Release Notes 7.035.0

These release notes provide brief descriptions of changes included in eHarvest 7.035.0.

System Updates

Estimator

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VIP Estimator: A new column was added to the Grower Lookup page to list agencies.	94448

Forms & Reports

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RMA released several new and updated crop policies and provisions. Provisions print with the MPCI Policy Declaration Page when the print option to print provisions with the form is selected. The MPCI Policy Declaration Page is available to print from the MPCI policy Print tab in individual MPCI policies and from the Batch Printing tool (Tools > Batch Printing). The following updates have been made:

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The updated Area Risk Protection Insurance Basic Provisions (18-arpi) for 2018+ Crop Years (CYs) has been added. The previous version was removed and replaced with this updated PDF.

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The following list of updated provisions for the 2019+ CYs have been added (previous versions of each document were removed and replaced with the updated versions):

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Common Crop Insurance Policy Margin Protection Plan (19mp)

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Margin Protection Plan Wheat Crop Provisions (19mp011)

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Margin Protection Plan Corn Crop Provisions (19mp041)

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Margin Protection Plan Rice Crop Provisions (19mp018)

NOTE: This will be tested with TFS #94531 in a future release as ADMs have not been released for MP Rice yet.

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Margin Protection Plan Soybean Crop Provisions (19mp081)

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Margin Price Provisions 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19mpp_sectionI)

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Margin Price Provisions Wheat (0011) Hard Red Spring Type 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19mpp_wheat)

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Margin Price Provisions Corn (0041) Grain Type 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19mpp_corn)

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Margin Price Provisions Rice (0018) 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19mpp_rice)

NOTE: This will be tested with TFS #94531 in a future release as ADMs have not been released for MP Rice yet.

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Margin Price Provisions Soybeans (0081) 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19mpp_soybean)

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Summary of Changes for the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP): 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19ceppchanges)

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Commodity Exchange Price Provisions (CEPP) 2019 and Succeeding Crop Years (19ceppbarley)

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Supplemental Coverage Option Endorsement (19sco)

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Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Pilot Policy (19-0076)

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The following list of updated provisions for the 2019+ CYs (2018 RY) have been added (previous versions of each document were removed and replaced with the updated versions):

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Pecan Tree Crop Provisions (19-pct)

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Pecan Tree Insurance Comprehensive Tree Value (CTV) Endorsement (19-pct-a)

NOTE: This will be tested with TFS #94530 in a future release as ADMs have not been released yet.

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The following updated provision for the 2020+ CYs (2019 RY) has been added:

NOTE: Previous version has been removed and replaced with the updated version.

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California Avocado APH Crop Provisions (20-0019)

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Global

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The Online Help Site was updated with topics as well as with current release notes.	93814
Policy Header: A request was received to add a hover/popover feature within the policy header that allows users to view the phone number, address, and email address (if available) for the grower on the policy. The thought for this request initially was to mirror the existing hover feature that displays the phone number, address, and email address for the agency. However, after further discussions, it was decided to add a single information icon next to the policy number in the policy header. There were a couple of reasons that drove this decision. The first is that the previous indicator used to show a hover feature existed for the agency was the underlining of the agency name. Given that underlining is an industry standard that identifies a link, it was suggested that the underlining be replaced with an information icon. Furthermore, there were some concerns about the appearance of the UI if multiple information icons were displayed within the policy header. Therefore, it was decided to display a single information icon next to the policy number. When clicked, this information icon will display the phone number, address, and email address for the grower and agency as well as the agent phone number and email address. With this ticket, the existing hover feature that displayed the agency information in the policy header was removed. The agent email address that displayed in the policy header on the Grower tab of a policy was also removed. This information has all been consolidated into a single popup. The new popup will be accessed by clicking a blue information icon next to the policy number. This popup will include the phone number, address, and email address for the grower and agency. In addition, the agent phone number and email address will also display. This change was made to the policy header for both Private Products and MPCI.	92909

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The Online Help Site was updated with topics as well as with current release notes.

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Policy Header: A request was received to add a hover/popover feature within the policy header that allows users to view the phone number, address, and email address (if available) for the grower on the policy. The thought for this request initially was to mirror the existing hover feature that displays the phone number, address, and email address for the agency. However, after further discussions, it was decided to add a single information icon next to the policy number in the policy header.

