What are the latest platform updates? [Release Notes]
This a chronological list of every release that has happened on the platform, so you can easily keep track of changes to your Nines account. We limit the items included here to the bigger changes. This list starts from the early March 2024 period, when all clients received access to the updated version of Nines and this Support Center was introduced. For future updates still coming, see our roadmap items here.
- Nines is officially SOC 2 Type II certified
- Schedules now has a button to view the current week, a new filter to see only schedules, and the ability to show specific times for start, end and breaks
- Projects have a Priority field, which can be added and edited, as well as filtered and sorted
- Logs can now be converted to Tasks everywhere, including in the Log overview and on Log detail pages
- Ability to check and uncheck all List items
- Task exports now include start times and recurrence schedule
- Bug fixes related to user permissions, task duplication, and schedules
- Launch of new Schedule feature
- Create, edit and delete weekly schedules
- Filter properties and people
- View Tasks and Events on the schedule
- Ability to create tasks without times (all-day tasks)
- Option to add a start time to a task (for accurate display on the Calendar)
- An account owner can now enforce two-factor authentication for all users (find this setting in the Admin console)
- System log now reports on log-in activity, two-factor authentication enforcement and removal, and category management activity
- Increased attachment limit on comments (can now add up to 10)
- Bug fixes on tasks, imports, and user invitations
- On all Overview pages, your filters will now be saved until you log out or navigate to a different household (which means, if you filter the results, change the number of results per page, or search within an Overview page, these settings will remain selected when you click to a specific object or another page and come back to the Overview page)
- On the Tasks Overview page, quick in-line editing for Due Date
- Option to add an End Date for a recurring task (which is especially useful for seasonal tasks)
- Recurring fields now appear at the top of the form to create a new task
- Ability to reassign all tasks to another user when deactivating a user
- New details in the Activity Log, allowing you to see when task status is updated and when assets move between zones
- Tasks marked as On Hold or At Risk will not be automatically overwritten as Overdue after the due date
- Comments are paginated, displaying up to 5 at a time
- Plus, a number of small UX improvements and bug fixes
- Recurring events that will display on the Calendar and in your synced calendar feeds
- New option for Tasks and Events to recur on the first or last day or weekday of the month
- Ability to deactivate (and reactivate) users, which allows you to revoke a user's access but still see their historic activities (Admins can deactivate users from the Admin Console)
- Ability to search and filter on the Activity Log in the Admin Console
- A number of small but impactful changes, including:
- On a task, the dropdown menu for Projects is now alphabetized and allows you to search for a project
- Ability to see Property, Zone, and Asset images in a grid for multiple photos
- New confirmation popup whenever you click out of an overlaying form on Tasks, Events and Protocols
- Option to grant permission to ‘View all Projects’ for Admins, Managers, and potential custom permissions roles
- Update to allow users with 'View only' permissions to still be able to check off items on a List
- Filter option to exclude or view only completed Projects
- Restored ability to manage and create Zone categories
- Multiple bug fixes for Calendar (including display of recurring tasks), Protocols (making edits and deleting), Projects (permissions), and Connections (thumbnails)
Introduction of the Admin Console: Account Owners users now have access to one place for:
- Managing users and their access, with the ability to see their 2FA status and last login date, and a way to promote additional users to Account Owners
- Monitoring your account's activity log (a running list of actions users take in your account)
- Accessing your billing information
- Multi-client accounts will also have the ability to create and manage multiple households
With this change, we have also moved the Household information page to the lefthand navigation bar. The Users overview page is now embedded within Household information, which also includes account settings, imports and exports.
