Version 2.0
Description
This plugin is a variation of the Quick Contacts plugin previously created by Scott Owen and is published on PowerData Solutions with his permission.
PSCB development thanks Scott and acknowledges his contribution as the original developer of the project.
This version adds a Contacts Icon to header on all student pages in the admin portal. When clicked the following contact information is displayed:
Contact Name
Relationship
Phone Numbers
Custody
Lives With
Emergency Contact
School Pickup
Acknowledgements
Primary Contributor/Developer
Scott Owen
Joseph M. Knight
PSCB Development Team
Rob Staats
Manjit Basra
Michael Moore
Version Info
1.0 (2020-01-13)
- Initial Release
1.1 (2020-01-14)
- Contacts are now sorted in priority order.
1.2 (2020-01-21)
- Only active contacts are now displayed in the pop-up window.
1.3 (2020-01-30)
- Contacts with expired end dates are not displayed in the pop-up window.
- Contact phone numbers are now listed in priority order.
1.4 (2020-03-05)
The following updates/enhancements was provided by Joseph M. Knight.
- Fixed issue where contacts with more than one address would appear multiple times.
- Contact flags are now marked with a "check" image instead of displaying Yes or No.
1.5 (2020-03-17)
Contact notes have been added to the popup window. If notes have been entered for a student, a message icon will appear next to the contact name. Hover over the icon and the Contact/Student notes will appear.
1.6 (2020-04-19)
- Added email addresses and Receives Mail flag.
1.7 (2020-09-04)
- Page now supports PS Translations for contacts column headers.
1.8 (2020-10-02)
- Phone numbers with extensions now display correctly.
1.9 (2021-01-21)
- Added student email to the report header.
2.0 (2022-04-25)
- Added the contact data access field to the contacts list.
Powerschool Compatible Versions
21.x, 20.x
Additional Plugin Requirement
The following PSCB plugins should be installed prior to the installation of this reports bundle.
PSCB - Base Resources
Installation
Install in System > System Settings > Plugin Management Configuration
Do not unzip the plugin. Install the entire zip file. Be sure to enable the plugin once it's installed.
If you are updating, you can now click on the Plugin name and then use the Update button, and then browse to the new file and click Submit and it will then load the update and then ask you to enable it.
Instructions
Select a school and navigate to the Powerschool start page.
Select a student.
Click the Contacts Icon located in the student header.
Comments
hubbelld
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 9:30am
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Very Useful
This is a great feature and my staff love it. Something to consider for a future release would be adding the "School Pickup" column. Thanks for making all of these great customization's available.
sue.costello
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 11:00am
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Quick Contacts - Phone numbers not in Priority order
We noticed that the contact names when clicking on this icon come up in the correct priority order but the phone numbers for the contacts do not come up in priority order.
Maybe you know about this and it is on the next update?
Thank you!
PSCB
Fri, 01/24/2020 - 2:35pm
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Quick Contacts - Phone numbers not in Priority order - Reply
Phone number priority will be addressed release. We also plan to add the School Pickup Flag.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
lmcclure
Mon, 02/10/2020 - 10:36am
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Icons not appearing
Any thoughts as to why the icons would not be appearing?
PSCB
Mon, 02/10/2020 - 11:20am
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Icons not appearing - Reply
Re-install and enable the plugin. Confirm that you have permissions to view the student contacts page.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
mellsworth
Mon, 02/10/2020 - 4:14pm
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Duplicates
We are noticing that all mothers, fathers and most emergency contacts are displaying twice. We've cleaned up all our duplicates in the contacts. Any reason it would be doing this? Marta Ellsworth
PSCB
Mon, 02/10/2020 - 5:24pm
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Duplicates - Reply
Navigate to a student that is displaying duplicates on the Quick Contacts screen.
Click on the Contacts link on the student left navigation menu. Do you also see the duplicates on the screen?
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
mellsworth
Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:41am
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Duplicates
No I do not see duplicates when clicking on the contacts screen.
PSCB
Wed, 02/12/2020 - 6:25pm
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Duplicates - Reply 2
Please send a screen shot of the Students Contacts screen and the Quick Contacts screen for a selected student.
Send to: pscb.development@gmail.com
Thanks
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
deidoloric
Wed, 02/12/2020 - 10:43am
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Duplicates
I have duplicates as well and didn't with the last version.
PSCB
Wed, 02/12/2020 - 6:24pm
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Duplicates - Reply
Please send a screen shot of the Students Contacts screen and the Quick Contacts screen for a selected student.
Send to: pscb.development@gmail.com
Thanks
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
mbsouthard
Wed, 02/19/2020 - 8:23am
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Yes/No
This is a great plugin. However, it would be even better if the display didn't show No for those fields that are blank. Can it be changed to display Yes/No/or nothing, when the data hasn't been checked either way. Displaying No for those is a little misleading.
PSCB
Wed, 02/19/2020 - 10:03am
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Yes/No - reply
We will add this request to the PSCB enhancement list.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
ldcoleman
Fri, 07/31/2020 - 2:45pm
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Not Displaying
I too am having trouble with this plugin displaying. I am on PS version 12.4.2. I have deleted the plugins and reinstalled and still no luck. I have many PSCB plugins and never had issues before. Any thoughts?
LaDonna
ldcoleman
Fri, 07/31/2020 - 3:31pm
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I believe I have figured it
I believe I have figured it out. I had customized the CSS file for two custom alerts. When I removed that customization all worked well. Now I just need to figure out how to make the custom alerts work. More Research!
dorothy.tribble
Sat, 08/01/2020 - 1:27pm
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successfully imported and enabled
But I don't see these reports. Where am I supposed to be seeing them?
