Below is a sampling of the major enhancements found in the latest release of
EMS Campus, Version 2.2.1, as well as other recent releases.
Customers: To see a complete list of new features,
log in (at lower right) and view the What's New document.
What's New in EMS Campus 2.2.1
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14 new reporting options1 |
A Seat Occupancy Report, which shows how effectively the seats in a room are being used,
is now available. Its four unique output formats, along with 10 new formats for existing reports,
gives users 14 new reporting options. |
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Advanced Data Display controls1 |
New controls in browsers, calendars and the Query Builder custom report generation tool
now provide an expanded range of functionality. Column grouping, counts,
minimum/maximum values, averages, sums, and column addition/removal are just some of the
data manipulations that can be performed to help decision makers analyze data from the
perspective that is most useful to them. |
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Next generation of Business Intelligence reporting1 |
"Business Intelligence," the indepth understanding of your room and resource utilization
statistics and trends, just got even easier to generate. Sales and
Statistical reports now incorporate drill-down and sorting/filtering/calculating capabilities and
combine them with standard reporting functions in ways that make the static printed report alone
seem archaic!
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New Visitor Management functionality1 |
A new optional module provides badge printing capability, with formats that can be
customized to your badge printer specifications. The new module also provides the
ability to import a list of visitors from the EMS database as well as to
quickly add unregistered (i.e. walk-up) guests to the system. |
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Enhanced Videoconference management1,2 |
EMS can now be configured to provide enhanced search capability for users who are
booking videoconferences. For example, if the meeting is to be held in a standard room that can
accommodate a videoconference mobile cart, a room is listed as Available only if there
is a cart available at the same time. Also, during the Virtual EMS room request process,
a user can designate the videoconference host location and can adjust setup counts for
rooms in the Select Locations area. |
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Service order processing improvements1 |
Service providers can now define service order "states" or process phases for a category
like catering (e.g. In Progress, Out for Delivery,
Delivered) and apply them to service orders as their processing progresses. Service
orders now have a Reviewed checkbox that can be used to mark them and as a search criterion. Also,
an option has been added to the Browser to view resources for a specific service order. |
What's New from Other Recent Releases
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SIS course type mapping1 |
Enjoy full flexibility in how you map SIS course types to EMS event types. |
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Instructor synchronization1 |
Instructors are now synchronized when a term is synchronized during the pre-
and post-publish phases. |
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Room assignment swapping1 |
Quick switch! The Reservation Book now allows the swapping of room assignments
between two courses with an identical day/time pattern. |
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New "Shared Space" setting1 |
This setting allows a user to indicate that two or more courses will be sharing a
specific room. |
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Additional reporting options1 |
Data the way you need it! A number of new filtering, sorting and display options
are now available for reports. For example, the Prime Time Usage Report can now
display Total Sections and % Sections in Prime Time by academic unit. |
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Significant enhancements to Course Updates1 |
The Course Updates area now provides easier and faster processing of post-publish
SIS course changes in EMS. |
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Simplified final exam scheduling1 |
A final exam session can now be published without setting dates for all date patterns. |
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Virtual EMS Mobile™2 |
Virtual EMS is now compatible with newer generation mobile devices. Users are able
to make a room request and view/cancel their bookings using a simplified interface.
Note: Virtual EMS Mobile™ is compatible with most newer generation cellular phones
via their web browser. This includes devices running Windows Mobile®, the
BlackBerry® smartphone and iPhone®. |
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Catering enhancements1 |
Major enhancements to catering functionality make it even easier to manage your
food service operations. Menu items can now have selections within them, allowing
you to provide more detail on what will be served. Also, you now have the ability
to define Production Areas (Bakery, Salad, etc.) and indicate the items that fall
under them. A new Production Report can be used to print information for catering
staff. |
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Reservation Book filtering1 |
Reservation Book users can now get to the information they need even more quickly.
New options allow you to filter the Book to show rooms with bookings, rooms without
bookings, or both. A count of the number of rooms in the resulting display is also displayed. |
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New “At A Glance” feature1 |
Get a high-level overview of today’s facility activity with just one click! The
new At A Glance feature, available from the Dashboard window, gives you a comprehensive
look at the day ahead in easy-to-assimilate graphic format. |
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Additional fields in Query Builder and Browser1 |
New fields are available in the Query Builder and the Browser: Web Process Template,
Room Feature and Contact Notes. |
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Room Administration Wizard1 |
Tremendous time savings! A powerful new tool, the Room Administration Wizard, allows
system administrators to easily add new rooms to Public Views, Notification Rules,
Client Notification Rules, Web Process Templates, Users and User Templates. |
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Component room options on Room Cards report1 |
The Room Cards report now has options for including/excluding room cards for component rooms. |
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Multi-select for Virtual EMS Facilities field2 |
This capability allows users to multi-select the buildings in which they want to check availability. |