# 30 January 2025

Source: https://docs.astalty.com.au/training-and-updates/changelog/january-2025/30-january-2025

> Astalty updates released on 30 January 2025: Referrals; Check in from Calendar Event; Budget Details Extended; Note Template Usage Type for Budgets Item...

## Referrals

We have released the referrals functionality this week! We are very excited to introduce this new feature. If you would like to read more about this functionality you can check out our user guide articles linked below. Referrals is a premium functionality and accompanies incidents as a supplementary feature to the forms functionality. Open [Referrals](https://app.astalty.com.au/referrals) in Astalty.

![The Referrals page, with an arrow pointing to the Referrals icon in the left navigation. A beta testing notice sits above a list of referrals with Status, Assigned To and Created At columns, showing one Accepted and one New referral.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/referrals-for-changelog.png)

**Related Articles**

[Referrals Overview](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/referrals/referrals)

[Referrals Follow Up](https://docs.astalty.com.au/guide/referrals/referral-follow-up)

## Check in from Calendar Event

We have now added a check in option to a calendar event task creation. This works similarly to how the check in feature works in the Create Task option.

![The Calendar with a new event open in the side panel. In the Task Details section, below the Participant, Charge Item and Duration fields, the row of phone, message, email and handshake check-in icons is highlighted.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/check-in-with-calendar-event.png)

## Budget Details Extended

We have extended the field of view for budget item details within the Participant Budget menu. This displays longer item descriptions in a clearer format.

![A Participant's Budgets page with a budget item open for editing. The Item Description field, a wide rich text editor below the Item Details fields, is highlighted.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/item-description-extension.png)

## Note Template Usage Type for Budgets Item Description

We have added the note template usage type for the Participant Budgets Item Description. Now you can store common item description for your budget items!

![A Participant's Budgets page with a budget item open for editing. The note template button at the right end of the Item Description editor toolbar is highlighted.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/note-template-usage-type.png)

## Record and Plan Expiry Calendar views

We have added the Participant Record and Plan Expiry calendar views under the Other Calendar option within the [Astalty Calendar](https://app.astalty.com.au/calendar).

![The Calendar in week view for May 2025, with the Other Calendars section highlighted and Participant Birthdays, Participant Plan Expiry and Participant Record Expiry ticked. A birthday event and a Service Agreement Expiry event are highlighted at the top of the week.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/calendar-views1.png)

## Preferred Contact Method in Participant profile

You can now record a Participant's contact preference. Select **Edit** above the details on their profile to update it.

![The edit drawer on a Participant's profile, with the Preferred contact method dropdown under Contact Information highlighted and open, showing the options SMS, Email, Call (mobile) and Call (phone).](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/contact-preference.png)

## Voided Charges Report Updates

We have added an additional column to the voided charges report. The column is the voided date column.

![The Voided Charges Report, with the Date Voided column heading highlighted between Invoice Date and Invoice. The other columns are Type, Participant, Total, Voided Reason and Voided By.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/added-column.png)

## New Image Element to Form builder

We have added a new image field element to the form builder. Now you can add images to a form.

![The Form Builder for a published form, with the Image element highlighted in the Form Elements list on the right, beside Annotated Image.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/image-element.png)

## Employment title placeholder

In addition to the employment title you can now enter the employment title placeholder to Astalty Templates to generate the employment title within the generated template.

![A template open for editing in Templates settings, with the Primary Coordinator placeholder menu open over the content and the Employment Title option highlighted below Name, Email, Phone and Mobile.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/employment-title-placeholder.png)

## Invoice Reminders - Disabling option within the invoice

We have added the option to disable invoice reminders on a per invoice basis! You can do this within the particular invoice that you would like to disable reminders for by clicking the actions button and selecting 'Disable Invoice Reminders' from the dropdown menu!

![An open invoice with the Actions menu expanded. Numbered markers point first to Actions, then to the Disable Reminders option below Export Tasks & Notes.](https://docs.astalty.com.au/assets/disable-invoice-reminders.png)