Changelog

Hi, friends!

We’ve updated the AI model in Envoy to gpt-4.1, which should significantly improve the fidelity and quality of timesheet summaries for project managers.

Check it out now: https://envoy.pve-edi-apps.com

Email and stability updates

Novus and Stanza are undergoing updates to their email sending functionality, after an issue with a vendor required some maintenance to Novus earlier this week.

We’re hard at work at other stability and quality-of-life changes, as well as work on new tools.

A few things have been improved on Stanza since our last update:

Prefixes for text fields

Report creators can now add prefixed text to strings and text areas. This should help remind the report filer of the context behind the field. You can add prefixes with text from the report, or additional notes or information related to how the field is used.

Thanks to the MEP team for requesting this feature!

Partial support for HEIC files

HEIC files will not crash the application anymore. :D

There are still Windows file limitations that prevent us from being able to fully support HEIC files natively in Stanza. You can't crop, mark up, or edit HEIC files with the Stanza editor in your browser. But they will now be included in your reports without causing an error.

If you still have issues with HEIC files, please let the Software + Innovation team know by submitting feedback from Stanza or via email. You can also try converting the HEIC files to JPG or PNG; the IT team has a recommended conversion software that they use.

A few smaller improvements

• The homepage card view now has a settings button for report creators to edit or delete their reports. This mirrors the settings button on the list view for the homepage.

• The parapet report module has improved functionality for "None" and "Other" selection options. Coming soon to the rest of Stanza!

Two major new improvements to Stanza are now out in beta!

Parapet report module

There's now a beta version of a report for parapet inspections under the new Local Law 126 requirements. We've been developing and testing this report and have implemented new functionality, including the ability to create lists of fields (in this case, parapet measurements and information) and have that repeat in the report.

We'll continue to refine the report as we test it out on-site, and functionality developed for the report will become available for all Stanza report creators soon!

Geodata map fields

Report creators can now include a map selector in their reports. This functionality is still in beta, so we're working out some final kinks, but users are able to select an overhead satellite map, a birds-eye view, or a streetview image from a map and include it as an image in reports. This is now available in the report annotator under "Map"!

Other improvements and bugfixes

A laundry list:

1. Implemented new range, maximum, minimum, and step options for number entry fields. You can now restrict number entries to a minimum and maximum value, as well as stepping by a certain amount.

2. Squashed a bug with searching and pinning reports.

3. Added the ability to toggle date-stamping on and off for individual photos in a photo report. (Thanks, Luis, for the request and for helping us test this feature!)

4. Improvements to photo markup, including snapping shapes and text to grid, outlines and shadow effects for text, and many other small fixes and improvements.

5. Fixed a bug where ampersands in text fields would not display properly.

6. Fixed a bug where multi-select fields would show ", and" even if only one option was selected. (Thanks, Marco and Alan, for reporting this!)