# 23 April 2026

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/training-and-updates/changelog/april-2026/23-april-2026

> Astalty updates released on 23 April 2026: Feedback and Complaints (beta); App Privacy Overview; Filtering All Signature Requests; Schedule Alerts...

## Feedback and Complaints (beta)

Astalty now includes a dedicated Feedback & Complaints feature (currently in beta), giving organisations a centralised place to capture, track, and resolve feedback and complaints from Participants, families, advocates, and staff.

This is a brand new addition to Astalty, built on top of the existing Forms feature. Once enabled on your account, a **Feedback & Complaints** menu item will appear in your main navigation, providing a live register of all submissions received.

### The Register

The register is split into two tabs - **Feedback** for general feedback, compliments, and suggestions, and **Complaints** for formal complaints that require investigation and resolution. Each entry is displayed with a reference number, current status, assigned team member, submitter details, subject, and timestamps. You can filter by status, assignee, and archived status, and search across all entries.

![The Feedback register with Feedback highlighted in the main menu and the Feedback and Complaints tabs highlighted. The table has Status filters and Reference, Status, Assigned To, Submitted By, Subject and Details columns.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/feedbackpage1.png)

### Creating a Feedback Form

Feedback & Complaints forms are created using the new **Feedback & Complaints Form** template in the Forms builder. The template comes pre-built with sections for feedback type, sentiment, submitter contact details, service experience ratings, feedback details, background information, and an acknowledgement. Any submission made against a form built from this template will automatically appear in the register.

### Embedding a Form on Your Website

Published Feedback & Complaints forms can be embedded directly on your organisation's website using either an embed code or an iframe. Submissions made through the embedded form flow straight into your Astalty register in real time, so nothing is missed.

### Following Up on Entries

Each entry in the register has a dedicated follow-up screen showing the full submission alongside key details including reference number, type, status, sentiment, assignee, submitter contact information, subject, details, and follow-up and resolution notes. From here you can update the status of an entry through a structured workflow - New, Acknowledged, In Progress, On Hold, Resolved, and Closed - and record notes as the matter progresses.

![A Feedback Details page for a complaint, showing Reference, Type, Status, Assignee, Submitted By, Subject and Details, with Update Status, Actions and Edit buttons. The full form submission appears below.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/feedbackdetailspage.png)

### Assigning Entries

Entries can be assigned to a team member directly from the edit panel. When someone is assigned, they receive a notification so nothing falls through the cracks.

### Exporting as PDF

Any entry can be exported as a PDF from the Actions menu, capturing the full details of the submission in a single shareable document for audits, evidence, and stakeholder reporting.

### Archiving

Once an entry has been marked as Resolved or Closed, it can be archived. Archiving also archives the linked form submission. Archived entries can still be viewed by changing the Archived filter on the register.

### Notifications

You can configure notifications to alert team members as soon as a new feedback or complaint entry is submitted, ensuring the right people are informed immediately.

To enable Feedback & Complaints on your account, reach out to <support@astalty.com.au>.

Full documentation is available in the following guides:

- [Feedback & Complaints Overview](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/feedback-and-complaints)
- [Feedback & Complaints Follow Up](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/feedback-and-complaints/follow-up)

## App Privacy Overview

The **App Privacy** setting allows administrators to control whether Support Workers can take screenshots or record video within the Astalty mobile app. This setting is found within Scheduling Settings and can be updated by any user with permission to manage Scheduling Settings.

### How to Configure App Privacy

- From the left-hand menu, navigate to **Settings**.
- Select **Scheduling Settings**.
- Scroll to the **App Privacy** section.
- Choose one of the following options:

**Allow Screenshots** - Support Workers can take screenshots within the mobile app.

**Forbid Screenshots** - Screenshots and video recording are blocked within the mobile app for all Support Workers.

![The App Privacy settings with Allow Screenshots selected and the Forbid Screenshots option highlighted below it, each with a short description of its effect in the mobile app.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/appprivacysetting.png)

### How it Works

When **Forbid Screenshots** is selected, Support Workers will see a **Screen Capture Disabled** notification if they attempt to take a screenshot within the app. The screen will appear blurred, and any file or video created will be black rather than capturing the app content.

