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• For Dressage classes:
  A new item on the Dressage menu "Set placing based on percentage".
  Similar to the "Set placings by score", this menu item will clear all current placings and then set the placing base on the Percentage.
  Typically you will use the button for each entry in the "Score" column to enter the judge's movement / collective marks which will compute the score and percentage for the test.
  When all entries have been scored you can use one of the "Set placing..." options on the dressage menu to update the "Finish Place" for entries.

• New standardized HSS scoreboard import from CSV file format added to scoreboard import screen.
  This is the recommended format for CSV files that all scoreboards should export to if possible.
  Scoreboard import format is in CSV (comma separated value) text format.
  There is no header row.
  Each row (line) represents one entry in the results

• New checkbox added "Gaited" beside the horse breed dropdown to indicate if this horse/breed should be considered as Gaited. Primarily this is used for dressage reports
• New breeds added: "HSB - Half Saddlebred", "RH - Racking Horse"

• The USEF status tab for an entry now includes a new column "Membership Type" for people.
• When a show pass is valid for a person the Membership Type column will display "Show Pass Valid for Comp USEF ID"

• Resolved problem where breaking ties was not consistent under very specific circumstances.
• Each placing in the editor will now display a circle, checkmark, or X to better visualize how the scoring is computed similar to manually scoring.
• A new button lets you print the "MOS Position Chart" used for manually scoring for reference. This report also briefly explains how MOS scoring is performed.
• A new button lets you "Clear" the current judge results. This does not save any changes, it just clears the form.
• The judge results input screen has 14 fixed rows for entering judge results instead of dynamically adding rows on demand.

• Online entries screen provides name, email, and phone number fields to allow you to easily copy those fields to the clipboard. For example: Use copy / paste to an email you want to send to the person that submitted the entry.
• When accepting an online entry, HSS provides a drop down for each person listing possible existing matches in your local HSS database, and an option to create a new person.
  There is a new button on the drop down to let you select any person in your local HSS database.

• New report "Dressage Circuit Division Rankings by rider type and gaited" added to Show / Results folder.
  This report ranks horse and rider for dressage classes grouped by circuit points division related to each class and based on the percentage scored for each entry.
  The report is subgrouped by Rider Type AND the GAITED flag for the horse. For example PRO and PRO-GAITED
• New report "Class sheets by Entry - USDA" added to Show / General folder.
  This report lists class entries grouped by Class number with Horse, Horse Breed Reg No, Owner, Rider, Trainer names, full mailing addresses and the Trainer's USEF number and Local Association number.
• New report "Suspect payee tax numbers - all entries" added to Show / Finance folder.
  This report is the same as report "Suspect payee tax numbers - all entries" except that it lists ALL entries that have a suspected bad SSN number instead of just entries that have actually won prize money and also have a suspected bad SSN.
  This is useful for screening all entreis in the show that appear to have a missing or possibly invalid SSN number recorded for the entry's payee.

• "Winnings by Division" report now includes Addback money and a total of regular prize money plus Addback money awarded.
• "Winnings and Prizes by Division" report now includes Addback money and a total of regular prize money plus Addback money awarded.
• Judges cards have new write-in field for judge to write in their USEF number.

• A new column "Membership Type" added for people.
  When a show pass is valid for a person the Membership Type column will display "Show Pass Valid for Comp USEF ID"

• New buttons added to the "Entry Number" columns AND to the "Entry List" column in all screens
  • Clicking these buttons will open a review screen listing all the entries referenced, list the basic entry information and a details listing all the classes entered and fees charged.
  • The "Entry List" screen has a button for each entry listed that when clicked will open the full entry editor for the entry.
    • You can edit and save changes in the main entry edit screen as you normally would. Changes will not be reflected in the entry list until it is reopened.
    • Changes to entry records in the main bulk editor or competition analyzer will not be updated until you either refresh the data or reopen the validation or analyzer.

• AQHA Class picker added to class records to select the AQHA Class Code for a show class
• Show Judge records have a new column "Show Number" to designate a unique show number / identity value for each show. This unique show number allows HSS to segregate the results by judge when exporting results to AQHA.

• The class results screen has a new button "MULTIJUDGE". This allows you to record placings for each judge assigned to the class.
• A new menu item "Multi-Judge" provides results entry and reports for Multi-Judge shows.
• A new button on the main class results toolbar "Multi Judge" lets you input result for each judge assigned to the class.
• A multi-judge class lets you record placings from different independent judges.
• HSS will compute the points awarded to each placed entry for each judge.
• The total points from each judge for each entry are added together to determine the overall placings for entries in the class based on the total points each entry received from all judges.
• AQHA results export will segregate / report as required for each judge in the show.

