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NEW FEATURES

TERRITORIES

Please see our new Territories Help video or click Help > Territories to learn how to use these new features.

• Territories now has own Menu button on the left.
• Territories User Interface completely re-designed to be much easier to use.
• Draw Territory Boundaries on the congregation Master Map. (Congregation Gold)
• Add individual addresses to territories. (Congregation Gold)
• Create Territory Card map based on the Territory Boundary. (Congregation Gold)
• Geolocate both Addresses and Coordinates. (Congregation Gold)
• Create Letter Writing and Phone Witnessing maps. (Congregation Gold)
• Complete Territories and Addresses using the NW Publisher app, including marking Home, Not Home and Do Not Call. (Congregation Gold)
• Complete Letter Writing and Phone Witnessing maps using the NW Publisher app, including marking Letter Sent, Answered, No Answer or Do Not Call. (Congregation Gold)
• Publishers can submit New Addresses via the NW Publisher app. (Congregation Gold)
• Shared Congregation Assigned Territory List on NW Publisher app.
• Personal Territories.
• Convert Not at Homes to Letter Writing maps. (Congregation Gold)

NW PUBLISHER APP

• Show Publishers. Can now display congregation publishers Contact Information, Emergency Contacts and Publisher Reports on the NW Publisher app. This optional feature can be fully customized for both Elders and Ministerial servants, to show either All Persons or their Field Service Group only. This is displayed on the Me view of the NW Publisher app.
• App Notification Emails. Can now enter emails to receive notifications when certain App functions are performed, e.g. App Administration, Hospitality Requests, Territory Requests and Literature Requests.
• Circuit Overseer App User. This allows your Circuit Overseer to use NW Publisher app to connect to your congregation during his visit.

UPDATES

REGISTRATION

• Added new Congregation Gold Registration type, which includes the new, advanced Territory Features. Territory features and modules are very expensive, and we do not want to place this added expense on congregations who will not use them. You can draw several Territory boundaries and add some addresses to evaluate before upgrading.
• Renamed Congregation Standard to Congregation Bronze.
• Renamed Congregation Premium to Congregation Silver.
• Slightly reduced the cost of Congregation Bronze (Standard) and Congregation Silver (Premium).

USER INTERFACE

• Many screens have been re-designed to be easier to use.
• Drop-down menu style improved.
• Button style improved.
• Fonts more standardized.
• Congregation ID is now shown on the top menu bar.

IMPORTING/EXPORTING

• Added new ‘Import or Export’ menu option, under Congregation. This can be used to quickly and easily Import or Export data.
• Can now import KHS, Hourglass, CLM Explorer and CSV without needing to delete or create a new congregation. This will keep your existing Congregation ID.
• More Import/Export options added, especially Territories and Addresses.

BACKUP and RESTORE

• Backup and Restore has been moved to a new ‘Backup and Restore’ menu option, under Congregation.
• Restore can now select individual data, including individual Persons and Field Service Reports.

CONGREGATION

• Added Country field.
• ‘Sound and Video Servant’ renamed ‘Audio/​Video Support Coordinator’
• ‘Export for Circuit Overseer’ moved to ‘Import or Export’ menu

CONGREGATION EVENTS

• Added optional Event Start Time and End Time.
• Added new Service Overseer Visit event.
• Can now schedule Events up to 15 months in advance.
• When Circuit Overseer Visit is selected, NW Scheduler will warn and ask about deleting existing assignments.

CONGREGATION FIELD SERVICE S-21

• Added First Name and Last Name columns, so Persons can now be sorted by either.

CIRCUITS, CONGREGATIONS and SPEAKERS

• User Interface completely re-designed to place everything on 1 screen, and be much easier to use.

PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING

• User Interface completely re-designed to place everything on 1 screen, and be much easier to use.
• Circuits are now directly listed under the Country (except USA).
• Circuit Name Format no longer restricted.
• Circuits can now be renamed.

PERSONS

• Added ‘Email vCard’ button and Export to vCard. vCard is a mobile phone Contact Card format, to allow persons to be quickly added as Contacts to your phone.
• Added Assign Field Service ‘Key Person’ field. This is optionally used for Public Witnessing.
• Added Assign Duties option for ‘All Meetings’, ‘Midweek Meetings’, ‘Weekend Meetings’.
• Added ‘Large Print’ options for Printed Study Watchtower and Meeting Workbook.
• Removed the “Transfer Person” option. You should now use “Export Person”. This will also warn you how many people you are exporting.
• As per sfl 26.2, Emergency Contacts address removed from NW Publisher app.