![The Support Worker app blurred behind a Screen Capture Disabled message reading Your organisation has screen capture disabled.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/simulator_screenshot_9c525be2-2b2e-406c-a538-c73a9870dcbc.png)

### Important Note

This feature only works correctly if the Support Worker has the **latest version** of the Astalty app installed. Make sure your Support Workers update the app to ensure this setting is enforced.

For more information, visit the [App Privacy](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/settings/security/app-privacy) guide.

## Filtering All Signature Requests

The **All Signature Requests** page includes a filter option to help you find specific requests quickly. Click the filter icon next to the search bar to open the filter menu.

The following filters are available:

- **Status** - Filter requests by their current status (e.g. All Signed, Pending).
- **Sent at** - Filter requests by the date they were sent.
- **Requested by** - Filter requests by the team member who created them.

![The All Signature Requests page with the filter menu open, listing Status, Sent at and Requested by, with an arrow pointing to Requested by.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/requestedby.png)

The **Requested by** filter opens a searchable picker of users, making it easy to view all signature requests created by a specific team member. This is particularly useful for organisations where multiple people send eSignature requests.

For more information, visit the [Requesting Signatures](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/esignatures/requesting-signatures) guide.

## Schedule Alerts

We've released a new **Schedule Alerts** report under **Scheduling** > **Review** that scans your rostered shifts and flags potential SCHADS Award compliance issues - overtime, fatigue management, broken shift rules, and minimum and maximum shift durations - all in one place. It's designed to give schedulers a fast way to spot award risks before shifts are published or sent to payroll, with each alert showing why the shift was flagged, the relevant clause references, and which employment types the rule applies to.

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**Key Information:**

- Scans both published and unpublished shifts against SCHADS Award rules.
- Four alert Categories at launch: **Broken Shifts**, **Fatigue Management**, **Overtime**, and **Shift Duration**.
- Filter by date range and Category, plus a search field for Support Worker or Participant name.
- The **Award Alerts** pop-out on each shift row shows the alert name, a plain-language description of the impact, the SCHADS clause references, and the employment types the rule applies to (Full Time, Part Time, Casual).
- Multiple alerts per shift are supported - the **Alerts** badge shows the total count for that shift across all Categories.
- Jump straight to a flagged shift from the row's three-dot menu to adjust times or swap Support Workers.
- The report is read-only and informational - alerts do not block a shift from being published or processed in a Timesheet Batch.

![The Schedule Alerts page listing shifts with an Alerts column, with the Date and Category filters highlighted and a shift's 2 alerts badge opened to show its Award Alerts, Broken Shift Periods and Insufficient Days Off.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/schedule-alerts-2-1777286550.png)

For more information, visit the [Schedule Alerts](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/schedule-alerts) guide.

## Conflicting Shifts

You can now control how Astalty responds when you try to assign a Support Worker to a shift that clashes with another support already on their roster. The new **Conflicting Shifts** setting sits in the **Worker Suggestions** section of your Scheduling settings, alongside Incompatible Support Workers, and lets you choose between flagging the clash with a warning or blocking the assignment outright.

**Key Information**

- Choose between **Warn Only** and **Prevent Selection** to suit how strictly you'd like to manage scheduling clashes.
- When scheduling from the Participant view, the Support Worker selection pop-out will display whether each worker is unavailable or blocked from selection.
- When scheduling from the Support Worker view with **Warn Only** selected, an icon will indicate the worker is unavailable but you can still create the support.
- When scheduling from the Support Worker view with **Prevent Selection** selected, the support can't be created and an explanation will be displayed.

![The Scheduling Settings page with the Conflicting Shifts section highlighted and its Behaviour dropdown open, showing the Warn Only and Prevent Selection options.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/conflicting-shifts-1-1777333177.png)

For more information, visit the [Scheduling Settings](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/setup/scheduling-settings) guide.

## Supports Report

We've made some enhancements to the Supports Report to give you better visibility over travel and more flexibility when reviewing your data. The report now includes a Kilometres column alongside a Total Kilometres figure in the report summary, so you can see travel at both the individual support and overall level. We've also added the ability to sort the report by key columns to help you analyse your supports more efficiently.

**What's New:**

- Added a **Kilometres** column to the Supports Report
- Added **Total Kilometres** to the report summary, alongside Total Supports and Total Hours
- Added the ability to sort the report by **Start Time**, **Finish Time**, and **Kilometres**

![The Supports Report with the Total Kilometres summary card and the Kilometres column highlighted, alongside Total Supports and Total Hours.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/supports-report-7a.png)

For more information, visit the [Supports Report](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/reports/supports-report) guide.

