New Editions and Products
TRAIN TRACK® Hosted Web Edition (Released January 2012)
- Nothing to set up or maintain on your network.
- The database and application are hosted on our secure servers.
- Works with your web browser from anywhere with internet access..
TRAIN TRACK® Compliance Edition (Released June 2011)
- Audit Trail: Retain a history of every record change.
- Added Security and User and Password administration.
- Electronic Signatures.
- Inactivity timeout.
- Search and Report: Search multiple fields and create reports or output results to Excel®.
TRAIN TRACK® Validation Package (Released April 2010)
- The program has been validated by experts from an outside agency.
- A complete documentation package is available.
TRAIN TRACK® Web Component (Released November 2009)
- Works with your web browser.
- Runs fast, even over distance.
- Allow employees to take exams or enroll in scheduled classes online.
TRAIN TRACK® Client/Server (Released May 2008)
- The data is stored in a secure SQL Server® database on your network, and the client application is installed on individual workstations.
- The client/server version is more robust, more secure, and uses less bandwidth than the standalone version.
TRAIN TRACK® Version Updates
TRAIN TRACK® Version 9.5
Audit Trail and Electronic Signatures
- Audit Trail: Retain a history of every record change.
- Electronic Signatures: sign and lock records from further editing.
Web Component
- Import records from Excel®
- Update a group of records all at once.
- Send email notifications of class registration.
TRAIN TRACK® Version 9
Compliance and Security
- All editions of the program have been fully validated.
- Audit trail records all record changes.
- Electronic signatures.
- Administrators can set the length of time before passwords expire.
- Employees can now set and change their own password for added security.
- Administrators can reset forgotten passwords.
Search, Report and Export
- Search for any criteria from multiple fields, and view results in a report or export to multiple file formats.
- Improved Export to Excel® Function: Easily export any report to Excel® just by clicking a button on the report menu. Works with any version of Microsoft® Access™!
- Select the date range for Due by Employee, Due by Date, and Due by Department reports, plus several new reports.
- Easier to print individual certificates of completion.
- Print certificates of completion for an entire class at once.
Other Fixes and Enhancements
- Automatic import into the client/server edition database from any other edition.
- Sort orders fixed for Microsoft® Access™ 2010.
TRAIN TRACK® Version 8
- Barcode scanning: Print sign-in sheets with barcodes, then simply scan in codes to record completed trainings.
- Screens will automatically resize to fit your window, and data fields will be resized as you resize your screen with Microsoft® Access™ 2007 or 2010.
- Print completion certificates for individual employees.
- New installation options include installing the Microsoft® Access™ 2003 Runtime.
- Records are locked on the employee list and training list, to avoid accidental deletions.
- Minor bug fixes, including filters for supervisor reports, exclusion of inactive employees from lists, and adding non-licensed users.
TRAIN TRACK® Version 7.5
- Add Photo, Address, DOB and SS# to Employee Records.
- "Quick Add" screen allows you to quickly add training completions as a group for any training, without the need to locate the specific training detail screen.
- You may now delete revisions, or edit revision details including revision number, and track if retraining was required for each revision.
- The Employee Detail screen, Completed tab, history view includes inactive employees or trainings, and failed trainings, but current view does not.
- Job detail screen now lists all employees having the job title as either a primary or secondary job title, and only lists active employees.
- “Delete Record” command added to menu bar and shortcut menus.
- "Mark all Complete" from the Training Detail screen, Scheduled tab, now also inserts score and pass/fail.
- Automatically insert completion dates for all training components if a module is complete.
- New Sign-in Sheets:
- All Employees for Any Training.
- All Employees for Selected Training.
- All Required Employees for Selected Training.
- Supervisors are now able to view records for those they supervise, plus the employees that report to those they supervise, two levels down.
- Send email notices of trainings due within 90 days to all or selected employees.
- You may now edit the message for all email notifications.
- Status by Job Title report added.
- You may now delete custom reports.
- When employees log on to take an exam, they may view the linked document directly from exam screen.
- Quick links to relevant help pages have been added to each screen.
