5.82 Release Notes

Corrected Paragon Issues 2

MLS Customizations and Administration 5

Admin – Unique User Logins Report Additions 5

Agent Level Changes 6

User Preferences - Hotsheet and Tour/Open House Reports 6

Improved Handling of Street Address fields 7

Expiring Notifications – Minor UI adjustments 8

Power Search – Exclude Offices when “Include in Roster= N” 8

Preference Wizard – Message Body and Email Signature pages 9

Add Purge Date to Partial Listings Table 10

Updated Button Styles 10

More control when sharing to Facebook 11

Disable Contact Notifications when primary email is removed 12

Simplification of the Email Footer 13

Collaboration Center 14

Collaboration Center - Radius 14

Collaboration Center - Compare Workflow 15

Paragon Connect 17

Agent Listing Cart 17

Access Agent Listing Carts 18

Syncing Listing Carts 19

Calculator Terms 19

Copy Link 20

Paragon Affiliate Connect 21

Corrected Paragon Affiliate Connect Issues 21

Affiliate Dashboard – Marketing Text Removal 21

Search for Affiliates automatically displays results 22

Limiting the Affiliates to sending an Agent invitation two times 23

Notification emails for Affiliates 23

Ticket# Product Module Organization Summary

DEV-3656 Collab Center View/Reports BCRES - REB2 Residential Error Loading Grid when sorting comments in Client Contact Information

DEV-2978 Collab Center View/Reports TRIANGLE - Triangle MLS Collab center map view is not showing city names as map views do in Paragon

DEV-2898 Collab Center Prospecting BCRES - REB2 Residential, RAE Quotation mark in Search name prevents user from Loading saved search via Contact Manager

DEV-3705 Paragon Search SCKMLS - South Central Kansas MLS (Wichita) Load Saved Quick Search Modal gives error when trying to load

DEV-3592 Paragon WebAPI NEREN - New England Real Estate Network WebAPI: Error 400 Returned with Parameterless Public Controller if Location Not Found (404)

DEV-3428 Paragon Configuration CAAR - Charlottesville/Augusta/Harrisonburg-Rockingham Page cannot be displayed error when accessing certain Admin functions

DEV-3363 Paragon LIM RANWMLS - REALTOR Assoc of NE WI RANW - Listing losing its Photos

DEV-3353 Paragon View/Reports

RMLSA - Regional MLS Alliance (Peoria) Previous and Next Photo Links in E-mailable Listing Slideshow Don't Work

DEV-3309 Paragon Teams CREN, RASE Teams agent search does not function as expected

DEV-3304 Paragon Membership/Roster CCAR - Coastal Carolinas AOR, Greater Fairbanks, Northwest Oklahoma Membership Roster Result Error

DEV-3294 Paragon Data SDMLS - San Diego MLS DataIndexer task repeatedly sending stale records leading to large message backlog

DEV-3271 Paragon Membership/Roster PACMLS - Pacific Regional MLS Membership Roster issue

DEV-3019 Paragon Tour/Open House RMLSA - Regional MLS Alliance (Peoria) Open Houses are Not Getting Purged Based on Configuration

DEV-2442 Paragon LIM BCRES - REB2 Residential, RAE LIM: "Replace This Image" option does not replace listing image

DEV-2424 Paragon LIM MLSBOX - Greater Baton Rouge AOR, Pensacola, PeeDee, RAE, Valley MLS, WCFBOR, WVMLS System action icons don't work from LIM Listing Detail view

DEV-2270 Paragon CMA NEREN, SCWMLS CMA Comp Report Horizontal: listings not printing if Summary Stats aren't included

DEV-2183 Paragon Preferences RAE - REALTOR Assoc of Edmonton Weird characters appearing in text under Preferences > Office Logo

DEV-3539 Paragon Connect Login/SSO SCWMLS - South Central Wisconsin (Madison) Special Character in Name Displays Incorrectly in Account Menu Pulldown

DEV-3453 Paragon Connect Email MAXEBRDI - MAXEBRDI MLS Selecting multiple emails on PC cuts off the send button

DEV-3310 Paragon Connect View/Reports VALLEYMLS - ValleyMLS / NALMLS (Huntsville) Agent remarks field not displaying data in Paragon Connect and Connect View

DEV-3228 Paragon Connect View/Reports SCWMLS - South Central Wisconsin (Madison) New Custom Field Shows "NULL" on Mobile Layout if Custom Field is Not Used

DEV-3052 Paragon Connect Search NNRMLS - Northern Nevada Regional MLS Saved Search Drops Criteria on Paragon Connect

DEV-3347 RETS Other MAXEBRDI - MAXEBRDI MLS RETSoRAMA pull failing using mapfile

MLS Customizations and Administration

All options in this section are either configurable via MLS Administration controls or by your System Support Manager as noted.

