a schedule and automatically email you the Excel file! Save any standard or custom query with selected filters as a favorite. Choose the daily, weekly, or monthly schedule options and enter the email addresses that will receive the Excel file. This feature is useful automate workflows as well as automatically backing up FTQ360 data to project repository.

• Instructions: Schedule a Favorite Report or Data Query to run and email automatically
• Instructions: Data Queries

 

Security Update: Login one-device-at-a-time security enhancement

It is always good to know if someone else is using your FTQ360 login. If someone else logs in with your username, when you leave the screen you are on,  FTQ360 will alert you to a possible security concern and ask you to login. Even if someone else logs in from another device it will not interrupt your work on the inspection screen and will still save your data to the server, as normal. It is only when you leave the inspection screen that you will see the alert message and be asked to login again. Change your password immediately if the alert was unexpected. This protocol is a security best practice widely implemented by software applications world-wide to combat hackers and protect your information.

• Instructions: Log in to FTQ360

Email Triggers for Approval Checkpoints

Inspection approvers are notified via email that a checkpoint needs action from them when the R4R box is clicked.

• Checkpoint Types

 

Take Videos with New Android App Version 9.0

Take videos right on the inspection screen. The procedure is just like taking a photo. When the camera opens, choose “Video”, then review the video and crop using the smart slider– which is very useful to remove unnecessary footage of your feet 😉 from the beginning or end. Videos can be up to one minute long. Like photos, you can take a sequence of videos and/or photos, and the videos are GPS and time stamped. They can be viewed from the inspection screen or from PDF reports. This is an improvement updated to the feature that was published earlier this year.

• Instructions: Taking & Editing Photos and Videos for your Inspection

Click-Sort on Setup Selections

Sometimes you just need to sort on various columns to find what you need. Now this feature is implemented on all of the new setup access selection screens. Give this handy feature a try!

• Checklist Form Setup Process
• Project Setup Process

Screen-specific Help

FTQ360 help screens are legendary for their informative explanations of screens and reports. It is now simple and easy click the to go directly to the help documentation related to the screen you are on.

 

Other mentionable Improvements:

• The inspection and test (ITP) detail screen fields are reordered and position the frequently used plans at the top of the screen.
• There is an new set of “Information Functions” that can be used on the inspection screen to perform logic and calculations. For example ISBLANK or ISNUMBER can be used to validate entries or in if-then calculations.
• The inspector of each checkpoint is recorded in the Activity Log. Now when several inspectors are involved with one inspection you are able to distinguish which checkpoints are inspected by whom. The information appears on on the deficiency listing screen and the Q1025 inspection checkpoint query.
• The new project and checklist setup screens will automatically remove leading or trailing spaces and non-printing characters.
• Refinements have been made to the drag and drop on the new setup screens to make operate smoother.
• The account management screen has some text revisions to clarify the meaning of entry fields.

March 2022

New project setup screens

A new project setup screen has a totally new and easy-to-use design based upon the checklist setup screen. Using it is optional and you can switch back and forth to the legacy project setup screen on the setup menu. 

• Instructions: How to Setup A Project (New Screen)
• Video: How to Setup A Project (New Screen)

Here is a video overview of how to use the new checklist setup screen.

Custom Dashboard Layout

Now you can customize your dashboards. Click on the layout icon and you can select which panels you want to see and arrange their order. The layout affects only your computer so you can set up your dashboards way you like them.

• Instructions: How to Customize the Dashboard

Copy and Paste Photos, Videos, and Files between checkpoints in Windows Browser

Now you have the freedom to take whatever photos or videos even if you are not sure of the exact checkpoint they should go to. You can copy and paste them to the proper checkpoint later. Just copy the photo to the clipboard and then paste from the camera icon.

• Instructions: Enter a New Inspection

Setup Activity Logs

The setup activity logs introduced recently have expanded coverage. Rich information logs enable you to track setup activity for users, projects, checklists, responsible parties and preferences. This enhances application security, accountability, and explanations of why something changed.

• Instructions: Setup Activity Log

New checklist setup improvements

Thanks for your suggestions! Numerous small refinements make the setup screens overall easier and more intuitive to use.

• Instructions: New Checklist Setup Screen
• Video: How to Setup A Checklist Template

January 2022

Take Videos in the new iOS app (v9.1)

Take videos right on the inspection screen. The procedure is just like taking a photo. When the camera opens, choose “Video”, then review the video and crop using the smart slider– which is very useful to remove unnecessary footage of your feet 😉 from the beginning or end. Videos can be up to one minute long. Like photos, you can take a sequence of videos and/or photos, and the videos are GPS and time stamped. They can be viewed from the inspection screen or from PDF reports.

Copy and Paste Photos, Videos, and Files between checkpoints in the new iOS app (v9.1)

It may not seem like much until you realize that you have the freedom to take whatever photos or videos you need to take in the field even if you are not sure of the exact checkpoint they should go to. Or if you are inspecting in a harsh environment, you can just take a series of photos and move them to the proper position on the inspection report later. Just tap the thumbnail, copy, and then paste from the camera icon.

Jump to and from other apps with the new iOS app (v9.1)

Now when another app has a link to FTQ360.net it will open the FTQ360 app to view the inspection or open a screen. Also when FTQ360 attachments are a file type associated with another app, choosing to view the file will open the appropriate app. This is handy for using FTQ360 to store project files or URL links to files and quickly jumping to application of your choice for to view files, drawings, or documents.

Paste and Edit Screenshots from other apps with the new iOS app (v9.1)

Take a screenshot from whatever you are viewing on your device; another app viewing a specification, drawing, a screen from a measurement tool, or reading an email. Return to FTQ360 and tap the camera icon. The photo editor will open automatically so you can crop and mark up the screenshot, then save to the inspection.

Approval checkpoints: A New Type of Checkpoint

When inspection report reviews and approvals are part of your workflow, the new Approval Checkpoints are for you. They give you the ability to set up checklist templates with required approvals according to your workflow. Then during the inspection the approver is notified when the inspection is ready for their review and can reject or sign-off. Approval checkpoints can be added to any checklist template or dynamically added based on if-then logic formulas.