8.1.37 Release Notes

New Features

Released to Clients on 08/23/2018

This release includes the following additions and modifications to functionality:

AGENT

• Display Column for Deleted Properties ‘D’ (39217)
  • Column added and column customization and sort are available

ARBITRATION

• Expand Comments field (39063) – Comment Section under Information tab in Arbitration, is extended to 2048 characters

ARB QUICK IMAGE SCAN

• Modified ARB Quick Image Scan to be able to enter ID without dashes (XXXXXXXXXXXX). 12345-123-1234 would be entered as 123451231234

BUILDING PERMITS

• Add BP Comments to BP List Search Results (38770) – Comments column is added in Building Permit List Search Results

ESCROW

• Credit Card option for Escrow/SIT escrow payments (26609)
  • Escrow Payment

• Information
  • Credit Card Type
  • Last 4 digits
  • Auth. Code
  • Total Swipe Amount
• Payment Details

• Credit Card Type
• Last 4 digits
• Auth Code
• Total Swipe Amount

• Receipt

• SIT Escrow Payment

• Information
  • Credit Card Type
  • Credit Card Amount
  • Last 4 digits
  • Auth. Code
  • Total Swipe Amount
• Payment Details
• Receipt

• SIT Quick Post Escrow Payment

• Information
  • Credit Card Type
  • Credit Card Amount
  • Last 4 digits
  • Auth. Code
  • Total Swipe Amount
• Payment Details

• Receipt

EQUITY SEARCH

• Add Property Use Code to Search Results for Commercial Equity Search (38773)
  • Property Use is an existing search criteria which was not displayed in the search results
  • Added column with existing customization

EVENTS

• Add Event to Multiple Properties by Prop ID list (35210), for existing events or new events

• Add button changed to ‘Search’ to allow existing function to search for a single property
• NEW button to ‘Add by List’
  • Choose Year to run property search, though events not year specific
  • Add properties by typing list with one property ID per line
  • Add properties by pasting list into new box
  • Indicates when a property does not exist for user to correct
  • Recognizes and excludes duplicates

GIS 2.0

• Request for WMS/WMTS Support (33033)
  • Added support for WMS (web map service) and WMTS (web map tile service) layers.

Example services:

WMS Sample:

https://tnris.org/maps-and-data/online-mapping-services/

WMTS Sample:

https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Demographics/USA_Population_Density/MapServer/WMTS/

• The UI was unchanged, only the logic to handle these new layer types was added.
• They are added by opening the Add Data tool and choosing ‘Service Layers’. Enter the URL to the WMS or WMTS service and click connect. Select the layer to add to the map.

• The WMS/WMTS layers behave much like the basemap layers. They are view only without labels and NO relationship to parcels.
  • Hover over the layer name for the service URL, including the spatial reference:

• The context menu options appropriate are enabled by right clicking the layer.

• These service layers ‘lock down’ the spatial reference of the map just like the basemaps do. Another layer with a separate spatial reference cannot be added to the map; i.e. direct access shapefiles.

NOTE: If using the new WMS or WMTS service layer option, the local service shapefile can be used to include a parcel layer.

INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS

• Add Option to Not Accrue Attorney fee (26905)

• Option is added in addition to the existing ‘HS Exempt’ option for flexibility in setting up an installment agreement
• Checkboxes are independent and do not have to be used together. The client office will be responsible for setting up the agreement as appropriate.
• If both boxes are selected, the rules for HS Exempt will apply in addition to not accruing attorney fees
• Any fees, penalty and interest already accrued before the agreement is created will not be affected by the checkbox options.

With Attorney Fees:

• The item described below is NOT a defect.
  • The sum of the installment payments will not equal the total amount due, as the total installment amount is based on a calculation and assumes the payments are made as of the schedule created.
  • As such, additional penalty and interest is assumed in each payment amount which may not yet be accrued in the Total Due field.
  • To help reduce confusion, new text has been added to the installment agreement set-up wizard and details dialog.

MH LIENS

• Mobile Home Record/Release form CTC (39041)

This project is intended to incorporate the SQL updates Support was manually handling for each client using the CTC. NO CHANGES have been made to the lien process or lien display in PACS.

Changes ONLY affect the export processes.

• Property
  • Taxing Unit ID will display for each entity, regardless of CTC applied through export
  • NO CHANGES have been made from the property level
  • No UI changes have been made

• Clients will now be able to export liens and release liens by CTC number without support intervention

NOTE: Following R37 deployment Clients will need to notify Support of their intent to use CTC and provide the valid CTC number BEFORE exporting liens, even if this has been previously done by support.

• Activities> MH Liens> Export> Generate New Export…

• Changes have been made to the export process. When the CTC database field is populated, the script from support will be used to consolidate the property entities and file by CTC.

• When the Export is completes successfully a file will be created in the expected folder.
• CTC number is reported with only a single line for the property, per year.

