 | How to find the 'App Version Number' The application version number is shown below the 'Log In' button on the login screen, it begins with the date in the format 'YYYY.MM.DD'
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This document contains the latest NOVA changes
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2026.01.21- Current Release
Enhancements
# | Category | Summary |
| 5290 | Patients | A 'Patient Merge' tool has been added, allowing patients with the same firstname, surname and date of birth to be identified and merged together. |
| 5587 | Appointments | After 'Cancelling' or marking an appointment as 'Failed To Attend', the user is now given the option to re-activate any suspended recalls that were linked to the appointment.  |
| 5731 | Data Mining | 'Suspended recalls' has been added to the search filters within the 'Exams' tab. Patients will be included if they have at least one suspended recall and they have NOT got the 'Recalls Stopped' flag enabled on their record. Tip: use the 'Recalls' field within the columns to see the recall categories assigned to a patient in the results. Suspended recalls will appear with a line through them.  |
| 5797 | Examinations | Clinical mergefields (containing the word 'note' in their name) now retain linebreak formatting when merged in templates. |
| 5806 | Examinations | The ability to import / export refraction data to be used with the Thomson Test Chart Phoropter Module has been added. The options can be accessed via a new button 'External Link' at the bottom of the exam page.  The Export File option will save the current refraction data to a file in the Downloads folder on the pc. This can be imported into the Thomson phoropter module. The Import File option will populate the refraction components (matched by the name) with the data exported frome the Thomson phoropter module. |
| 5875 | Tasks | It is now possible to remove yourself as an assignee from a task, using the button at the bottoim of the task page. The task will disappear from your task page. |
| 5946 | Appointments | It is now possible to remove a single, past appointment slot, from the online diary.  Note: Requires the 'Edit Past Appointments' permission |
| 5959 | Transactions | The transactions page now displays 'Credits' and 'Refunds'. |
| 5967 | eGOS | A change has been made to allow any optometrist with the permission 'Create and Edit Sight Exams' to sign an eGOS3 claim. This allows claims that weren't created on the day of the exam to be signed off by a different optometrist. |
| 5974 | Recall | When a recall is marked as 'Suspended', it is now logged in the activity log along with the staff member who made the change. |
| 5975 | Transactions | The text colour for payment buttons can now be set by the user.  |
| 5978 | Schemes | Items on a scheme record can now be edited from any branch, not just the branch where the scheme was created. The stock items displayed will be those of the branch where the scheme was created. |
| 5981 | Appointments | The daily appointment list now includes appointment notes. |
| 5988 | Patients | A 'Quick View' button has been added to the transactions component to allow the items purchased to be viewed without leaving the patient record.  |
| 5990 | Examinations | The 'Toric Alignment' component has been moved and now appears after 'Visual Acuity (Post)'. |
| 6001 | Online Booking | Various changes:
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| 6012 | System | The duration of system generated temporary URL's (files, images, correspondence) has been extended from 2 minutes to 5 minutes. |
| 6033 | System | A 'Staff Logins' report has been added, accesible from the 'Activity Log' screen. The report shows the last login date / time for all staff members.  |
Fixes
# | Category | Summary |
| 5970 | Contact Lens | Addresses an issue where the contact lens actions menu is cut-off on the patient record when accessed form the contact lenses component. |
| 5972 | Recall | Addresses an issue where the 'Select All' option didn't work across multiple pages. Addresses an issue where ticking rows on one page would also select the corresponding row on the other pages. |
| 5979 | Branch | Addresses an issue where the active/inactive button state was not being saved. |
| 5986 | Examinations | Addresses an issue where the screen would seem to flicker due to the UI re-rendering. |
| 5987 | eGOS | Addresses an issue where a validation error message appears when it shouldn't. |
| 5993 | Patient Record | Addresses an issue where future cancelled appointments were not visible. |
| 5996 | Messaging | Addresses an issue where the participants window could not be closed when opened from a sent message. |