Added a new feature to the Maintenance and Repair section call Extension Maintenance Modules.  This feature is similar to Extension Reports but instead of simply reporting data it can modify it.  At any time necessary Powergold Support can supply a maintenance module to make custom modifications to your data, repair it, convert it, or help maintain it.  A maintenance module file, like an extension report, can be distributed amongst users if appropriate.

The Music Library Filter editor has a new feature that allows a filter to be specified as acting upon all folders.  This produces better performance when a filter was set to use all folders.  It also means a user does not have to remember to update the filter when new categories or folders are added.  The filter editor user interface has also been rearranged to better support some upcoming improvements that are currently in development.

Added a new traffic merge for the WideOrbit traffic system.

The Extension Report user interface has been optimized.  A popup menu has been added and you can now automatically email an extension report source file to another user.

The schedule now automatically purges any quick notes that are no longer in use (no longer in history).  Depending on how many quick notes you use this can improve performance quite a bit.

The India PPL report now includes artist information.

Added an advanced, automated interface for the Radiomax automation system.  The interface allows automatic synchronization of information between Powergold and Radiomax.

Powergold now supports the use of automation system provided web services which can allow a more automatic and seemless integration with Powergold.  As we get more requests to create more interfaces that can take advantage of this feature we will add more systems to the list that are supported.  The new Radiomax interface uses this new feature.  At least one other system is in development that takes advantage of this system as well.

Added 2 new buttons to the scheduler user interface to jump to the previous or next song.  This is especially useful if a user chooses to hide notes and commands.

The Music Library and Scheduler toolbars have been updated to better accommodate available options.

The old Powergold internet tools have been removed.  They have been replaced by new links (in the Help menu) to the more powerful tools offered at the new www.powergold.com website.

Various user interface elements and captions have be updated.

Prior versions of Powergold v8 have been compatible with Windows Vista.  However, there was a special option that had to be manually set (only 1 time) when running on Vista.  This is no longer the case as this option is now automatic.

Added a traffic merge for the Amily traffic system.

Replaced the existing BUMA report with a new report meeting the new specifications required.

User permissions can now be saved as a template to make creating new users and assigning permissions faster and easier.

A new feature has been added to future moves.  You can now add recurring future moves.  For example, you can specify that a song should be moved every May 5.

The Future Move Mass Changer has been upgraded to support the new recurring future moves.

The NexGen reconcile formats have been updated to support new specifications and some new NexGen reconcile formats have been added.

The Actual Average Turnover report is now sortable by the original list order or by any column ascending or descending.  Original list order is the order of the songs in the current Music Library display.  So this gives some powerful sorting options to this report.

The Streamline advanced interface has had many improvements made to make it completely compatible in any region.  It now supports any and all regional settings for dates and numbers.  If you use Streamline you will need to contact your Streamline support agent to be sure the proper upgrades are in place on the automation system side when you upgrade to Powergold version 8.24.000.0000.

The Radiomax advanced interface (previously only released as beta) has had many improvements made to make it completely compatible in any region.  It now supports any and all regional settings for date and numbers.

The GEMA Analysis report now uses runtime of a song for plays that have no exact duration (plays that were not reconciled).

The "Map Traffic File Numbers to the Following Field" option in the traffic editor now properly supports mapping to Map1.

Added the SoundExchange report so users that must report to SoundExchange are able to do so.

The Media Touch automation output now detects when the traffic system is set to "Darts - Scott Output" and outputs the traffic type if it was delivered in the traffic file.

The traffic merge now automatically updates the type field of traffic if it already exists in Powergold and is different from that delivered in the traffic file being merged.

The Automatic Reconcile now has an option in the Automatic Reconcile Setup screen that allows it to behave more like a standard reconcile when it encounters an hour that is missing from the reconcile file.  The option is called "Do not auto-reconcile any hours missing in the reconcile file" and, if enabled, will prevent an hour from being reconciled if it is not present in the reconcile file (even if the day/hour grid is check for that hour).  By default this option is off to prevent different behavior for the many users already using the system.  If you need this option you can turn it on in the Reconcile Setup screen on the Automatic Reconcile tab.

Some of the user permissions have been updated and extended.

The Quick Note editor now automatically remembers all of the settings of the last quick note for each Powergold user.  A button is provided that allows a user to automatically load the last note settings.  This makes is much easier for those users who were using the same quick note multiple times in a day but were not using it enough to justify creating a clock note for it.

The scheduler now automatically purges any traffic items that are no longer in use anywhere in the system.  This improves performance by a significant amount in some cases.

Some database elements have been upgraded to support database improvements and additions that are currently in development.

Lance Olvey

Chief Technology Officer

Micropower Corporation

Powergold Music Scheduling