• MH Lien> Print Listing… is updated for column to display CTC/TU

• Activities> Mobile Home Liens> Release Mobile Home Liens> Generate New Release…

• Changes have been made to the export process. When the CTC database field is populated, the script from support will be used to consolidate the property entities and release by CTC. If the lien existed prior to 2009, it should be released by taxing unit ID (entity ID) not CTC. Otherwise, if the CTC number is populated in the database and the lien existed 2009 forward use the CTC number to release.

• When the Export completes successfully a file will be created in the expected folder.
• CTC number is reported with only a single line for the property, per year.

• MH Lien Release> Print Listing…

• See below that PACS has the CTC number assigned to some but others, before 2009, are using the taxing unit ID. A single property can release by both CTC and TU, depending on whether the lien existed prior to 2009.

• Form updated to print the same form from:
  • Property
    • Taxing Unit ID will print on a form for each entity, regardless of CTC applied through export
    • NO CHANGES have been made from the property level
    • No UI changes have been made
• Activities
  • a single form will print per property, per year where CTC has been applied through the export

NOTICES

• Add Protest Deadline to Event Created (38412)
  • The protest deadline assigned through appraisal notices is now available on the event created when printing the notice
  • Prior year appraisal notice events are also updated to display the protest deadline

NOTE:   Events are optional when printing the appraisal notice

POSTING

• Quick Post needs CREDIT CARD option (25472)
  • Activities>Quick Post (All Item)
    • Payment Tender Type Credit card added

• Information fields added to the dialog and also the tender grid

• Credit Card Type
• Last 4 digits
• Auth Code
• Total Swipe Amount

• Tender Payment Details fields

• Credit Card Type
• Last 4 digits
• Auth Code

• Tax Receipt is updated with credit card information

• ACTIVITIES > Quick post single Item (mail in)
  • Payment type Credit Card

• Information fields added
  • Credit Card Type
  • Credit Card Amount
  • Last 4 digits
  • Auth. Code
  • Total Swipe Amount
• Payment Details

• Tax Receipt is updated with credit card information

PROTESTS

ARB Protest Search Results Columns Available (38197)

• Fields available in the search dialog should be available as columns in the search results list
• All fields are available through column customization following the upgrade
• Protest search tab fields:
  • Protest Reasons – displays as Reasons in column customization
  • Active/Closed – some search criteria can be displayed in the results without an additional column, i.e. active VS closed can be displayed with the ‘Date Completed’ column rather than adding another column with Yes/No indicator.
  • Protester Type – is already displayed with the Protested By column. If there are multiple protesters on a single protest, the type of protester associated with the primary protester on the property is displayed.
  • Hearing Started
  • Hearing Completed
  • Decision Code
  • Decision Date
• Secondary search tab:
  • Evidence Delivered Date
  • Additional Evidence – as a Yes/No column for additional evidence requested
  • 15 Day waiver indicator – Yes/No
  • Affidavit of Testimony
    • Date Received
    • Received From
    • Affidavit Method
  • Taxes Paid – Yes/No
  • Values
    • Appraiser Value
    • ARB Value
  • Affidavit of Inability to Pay Filed – Yes/No
• Property search tab
  • Account Type
  • Entities – results display as a comma separated list
  • Improvement Type – of highest valued improvement
  • Property Use Code
  • Property Group Code – if multiple search results display as comma separated list
• Owner search tab
  • Owner ID
  • Owner XRef
  • Agent XRef
• Add Offer Sent Indicator to ARB Protest Search (38772)

• On Protest Secondary search tab:
  • New section for Offer
  • Options:
    • Offer Sent
    • Offer Not Sent
    • Both

NOTE:    Offer sent search results does not require that the offer is not already accepted

• Offer Date – will enable if options ‘Offer Sent’ or ‘Both’ are selected
• Offer Sent Date is available as a column in the search results list

• Update inquiry and protest search year selection to behave like the property search year selection (39253)
  • Previously, the inquiry and protest year drop down displayed <ALL> rather than ALL. This was not consistent with the property search year drop down. The ARB searches have been updated to display ALL.

 

