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IQCS -- Release Notes

24 July 2006

**[Overview]{.underline} of the New Changes to IQCS**

**Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM)**

-   Change Request 4472 -- IFPM\
    This is a new module within IQCS that allows for the fire community
    to track qualifications for key fire management positions.

**Qual Card Pages**

-   Change Request 5979 -- AutoSave Qual Card Data.\
    Force the Qual Card page to Auto Save the data to the database when
    the page is first opened. This prevents Qual Card data from being
    different between what the user sees on the Qual Card page and what
    the user sees in reports.

-   Change Request 5978 -- Qual Card Status Reason.\
    A new reason button/page has been added to the Qual Card page that
    provides a full explanation of why a user is not naturally qualified
    for a position. This ties functionality found in the Person to Role
    Matching pages to the Qual Card page.

-   Change Request 1093 -- Qual Card Print Changes.\
    Sometimes a Qual Card is printed with positions that do not require
    Fitness. If a Card is printed that has all positions that do not
    require Fitness, in the block where the Fitness level and expiration
    date are normally printed, the block will now say "Not Reqd" and the
    Expire date will be blank. Also, minor formatting modifications to
    the Qual Card were made to better accommodate long names and
    descriptions that didn't fit before.

**Person to Role Matching Pages**

-   Change Request 1102 -- Role to Person Matching Changes\
    The Role to Person Matching Pages have been modified significantly
    to improve functionality and ease of use. Major changes include a
    "Criteria Check Date" field, which allows for the user to do
    matching against the criteria that was in effect (according to the
    5109.17 or 310-1 manuals) on a given date. Another significant
    change now allows the user to drill into Complex Competencies and
    see exactly what needs to be obtained in order to award the complex
    competency.

**Job Data Pages**

-   Change Request 1157 -- Tribal Checkbox\
    A new check box has been added to the Job Data page that will allow
    the user to identify if a responder (primarily for BIA responders)
    is part of a Tribal crew. Currently this is information data only.
    This data will be useful for Workforce Analysis and Reporting.

**Instructor History Page**

-   Change Request 3329 -- How Many Times Taught\
    A new field has been added to the page that will allow the user to
    enter how many times an Instructor has taught a particular course.
    This is particularly useful when entering historical data.

**Course Session Pages**

-   Change Request 5216 -- Add Coach Category to Instructor Level\
    On the Course Session Pages, second tab (Location, Instructor),
    "Coach" has been added to the Instructor Level.

**Competencies Page**

-   Change Request 5062 -- Hide Competency Evaluation Page\
    Previously, the Competencies pages consisted of three tabs --
    Competency Evaluation, Competency Assignment and Competency Rating.
    Since the Competency Evaluation page had no value to it, it has been
    removed from the set of pages. Also, the Competency Rating page has
    been moved to the front so it is the first page the user sees when
    entering this group of pages.

**5109.17 Control Data Update**

-   Control Data for IQCS has been updated to reflect the 2006 changes
    to the 5109.17 for the Forest Service.

**Reports**

-   Change Request 4671 -- C62 Effects of Proposed Change Report\
    This report has been modified so that the user can select any
    competency (not just Training competencies) to check what the
    effects of the change would be against the select group of
    responders.

-   Change Request 4742 -- C50 Qualified Master List Report\
    The run control page has been modified for this report to allow the
    user to print only those positions that are printed to the Qual Card
    and/or those positions that have been Certified.

-   Change Request 5031 -- C50 Qualified Master List Report\
    The run control page has been modified to allow the user to choose
    **not** to print all of the subtotals for the report. Often the
    subtotals are redundant information and takes up considerable space
    on the report. Now the user can choose not to print them.

-   Change Request 5150 -- Add State Search to Reports\
    For reports C50 Qualified Master List, and C3 Responder List, a new
    State Search field has been added to the run control page that
    allows the user to limit the report to only those responders within
    that given state.

-   Change Request 5084 -- C212 Instructor Name Tags (New)\
    This is a new report that allows the instructor(s) for a
    course/session to print name tags for themselves.

-   Change Request 5107 -- C212 Name Tags Formatting\
    The font on name tags could be larger, making it easier to read. A
    modification to the program was made that adjusts the Print Size to
    the largest possible based on the amount of characters in the name
    being printed.

-   Change Request 5853 -- C212 Name Tags Additional Information\
    The Name Tags report has been modified to include the Course the
    responder is taking, as well as the responder Agency & Org
    Description.