SCHEDULE – LIFE AND MINISTRY MEETING

• Added an optional 3rd Living as Christians part. This could be used for Convention and Assembly previews or reviews.
• Added a “None” option (next to JW Stream). This can be used when a part is not needed for a particular week, e.g. CBS Reader.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC TALKS LOCAL

• Main Schedule now goes back 12 months instead of 3 months.
• Added Revision Dates to all Public Talks. This will display in various places and reports.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC TALKS AWAY

• Added ‘Speakers Away this Week’ count.

SCHEDULE – FIELD SERVICE

• User Interface re-designed to be easier to use. Template moved to the bottom-left.
• Field Service Meeting Territories can be selected from ‘Assigned’ territories only.
• Past Field Service Schedules will now be kept for the entire previous month.

SCHEDULE – PUBLIC WITNESSING

• Interface slightly re-designed.
• Added option for specifying how many Key Persons are required on each Public Witnessing Shift.
• Added new Duplicate, Copy Shifts and Paste Shifts buttons to make setting up Public Witnessing much quicker.
• Past Public Witnessing Reservations will now be kept for the entire previous month.
• Public Witnessing Reservations are now automatically Synced whenever the program is opened.

SCHEDULE – DUTIES

• Added a 9th Custom Duty (this could be used for the new Entrance Attendant duty).
• Duties will now list the position, e.g. Attendant 1, Attendant 2. This will help further refine what role you have.
• Unused Duties are removed from the Duties Schedule view.

SCHEDULE – MAINTENANCE LDC

• User Interface design improved.
• Can now Import and Export Maintenance LDC Categories, Tasks and Assignments for sharing with other congregations sharing your Kingdom Hall.
• Now shows 3 years of Maintenance History, last year, this year, and next year.

TERRITORIES

• Import territories from Territory Helper, Google KML and CSV files.
• Assign territories to the Circuit Overseer.
• Map size limit increased to 300KB.
• Territory Limits adjusted.
• Territory Link titles are customizable.
• Territory “overdue” months is customizable.
• Territory maximum “Not at Home” attempts is customizable.

NW PUBLISHER APP (*all publishers must use NW Publisher app 3.0.0 or greater*)

• Added new and stronger encryption to all data. This requires Congregation Administrators to click Update the first time they access the NW Publisher app.
• User Interface re-designed to be clearer and easier to use.
• Receive and Import App Data improved, and can now be done with a single click.
• Show Territories. This now displays as a main menu on the App.
• All publishers can now see Assigned Territories (except Personal Territory assignments).
• Show Field Service Schedule can now be enabled/disabled.
• Congregation PINs must now have 8 digits (old 6-digit PINs will continue to work)
• Congregation PIN can now be set by the congregation, although we strongly recommend using a randomly generated PIN.
• Person PINs must now have 8 digits (old 6-digit PINs will continue to work).
• Credit can now be recorded on the app with part hours (decimals).
• Field Service Reminders now show correct Month, and are more reliable.
• Group Overseer can now send his own Field Service Report from the Publishers view.
• New Green icon shown on the Midweek and Weekend Meeting Schedules for anyone who has a Duty during a meeting.
• Midweek and Weekend Meeting schedules will now show 8 weeks.
• App Logs improved to be clearer.

PRINTING

• Printing Territory Cards with image is now better quality.
• Selecting Persons for a report is now easier.

EMAIL

• Email Templates are now sorted into Categories. This makes them much easier to find and use.
• New Email Tag: [HOSPITALITY]

ME VIEW

• Unscheduled Life and Ministry Meeting, Weekend Meeting or Duties will now show exactly what assignment is unscheduled.
• Me View Settings has been removed from Settings and has its own menu called “Me View Alerts”.

QUICK STEPS

• NEW: Public Talks – Hospitality Reminder. This will send both the Public Speaker and Host contact details to each other.
• NEW: Territories – Territories Overdue
• NEW: NW Publisher app – Send App Invitation Email to CO
• NEW: Maintenance – Send Upcoming Maintenance Tasks.

NEW REPORTS & TEMPLATES

• Territories: Letter Writing and Phone Map templates

UPDATED REPORTS & TEMPLATES

• Pioneer Hours updated to include a Date Range, which allows for more flexibility.
• Public Talk History now includes the Revision or Updated date for each Public Talk.
• Persons with Printed Publications now includes ‘Separate by Group’ option.

NEW LANGUAGES

• NW Scheduler: 
• NW Publisher app: Vietnamese