June 2025- MiEHDWIS Updates

MiEHDWIS Monthly Progress Update
Date: June 2025

Upcoming Release: Release 19 - Timeline & Key Features

Here’s a brief update on the release schedule and what you can anticipate:

• Release Date: Mid to late August 2025

• Release Status: Development is underway. Sprints are currently testing software, thus far 227 items (bugs and stories) have been assigned to R19.

• Key Features:

  • Activity Naming Convention

  • Annual Reports

  • Campground Program Enhancements

  • Claim Entity/External User Contributor Management

  • Configuration Enhancements

  • Changes and improvements to the LHD worker dashboard.

  • Portal Improvements

  • Swimming Pool Program Enhancements

  • Temporary Campgrounds

  • Miscellaneous Enhancements

The 2024/2025 MiEHDIWS Report card

Open

Data for the MiEHDWIS report card was pulled from May 2024 to May 2025.

Configuration and Integration Wins

The configuration team has been busy these last few months. This list contains some of the major wins that have been completed:

• Updated Delinquent Invoice template for Campground and Swimming Pools

• Improved Withdraw confirmation dialog - CWS

• CCR now has automatically generated “Preliminary Review” modifier

• Workflow Loop added for adding historical documents on closed activities

• CCR Certification of Distribution workflow updates for clarity

• Change of Ownership activities for Swimming Pools and Campgrounds can now be externally generated

Current Configuration Work

• New Campground Construction Permit template

• Standardization of 22 CWS workflows for consistent processes in submitted step and more information needed process

• Updates to Construction Permits for Swimming Pools and Campgrounds

• Water Hauler - Add New Equipment Process

• Updates to Septage Hauler Licenses for payment process

• Standardization of activity withdrawal language

• New Septage Hauler templates for Business License, Vehicle License, and Site Authorization Permit
  
  

UPDATED Knowledge Base Articles

Last release contained a lot of new Knowledge Base Articles, so this month we have no new KBA’s to add.

• How Do I Process a Swimming Pool Inspection?

• MiEHDWIS Monthly Updates

• Processing a Swimming Pool Construction Permit

• Process for Campground Construction Permits

• Assign Reviewer: Assign a Different Engineer as the Reviewer
  
  

You can access all Knowledge Base articles at Confluence.

Upcoming Meetings & Trainings

Here’s a list of important meetings and training sessions to keep on your radar:

• MiEHDWIS Weekly Open Office Hours

  • UPDATED Date & Time: Every OTHER Friday during the summer (as needed), 10-10:30 am

  • Location/Platform: Teams

  • Details: Open office opportunity for staff to discuss MiEHDWIS and ask questions with the project team. This is an informal session with no planned agenda. Occasionally, this meeting will be used to demonstrate new release features. Attendance is strongly encouraged!

  • Have a question? Add it to the Open Office Whiteboard so we can address it first on Fridays.

• CWS MiEHDWIS External User Open Office Hours

  • Date & Time: June 25, 2025 - 11 am.

  • Location/Platform: Virtual Platform

  • Details: This training is for External CWS users. This is a monthly training, and it will cover some of the most impactful changes for external CWS users. Please feel free to promote this training to any external CWS users. MiEHDWIS CWS External User Training - Registration

• Save the Date - June MiEHDWIS Refresher

  • Date & Time: June 26th -11am

  • Location/Platform: Microsoft Teams Meeting

  • Details: This is the second session of the four-part MiEHDWIS Refresher courses. This training is designed for all new DWEHD staff who interact with MiEHDWIS. Additionally, it is suitable for employees who may feel less confident using the software. During this session, we will cover the following topics:

    • Basics of navigating MiEHDWIS

    • Utilizing the search features effectively

    • Accessing help and support for MiEHDWIS

    Please remember to mark your calendars for these training sessions and encourage your teammates and any external CWS users to participate.

Enviromental Health Sweeps LHD Training Series

Current and Upcoming UAT Sprint Cycles

Sprints are two-week development and testing cycles

Here’s an update on our sprint cycles:

• Current Sprint 129

  • Build Start Date: 5/30/2025

  • Build End Date: 6/10/2025

  • Testing Start Date: 6/12/2025

  • Testing End Date Testing: 6/24/2025

  • Key Focus Areas:

    • Campground program updates including:

      • details page changes

      • new data binding fields

      • new template variables

      • dynamic form enhancements

    • Swimming Pools updates include:

      • updated details page

      • new template variables

      • filters on activities tab

    • Sub-Entity deletions for Septage Hauler and Water Haulers.

    • Bug Fixes

• Upcoming Sprint 130

  • Build Start Date: 6/11/2025

  • Build End Date: 6/24/2025

  • Testing Start Date: 6/26/2025

  • Testing End Date Testing: 7/8/2025

  • Key Focus Areas:

    • Improvements on Swimming Pool Established entity and activities drawers

    • Additional filters for Activity Overview pages for Campgrounds and Swimming Pools

    • Billable Customer information improvements

    • New template variables added Swimming Pools

    • Entity level additional for Septage Haulers pages

    • OWM overview page search improvements

    • bug fixes

    • LHD Dashboard changes for EH program areas

• Upcoming Sprint 131

  • Build Start Date: 6/25/2025

  • Build End Date: 7/8/2025

  • Testing Start Date: 7/10/2025

  • Testing End Date Testing: 7/22/2025

  • Key Focus Areas:

    • Add Quick Filters to List of Activities on Entity

    • Updates to the Customer Portal

    • Updates to Linked Documents

    • Messaging Card updates indicating internal or external users

    • ADA focus requirements

Important Reminders

• What is the process for requesting new training materials?: If you notice that a training material is missing, a KBA needs to be updated, or you would like to request a team or small group training session, please feel free to submit a “Request Training Materials” ticket with the Internal Help Desk.
  Please let us know a description of what is needed, and someone will reach out to you shortly after you’ve submitted your ticket.

• Who are the SMEs? - This KBA is a refresher list of who is currently an SME (Subject Matter Expert).

Questions & Feedback

If you have any questions or suggestions for the next newsletter, please contact Mary Nuznov, nuznovm@michigan.gov through email or Teams chat.

Thank you so much for your continued support and contributions to the development of MiEHDWIS. The DASU team is dedicated to openness and transparency as we work together to make MiEHDWIS even better. We look forward to the exciting developments ahead.