--- title: "August 2022 Release Notes" slug: "august-2022-release-notes" updated: 2023-05-30T15:45:57Z published: 2023-05-30T15:46:12Z canonical: "guide.youraspire.com/august-2022-release-notes" excludeFromSearch: true --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.youraspire.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # August 2022 Release Notes ## SMS Notifications for Completed Work Tickets As an Aspire client, you can now send one-way SMS notifications to customers opting to receive the service for transactional purposes. In doing so, your customers who opt-in will be alerted when a *Work Ticket* is completed as a daily digest or immediately after a work ticket is completed. The SMS messages will come from a toll-free number assigned and unique to each client from Aspire. When one of your customers opts into the SMS noti![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661321067783.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D)fication service, they will automatically receive an SMS message prompting them to confirm that they want to use the service. To adhere to national regulation and compliance standards, users who opt-in to receive SMS notification messages must confirm by responding with *START*, *Start* or *start* in the confirmation SMS message thread before SMS messages can be received. Please note the following configuration and SMS notification setting details: • As a system administrator, before configuring and managing SMS notifications, you must have the *Manage Notification Settings* permission enabled on your Aspire account at the system or branch level. • To Manage and enable *SMS Notifications* and *SMS Notification Setting*s, navigate to the *Evolution Administratio*n menu. • As a system administrator, you can create the transactional SMS message that your customer receives under the *Manage Notifications* section of the *Evolution Administration* menu. Remember that the character limit is 320 characters, and if you use more than 160 characters, the message may appear as two separate SMS messages depending on the mobile carrier provider of your customer. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661422348497.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) • Regardless of whether SMS notifications are enabled or disabled, you will still see the toll-free number listed under the option to enable SMS Notifications on the *Notifications Settings* screen. This number will always remain the same and is unique to your company. - As a system administrator with the above-mentioned permissions, you can designate contacts to receive notifications after enabling the SMS Notification setting. To carry out this task, you can go to the *Properties* module, scroll to the *Contacts* section, and click on the kebab menu to the right of the contact's name. Then, checkmark *SMS Notifications*. The contact's mobile number will automatically populate if it already exists in the Aspire system. If not, you can add the number and click *Save*. The contact will then receive a message prompting them to opt-in. - After your customer receives the *Opt-In* message, you can check their opt-in status by observing the status icon in the Notification column to the right of their name. - The yellow triangular icon indicates that the *Opt-In* message was received, but the customer has not opted in yet. - A green check mark icon indicates that the customer has opted in. By hovering over the green checkmark, you can view the date you opted in. - Here is a [video](https://youtu.be/xEhZIh9I_eE) explaining how to configure and create your SMS message. ## Dashboard and Activity Enhancements We have several new enhancements designed to ease your day-to-day management workflows. Please review the following new available functionalities: - Th![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661196160773.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D)e *Activities* section of the *To-Do List* is now a module you can access from the *Aspire Navigation* bar. - After clicking on *Activities* from the navigation bar, you will see the *Activities* search list screen that displays all of the advanced search tools you can utilize in Aspire to view and manage your *Activity* searches. - By default, the search list you set will automatically appear the next time you navigate to the *Activities Search List* screen. - The system default search has been updated to reflect *Activities with a* *Due Date* filter type of *Through Today.* This way*,* you can focus on time-sensitive items first. - From *Activities*, you can duplicate existing Issues and Tasks using the new *Copy* feature. When you use this feature, you can expect all detail fields to carry over to the new *Task* or *Issue*.  *Attachments*, *Comments*, and *Notes* from the original *task* or *issue* are not carried over to the *New Task or Issue*. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661323055211.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) - You will also notice enhancements have been added to your *Dashboard.* - Both *Issues* and *Tasks* display overdue items that must be completed by default, and you can view current and upcoming issues. - You can now view *Milestones* and *Issues* from the *To Do List.* - Once you update a *Milestone,* it will no longer appear in your *To Do* list after the *Milestone* date transpires. - For both *Issues* and *Milestones*, you can control how many days in advance to view upcoming work by clicking the kebab menu on the right side of the *To Do List* widget and changing the *Next # of Days* from the default value of 0 to what you prefer. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661323200906.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) - Your *Recent Activity* can be seen on the Dashboard, making it easier to access and pinpoint items that require immediate attention. You can also continue to access *Recent Activity* from the recent activity hyperlink located at the bottom left corner of the navigation![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1661275039262.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) menu bar when you select *Search Aspire*. - *Tasks* and *Issues* with a past due date listed in your *To Do List* widget now contain visual flags so that they are more easily identifiable. ## Enhanced Site Audit Image Management How you manage and add images to your *Site Audits has* been improved to increase the ease and efficiency you will experience when marking up, adding, and saving images to your site audits. Most notably, you can add multiple images to a site audit simultaneously. Please note the following functionality enhancements: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1660213318626.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) Image Upload Screen: Mark-Up Tools • You can now add elements such as shapes to your *Site Audit* images more precisely by choosing the element you want to add to the image and then by clicking on the area of the image where you want to place that element. After doing so, the shape, text, line, arrow, or drawing tool you selected will appear in the place where you clicked on the image. The intent behind this enhancement is to save you time by mitigating instances where dragging and rearranging elements on an image are required. Please note that an element within the tool picker with a blue background indicates that the tool is currently in use. • If you would like to use a different color aside from the default color of red for your image mark-ups, you can do so with more accuracy as the color picker is now paired with a color tile that lets you see the color you selected easily. Image Management • You will find it easier to find and retrieve images because now, when you elect to *Add an Image* from the *More* menu of a *Category*, the name of the category that you choose to add an image to will automatically appear in the *Category* field on the image upload screen.![](https://cdn.document360.io/5942a8d7-f3b1-4919-bdfa-d477d8498fe3/Images/Documentation/image-1660220563604.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-15T01%3A27%3A16Z&se=2026-11-15T02%3A27%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=ehFf11wHonoWV9fcl5iKgF8W1JXELMGkedAHq51qTGk%3D) • You can simultaneously *Add Multiple Images* to a *Site Audit Category* by clicking on the new image icon or selecting *Add Multiple Images* from the *More* menu. Within the *Image Upload* screen, you will find that the *Tags* field is fixed to the same screen as the mark-up tools. Additionally, both the *Save* button and the *Tags* field are responsive to the changed dimensions of your screen. So, you can zoom in, out / minimize, or maximize the size of your screen, and you will always see where to *Add Tags* and *Save* changes to your image. You will also find that next to the save button is a new option called *Save + Add New Photo,* which enables you to *Save* the image you have just finished marking up and automatically add a new image to mark up.