SA History and Interactions

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Spreadsheet Fun
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Random People Questions
100

What was Appriss' first site with SA?

Nevada
100

When dynamic data wasn't available on the phone line, what did the system say?

"I'm sorry, I don't have this information available at this time." or "I'm sorry, that data is not available at this time"

100

What was the original term for the matrix we used for Smart Action testing?

LizMatrix

100

What tool was used to upload spreadsheets to SA?

Crush ftp

100

Who is SA's main software engineer?

Alex

200

Name a common issue that would arise during a Smart Action release.

Any of these answers accepted: the release broke the inbound lines, SA wasn't ready at the scheduled time

200

If a particular agency wanted to say something different in their script, what was the SA solution?

Added Spreadsheet Columns!

200

How did we keep track of who made updates to the SA spreadsheets?

Revision Tab

200

What was a common error email received?

Missing rows for custody status

200

What form of transportation did Arnold take in the morning?

Subway or train

300

How did SA set up their meetings? (What did we have to log into)

Zoom

300

What was the SA solution to looping?

Smart Labels!

300

What was the name of the spreadsheet that contained the verbiage for the "shell" of the product?

Seed Table

300

What type of information did the error emails display?

State, environment, and combo of missing cell info

300

How did Alex write Veronika's name?

Veronica

400

What day of the week and time did we do SA releases?

Tuesdays, 1PM

400

How did SA handle entering in an offender's first and last name on the inbound line via dtmf?

17 Keypress Solution

400

What was SA's solution for translating Spanish agency names?

Separate Spreadsheet with Spanish Agency Name Translations

400

What folder in CrushFTP was the original folder to upload all files into? Hint: it was a specific state.

Nevada

400

Who on the team was most bothered by the spreadsheets?

Lauren (up for discussion)

500

What year did we implement our first site with SA?

2017

500

What was the symbol used in the mega spreadsheets to indicate a Smart Label was being used?

{{ }} (squiggly lines)

500

When uploading a new spreadsheet to SA, you had to remember to do something, what was it?

Unhide Columns and Rows

500

When designers were taught how to upload SA spreadsheets on their own without an engineer, every designer started out doing it on their own, and eventually gave up and returned to asking engineers to upload… except for one designer. Who was that?

Chantel

500

Who on the team was most bothered by the error emails

Veronika or Moises (up for discussion)