February 2024
The February 2024 update added Action Centre foundations, birthday support, finance access improvements, and appointment-order controls. It also improved availability synchronisation safeguards.
Highlights
Section titled “Highlights”- Action Centre support was added.
- Member birthday fields were added to registration and CSV exports.
- Administrators can change the order of match officials.
- Finance role access was improved for payment search.
- Availability synchronisation and locked-timeslot handling were strengthened.
Web App
Section titled “Web App”Action Centre
Section titled “Action Centre”Action Centre foundations were added to SportsM8, preparing the platform for more targeted activity and notification workflows.
Birthday support
Section titled “Birthday support”Registration and member workflows now include birthday support, including CSV export fields and administration save handling.
Match official ordering
Section titled “Match official ordering”Administrators can now change the order of match officials, giving more control over how appointments display in schedules and reports.
Search and configuration refinements
Section titled “Search and configuration refinements”Search options are shown before search in relevant areas, and payment/finance access was refined for finance users.
Backend & Integrations
Section titled “Backend & Integrations”Action Centre API support
Section titled “Action Centre API support”Backend Action Centre routes and services were added.
Birthday and member data support
Section titled “Birthday and member data support”Backend member models and routes now support birthday fields and defaults.
Appointment and availability reliability
Section titled “Appointment and availability reliability”Backend logic was improved for existing appointment checks, match coach appointment conflicts, locked timeslot status, and availability sync edge cases.
Fixes and Improvements
Section titled “Fixes and Improvements”- Added
excludenonrulematchedsupport to payment criteria. - Improved handling for bypassing birthday on admin save.
- Improved handling of locked timeslot status.
- Added finance role access to payment search.

