Sonia Release Notes - October 2025

Client: 2022.4.1.73 | Sonia API: 2022.4.1.15

New

• University Options > Custom Fields will now respect Categories
  • Custom fields displayed in a Student’s Additional Information will now be grouped by Category, rather than the order in which they are listed in University Options.
• Communications with Placement Requests to be Student-Specific
  • When communicating to Placement Requests within a placement group and using the [SiteStudentNames] placeholder, the student(s) listed will be those whose placement request was selected rather than all students who have a placement at that Site.

Resolved

• StudentAllocation API: Update to Placement Request Handling
  • The StudentAllocation API call will always create a new placement request, rather than finding an existing one.
• POST Sites API: Update to External Provider Requirement
  • POST Sites API Endpoint no longer requires External Provider to be defined in order to make a successful API call.
• Sonia Online: Preference Page Performance Improvements 
  • Performance improvements to the Preference Page will ensure quicker load times and reduced database strain.
• Course Requirement Modal to Expand Dynamically
  • The Course Requirement field in School Options > Course Requirements will now expand dynamically to make room for long course names without compressing or excluding additional data on the table.
• Days Automatic Review Will Count Days Back from the Check’s Date Value
  • The “Days Automatic Review” setting on a check will now set a review date that is as many days in advance of the Check’s Review date as the value of the “Days Automatic Review” field, instead of prompting the automatic review that number of days after the Check’s Review Date.
• Improved Performance in Forms > Respondent
  • The student column in this table can now be sorted without issue.