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PSCB
Sat, 08/01/2020 - 6:08pm
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successfully imported and enabled - Reply
This plugin is not a collection of reports. After installing the plugin, select a student. You should see a "people" icon in the student header. Click on the icon. A pop-up window will appear and display the contacts.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
tstrupp
Tue, 09/22/2020 - 11:42am
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Contacts with end date still showing
If you have a contact with an end date they are still showing on the Quick Contacts.
BKiehl@shsd.k12...
Tue, 10/13/2020 - 5:01pm
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contacts Icon not showing
I installed this plugin and enabled it but the icon is not showing to click on for the pop up. I was wondering if it had anything to do with me creating a lot of custom alerts over the years.
PSCB
Tue, 10/13/2020 - 6:00pm
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contacts Icon not showing - reply
If the icon is not showing that usually indicates a conflict with a previous customization.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
ablazey
Thu, 12/03/2020 - 11:59am
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Current (P)?
Hi,
I am seeing this on a few contacts. What does that mean? I havent seen anything after it. Thanks!
Alison Blazey
ablazey@ehtp.org
Data and Systems Manager
KIPP NYC College Prep
PSCB
Thu, 12/03/2020 - 1:30pm
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Current (P)? - Reply
The (P) indicates that the email address has been marked as the Primary email address.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
ablazey
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 9:25am
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Enhancement Request Student's Email
Morning,
It would be great to also have student email in this icon. It could be the one stop shop for all contacts. Thanks!
Alison Blazey
ablazey@ehtp.org
Data and Systems Manager
KIPP NYC College Prep
PSCB
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 11:32am
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Enhancement Request Student's Email - Reply
Student email has been added to the report header.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
pgiampaolo
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:59pm
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No records with image server
Hello,
We recently implemented an image server following the official documentation, and additionally copied over the custom pages directory as well as some plugins seemed to rely on it.
However, now when we click on the icon on a student page, it just shows "no records found". Checking the network log in Chrome does not reveal any errors in the script loading, but its obviously not able to find the right information.
Any help would be appreciated.
PSCB
Mon, 03/15/2021 - 5:50pm
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No records with image server - Reply
This a server related issue that PSCB Development can not provide assistance to correct.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
pgiampaolo
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 11:04am
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Hi, thank you for the
Hi, thank you for the response. With all due respect, I do not believe the issue is on our end.
We have correctly configured the server and it functions perfectly for all built in PowerSchool functions, as well as 99% of our plugins. This particular plugin is the only one we have noticed no longer works.
We have made sure to copy all the scripts, wildcards, etc folders onto the image server so they can still be accessed. It just seems the fact it is being called from a different location has broken the functionality. If you really cannot help it is understandable, but at least you should be aware that it will not work on an otherwise working image server.
PSCB
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 11:39am
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Hi, thank you for the - Reply
Thanks for the feedback, we will explore the issue further. It will complicated to test, because we to not work any districts that are using an image server. Hopefully we can correct the issue you have encountered.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
bmyrdek
Fri, 04/02/2021 - 1:39pm
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Error message
v1.9 is not working on my PS v20.11.2. It displays an error message box when you click on the icon. I reinstalled v1.8 just fine.
PSCB
Mon, 04/05/2021 - 12:37pm
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Error message - Reply
Download a new copy of version 1.9. Re-install and enable. If you continue to receive an error, please send a screenshot to pscb.development@gmail.com.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
SewCrazy2
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 9:06am
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Some contacts missing
What determines if a contact displays in the alert? Some pull up correctly while others do not. One student only has 3 contacts and for some reason the mother is not listed when I click the alert but she is at the top when I click contacts.
PSCB
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 11:42am
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Some contacts missing - Reply
The contact must have the active status box checked. If you use start and end dates, the current date must fall in that range.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
hansonc
Mon, 11/22/2021 - 8:40am
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Not seeing Alert
I installed this plugin but do not see the "people icon". We also have the PowerPack plug in from Powerschool. Could there be a conflict with that?
thank you
PSCB
Tue, 11/23/2021 - 5:48pm
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Not seeing Alert - Reply
If you are not seeing the icon, this would indicate that there is a conflict with another customization.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
higginst
Wed, 12/01/2021 - 10:39am
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Changing contact location
Hi, I installed this plug in and it works and its AWESOME, but its pulling from the PS contacts page that we dont use and havent updated for years. Our current contacts page is under our state/province SC page. Is there a way to edit the plug in so that it looks at our contacts page? Thank you,
ablume
Wed, 03/02/2022 - 10:42am
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Changing contact location
I would like to know if this could be changed as well. We use the contacts page under State/Province SC.
Amy Blume
PowerSchool Administrator
Anderson School District Two
PSCB
Wed, 03/02/2022 - 11:49am
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Changing contact location - Reply
Sorry, PSCB does not provide customization services for state specific pages and reports.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
hansonc
Tue, 04/26/2022 - 6:25am
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Wrong zip file
The zip file is the PowerTeacher Quick Contacts, not the Admin one. Please post the correct zip. thanks
PSCB
Tue, 04/26/2022 - 6:37am
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Wrong zip file - Reply
Download link corrected.
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
peterleeman
Tue, 04/26/2022 - 7:44am
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Still seems to be the wrong
Still seems to be the wrong file?
PSCB DEV Customization - Quick Contacts v4.0.zip
PSCB
Tue, 04/26/2022 - 10:40am
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Still seems to be wrong - Reply
A new version of the plugin which is currently in development was loaded by mistake. The issue will corrected later today
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Rob Staats
PSCB Development
peterleeman
Tue, 04/26/2022 - 6:32pm
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Thank you!
Thank you!