- TRAIN TRACK™ 2009 has a whole new look, with a larger screen size and updated visual user interface.
- In list view, you may now re-arrange and re-size the columns, and sort by multiple columns.
- Menus and navigation controls have also been updated, with the addition of quick links and new menu categories.
- It is now easier to view the exam screen or the limited user screen, then return to the main application.
- You may designate a training as a module, and select component trainings to be a part of the module.
- When the module is assigned as a required training, all component trainings are automatically included as required.
- There is an automated function to record the completion of the module when all components are completed.
- You may designate a training to be required a specified time period after another training has been completed.
- The second training will show as required after the specified time period from the first training.
- Link a document to each training completion record.
- Select to show only non-expired, or a history of all completions. Expired completions are shown in gray.
- You may delete a scheduled class, and the records of enrolled students are also deleted.
- Revision numbers or letters are validated (cannot be less than or equal to current revision).
- When marking all complete for a scheduled training, the scheduled date is entered.
- Select to show only non-expired, or a history of all completions. Expired completions are shown in gray.
- Select employee shift and employee location from drop-down menus which you may edit.
- Select trainers and class locations from those previously entered.
- Status options have been changed to “Active” and “Inactive” instead of “Current” and “Removed”.
- Type in a full or partial training title, or employee name, click “go”, and the records that match your search will be displayed.
- You may now select to only show the employees that are required to complete the training on the selection screen, making it easier to check off the appropriate names.
- Available when scheduling employees as a group, and when adding training completion records as a group.
- You may select the reports you use frequently as "favorites".
- Favorites are listed at the top of the report menu so that you can find them easily.
- You may remove a report from "favorites" at any time.
- When you import data from Excel®, duplicate records are not imported, and the number of records imported is displayed.
- You may now import training requirements.
- When you import required trainings or training completion records, any new trainings or new employees are added to the database.
- More than 10 new reports have been added.
- All reports and queries have been reviewed and optimized as needed.
- Option to include only non-expired or a history of all completions on individual reports.
- You may now allow users to have read-only access to all screens.
- You may indicate the number of answers an employee is allowed to select for each exam question.
- You may select which components to install.
Performance
Significant improvements to performance, especially with large data sets, on both the employee detail and training detail screens. Some of the automatic screen refreshes have been removed.
Import
When you import employee records from your Excel® template, any information that has changed for your existing employees will be updated to their records in TRAIN TRACK. Any new employees will still have their record added. You may include "status" and "linked document" in your import.
Exceptions to Requirements
You may now select individual employees to exclude from training requirements, even if the training is required for their department, job title, or for all employees
Enter and Edit Data
Reports
View
Plus other minor fixes and enhancements.
TRAIN TRACK® Version 7.0
TRAIN TRACK™ 2009 Version 7.0 is a completely new program designed for Microsoft® Access™ 2003 or 2007. While this is not an update for TRAIN TRACK™ 2000 or TRAIN TRACK™ 2003, it is based on the proven and tested technology used in the earlier editions. All of the code, functions, and processes have been thoroughly reviewed and optimized to bring you an even better application. We have added many exciting new features based on requests from users, and improved many of the existing features.
Improved user interface and graphics
More ways to track trainings
Training modules
Training series
Training detail screen
Employee detail screen
Select from list
Easier to find records
Search functions
Show only required employees on add-as-a-group
Mark reports as favorites
Easier to import data
More Report Options
Added SecurityMore user access levels
Better Exam Security
Updated installer
TRAIN TRACK® Version 6
- Authenticates users through their network login, making it more secure and easier to use.
- Back button to return to the previous screen.
- Saved sort order when you return to a screen.
- Add new departments and job titles by typing them right into the field.
- More user levels--allow supervisors to view reports for their employees.
- Select data range for all "Completed" reports, and improved custom reports.
- Record cost for individual training completions.
- Email notifications to supervisors.
- Assign multiple job titles to employees.
- Add requirements as a group.
- Additional employee data, including skills, certificates, qualifications, and education.
- Lockout recovery tool.
- .pdf help files.
- Link a document to each training or employee.
The product was first released in 1999. Historical version information has been archived.