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As 2024 gets into full swing, we wanted to share a look at changes our developers made to Little Green Light in 2023. Click any item to link to more details about last year’s feature highlights and updates.
We have added an external ID field for Vol. Time entries. This is similar to the external gift ID field, which allows existing volunteer time entries to be updated. This field can help with imports by:
Tribute emails now have the same re-send functionality as other email types.
Over the summer, LGL updated its look and feel, with new color options, spacing, and font updates designed to improve readability.
A new “Favorite Lists” widget is now available on the dashboard. This widget displays the top 5 constituent lists that you have favorited and links to the List page, the List detail page, and the search results for the list itself. This widget is not active by default, but you can add it to your dashboard by customizing the dashboard and selecting it.
We have added the ability to disable both/either Apple Pay and Google Pay with enhanced checkout, so users who do not want to create a custom domain and have it verified can still use enhanced checkout.
Previously, you could pass values through a link to a user in email or from a confirmation page that would pre-populate values in an LGL form. This has been enhanced to include the recurring gift schedule giving interval as a value that can be passed through.
It’s now possible to edit LGL form submission data that was submitted through checkbox and other multi-line fields after the form is created.
We have added payments with a status of “Pending Transfer” (only applicable to ACH payments) to the LGL Forms submissions daily digest email.
Here’s where you can subscribe to the daily digest email:
We have updated the user interface in LGL Forms to improve accessibility in the following ways:
Any active team member who is assigned either the Administrator or Gift Entry role in LGL is also automatically added to LGL Forms as a user.
It’s now possible to cause form fields to display conditionally based on the donation frequency field in a donation form.
We are adding an integration with Double the Donation for LGL Forms users. This integration is currently available upon request. If you’re interested in using this feature, email us at support@littlegreenlight.com.
Read more about this integration in our knowledge base.
This is a highlighted fix. The Flex Importer was previously creating duplicate addressee values when organization data was imported. This has now been fixed.
in the LGL API (Application Programming Interface), it is now possible to restrict a constituent search based on constituent type.
We have updated the API constituent search results so a requester doesn’t have to make subsequent requests to get the full data they need. We have added an “expand” parameter that allows street_addresses, phone_numbers, email_addresses, web_addresses, categories, groups, memberships, or custom_attrs to be fully included within the results returned. See the API documentation for details.
The API now has the ability to query for gifts, including parameters to filter the query by date created. This is not restricted by constituent ID.
We have added the following tribute-related gift fields to the API:
Civic Champs is now offering a monthly sync to get your volunteer data from your Civic Champs account into your Little Green Light account. (Note: This integration was updated to be fully automatic in January 2024.)
You can now bulk update the appeal status for constituents in an appeal from within the appeal itself. First select the constituents whose appeal status you want to update, and then click Bulk edit > Update appeals:
The Constituent Giving History has been updated to include both a “Deductible Amount” column and a “Total” row at the bottom of the table for both the “Amount” and “Deductible Amount” columns. This is useful for providing deductible and total deductible amounts to donors.
It’s now possible to clone a gift directly from the “Related Activity” section of the constituent record by clicking Actions > Clone:
Previously, you could create a related constituent list without completing the “Name” field. This could cause confusion when looking at the List Manager page because only the source/parent name list was displayed.
Previously, the General Phonathon and Alternate Phonathon report templates, when either was used to create a phonathon call sheet, were displaying only class years for constituents with the “Student” affiliation. Now these reports should show all class years with the type of affiliation in parentheses (e.g., “1992 (Student), 2010 (Parent)”).
The webhooks custom integration settings have now been updated to allow matching to be restricted by constituent type:
LGL Forms can now pass a variable from a form submission through to the confirmation URL for analytical or tracking purposes. Any merge field that can be used in a confirmation page or confirmation email can be used in this way. Here is an example of how you can set up your redirect using an LGL Forms merge field:
In Annual Statements, to better manage failed emails, we have added an “Edit email address” button next to “Resend email”.
In Annual Statements, when Canadian Receipt Numbers are present on a gift, those receipt numbers will be displayed in a column within the Annual Statements table.
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