Admin – Unique User Logins Report Additions

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We are excited to add new attributes to the Unique User Logins report to assist you in determining when the user first logged in and see their email address, preferred phone number and agent type.

• First Login

• Email Address

• Agent Phone (Preferred #)

• Agent Type

 

 

Agent Level Changes

The following section contains changes that are active system wide and available to users based on their assigned security levels.

User Preferences - Hotsheet and Tour/Open House Reports

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Changing your report preferences for Hotsheet and Tour/Open House just got easier! Previously for listing reports, you can now change your default result options for Hotsheet and Tour/Open House right from the available reports drop-down.

Clicking the gear icon opens a dialog box where you can set your default report preference

 

Improved Handling of Street Address fields

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We’ve improved Paragon’s handling of address fields to help ensure data integrity. When Low House Number, Address-Unit and Address-Suite are enabled, those fields will display as part of the green-highlighted street address fields in Listing Input and in Search.

Additionally, when Required Only is selected in LIM, if any part of the street address is required, all the green-highlighted street address fields will remain visible.

 

Notes: Low House does not appear as a separate field in Paragon Search modules but is included when searching the Address Street Number field.

Expiring Notifications – Minor UI adjustments

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Based on user feedback, we made a few changes to the new Expiring Notifications modal. The columns were rearranged to put the two action columns -Extended and Notifications (on/off) at the end of the row.

We also noticed the explanatory text by the modal header was missing when opening the modal from the Messages widget. That’s been fixed so the text always displays.

Power Search – Exclude Offices when “Include in Roster= N”

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If an office record has the Include in Roster flag off, users below security level 7 are unable to view those offices in the Membership Roster. To avoid confusion, when the user’s security level does not allow visibility of those offices, they will be excluded from the Power Search results.

 

Preference Wizard – Message Body and Email Signature pages

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To clarify the workflow in the Preferences Wizard, the Required ‘R’ icon has been added to the Name field, and the Default checkbox is selected on both the Message Body and Email Signature pages. This ensures that any changes made to these pages will be saved. The default can be changed through Preferences when additional Message Bodies or Email Signatures are created.

 

 

Add Purge Date to Partial Listings Table

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To assist you in tracking when your partial listings will be purged from the system, a new column has been added called Purge Date. It will calculate and display the date partial listings will be purged from the system.

 

Updated Button Styles

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The buttons in the Upload dialog boxes have been updated with a lighter weight style that matches other buttons throughout Paragon. When the mouse pointer is hovering over the button, the button highlights to communicate that it’s actionable.

More control when sharing to Facebook

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When sharing to Facebook from Paragon and Collaboration Center, you now have more control where your posts will display in Facebook and the content of the post. For example, instead of displaying Look at these Listings, the user will be able to type in any verbiage of their choosing. Also, users can share via the various options like Story, Group, etc.

 

Disable Contact Notifications when primary email is removed

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A message has been added which allows the user to confirm changes if the primary email address has been removed for a contact who has automatic notifications enabled. If the user confirms the change, the system will disable all automatic notifications for buyer activity, seller activity, and agent recommended.

When a primary email address has been edited, and the contact has automatic notifications enabled the user was previously presented with this confirmation message when focus left the email address field.

 

We’ve updated the message to be more concise and we changed it to display upon Save rather than when focus leaves the email address field.

 

Simplification of the Email Footer

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To simplify the appearance of emails from Paragon, we have removed the full URL for the “Link to Listings” as well as the extra text and full URL for the Opt Out functionality. The full URLs were needed years ago when certain browsers did not support text links. In addition, if a user currently has text only email, the “Click Here to View Listings” still displays the full URL, so the additional data in the footer was superfluous.

Now recipients will see a simple and familiar “Unsubscribe” option in the footer of the email.

Email body and footer prior to 5.82

Email body and footer post 5.82

Collaboration Center

All options in this section are either configurable via MLS Administration controls or by your System Support Manager as noted.