• New diagnostic field "Error Details" provides additional transaction information for failed Ecommerce transactions to assist diagnosing problems processing card failures.
• Elavon Commerce Web services (EMV card reader) support will now search for card readers if no card reader is reported by CWS initially.
• New utility CWStestUtility.exe added to allow running tests against Elavon's Commerce Web Services (CWS) for testing EMV card readers (Moby 5500, Lane 3000 / 5000)

• Checks screen has a new checkmark column "Withhold". The checkmark will be checked and the row highlighted in red if the related Entry has "Withhold prize money" flag checkmarked.
• A new checkbox to filter checks "Include withheld cheques" to show or hide cheques where the related entry record has "Withhold prize money" checkmarked. The default is unchecked.
• Cheque labels will include a large watermark "WITHHOLD" will be printed on the label if the "Withhold prize money" is checkmarked in the entry record related to the cheque.
• Cheque labels are sorted by "Payable to"
• Cheques will print "WITHHOLD" underneath the cheque number and cheque date if the "Withhold prize money" is checkmarked in the entry record related to the cheque.
• Cheque export to "Generic tab delimited list" which can be opened in Excel, includes new remark column "Rem6" usually containing addback details and "Withhold" column which is set to "True" if the entry record has the "Withhold prize money" checkmarked.

• Focus is now automatically set to the class number search field.
• Filter textboxes have moved to the top of the screen.

• A new column "Addback Prize" added to list the addback prize amount (if any) applicable to each entry.
• HSS will highlight the entry number, entry name, Prize, and Addback prize cells in class results editor if the "Withhold prize money" flag is check marked for an entry.

• Rating field supports additional ratings: LOCAL, RATED, NONRATED, A/AA, B/C
• Changing the name of a division will force HSS to regenerate invoices for all entries that are in classes in the division to ensure any division billing fees use the new name on invoices.

• Entry editor will now popup a warning if SSN is blank instead of forcing you to fix the field before you can save.
  You can always allow blank SSN by setting the “Allow blank federal number” option in show properties.

• Scratching a horse will remove all riders from the entry that are not referenced by any classes.

• New flags checkbox "Has Open Check" added. This lets you flag if the entry has an open check on file. This flag is listed in show manager for each entry

• New flags checkbox "Withhold prize money" added.
  When checkmarked, any prize money cheques will be flagged as "Withhold" and if still printed or exported will indicate the cheque should be withheld until unchecking this flag in the entry record. Review details in the "Cheques / Checks" notes above.
  
  For shows that use "Apply prize money to invoices", any prize money or addback money will NOT be deducted from an entry's invoice if the "Withhold prize money" flag is set for the entry. Unchecking the Withhold prize money and saving the entry record will update the entry's invoice and apply the prize / addback prize money.

• You can set a “Primary” rider (the default rider) in entry editor using the new button listed with each rider in the Riders list to select which rider is the default / primary rider for the entry.
  When adding a rider into classes on the classes tab, the rider selection will default to the designated primary rider.

• Results export updated with column changes required by EC for 2023 shows.
• Person lookups now include "Safe Sport Training Completed" flag, and highlight that property in red if the value is not "True"

• The USEF Status for people will highlight in red if the status is "NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SHOW PASS/MEMBERSHIP" or "INELIGIBLE FOR SHOW PASS – MUST BECOME MEMBER"

• When accepting an online entry, the "Invoice TO" setting (IE: OWNER, RIDER, TRAINER) HSS will now respect the setting instead of always setting the Invoice TO for the entry to OWNER.
  If the show is set to "RIDER" and there are multiple riders on the entry, the first rider alphabetically by last name will be chosen as the person to invoice.
  When Invoice TO is set to "RIDER" and there are either no riders on a horse entry or for BARN entries (which never have a rider) the Invoice To will be set to OWNER.

• New search feature added to help you easily find a class number within the entire schedule including the "Unscheduled classes" list:
  • New “Class number search” field added.
  • Click on the Class number search textbox OR press the F2 key to put the focus on the new search textbox
  • Enter the class number you want to find in the schedule and press the Enter key.
  • HSS will find the class number (if valid) in any of the lists including the “Unscheduled” classes list.
  • HSS will put the correct ring / day into view if it’s outside the viewing area, briefly flash the list in red, and select the class in the list.

• The detailed ring schedule report now handles partial minutes instead of rounding to the nearest minute when computing times and will report down to the second in the report. This is particularly important when the trip time has been set to something like 2.5 minutes.
• The detailed ring schedule will no longer add minutes for model or undersaddle classes if there are no entries in the class. Model and undersaddle classes otherwise apply the default time for undersaddle classes as a single timespan regardless of the number of entries.

