MLS Release Notes

Last Updated: 7 March 2019 at 13:01

MLS Update Procedures

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Release Notes for MLS 3.9.0

Date Released: February 14, 2019

Issues Resolved

Membership Related

  • Fixed an issue causing MLS to switch to finance only mode if there are no active bank accounts.

Date Released: May 18, 2018

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

  • Added a redirect to Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) for temple recommend functionality.
  • Missions that are unable to use LCR can now manage temple recommends for the members living in districts under the mission.
  • Additional translations.

Date Released: April 1, 2018

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

  • To support the changes announced in April 2018 general conference:
    • Removed home and visiting teaching functionality.
    • The Quarterly Reports for the first two quarters of 2018 will not include any statistics about home teaching and visiting teaching.
    • The Quarterly Reports for the third quarter of 2018 and beyond will show the percentage of companionships interviewed at least once during each quarter.
  • Added a warning message instructing units using an old version of Java to download and run the full MLS installer, which includes a supported version of Java. Units that do not have a support version of Java will no longer be able to transmit data after June 22, 2018.
  • Added additional redirects to Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR).

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Release Notes for MLS 3.8.6

Date Released: January 19, 2018

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

  • Updated the Officers Sustained form for units that are unable to use Leader and Clerk Resources to reflect recent changes to the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Date Released: August 9, 2017

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

  • Missions can now see information for branches that report to their districts.
  • The date format for units in Tonga now uses the full name of the month instead of an abbreviation.

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Release Notes for MLS 3.8.5

Date Released: August 26, 2016

New or Enhanced Functionality

Membership Related

  • Improved support for Windows 10.
  • Updated the ward version of the Officers Sustained form so that Aaronic Priesthood quorum presidencies are sustained in their quorum meetings instead of sacrament meeting.
  • Added a redirect to Leader and Clerk Resources (LCR) for:
    • Editing unit abbreviations.
    • Recording and editing child with record baptism and confirmation.
    • Recording and editing priesthood ordinations.

Issues Resolved

Finance Related

  • Fixed an issue causing certain transfers to appear incorrectly on the budget report.
  • Fixed an issue preventing local units from deleting an expense with a status of error.
  • Fixed an issue causing Q4 LUBA adjustments to be applied to the wrong year.

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