Hunter Consulting and Training

ProScheduler Improvement and Misc Issue Resolutions

(11-28-2011)

Excel 2003 Version Audit Package Sorting Issue Resolved (download latest release required)

(8-26-2011)

• For users running under Excel 2003, the 'sort by room number' routine did not function properly when creating a audit packing containing more than one floor. The 'sort by room number' routine is invoke when you check the 'sort by room number' checkbox inside the 'Make Audit Package' button.
• This issue has been resolved in the latest release. It is strongly recommended that ALL user get the latest release even if you do not use Excel 2003.

Check for Duplicate Records Routine Improved (download latest release required)

(7-26-2011)

• The routine for checking for duplicate records has been improved. Since checking for duplicate record can take a bit of time for large inventory files, you can now abort checking while the checking routine is running by clicking on the progress button.
• Since the audit package does not work properly if you have duplicate records, a prompt has been added to allow you to check for duplicate record before making the audit package.

ProScheduler, Audit Package and Local Category Maker Issue Resolved (download latest release required)

(7-26-2011)

• When using the Local Category Maker, you may enter cleaning activity names in the 20 input boxes provided. In the previous release, if you accidently include a trailing space in the activity name, the ProScheduler routine failed to operate properly when attempting to include activity names with a trailing space. The Make Audit package routine might also fail to properly handle room with activities with a trailing space. The latest release resolves this issue.

ACTION TO REMOVE TRAILING SPACE IF YOU HAVE ANY:

1. Download and install latest release
2. If ProScheduler or the Make Audit Package routine fails to run properly and you have local categories, then go the Local Category Maker.
3. Read each local category into the local category maker form (use the 'Read from worksheet' button) and then write to worksheet (use the Write to worksheet' button)

Two CleanOpsStaff Audit Package Issues Resolved. Download Required.

Background

Over the recent several months Hunter Consulting and Training added a ‘Sort by Room’ checkbox to the ‘Make Audit Package’ feature in CleanOpsStaff. Additionally, we updated the LEED credits notice in the Audit Assessment Summary Worksheet Report to match the latest USGBC LEED V3 revision to the LEED Existing Building M&O manual. Two issues as described below were accidently introduced as a result of these changes. Both issues have been resolved in this latest release of (Program Manager -- release date 3/22/2011; Main Program -- release data 3/24/2011). We strongly recommend you get the latest release at http://hunterconsulttrain.com/GetLatestRelease.aspx to ensure your audit packages are being properly processed.

ISSUE 1: Audit Analyzer reads cleaning level as zero for audit packages created since the LEED revision of 2/3/2011

This enhancement accidently caused the Audit Analyzer to misread the average cleaning level as zero for audit packages when you click the ‘Report-Audit’ button in the Audit Analyzer. This new release will correctly read the cleaning level. No additional action is required by you after you get the latest release.

ISSUE 2: Audit packages sorted by space created since addition of the ‘Sort by Room’ checkbox 8/19/2011

Under certain situations (but not all), in audit packages created in the ‘Sort by Room’ mode, a misalignment between the ‘Audit Instrument Report’ and the ‘Audit Assessment Population Report’ may occur causing the incorrect row to be highlighted in the ‘Audit Assessment Population Report’ when a space is scored in the ‘Audit Instrument Report’. In some cases this also causes a minor miscalculation of the weighted average cleaning level score.

Your Action for Issue 2:

1. Get the latest release at http://hunterconsulttrain.com/GetLatestRelease.aspx

2. Load your audit package files created since 8/19/2011

3. Navigate to the ‘Audit Assessment Population Report’ worksheet

4. Check to see how the records are sorted.

5. If the records are sorted by ‘Space Category’, then NO action is required

6. If the records are sorted by ‘Space’, then save the audit package under the same name (Click Save Audit Package button, then click then Save Audit button). This will permanently resolve the ‘Sort by Space’ Issue for the file.

NOTE: Step 6 is only required to be performed once for each affected file. Any file affected by Issue 2 will be permanently corrected after it has been loaded and saved. No additional action will be required when the file is load in the future.

Main Program New Release Date 12-21-2010

12-21-2010 Audit Package Now Forces 10% of Total CSF

• It has come to our attention that for some space inventories with many very small rooms such as large office buildings, the random audit package created by CleanOpsStaff will always generate an inspection list of 10% of the total spaces, but it might not reach 10% of total CSF.  For LEED submissions, the audit package must meet 10% of the spaces as well as 10% of total CSF.

   

• This new release resolves this issue and ensures that both the 10% of spaces and 10% of total CSF will always be met for all random audit packages.