Other meaningful improvements to Calendar and Tasks:
- Day and Week views on the Calendar
- On the Calendar, filter for completed tasks
- On the Calendar, completed tasks now display with a strikethrough for easy distinction between completed and active tasks
- Updated mobile keyboard experience when selecting date and time
- Ability to add checklists and headers when you're creating or editing a task
- New formatting options on long text forms (strikethrough text and yellow options for font color and highlighter)
- Option to sort completed Tasks by completion date
- Button to delete tasks from the Tasks overview page
- Tweaks and bug fixes, including consistently copying over Task checklists on recurring Tasks, List item attachment icon and attachment show as expected, task checklist can now be checked off again regardless of permission and device, Connection functionality will no longer get stuck in infinite loading state
- Update to the mobile app to optimize notifications and camera functionality
- Ability to include headings when you're loading a List into a Task
- Ability to filter tasks on Tasks and Calendar to see only recurring tasks, or only non-recurring tasks
- You can now see which user completed a task and when (note that this will only show on completed tasks going forward)
- Tweaks and bug fixes, including pre-fill correct property and zone where possible, selecting a Project when creating Task, and update Task filters
[Jan 24, 2025]
- New color coding for events and tasks on the Calendar, with legend in the property filter
- Ability to sort attachments alphabetically and chronologically
- New currencies for amount fields
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Tweaks and bug fixes, including the ability to select which custom field to delete, the ability to edit users with one click, and restored option to cancel when adding a zone
[Jan 10, 2025]
- Duplicate Zones including the Assets in it (next will be the same for Properties with Zones and Assets in it), so you can set up and copy similarities between homes and rooms quickly
- Ability to select if you want to copy connections and attachments (and Assets where relevant), when you are duplicating across your Nines account
- Add captions to attachments that are photos
- Add new List items via enter to speed up the process
- Lots of small tweaks and improvements, including resizing Property and Zone images to see the full photos, adding more details when creating a Task via Connections, showing recurring tasks on the Calendar correctly
[Dec 20, 2024]
- Import Vendors, Contacts, and Tasks
- Export Lists
- Set your household's default currency and adjust currency for every amount field on object detail pages
- Other small tweaks and improvements, including the ability to select all and deselect all categories when creating or editing a permissions role
[Dec 6, 2024]
- Ability to connect the same type of objects like Assets <> Assets or Contacts <> Contacts
- Add labels to Connections so you can clearly communicate relationships
- On detail pages for objects (like a vendor or an asset), photo blocks no longer display if no photo has been updated, saving space and enabling you to see more at a glance
[Nov 19, 2024]
- Thumbnails for Documents, attachments and search results where possible
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Updates to Documents and attachments, including the ability to replace and download documents while auto-populating names, and the ability to download and rename attachments
- Attachments functionality within Projects (see attachment icon on the top right)
- Ability to @ mention other users in Protocols so they get a notification
[Nov 6, 2024]
- New Projects feature to keep track of and collect all information, tasks, vendors, documents, communication, etc under one Project umbrella
- Ability to save Protocols as a PDF and print by property
- Updates to UX including ability to see more than 10 search results on search overview page and larger mention search suggestion popup
[Oct 23, 2024]
- Rename and add captions to profile photos
- Pinch and zoom in on any images within the gallery view
- Add attachments to sections within Protocols
- Update to our iOS app to gain the ability to download attachments and have badge with number of notifications
[Oct 9, 2024]
- Custom fields for dates or short text on every object (Properties, Zones, Assets, etc.)
- Ability to pin any object (like you can with Logs)
- Improvements to Lists so that headings create collapsible sections that you can manage separately
- Ability to bulk upload Documents (up to 10 at a time when you click + Add new)
- Ability to upload a CSV of your Assets into Nines (in the dropdown menu under your name in the top righthand corner, select View household information)
[Sept 23, 2024]
- Ability to duplicate Lists and Events, see the options menu on the overview and duplicate icon on the detail page
- List view of events on the Calendar
- Add multiple additional connections while creating a new connection
- Check off checklist items in a Task without permission to edit Tasks
- Users can now manage their event comment notification preference and as a follower receive notifications for new comments like on Tasks
- Multi-household: ability to assign, tag and notify users across households and they will get notifications
[Sept 4, 2024]
- Comments are now available on Tasks, Logs, Events, and Lists
- Ability to add attachment to new and existing comments
- You can now edit Log date field after the fact
- Enabled connecting People resources with other People resources (eg Resident with Staff)
- As a user with manage roles permissions you can see and update your own properties (and households if appropriate)
- Users can now only see other users that they overlap with on households (on multi-household accounts)
[August 13, 2024]
- Exports are now available for Events, Logs, Assets, Vendors, and Contacts
- New layouts for overview and detail pages allow you to see more information above the fold
- Ability to select the number of results displaying on overview pages ranging from 10 to 100
- Option to preview Documents from the overview page
- New copy icon next to email fields so you can easily copy and use email addresses
[August 6, 2024]
- You can comment on Logs, just like you can with Tasks
- Ability to see the contents of comments and mentions in notification emails
- The iOS App has been updated so you can take photos within the app, no matter which iPhone you have — update in the App Store
- Open links to new pages in a separate tab incl Task detail pages, without losing your overview page
- Tweaks and bug fixes across events, search, filtering, and documents
[July 25, 2024]
- Updates to Search including a new search results page that allows you to filter results based on the type of object you're looking for
- You can now filter and see special dates (birthdays for Resident, Staff, and Contacts, and work anniversaries for Staff) on the Calendar
- Overview pages have been improved to make it easier to see longer item names at a glance, plus filters and page numbers are preserved when coming back to the page, and you can open links in a new tab
- New and updated Notifications settings for events and tasks, including a notification when an event gets rescheduled