• New report: "Global / Circuit Points - Crosstab" - The report is a global circuit points reports listing points by horse in a compact horizontal crosstab format.
• New report: "Global / Winnings by Show with details - All shows" - The report lists all winnings paid grouped and subtotalled by show and then prize payee. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Prize money payees" report has new columns for Addback and total of Prize + Addback.
• "Payees with suspect federal tax numbers" includes total of Prize + Addback.
• "Addback Paid" report updated to reflect change to addback money being awarded as prize money instead of invoice fee credit.
• "Jumper Money with add back" report updated to reflect change to addback money being awarded as prize money instead of invoice fee credit.
• "Class sheets" will now include the class specification related to the class (if any).
• "Winnings by Entry" report now lists addback money won.
• "Winnings by Horse" report now lists addback money won.
• "Winnings by Owner" report now lists addback money won.
• "Winnings by Owner with page breaks" report now lists addback money won.
• "Global / Winnings by Class - All shows" report now lists addback money won. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Global / Winnings by Horse - All shows" report now lists addback money won. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Global / Winnings by Owner - All shows" report now lists addback money won. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Global / Winnings by Payee - All shows" report now includes addback money won. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Global / Winnings by Payee with details - All shows" report now includes addback money won. Dormant shows are excluded.
• "Circuit points - Hunter", "Circuit points - Jumper", "Circuit points - Equitation", "Circuit - Jumper Money", reports list details grouped and summarized first by show, and then by class.

• Invoices:
  • Coggins date is shown in invoice header area beside the horse name.
  • Addback prize money will now be listed in the "Results" section of the invoice and is treated as prize money rather than as a credit on invoices.

• "Scoresheet Hunter - Non FEI" and "Scoresheet Jumper - Non FEI", "Jump Order", and "Jump Order - simplified" now have black grid lines instead of light grey to improve readability.

• "Trainer fee split form" has new column "Stall" which lists the information from the "Stall" field for the entry
• "Trainer fee split form" bolds the horse name for improved clarity.

• New Report: Winnings and Prizes by Division in reports explorer under Show \ Results.
  This report lists the prize money awarded and prize money offered grouped and summarized by Class Type, Rating (EG: LOCAL, A, B, C etc), Division

• The Entries tab has a new column "Withhold Prize Money" to indicate if the flag is set in the entry record to withhold prize money. The cell is highlighted in red if the flag is checkmarked.
• The Entries tab has a new column "Open Check" to indicate if the "Has Open Check" flag is set in the entry record.
• The Riders tab will automatically set focus to the rider name search field when the Riders tab is selected. The rider name search has moved to above the grid to be consistent with Entries layout.
• The Find horse textbox will now correctly set the horse search popup to the text you entered in the main show manager screen.

• New field "Show No" added to each Show Judge on the "Judges" tab in show properties.
  The show number is used for AQHA shows that have multiple judges and results are exported for each individual judge.
• New button "Import Settings" in Show editor lets you import various show options, payment settings, SMS text settings, and online entry settings from a different HSS show.
  This helps you more quickly setup a new show using the same settings as a previous show. The import wizard lets you select a show from the current show database or from another HSS show database.
• Online entry settings has 2 new checkboxes in payment settings to suppress charging convenience fee on Deposits and on Regular fees.

• Results export updated for USEF 2023 template that adds column DN reporting "Add Back Money"
• Person validation, bulk validation, competition status analyzer highlight USEF Status if the person's status is "NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SHOW PASS/MEMBERSHIP" or "INELIGIBLE FOR SHOW PASS – MUST BECOME MEMBER"

• Addback money is now treated as prize money and will be included in 1099 earnings for 2023 and future shows that use the addback money feature.

• The "Automatically create 1099 data" screen will now default to the current year if when the current date is on or after June, otherwise it will default to the prior year
• The "Automatically create 1099 data" screen will now prompt you to specify if you will be using the 1099 merge tool and set the "1099 Minimum earning threshold" to $0.00 if you indicate you will be using the 1099 Merge tool.
• An important note added to set the threshold amount to zero ($0.00) If you intend to use the 1099 merge tool to merge 1099 data from multiple folders.
  This ensures that all 1099 data is available to the merge tool from all database folders.
  For example someone may have earned below the $600 in one database folder, but when combined with earnings in other folders may have reached the $600 reporting threshold. It is important to set the threshold to zero when your intention is to use the 1099 merge tool to ensure all earnings are available to the 1099 Merge tool.

June 4, 2018:

Compatibility update.