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Time Date	System Updates
Update 169 20 October 2012	Notifications of updates to Operations Notices, General Documents and Department Documents has now been made a separate permission in its own right. Previously all those with permission to view the notice would have received an update. This is in response to growing pressure from non-operational departments, such as shop staff, who don't wish to receive operations documents. Three new permissions have been added: 155 - to receive notifications for Operations Documents. 156 - to receive notifications for General Documents. 157 (department-specific) - to receive notifications for Department Documents. All those with the current 'view' permission have been automatically assigned the new permission numbers as well, so nothing will change from what you're used to, unless you unassign those permissions. For operations notices: Everyone with view permission 83 has been given notifications permission 155. For general documents: Everyone with view permission 99 has been given notifications permission 156. For department documents: Everyone with view permission 29 has been given notifications permission 157 (department-specific). In most cases I imagine 83 (and now 155) was in most railway's 'All Live Users' group, so if you have some departments who you wish to not receive updates I suggest you remove 155 from you 'All Live Users' group and assign it specifically to the Department Groups whose members you wish to receive updates. NOTE. In all cases, a notification will only be issued when the person uploading the new document ticks the relevant box on the form. Any problems - let me know! :)
Update 157 16 September 2012	HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPS! HOPS is now three years old, having started in the Signalmen's Department at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway in autumn 2009. The first group of pilot users was Danny Scroggins, Neil Carr, Dave Wasdell, Peter Smith, Bob Goundry and Peter Wotherspoon, who were very tolerant with the initial scheme and provided a lot of valuable feedback. A model we have maintained to develop HOPS into the shape it is today. The system is now in use, to some greater or lesser extent, in 198 departments, on 32 UK heritage railways, and assists in administering 2798 staff. In the last three years 27,000 turns have been rostered on HOPS and on a weekend day 1000 logins are serviced. The program how has 60,000 lines of code. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to HOPS over the last three years, what a great product you have created! Here's to the next three years. Cheers! Danny, Luke, Alex, Joel, Katharine and Sam.

Time Date

System Updates

Update 169
20 October 2012

Notifications of updates to Operations Notices, General Documents and Department Documents has now been made a separate permission in its own right.

Previously all those with permission to view the notice would have received an update.

This is in response to growing pressure from non-operational departments, such as shop staff, who don't wish to receive operations documents.

Three new permissions have been added:

155 - to receive notifications for Operations Documents.
156 - to receive notifications for General Documents.
157 (department-specific) - to receive notifications for Department Documents.

All those with the current 'view' permission have been automatically assigned the new permission numbers as well, so nothing will change from what you're used to, unless you unassign those permissions.

For operations notices: Everyone with view permission 83 has been given notifications permission 155.
For general documents: Everyone with view permission 99 has been given notifications permission 156.
For department documents: Everyone with view permission 29 has been given notifications permission 157 (department-specific).

In most cases I imagine 83 (and now 155) was in most railway's 'All Live Users' group, so if you have some departments who you wish to not receive updates I suggest you remove 155 from you 'All Live Users' group and assign it specifically to the Department Groups whose members you wish to receive updates.

NOTE. In all cases, a notification will only be issued when the person uploading the new document ticks the relevant box on the form.

Any problems - let me know! :)

Update 157
16 September 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPS!

HOPS is now three years old, having started in the Signalmen's Department at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway in autumn 2009.

The first group of pilot users was Danny Scroggins, Neil Carr, Dave Wasdell, Peter Smith, Bob Goundry and Peter Wotherspoon, who were very tolerant with the initial scheme and provided a lot of valuable feedback. A model we have maintained to develop HOPS into the shape it is today.

The system is now in use, to some greater or lesser extent, in 198 departments, on 32 UK heritage railways, and assists in administering 2798 staff. In the last three years 27,000 turns have been rostered on HOPS and on a weekend day 1000 logins are serviced. The program how has 60,000 lines of code.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to HOPS over the last three years, what a great product you have created! Here's to the next three years. Cheers!

Danny, Luke, Alex, Joel, Katharine and Sam.

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