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DOM on the Public Reports; Private Reports no Longer Emailed The DOM field now displays on the CR Full Report for the Public. This field was previously displayed only on the Private version for agents. With the recent change to disallow email of Private reports (see next paragraph), the MLS Committee and Board of Directors have voted to add the DOM (but not CDOM) to the public report. Again, the Cumulative Days on Market (CDOM) will NOT be added to the Public reports. Only DOM will appear on any public report. The Private reports can no longer be emailed to a client. The Private reports contain sensitive information that is intended only for agents. It has long been discouraged that a Private, agent-only report be emailed or even printed and delivered to a client. Volatile, agent-only information such as compensation, A2A Remarks, and agent contact information appear on the Private version. For this reason, the Private reports can no longer be directly emailed to the client from the MLS. The DOM field was added to the Public report specifically to allow agents to email DOM to clients. This was the primary reason agents would previously provide a Private report to clients.
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Subdivision, A2A Remarks, Property Description: Default to “Contains” Auto-Wildcard Searching The Subdivision, A2A Remarks, and Property Description fields now default to searching for text “contained within the field”. That is, if you type “meadow”, these 3 fields will now find the term “meadow” anywhere within the field. (ie Meadowlark Woods, The Meadows, etc) The Property Description field had this functionality already, but Subdivision and A2A Remarks defaulted to “Starts with” previously. If you want to search for a specific subdivision by an “exact matching name”, you can use the “=” (equals sign) for search for “exact matches”. (ie =The Glen will return only that subdivision, not The Glen at Woodside or The Glen at Abbyshire) As always, remember that Subdivision is not a required field at time of listing entry. If the agent chooses not to fill in the field, it will be blank and unsearchable. It is always a good idea to do a “second opinion” search when using the field Subdivision. A second search using a polygon around the subdivision might be a good idea to make sure you didn’t miss any listings that had a “blank” subdivision.
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ASAP Email Notification Issues – Update This information was last updated afternoon of 10/3/14. All major issues with ASAP notification should now be resolved. Some minor issues remain (see below). If you encounter an additional occurrence of one of these issues, please report it to MLS Technical Support. Fixed Issues
Some or all of these issues appear to have begun some time on Friday September 19th, 2014. Any issues still outstanding are currently at a high priority for fixing with FBS (the software vendor that makes Flexmls). As more information is known this article will be updated. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Webinar: Create Your Own One-Line Report – Tuesday, October 7 – 3pm Create your Own One-Line Report with the Flexmls Report Writer • Learn the basic functions of the report writer; Tuesday, October 7, 2014 – 3:00 PM After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. Mac®-based attendees Mobile attendees
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A2A – Seeing All of the Agent to Agent Remarks The CR Full Report is a crowded report with limited space. For this reason, the MLS committee limited the display of the A2A Remarks (Agent to Agent). This means that only the first 2-3 lines of the A2A Remarks will display on the CR Full Report. To view the full 820 characters of the A2A Remarks field, you can simply open, view or print the “Tessera – A2A and Property Description report”. This new report, created with the Tessera report editor will display all 820 characters of the Property Description field as well as all 800 characters of the A2A Remarks field. Please remember that A2A Remarks are intended for Agent to Agent communications only. That means there may be volatile information in that field that should not be provided to the public.
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New MLS Data Entry and Photo Services Fee Schedule – Effective October 1, 2014 The following information applies only to agents who have their listings and photos entered by MLS staff. There is no change for agents who add their own listings or photos. Dear MLS Member, You are being contacted because you recently requested MLS data entry or photo services. These services may have included data entry of a listing from an MLS worksheet or scanning/upload of listing photos to your listing. This letter is to inform you that there is a new fee schedule for data entry of listings, photo scanning, and photo upload to MLS. These price changes have been authorized by the Columbus REALTORS® Board of Directors and will take effect October 1, 2014. Why the change? Historically, there has been no fee for MLS staff to scan photos and upload them to an MLS listing. Nor has there been a fee for photos that are received in a digital format to be uploaded to a listing. These services were implemented well over a decade ago. At that time, many listing photos were taken with a 35mm film camera. Film had to be developed, printed and delivered to MLS staff by the agent or photographer. MLS staff then scanned the printed photos and uploaded them to the appropriate listing. Photographic Technology and MLS software have advanced dramatically since that time. Almost all MLS photos are now taken with a digital camera. Photos can be uploaded by the listing agent, assistant, or office administrator directly to the MLS listing from any computer and many mobile devices. There is no MLS staff intervention necessary for the digital photo to be added to the listing on the MLS. The MLS will continue to offer photo scanning and upload services, but there will now be a $15 fee for these services. This service fee will be closer to the actual cost of time and effort required by MLS staff to scan and/or upload up to 25 images. Additional photos can be uploaded at the rate of $15 per 25 images or any portion thereof. (See full schedule of MLS service fees below.) MLS Data Entry and Photo Services Fee Schedule (as of October 2014):Data Entry of MLS listing: Photo Services – scanning and/or upload: New Listing Bundle Discount available (combined services): * – Original Article posted on 08/31/2014
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Realist Downtime for Scheduled Maintenance – Saturday: 11pm – 4am CoreLogic will be performing system maintenance on the evening of Saturday, September 20, 2014, from 11:00 pm ET to 4:00 am ET. Realist may be unavailable several hours during this maintenance window.
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Recent MLS Field Changes and Additions Several new options have been added recently to the MLS.
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In Memoriam: Pamela Foulk View the full obituary here: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/973725/Foulk-Pamela.php
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Supra: No Key Updates After 3pm Tuesday – System Update Supra will be making some updates to the system starting at 3:00pm, Tuesday, Sept. 16th. Please make sure your eKey or DisplayKey is updated prior to this time, as you will not be able to update your keys while Supra is making these changes to the system. If your KEY has been updated prior to 3:00 pm Eastern time on Tuesday, September 16th, it will continue to work and open KeyBoxes while the system update is taking place. You must synchronize your Key after the system update has completed.
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