Product Additions & Enhancements Added to iMIS 20 Q4
NiUG members always come first! While always independent, we have a direct line to the company behind the iMIS software – Advanced Solutions International (ASI). Our Product Advisory Committee (PAC) has a great working relationship with ASI and thru this relationship; our members can impact and make changes and enhancements to the iMIS product. Below is a detailed list of all the additions and enhancements made to iMIS software due to information provided to ASI by our membership and the PAC.
Items in Q4 2015 release included
Allow for downloaded/electronic products
PAC Suggestions: iPart/PV feature to sell downloadable documents, Allow for immediate download of electronic items purchased via the online store, Upload and charge product
Can also sell restricted site content and allow access
Join Now extended to organizations to support trade associations
PAC Suggestions: (From Discovery 2014) Out of the box online join not for company
Customers can now use payment gateways not natively supported by iMIS to make single/recurring payments
PAC Suggestions: Provide at least one other CC Gateway besides Paypal o PAC Suggestions: Better management of security groups based on committees, WCM/RiSE Access settings by IQA, WCM access - conditional access to pages based on IQA query, Committees access for access settings
Improved duplicate management
PAC Suggestions: All staff can manage dupes, Can schedule report of possible dupes if have process management, alert for possible duplicates show from Alert system/process management
GSTINC, VAT, GST and HST events support event registrants to register for taxable event program items with the option to make itinerary changes after checkout
PAC Suggestions: Set up sales tax in Events Module
Fundraising has a donor & donation importer which now can be used to import Cuase2Give file as well as others
PAC Suggestions: iMIS Fundraising >> Gift Importer
Members have the ability to pay their recurring membership renewals using direct debits which are then processed through the Payflow Pro gateway
PAC Suggestions: Members have the ability to pay their recurring membership renewals using direct debits which are then processed through Payflow Pro gateway
ACH to work within iMIS
Improved integration to social networking sites including allowing users to sign in to website using their Facebook and LinkedIn accounts and information from these can be copied into iMIS
PAC Suggestions: Social media profile links that search and launch social sites
The Contact Mini Profile, Contact Name, and Contact Account Creator content items provide users the option to Display mobile phone
PAC Suggestions: Distinct mobile field
IQA can be used to define the members of groups from the Group tab when editing or creating a new query. These groups can also be used to control access settings
PAC Suggestions: Better management of security groups based on committees, WCM/RiSE Access settings by IQA, WCM access - conditional access to pages based on IQA query, Committees access for access settings
The Slideshow content item enables you to play images on any content record in a visually appealing slideshow format
PAC Suggestions: iPart for rotating images/text/buttons
Easily upload a downloadable file with Panel Editor
PAC Suggestions: Members ability to upload documents at application / renewal time, Staff Site: enable ability to manage applicants & proposed
Additional alerts & tasks available from out-of-box
PAC Suggestions: Automated Alerts Enhancements: Popup Alerts
Other PAC suggestions now in product include:
Can now set default program sort, Product "show on web" issue in iParts (From Discovery 2014) , Old members not able to rejoin/renew (From Discovery 2014), Inability to change member type upon renewal (From Discovery 2014), Events questions when using iParts (From Discovery 2014), Accessibility for Content Management HTML, Publish to mobile site version from WCM
To learn more about the Product Advisory Committee, click here.