TeamSupport
Ticket ID	Description of Update

115673	Installment agreement ID 3564 has amounts due after all paid timely. Add the following text on Installment Schedule page and Installment General Page: *as of current posting date Total Installment amount due may differ based on penalties and interest due over the lifetime of the agreement.
133060	Quick Post needs Credit Card option; resolved, added Credit Card fields to Quick Post.
137633	Credit cards for escrow/SIT escrow payments; resolved.
146096	Problem with Installment Agreement amount due calculations. Add the following text on Installment Schedule page and Installment General Page: *as of current posting date Total Installment amount due may differ based on penalties and interest due over the lifetime of the agreement.
158982	The Defaulted Installment agreement report lists no items when it is printed after the create bills process for a supplement. No items print even though the create bills process did default some installment agreements. Working as designed and not a bug after all. The installment remained active even after supplemental bills were created, the value on the property didn’t change. When the value of changed, the installment defaulted and report listed an entry.
159644	GIS 2.0 – enhancement request for WMS/WMTS support. Fixed issue with enumeration and map serialization; adding support for WMS/WMTS layers.
169404	Installment Agreement – payment not showing when PAID by entered for payment. Corrected.
173638	Certified Letter did not print for PID 709339 Case 118047. Resolved. The case did not have a letter printed on it.
180213	Entity MD2 will not return any properties in the Search Results Screen. Corrected; adjusted Property Search to account for blanks embedded within the Entity Code.
178893	Mass Maintenance Negative Adjustment Error-PACS Mass Maintenance will not accept negative numbers in any of the improvement factors. When a number is negative, PACS displays a warning screen: “A number is required for this field”. The negative number is turned into a positive number. This has been corrected.
182541	Online Protest not updating in PACS. Resolved; replication from onlineappeals to pacs_oltp was down. Now that replication is up, protests are being created on PACS end.
183924	Online Scheduling still available after it was disabled in the Configuration. The online_appeals_website.config.allow_online_scheduling configuration was not being checked when determining whether or not to display the schedule column on the Protest Summary view. The schedule column is no longer present when this global configuration is off. It should also be removed from the selectable column list when the configuration is off.
184190	Agent unable to export protest list in Portal. A max message received; configuration on website was preventing response from the service when trying to export protest information for this large agent account. The max message configuration was increased for TAProtestSoap and now able to export protest for FiveStone when logged in as the admin. Resolved at the client by update the web.config
184035	Missing some Images on FIDs filed through Agent Portal on 5-31-18. Files failed to copy out likely due to network issues. Additional cases have been checked that may have not been reported and only 4 listed in this TFS item were found. These were corrected manually by copying the files out and clearing the recorded error message associated with these images. Each one was opened in PACS to verify that they are now corrected.
180992	Incorrect Options for Improvement Details in Mass Update. Database checked; all fields are populated from table [imprv_detail] or [imprv_det_adj] when Improvement Detail is selected which are correct.
184814	When mass creating protests using the Owner_Id to select the properties, deleted properties, udi children properties and collections only properties are being returned. This creates an issue because with collections only properties, Support has to go behind the scenes and delete the protests. Corrected.
184839	Comp Grid Not Pulling in Class information for subject Property. For 2018, Comanche has turned on the configuration setting to Use the Class Code from the High Value Improvement which is why PID 4035 is not loading RSF02 in the Comp Grid Search criteria.
184900	ARB Online Protest – Taxpayer received confirmation that the protest had been filed online, but PACS does not have a protest for the property. Issue traced down to incorrect setup on TAPortalService end. Found that onlinappeals database was upgraded to 1.36.5 but the TAPortalService.dll was still on 1.36.1. TAPortalService was stopped and replaced the files for TAPortal setup with the 1.36.5 versions of the files. Issue was corrected.
184960	Mineral Import – Process for Run 112 should have completed, running over 22 hours; not sure if the process is still running. Issue resolved; appears the merge step completed, but the Calculate Taxable X Cleanup was stalled. Advised client to stop PACS and we stopped the SPID in SQL Server that was stuck. The Preliminary Totals were run to force Calculate Taxable to be executed. Process completed.
185106	Unable to undo import, receiving an error. Several tables, implemented as part of the Pritchard & Abbott “Enhanced” layout were missing. The tables were recreated so that the “Undo” would work; issue corrected.
185618	WCAD Supp-Agent File Not Compatible-import has errors. Resolved; operator error. The import files with 2018-07-26_000356 prefix were all empty and hence the issue.
185894	PTD Reports Are Missing from Drop Down. Possible conversion error. A number of entries for PTD reports for the year 2018 were missing from the report table. Added entries and issue resolved.
186059	PTD Reports are Missing from Drop Down. Corrected; missing PTD report entries based on the spreadsheet provided. (by Starr CAD)
186073	Water District Notice of Hearing getting an error when inputting data. Issue corrected.
186110	New Year Layer Process still running after 13 plus hours (at Denton). Performance issue related to some large personal property records that take a long time for recalculation.
185700	Certified Appraisal Import error. Foreign key constraint removed; continue to observe if issue occurs again; restore restraints of necessary.
186168	Missing PTD Reports. Missing entries were added for the PTD reports to the report table.
186427	TNT print version of Effective worksheet is not using line 2b. Corrected. The stored procedure was changed to calculate the prior year value correctly.
186425	Income Module test fields do not allow text – some fields in the Income Module only accept numbers when they should accept text data. Coding error; issue resolved.
186575	Lost Account – PID 640649 has disappeared form the 2018 year. This has been corrected.
186683	Error when trying to Merge properties into a property that has an existing freeze. Fixed; removed the foreign key constraint CFK_property_freeze_entity_prop_assoc from the property_freeze table.
186761	Error accepting Supplement – The failure was on account of a bulk insertion failure in calculation taxable on account of column introduced during conversion(prop_owner_entity_val.cnv_legacy_id). Issue corrected and supplement was successfully accepted.
186936	Arbitration – Agent Authorization Date is disappearing and when a change is made, it is being overridden to a blank field.