- You can now add additional phone numbers and email addresses with custom labels for Residents, Staff, Vendors and Contacts
- Users with user management permissions are able to set log edit and delete permissions
- You can now see the quantity of Assets on the overview page
- Add new and empty lines in large text boxes for flexible formatting
- You are now required to complete an extra confirmation step before deleting a property
[July 9, 2024]
- A new export feature that allows admins and anyone else with the right permissions settings to export all of your Tasks
- The QuickView page for Tasks shows only actionable fields, with more details on Task detail pages
- Infinite previews of recurring Tasks on the Calendar
- Correct filenames for downloaded Documents and other small bug fixes for Connections, Tasks and Permissions
[June 24, 2024]
- Search bar on every overview page to quickly filter for example Properties, Assets, Tasks, Logs, etc
- Add, view, and filter Tasks on the Calendar
- Sync your Calendar to see Nines events and tasks on 3rd party calendars
- New look and feel for Protocols
- Ability to search Protocols in Quick Find
- Select all or none when filtering Properties in the breadcrumbs
- Ability to upload photos and other attachments when you create a Task
- Additional Connections (for example, now you can connect Properties and Zones with Vendors, Tasks with Lists)
[June 6, 2024]
- Built out the Users page, which is now the default place to manage users. Here, you can invite new users, resend any pending invitations, set permission roles and assign property permissions, update contact details, and revoke a user's access (change role to No Access)
- Ability to add attachments and reminders to Calendar Events, and the ability to manage Event follower and reminder notifications, which include a link back to the event in Nines
- Added Activity logs for the account owner to monitor what users have created, updated, and deleted (and when it happened)
- Ability to reorder Protocol chapters and sections, and added confirmation message before deleting any
- Added an Assets tab on Zone pages to make it easy to add new Assets within that Zone
- On overview pages, if you remove the default alphabetical sort order, you will now see the most recently created items at the top instead of the oldest
- Small updates to the Log permissions, Event and Task quick view modals, and Protocols
- Bug fixes across photos, tagging, Tasks, Connections and Search
[May 17, 2024]
- Calendar functionality to add, view, edit, delete, connect, filter Events
- Manage custom categories and permission settings for Calendar and Events
- Add Followers to Events with notifications
- Ability to white-label Nines to add your own logo (eg multi-family offices, property management companies, and high-end custom builders)
[April 30, 2024]
- Ability to assign a Property when adding a Log and filter Logs by Property/ies
- Adding the Property or Zone information on search results where possible for context
- Added quick link for all users to the Support Center under user profile menu
- Bug fixes across Tasks, photo uploads, plus Zone and List permissions
- Mobile app updates to go live as soon as approved by Apple (iOS) and Google (Android)
- Ensure mobile push notifications are stable and consistent
- Notifications link directly to correct pages
- Optimize size of photos and documents
- New user invites link to the registration page
[April 22, 2024]
- Search upgrades to provide more search results based on more flexible keywords
- Ability to assign multiple Properties and Zones to Assets as you add them
- Custom categories for Residents and Staff
- Updates to permissions for Properties, Zones, Residents and Staff
- Automatic notification when a Task becomes overdue
- Ability to switch between different Household's accounts (if you manage more than one Household — eg. fractional estate managers, multi-family offices)
- Option to manage name, email address and assigned properties on the Users page
- Bug fixes for mobile, Connections, Lists and Tasks
[April 9, 2024]
- Introduction of Connections
- Overview page for Zones in the navigation bar
- Ability to search for Logs
- All overview pages sorted alphabetically by default
- Proper formatting of phone numbers, and ability for click to call
- Upgrades to viewing documents and photos on mobile
- Updates to the system to load even faster
- Bug fixes for filters and login
[March 25, 2024]
- Ability to edit and delete comments on Tasks
- Filter completed Tasks based on a date range of when tasks were completed
- Pinning logs at the top of the Logs overview or the top of the logs section on a specific page (For now, you can only pin logs you created. Any logs you pin will be pinned for everyone on your account who has permission to see them. Pinning logs works well for any important updates you don't want to slip through the cracks.)
- Showing the Property and Zone on the Assets overview
- Pre-filling of property and category fields where relevant
- Permissions option for users to be able to 'View all' Tasks
- Bug fixes for Protocols and Mobile experience
[March 12, 2024]
[Jan and Feb, 2024 new platform updates]
- Properties overview with photos, property filter moved to within pages
- Updated detail page layout with photo and information in the middle (only fields filled out show up), logs and documents in an expandable column on the right
- Breadcrumbs to keep track of, directly go back to, level in the site hierarchy with a link
- Assets page on Zone, and overall updated Filter experience with expanding section
- Permission roles at category level with View vs Create vs Update vs Delete options
- Category custom management for Assets, Contacts, Documents, Lists, Tasks, Vendors, and Zones
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Ability to reorder, expand and zoom in on images
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Add and preview any browser supported documents, videos and other files under Documents
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Protocols are available for every individual property and not just one across the household
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Tasks upgrades
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More information in the overview
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Complete tasks from the overview in one click
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Click the task name to get a quickview to make any updates
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Ability to assign tasks to more than one user
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Additional options for recurring and reminders incl custom ones
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Powerful ability to load any lists as checklist in a task
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Lists upgrades
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Ability to print, and move items around
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Add attachments to each list item
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Convert list items to tasks, and view completed items with a timestamp at the bottom
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