Release Notes 18.055.0

This ticket was to better support the use of proper signatures on the MPCI Application (main) and to also enable the printing of multiple signatures on forms when it was required by entity type, additional fields were added to the Signature Authority Record screens and the Policy Print tab.

Ticket 218614 in the 17.125 Release implemented additional fields on the Add New/Maintain Authority Record for Livestock and MPCI. This ticket implemented a Signatures section that pulls the Signature Authority information into the Print tab for printing on the Livestock and MPCI forms and allowed users to open the add/maintain signature authority details from within the Print tab.

Ticket 218615 in the 17.130 Release implemented when an authority record existed on a grower ID, the authority’s full name and preferred Signature Format (when keyed) were pulled into the Print tab for use when printing a form in the Printed Name field as a guide for those signing the form. If no authority records existed, then the Insured’s Printed Name field showed the Grower Name (First Middle Last or Business Name) as was the format before this multi-signature support was added.

Given the scope of forms that will need to be changed, MCT started with the Livestock Applications and this ticket implemented it to the MPCI Application (main). Not all forms supported the printing of signature formats when this project was initially deployed to production environments; additional forms were phased in over time. Also, the availability of the Signatures section for MPCI depended on the presence of a system preference, Multi-Signature Printing – MPCI.

When System Preference was “true”, users were able to see the Signatures section on the MPCI Print tab and choose which signees (and their signature formats) to include on supported forms printed from this tab.

When “false”, the Signatures section was unavailable to users on the MPCI Print tab and forms were printed as they were, where the Grower Name was printed in the Insured’s Printed Name field.

The Signature section was hidden if a user selected the eSign checkbox in the Criteria section. The eSign had its own integration with the new Authority Record fields.

NOTE: The term “Authority Record” referred to the record in the POA table that contained the details keyed in the Add New/Maintain POA screen for someone given Signature Authority. Signature Authority and Signature Authorization were used synonymously to refer to the granting of permission to sign on behalf of a grower/entity.

The Authority Record was accessed from two places in the System. The access points did not change with Ticket 218615:

For a new record: On the Utilities tab, in the Signature Authorization section, click the Add Power of Attorney/Authorized Representative/Grantee/Authorized Signer link. The Add New Signature Authority Record screen opened.

For an existing record: On the Grower Record, if at least one signature authority record existed for the grower, then a Signature Authorization section displayed any existing records in a table. Users could click the name hyperlink to access the View Authority Record screen. Clicking Edit on the View Authority Record opened the Maintain Authority Record screen where users could make changes to authority record values. Users could also Add or Delete from this section.

There was a limit on the number of Authority Records that could be selected in the Signature section, it was 10.

In addition to adding better support the use of proper signatures, the MPCI Application (main) was converted to the new platform and some base form format updates.

Changes that were made:

For all years.

Updated the Print Map Book and Record Sheet.

Changes that were made:

Updated the Print Map Book dialog to include an option to print a Record Sheet for each field, and updated the Record Sheet PDF.

Integrated Irrigation Practice into AutoMatching Logic.

Changes that were made:

The purpose of this ticket was to integrate Irrigation Practice as part of the auto-matching logic when importing from ACRSI.