Archive for February, 2010

Search your Adda!

Feb 12th, 10 / 0 Comments

The Internet has spoiled us for choice when it comes to Searching.  In ApartmentAdda, Search was limited to Residents Directory, now ApartmentAdda expands Search to Forum, Document Repository and Vendor Database. Now you will find information in your Adda that Google will not :)

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Resident Forum Topic Search

Now you can search among the topics or if you know the topic number, you can search by the topic number to go directly to the topic. This will prevent the same topic from being raised multiple times.

Vendor Search

You can search on the name, service category, part of the phone or email and comments entered by user. E,g., if you search for “emergency” you can get all the emergency contacts in one shot.

Document Search

You can search on the file name, category and description. E.g., if you search for “mom” – all the documents pertaining to Minutes of Meeting will get short listed (assuming Documents with Minutes are named MoM universally!).

On future Roadmap: Search in the Admin Applications and Full Text Search for Forums.

Enjoy!

ApartmentAdda Team

Product Updates

Proof of the Pudding..

Feb 12th, 10 / 2 Comments

..is in its eating. And the proof of a Subscription Model is in its Renewal!

The first Premium Customer of ApartmentAdda just completed 1 year of successful operation and renewed.

Two of us went to collect the payment last evening ( it’s a hop from our Office). We were handed the Cheque, and given the Voucher to sign on. Regular paperwork, but were we ECSTATIC!

The voucher was printed right from ApartmentAdda, from the Expense Tracker application being fully utilized by the Estate Manager!

We took a picture of it with a cellphone camera.. A poor picture, but oh the value!

Voucher from ApartmentAdda, to ApartmentAdda!

Voucher from ApartmentAdda, to ApartmentAdda!

Milestones, Testimonial

Notice Manager released!

Feb 9th, 10 / 0 Comments

Dear ApartmentAdda User,

Here is another reason for you to boast of your Adda – we just released another dazzling Add-On that you will not find anywhere else on the web-space!

Every Adda has its own online Ad Space – the online Notice Board. It is also one of the most frequently used Applications. We are happy to announce the release of Notice Manager Add-On which leverages the Notice Board to add value to the Association.

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The Notice Manager

The Notice Manager centralizes the Notice Approval procedure, making it systematic and easy. It does so due to its integration with a robust Work-flow, the Residents List and the Income Tracker application.

Configure Categories & Rates

The Admin can configure Notice categories like  Commercial – Sales, Commercial - Rental, and set default rates to each of these categories. Also there can be Non-Commercial categories like General Announcements, Admin Notices which may not have a cost component.

Categorize

When a resident posts a notice, it comes to the Admin for review. He can categorize the notice based on the content.

Invoice

If the notice is a Commercial Notice, an Invoice is automatically posted against the Resident’s account based on the Rate configured for the category.

Collect and Publish

Once the Resident pays, the Notice can be Published after review.  The Notice becomes visible on the Notice Board and is also sent as an email to all the users of that Adda.

If you are an Association Treasurer saying ‘Voila’ at this point, we hear you!

If you are already using the Premium PRO package of  ApartmentAdda, or evaluating it, please contact us at support (at) apartmentadda (dot) com, to try out the Notice Manager Add-On for your Adda.

Bonus Enhancements

Also with this release we have released a bunch of enhancements on the Notice Posting front.

Notice Wizard

This is dedicated to the Perfectionists among us. You can save and preview the Notice multiple times and only when you are satisfied, you can publish the Notice.

File Attachments

You can make your Notices more effective now – by attaching pictures, relevant documents etc. Premium users now have an additional step in the work flow  where they can attach upto 5 documents to a Notice. The Notice with the attachments will be sent by email to all your Adda users once it is published .

Enjoy!
ApartmentAdda Team

Product Updates

Income Tracker update

Feb 1st, 10 / 3 Comments

Dear Adda Treasurers,

Now we bring you a reason to LOVE Online Transfers made by Residents!  We’ve been hearing about your pain of matching inbound Online Transfers with the paying Apartment. The reason often is that the right Narration is either not provided by the Payer or is lost in the Bank Statement format.

We are happy to announce a minor, but highly useful upgrade to ApartmentAdda’s Income Tracker Application.

“I have paid”

Residents can now inform the Management Committee about the payment details like Transaction ID of an Electronic Transfer, Date of Transfer, Bank etc. These messages will show up on “Track Fees” page, under the link “I have paid” Intimations. This will help the Association Treasurer in identifying the Collections parked in the Suspense account easily and post the payments to the appropriate flats.

View on Resident's Dashboard

View on Resident's Dashboard (click to enlarge)

Payment Instructions

The Association can now provide instructions on payments, due dates etc. This is configurable for each Adda according to your needs. Just go to  Admin Dashboard > Income Tracker > Setup > Other, and edit the Payment Instructions. It will be visible to all Residents when they click on ‘Flat Dues’.

Customizable Payment Instructions

Customizable Payment Instructions (click to enlarge)

Enjoy your Adda!

Product Updates