## Select and Deselect All for Participant Tags

You can now select or clear every Participant Tag in the dropdown with a single click - making it faster to filter Participants when most tags apply and you only need to leave a few out.

**What's New:**

- **Select all** option at the top of the Participant Tags dropdown selects every Tag at once
- **Deselect all** option clears your Tag selection in a single click
- Easily refine your filter by deselecting individual Tags after selecting all

![A Participant profile with the add tag button highlighted and the tag list open, with an arrow pointing to the Select All option above the individual Tags.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/tags-select-all-1-1777542107.png)

For more information, visit the [Participant Tags](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/participants/profile/participant-tags) guide.

## Contact Tags

You can now apply Tags directly to individual Contacts - both personal and professional - to capture the unique capabilities and skills that set each person apart. Tags surface at a glance in the Contacts table, so identifying the right person no longer means scanning through profiles one by one.

**What's New:**

- Apply Tags directly to any Contact in the Directory, including personal and professional Participant Contacts.
- Tags are visible in the Contacts table for quick at-a-glance identification.
- Filter and search Contacts by Tag to quickly surface people with specific capabilities or attributes - for example, **Auslan**, **Telehealth**, **Deaf Friendly**, **Bulk Billing**, **Mobile**, or **Waitlist Full**.
- Create custom Tags on the fly, including custom colours in RGB, HSL, or HEX.
- Admins can manage the full Tag library from the [Directory Settings](https://app.astalty.com.au/settings/directory) page.

![The Directory settings page with the Contact Tags section highlighted, listing coloured Tags such as Auslan, Telehealth, Deaf Friendly, Bulk Billing, Mobile, Waitlist Full and Waitlist Open, with a Create Tag button.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/contact-tags-8-1777543759.png)

For more information, visit the [Contact Tag](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/participants/participant-directory/contact-tags) guide.

## Schedule Filter Updates

We've expanded the filters available on the Schedule so you can narrow down shifts more precisely, with options that adapt to the view you're working in. Whether you're rostering by Support Worker, reviewing a Participant's supports, or checking activity across a Site, the filter panel now surfaces the options that are actually relevant to that view - and hides the ones that aren't.

**What's new:**

- Added new **Site (beta)** and **Activity** filters, available across all three Schedule views.
- Added a **Shift Type** filter (Support, Group Support, Shift, Unpaid Break), available in **Support Worker** and **Participant** views.
- Added a **Worker Gender** filter (Male, Female, Other), available in **Support Worker** view.
- Added a **Worker Age** filter with comparator options (**is**, **is less than**, **is more than**) and a free-text value, available in **Support Worker** view.
- Filters now adapt to the selected view - filters that aren't available in the current view appear greyed out, with a tooltip explaining why.

![The Schedule grouped by Support Worker, with an arrow pointing to the filter button and its menu highlighted, listing Site, Activity, State, Employment Basis, Worker Gender, Worker Age and Shift Type.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/schedule-filters-1-1777545980.png)

For more information, visit the [Viewing the Schedule](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/scheduling/viewing-the-schedule) guide.

## Supports Without Notes Export

The Completed Supports Without Notes Report is now also available as a downloadable export. Head to the Exports page, choose your date range and filters, and Astalty will generate a CSV of every completed support that's missing a case note - making it easier to share with team leads, follow up on compliance gaps, or work through overdue notes outside of Astalty.

**What's new:**

- Generate a CSV export of all completed supports without notes, accessible from **Exports** > **Shifts** > **Supports Without Notes Export**.
- Filter by **date range** to scope the export to the period you need.
- Filter by **Cancellation Status** - choose **Not Cancelled**, **Cancelled**, or both by clearing the selection.
- Optional **Participants** filter - leave blank to include all Participants, or select one or more from the drop down.
- Optional **Users** filter - leave blank to include all Users, or select one or more from the drop down.
- Export columns include Support Worker, Participants, Start Time, End Time, Clock In At, Clock Out At, Days Since Clock Out, and Cancellation Status.

![The Create Export page with the Shifts tab highlighted, with an arrow pointing to the Supports Without Notes export below Shifts and Completed Shifts.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/supports-without-notes-export-1-1777548770.png)

For more information, visit the [Supports Without Notes Export](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/exports/supports-without-notes-export) guide.