9-25-2010 New Enhancements 

• CleanOpsStaff ProScheduler Now Has FlexScheduler To Better Support Team Cleaning and other flexible scheduling requirements such as forced weekends, prescribed cleaning and inspection routes and more.
 
• FlexScheduler is a free upgrade for users who purchase and activate both ProScheduler and ProLocal. 

• CleanOpsStaff Support Five-Day, Six-Day, and Seven-Day work week and weekend operations. 

• CleanOpsStaff Now Has Cleaning Frequencies To Better Support Team Cleaning.

•  CleanOpsStaff Now Runs with Windows 7/Excel 2010 and Windows 7/Excel 2007.

ISSA and Hunter Consulting and Training agreed to include the ISSA 540 Times in CleanOpsStaff-ProLocal.  Users who have purchased the ProLocal upgrade will automatically get access to the ISSA 540 times upon getting the latest release of CleanOpsStaff. This new development brings the two most used industry accepted workload resources together in one easy user interface. Click here to get the latest release.

8-27-2010 New Enhancements 

1.      Additional of Two New Cleaning Frequencies:  Many questions have come in regarding using CleanOpsStaff to support Team Cleaning.  We have added Three Times Per Week (2/W) and Four Times Per Week (4/W) as cleaning frequencies you can select when adjusting the Standard Room Matrix and well as when making a local category matrix.  This will help support the Team Cleaning optional approach of performing routine activities four times per week, while performing detail activities one time per week and project activities on Friday.

2.      Team Cleaning Mode for Projects, and Team Cleaning Mode for Routine added to the ProScheduler:  The ProScheduler has been enhanced to add additional support for team cleaning in its automatic scheduling feature.  You can now set an option so that the ProScheduler will force all project activities to be scheduled for Friday during the automatic scheduling process.  You can now also independently set an option so that the ProScheduler will force all weekly activities to be scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday leaving Friday free for project activities.

3.      ProScheduler, CleanOpsStaff-ProLocal and ISSA 540 Cleaning Time Coordination Issue Resolved: In some instances an extra space was being inserted in the name of the cleaning task from the ISSA 540 Cleaning Time dropdown list when making a local category. This extra space caused an issue with the ProScheduler when attempting to schedule task with the extra space in its name.  This issue is resolved in the latest release.

Time to Clean Calculation Issue Resolved 4-30-2010

We recently discovered that a minor formula error was cause an incorrect value to be displayed in the Macro Staffing and Inventory worksheet for Standard Space Categories Research Lab without Hazardous Waste and Office with Hard Floor.  While the totals were displayed corrected the Work Mode button display the incorrect value for Routine and Project. This issue has been resolved in Release Date 4-30-2010 of the Main Program. Get the latest Release to resolve the issue on your system.

CleanOpsStaff-Pro Upgrades Prices Reduced to $200.00 Each!

Upgrade Packages Prices Reduced And Get One Free Upgrade!

Single Additional PDA Reduced from $125.00 to $75.00!

CleanOpsStaff-ProMobilePlus Now Released!!!

(Create Space Inventory and Audit and Inspection file on the fly with you PDA!!!)

Hunter Consulting and Training Announces Release of CleanOpsStaff-ProMobilePlus. This upgrade replaces the old ProMobile and adds great capabilities while in the field.  No longer do you need to be at your PC or Laptop to create space inventory files and audit/inspection files.  You can now create these files on the fly in the field directly on your PDA.  You can then upload the files to your PC or Laptop saving countless hours of labor to maintain your space inventory and to run you audit and inspection program.  Now you can conduct the Audit and Collect inventory data using your Smartphone or PDA without first creating a file on your PC or Laptop.  Read the help information in the ProMobilePlus Help to learn more about the 'Plus'  features. Click the Purchase ProMobilePlus-PC/PDA  link here or in left panel to purchase this upgrade. 

CleanOpsStaff-ProLocal Released!!!!!!!

(Increase Local Categories from 15 to 40.  Adds Tasks from ISSA 447 Times)

Hunter Consulting and Training Announces Release of CleanOpsStaff-ProLocal. This Add-in upgrade will allow you to define 40 local space categories instead of just 15 and it will allow you to select cleaning activities/tasks and times from the ISSA 447 Times list within the same dropdown lists as the APPA activities times. Click the Purchase ProLocal link here or in left panel to purchase this upgrade.  Use your "Get Latest Production Release" button to download the latest production release containing this upgrade. Skip Step-1, Do Step-2, Skip Step-3.  Click OK when asked if you are ready to quit the Program Manager to manually run setup.  Use Control Panel to uninstall CleanOpsStaff before you run Setup.  Lastly, run Setup. Upon confirmation from Hunter Consulting and Training of you upgrade purchase, use the "CleanOpsStaff-Pro Upgrade" button to activate your upgrade.