Summary - Paragon Portal

Paragon Update ? Wednesday, March 14th

The REALTORS? Association of Edmonton and the team from Black Knight continue to work on identified priorities and issues based on your feedback. Below you will find a recap of the changes and enhancements that will be released during a system upgrade available on Wednesday, March 14th. This recap is followed by a more detailed explanation of each change. Any questions you have about an enhancement request made can be sent to paragon@.

Summary

Hello Google Maps!

Google Maps has replaced Bing Maps in Paragon and Collaboration Center. Members will now enjoy the benefits of up-to-date maps throughout the system. In addition, street view has been included as part of the normal Google mapping features. Advanced Mapping, Driving Directions and additional functionalities will be added in future releases.

Saved searches including map shapes and any manually mapped listings will not be affected by the switch to Google Maps.

Send Multiple Listings as PDF Attachments

Members will be able to choose a group of listings and report views to attach to an email as a PDF file. Only the manual Paragon email process has been modified. The maximum length of the PDF file that is allowed is 20 pages. If the attachment is longer than 20 pages, it will be cut off at 20 pages. Also note that the HTML attachment type was removed from Paragon emails.

Visible Notification to Complete Errors and Warnings when Creating or Editing a Listing

When creating a listing and/or converting a partial listing to a standard listing, Paragon will now display a pop-up warning message anytime an error or warning is found while entering a listing. This helps call attention to the often overlooked error grid at the bottom of the screen. A message will display advising you that your listing has not been saved and you must address the errors or warnings listed.

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Quick Search ? Clear Search No Longer Resets Address Number Modifier

When clicking clear to start a new search on the Quick Search widget, the address number would default back to multiple instead of single. This caused many issues retrieving results using the Quick Search. This has been corrected to default to single when clicking clear.

Text Editor Font Size Now Respecting Font Settings

Previously when using the Rich Text Editor in emails, the font size at the beginning of the email would change from the selected font. This has now been corrected.

CMA Final Comments Now Saving

When entering or modifying the final comments section in the CMA, they now remain on the final report and on final comments when you navigate back.

Condo & Community Name Updates (Effective March 19, 2018)

Communities and condo tables have been updated. Fully detailed list is found on page 9 in this document.

Details

Hello Google Maps!

Google Maps has replaced Bing Maps in this release. Members will now enjoy the benefits of map views/data that are up-to-date and updated more frequently. In addition, street view has been included as part of the normal Google mapping features. The map has been replaced with Google everywhere in Paragon and Collaboration Center.

Map Views

? Bird's Eye View is no longer available. ? A new Hybrid View is available on the menu which is a combination of Aerial

with map labels ? When zoomed and using Aerial or Hybrid views:

A 3D Tilt View ( ) is available which mimics the former Bird's Eye View.

You can rotate the map 90? ( ) at a time for up to a 360? rotation when you are in 3D Tilt View

Street View is available and can be seen wherever blueish lines appear on

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the map as you hover over it with the Browse Street View icon ( )

? Points of Interest ( ) has been updated to an on/off switch. Instead of selecting the various POIs that are available, all or none will be displayed. o Points of Interest are directly from Google Maps and include schools, bus routes, restaurants and more.

? Clusters ( )work a little differently. They appear in at least three colors based on the number of listings within the cluster (blue, yellow, and red).

? Listing Overview panel only appears when clicking on a Listing Flag (

). It

will not appear when clicking on a sub-cluster.

Map Search - Shapes

o Distance measurements no longer display when drawing a shape. o In Google, when drawing a polygon shape, it appears as lines with

connecting points that you have to connect to close and complete the shape. This is different from Bing, when the polygon appeared as a closed shape after adding the second point. To close the shape, click on the beginning of your first line.

Driving Directions

o The ability to zoom on the map is no longer available, however, further enhancements will be included in upcoming releases.

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Bing Map Search

Google Map Search

Google Map Search offers a more familiar mapping experience.

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Google Map Report

Map icons and maps embedded in reports [e.g., All Fields Detail, Google Map report (formerly known as Bing Map report), etc.] have been updated with Google Maps. Google Maps View on Collaboration Center

The Map View on Collaboration Center has also been updated with Google Maps and its associated features have been incorporated. You will notice Google features displayed in the bottom right of the map which includes the Street View and Zoom controls. There is also a Menu control that allows users to turn points of interest on or off. Also, the bottom left the map view can be changed between Road and Aerial.

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who are members of CREA (REALTORS?) and/or the quality of services they provide (MLS?).

Send Multiple Listings as PDF Attachments

Members will be able to choose a group of listings and report views to attach to an email as a PDF file. Only the manual Paragon email process has been modified. The maximum length of the PDF file that is allowed is 20 pages. If the attachment is longer than 20 pages, it will be cut off at 20 pages. PLEASE NOTE: The HTML attachment type was removed from Paragon emails. In some cases, multiple page HTML files generated inconsistent results and PDF formats are the most common format used.

Updated Email Reports window

When selecting Attachment (PDF) as your email type, a new message in red has been added below Select Listing(s).

New Confirm Email Attachment Window

Users will now have to accept a warning after selecting listings and reports or they cannot continue with the emailing process.

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who are members of CREA (REALTORS?) and/or the quality of services they provide (MLS?).

Compose Email window and Email Attachment Name

Each email attachment will be encoded with a name that indicates the creation date and time of the attachment. The format is MMDDYYYYHHMMSS.PDF (month, day, year, hour, minutes then seconds) and is based off the user's local time.

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who are members of CREA (REALTORS?) and/or the quality of services they provide (MLS?).

Visible Notification to Complete Errors and Warnings When Creating or Editing a Listing

When creating a listing and/or converting a partial listing to a standard listing, Paragon will now display a pop-up warning message anytime an error or warning is found while entering a listing. This helps call attention to the often overlooked error grid at the bottom of the screen. A message will display advising you that your listing has not been saved and you must address the errors or warnings listed below. In addition, the listing and expiration dates will now display in red in the error grid. This makes it easier to identify the dates saved on the listing before accepting or modifying the information.

Listing Input Screen with New Attention Pop-Up

The Attention pop-up will remain on screen for 5 seconds. The list date and expiration date display in red, making it easier to identify if the dates are correct. If they are correct, select the Accept box. If they need to be modified, click on Modify and the cursor will move to that field automatically.

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