5 New features to help you save time managing entries

We’re all about saving time at Award Force. We believe that in a world of busy, time is our most valuable commodity. And our purpose is to help you make the most of the time you spend when using our software.

Even though managing entries in the Award Force platform is already incredibly fast – it can always be better. And over the last few weeks, we’ve released several time-saving features to help you get more done, with less effort.

Here are some of the highlights.

1. 🧮 Automatically perform basic arithmetic on table field data

Table fields allow applicants or grantees to provide data in a table format. Whether you want to collect information around budget, resources, expenses or community data – table fields are an ideal format.

Table fields can now perform automatic calculations on behalf of you, your applicants and your grantees. There are several automatic calculations available: 

• Sum 
• Average
• Count
• Min
• Max.

2. Save time with the downloads list view

A new list view is available for program managers to see all the exports and bulk downloads generated in their account.

Accessible under the user profile in the platform, the Downloads view provides a list of all downloads generated in the platform. No more waiting for an export email. #TimeSaver

3. Download submitted entries 

As a program manager, you might need to check an entry from top to bottom offline or share an entry with someone who doesn’t have access to your Award Force platform.

That’s where the soon to be released PDF download comes in! At the click of a button, you’ll be able to download and view a full entry PDF from the managers view of an entry. You can download one, some or all submitted entries from the Manage entries view too.

4. ✍️ Download a blank entry form

You asked and our product team delivered. Sometimes you simply need to download an entry form in PDF format. Now you can!

Accessed via the entry form itself, the blank form PDF provides program managers and entrants the ability to download a blank entry form as a PDF, use it to review or share questions offline and gather any information needed in advance.

All fields are displayed in the same sequence and logic as the online form.

5. Automatically check entrant eligibility

If your awards programs need to check entrants for eligibility, then you’ll love our eligibility screener. 

This  screener is deployed directly on the entry form, providing a fast and seamless experience for entrants and minimises the administrative overhead of dealing with ineligible entries.

Eligibility screening works through the use of an auto-scored field and an eligibility tab.

Where auto-scored fields assign a score to a predetermined answer on a field (like a multiple choice question), the eligibility tab goes even further and totals the scores from all these auto-scored fields and compares this to the minimum score required to achieve eligibility.
Read more about determining eligibility in Award Force

By using these five time-saving tools, you’ll be able to work faster and more efficiently through your entry management process. Learn more about our awards management software.
Get in contact with our team today.