-   Change Request 5557 -- Additional Parameters for C126 & C130\
    Added the Attendance field to the run control pages for C126 Course
    Session Contacts, and C130 Training Roster, allowing the user to
    further filter the responders returned in the reports by their
    enrollment status in the course.

**[Details]{.underline} of the New Changes to IQCS**

**Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM)**

-   Change Request 4472 -- IFPM\
    For further details, see instructional document on IQCS Home Page.

**Qual Card Changes**

-   Change Request 5979 -- AutoSave Qual Card Data.\
    For further details, see instructional document on IQCS Home Page.

-   Change Request 5978 -- Qual Card Status Reason.\
    For further details, see instructional document on IQCS Home Page.

-   Change Request 1093 -- Qual Card Print Changes.

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height="1.5833333333333333in"}

The screenshot is a sample of the changes to the Fitness box, and the
minor formatting modifications.

**Person to Role Matching Pages**

-   Change Request 1102 -- Role to Person Matching Changes\
    For further details, see instructional document on IQCS Home Page.

**Job Data Pages**

-   Change Request 1157 -- Tribal Checkbox

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height="3.370138888888889in"}

The **Tribal** Checkbox, as indicated in the screen shot above, is only
available for BIA responders. Currently it is informational only, but
will provide important data for workforce analysis.

**Instructor History Page**

-   Change Request 3329 -- How Many Times Taught

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Instructor History page keeps track of what courses an instructor has
taught. This page is automatically updated when a course is initiated
and completed through Session Management.

Data can also be added to this page manually by clicking on the "+"
button at the right. The **Times Taught** field allows the user to
indicate how many times the instructor has taught the course without
having to enter an individual row for each time taught.

Note: Once the data is entered and saved, the row is grayed out.
However, if the data entry was done incorrectly, the row can be removed
and re-entered.

**Course Session Pages**

-   Change Request 5216 -- Add Coach Category to Instructor Level

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The value "Coach" has been added to the Instructor Level for courses.

**Competencies Page**

-   Change Request 5062 -- Hide Competency Evaluation Page

Because the Competency Evaluation tab of the Competencies pages
contained data that was not editable, nor useful, it has been removed
from the set of pages. Also, since the Competency Rating tab is primary
page that is used on the Competencies pages, it has been moved to first
tab. See screenshot below.

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**Reports**

-   Change Request 4671 -- C62 Effects of Proposed Change Report

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height="2.897222222222222in"}

The Competency field on the C62 has been expanded to include all
competencies, not just training competencies -- as indicated by the
screenshot of the Competency Lookup below.

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height="4.488888888888889in"}

-   Change Request 4742 -- C50 Qualified Master List Report

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The checkboxes for "Qual Card Positions Only" and "Certified Only" are
at the bottom of the page and further filter what gets printed to the
report to only those items. Checkboxes should be left un-checked to see
all positions.

Note: The "Qual Card Positions Only" indicates only those positions that
have been printed to the hard copy Qual Card.

-   Change Request 5031 -- C50 Qualified Master List Report

The "No Sub Totals" checkbox is in the middle of the run control page.

See screenshot for Change Request 4742 above.

-   Change Request 5150 -- Add State Search to Reports

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height="2.295138888888889in"}

For the C50 and C3 reports (screenshot above), when choosing to print by
Agency, user can now choose to see just those responders in a particular
state. If choosing to print by Org Id or Unit Id, the State field is not
viewable.

-   Change Request 5084 -- C212 Instructor Name Tags (New)

This will be run from a new run control page located in the same menu as
the current Name Tags run control page.

-   Change Request 5107 -- C212 Name Tags Formatting

Formatting for name tags has been changed to make maximum use of the
space available on the tag itself, according to the size of the name.

-   Change Request 5853 -- C212 Name Tags Additional Information

The Name Tags report has been modified to include the Course the
responder is taking, as well as the responder Agency & Org Description.

-   Change Request 5557 -- Additional Parameters for C126 & C130\
    Added the Attendance field to the run control pages for C126 Course
    Session Contacts, and C130 Training Roster, allowing the user to
    further filter the responders returned in the reports by their
    enrollment status in the course.

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The Enrollment Status field has been added to the run control page to
further filter the data presented on the report. As seen above, the
report would now return only those responders that have Completed that
particular Course and Session.