Collaboration Center - Radius

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Radius searching in the Collaboration Center has been made easier for you and/or your clients to search. Users can simply enter an address, click submit and your radius is ready to go! We have also updated the help verbiage to assist you while searching.

 

Collaboration Center - Compare Workflow

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The compare workflow is a feature that allows you and/or your client to compare listings side by side while in the Collaboration Center.

To improve this workflow, Black Knight added a compare icon next to the folder icon. This will appear on each listing. To compare two listings, start by clicking this new icon next to the first listing you want to compare. The icon will turn orange and you will see a count of 1. Click the compare icon on a second listing to launch the compare screen. After you are finished comparing the two listings, click close to end the compare feature and remove your selections.

NOTE: A tooltip appears over the compare icon, “Compare 2 Listings”

 

Paragon Connect

All options in this section are either configurable via MLS Administration controls or by your System Support Manager as noted.

Agent Listing Cart

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Black Knight is excited to present Paragon Connect Agent Listing Cart! With listing cart capabilities, you will be able to collect and store listings from anywhere in the system. Whether you are running a property search, power search, open house, etc. you will find the ability to save and store listings in a listing cart. Having the ability to create and manage a collection of listings is extremely important. Below is a summary of how to quickly add a listing to a cart

Overview Workflow:

1. Check one or more listings

2. Click the overflow menu

3. Click “Add to Cart”

4. Choose an existing cart

5. If no cart is created or you wish to create a new cart, click the + icon.

Access Agent Listing Carts

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You can quickly view your listing carts by navigating to the “My Content” section of the left navigation menu. Here you will find a new option called “Listing Carts.” You can instantly view the listings in the cart, rename the cart, or even delete the cart all together. You can even view the cart and remove individual listings you no longer wish to include in the cart.

Overview Workflow:

1. Navigate to the left navigation (hamburger menu)

2. Click or tap “My Content”

3. Click or tap “Listing Carts”

4. Click on any listing cart to view the listings in that cart.

5. You can even rename or delete entire cart

 

Syncing Listing Carts

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Listing carts created in either Paragon Connect or Paragon Classic will display in either application. Carts, listings, modifications all work together to provide you with a seamless experience. When 5.82 is deployed, rest assured you will find all the listing carts you created in Paragon Classic available in Paragon Connect.

Calculator Terms

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Adjustments were made to the Mortgage Calculator in Paragon Connect to allow you to enter any term you would like. Previously you could only choose a term of either 15 or 30 years. The default will be set at 30 years.

 

Copy Link

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A new share feature has been added to the application. While viewing a single listing or multiple listings, clicking on the share icon will now reveal a new “Copy Link” option. This allows you to copy a direct link to our “CollabLink” view. CollabLink is the location where you can send clients a public report view of the selected listings. The same option exists today inside your Paragon Classic system.

 

Paragon Affiliate Connect

All options in this section are either configurable via MLS Administration controls or by your System Support Manager as noted.

Corrected Paragon Affiliate Connect Issues

Ticket # Module Summary

DEV-3427 Affiliate Connect Email Notifications to affiliates for both agents and office connections

Affiliate Dashboard – Marketing Text Removal

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To allow and encourage the affiliate to enter their own marketing text, we have removed the default marketing text in their dashboard. Affiliates can now add their own biography or information about their services.

 

Search for Affiliates automatically displays results

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When agents are searching for affiliates, the screen will automatically refresh and display results as they choose criteria from the drop-down menus. This includes affiliate types, cities, and the name of the affiliate.

 

Limiting the Affiliates to sending an Agent invitation two times

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Affiliates can send invitations to an agent to connect with them. We have limited that invitation to a total of two times to a specific Agent. This prohibits the affiliate from continually sending an invitation to an agent that may not want to connect. An agent can still reach out and connect with the affiliate through My Affiliates.

 

Notification emails for Affiliates

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Affiliates can be connected to agents at both an agent level and at an office level (the office manager or broker owner connected the affiliate to their agents). In this release we have made it so that the affiliate will receive notification emails from all agents they are connected to, whether connected at the agent or office level. The notifications they receive are still at the discretion of the agent and what they have chosen in their Preferences under Affiliate Connect.

The main purpose of this new feature was to ensure that Affiliates in System of Choice markets will still receive key notification emails on listings (new listings, prices/status changes), when connected to the brokerage in a Paragon for Brokers set up.