There were a couple of reasons that drove this decision. The first is that the previous indicator used to show a hover feature existed for the agency was the underlining of the agency name. Given that underlining is an industry standard that identifies a link, it was suggested that the underlining be replaced with an information icon. Furthermore, there were some concerns about the appearance of the UI if multiple information icons were displayed within the policy header. Therefore, it was decided to display a single information icon next to the policy number. When clicked, this information icon will display the phone number, address, and email address for the grower and agency as well as the agent phone number and email address.

With this ticket, the existing hover feature that displayed the agency information in the policy header was removed. The agent email address that displayed in the policy header on the Grower tab of a policy was also removed.

This information has all been consolidated into a single popup. The new popup will be accessed by clicking a blue information icon next to the policy number. This popup will include the phone number, address, and email address for the grower and agency. In addition, the agent phone number and email address will also display. This change was made to the policy header for both Private Products and MPCI.

92909

Mapping

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An enhancement has been made to the Layer Switcher to allow users to modify the thickness of the field boundaries on the map. Click the Layers button, then in the Crop Information section, click the menu button next to Grower Fields. The Grower Fields options display with Border Weight as a new option.	90683
Updates were made to the Mapping Roll utility to roll multi-planting variety information in addition to crop/practice/type information. The ability to "Include Unit Information" with the roll was also removed. Going forward, a print option will be provided on the MBAR to allow users to pre-fill the report based on last year's data versus rolling the data elements.	93375
RLU: An enhancement was made so users can view the Transmission ID and the entire text of the returned transmission to help resolve RLU ID Submission issues on the RLU status page.	93698
PRF: An enhancement has been made to the PRF map booklet to list any linked PRF Points of Interest on a continuation page when there are more points than will fit on the initial map page for the Grid ID. NOTE: When listing the PRF Coverage for the POI, the practice is not being listed. TFS #95218- Mapping- PRF Map Book Updates was created to handle that and clean up items and minor enhancements.	94458

MPCI

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SCO: The current Supplemental Coverage Endorsement (SCO) procedures provide an insurance guarantee based on the gap between 86% of the expected area yield/revenue and the coverage level of the underlying policy. Beginning in the 2019 Reinsurance Year (RY), the RMA is adding a “coverage percentage” election to the SCO endorsement. Growers will have the ability to choose a coverage percentage between 50 and 100 percent. The elected coverage percentage will be multiplied by the total guarantee to determine liability. This will effectively allow growers to elect to reduce the liability on the SCO endorsement and customize their coverage. With TFS #89038 in the 7.015 release, the necessary UI and premium calculation updates were implemented to account for this new value. Since the 7.015 release, the RMA has updated the SCO white paper to state that when multiple coverages for the same state/county/crop exists, then the same SCO Coverage Percentage must be applied to all coverages for the state/county/crop. With this ticket, validation logic was implemented to require the same Coverage Percentage for all coverages for the RY/State/County/Crop when more than one coverage exists. This includes a warning on save of the coverage and a mark complete suspension when more than one coverage exists for the state/county/crop and different SCO coverage percentages have been applied.	93834

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SCO: The current Supplemental Coverage Endorsement (SCO) procedures provide an insurance guarantee based on the gap between 86% of the expected area yield/revenue and the coverage level of the underlying policy. Beginning in the 2019 Reinsurance Year (RY), the RMA is adding a “coverage percentage” election to the SCO endorsement. Growers will have the ability to choose a coverage percentage between 50 and 100 percent. The elected coverage percentage will be multiplied by the total guarantee to determine liability. This will effectively allow growers to elect to reduce the liability on the SCO endorsement and customize their coverage. With TFS #89038 in the 7.015 release, the necessary UI and premium calculation updates were implemented to account for this new value.

Since the 7.015 release, the RMA has updated the SCO white paper to state that when multiple coverages for the same state/county/crop exists, then the same SCO Coverage Percentage must be applied to all coverages for the state/county/crop.

With this ticket, validation logic was implemented to require the same Coverage Percentage for all coverages for the RY/State/County/Crop when more than one coverage exists. This includes a warning on save of the coverage and a mark complete suspension when more than one coverage exists for the state/county/crop and different SCO coverage percentages have been applied.

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