# CiviCRM 4.7.16
Released February 8, 2017
- **[Features](#features)**
- **[Bugs resolved](#bugs)**
- **[Credits](#credits)**
## Features
### Core CiviCRM
- **[CRM-19925](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19925) Add metadata
to fields array with entity info & date format info
([9727](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9727))**
- **[CRM-19829](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19829) Activity feed
([9714](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9714),
[9649](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9649), and
[9624](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9624))**
- **[CRM-19893](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19893) Activity Type
Categories ([9696](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9696))**
- **[CRM-19831](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19831) Function
CRM_Contact_BAO_Group::getGroupsHierarchy performes bad with 3000 groups
([9673](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9673) and
[9633](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9633))**
- **[CRM-19256](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19256) Add a hook to
dynamically escalate permissions
([8916](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8916))**
- **[CRM-19853](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19853) Change
interval select controls in Scheduled Reminders with number controls
([9664](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9664))**
- **[CRM-19769](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19769) Colors for
tags ([9660](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9660),
[9600](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9600), and
[9554](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9554))**
- **[CRM-19770](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19770) Favorite
(starred) activities
([9629](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9629))**
- **[CRM-19816](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19816) Improve
activity search filters
([9609](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9609))**
- **[CRM-19447](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19447) Improve
Activity Subject/Details text search to be similiar to Notes Subject/Body
([9536](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9536))**
- **[CRM-19810](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19810) Api3 - Add
joins on optionValue table
([9593](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9593))**
### CiviCase
- **[CRM-19723](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19723) Icons for
activity types ([9707](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9707),
[9553](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9553), and
[9528](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9528))**
- **[CRM-19806](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19806) CiviCase using
two formlinks when it only needs one
([9586](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9586))**
### CiviMail
- **[CRM-19690](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19690) Allow
alternative email templating systems
([9689](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9689),
[9566](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9566),
[9619](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9619),
[9565](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9565),
[9564](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9564),
[9563](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9563), and
[9562](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9562))**
- **[CRM-19783](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19783) Accessibility
Error - CiviCRM Subscription Page
([9606](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9606))**
### CiviCRM Search, CiviReport
- **[CRM-19883](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19883) Activity
Priority Field is Not Included in Advanced Search or Activity Reports
([9687](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9687))**
### CiviContribute, Core CiviCRM
- **[CRM-8526](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-8526) Support
[contribution.custom_nn] tokens in templates
([9661](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9661))**
### CiviCRM API
- **[CRM-19874](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19874) Allow
overriding sort in the getlist API without clobbering pager
([9675](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9675))**
### CiviEvent
- **[CRM-19860](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19860) Event
participant batch update: respect "options per line" setting for radio buttons
([9667](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9667))**
### Accounting Integration, CiviContribute, Core CiviCRM
- **[CRM-16189](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16189) Improve
support for Accrual Method bookkeeping
([8870](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8870))**
### Drupal Integration Modules
- **[CRM-17917](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-17917) Add support
for Drupal 8 ([388](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/388))**
## Bugs resolved
### Core CiviCRM
- **Release notes 4.7.16 [wip]
([9781](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9781))**
- **[CRM-19936](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19936) Membership
line items are duplicated when a membership is created or renewed with
priceset containing multiple memberships
([9748](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9748))**
- **Comment fixes plus fix inconsistent unused return bool
([9722](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9722))**
- **[nfc] Updated test generated examples
([9720](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9720))**
- **Remove unused var, comments & clean up & refactor caching function
([9721](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9721))**
- **[CRM-19778](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19778) Allowed
statuses per case-type
([9705](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9705))**
- **[CRM-19906](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19906) Allow Drupal
user names with "@"
([9708](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9708))**
- **[CRM-19897](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19897) Cannot edit
multiple case activities via profile, because deprecated "access CiviCase"
permission is referenced
([9703](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9703))**
- **[nfc] Comment fixes, remove one unused var, declare visibility
([9717](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9717))**
- **[NFC] add comments & extract function in contribution search
([9716](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9716))**
- **[CRM-19003](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19003) Profile
listing doesn't produce expected results when range-searching custom date
field ([9699](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9699))**
- **[CRM-19801](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19801) changing the
same relationship type of a relationship from A to B or vice versa does not
work ([9579](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9579))**
- **iconPicker style improvements
([9706](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9706))**
- **[CRM-19842](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19842) Can't delete a
dedupe rule ([9698](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9698))**
- **[CRM-19794](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19794) Wrong fields
displayed when setting a price set for a contribution page
([9697](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9697))**
- **typo fix in New Tag Form.
([9700](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9700))**
- **Docs fix: update for changed URL of Case Management > Setup page.
([9701](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9701))**
- **CRM_Extension_Browser - Allow different cache files for different feeds
([9693](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9693))**
- **[CRM-17663](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-17663) Dashlet code
improvements ([9672](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9672))**
- **Fire hook_civicrm_emailProcessor('activity') if Activity,create successful
([9651](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9651))**
- **Civi\API\ExternalBatch - Verify that $_ENV is working
([9595](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9595))**
- **Crm 19847 ([9653](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9653))**
- **Comment Fixes ([9659](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9659))**
- **Comments ([9658](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9658))**
- **(NFC) Civi/*, CRM_Utils_SQL_Select - Fix various warnings
([9657](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9657))**
- **Add comment blocks
([9656](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9656))**
- **[CRM-19839](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19839) Declare class
used on developer tab of CiviCRM reports
([9646](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9646))**
- **allow descendant classes to access the cache array
([9605](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9605))**
- **[CRM-19795](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19795) Contribution
page confirmation screen undefined index pay_later_receipt
([9632](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9632))**
- **[CRM-19585](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19585) Sales tax
issue ([9598](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9598),
[9576](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9576),
[9590](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9590), and
[9574](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9574))**
- **[CRM-19824](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19824) Event
listeners are missing if container cache is disabled
([9617](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9617))**
- **[CRM-19826](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19826) Extensions in
"vendor" folder have errant slash
([9618](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9618))**
- **fix header ([9607](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9607))**
- **[CRM-19706](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19706) Smart Group
criteria (Activity Status) are not being retained when using 'Edit Smart Group
criteria' ([9620](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9620))**
- **[CRM-19624](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19624) Exclude /
Include by privacy radio buttons gets reset on Smartgroup re-editing
([9597](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9597))**
- **[CRM-19800](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19800) Incorrect
Amount recorded in civicrm_financial_trxn table
([9577](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9577))**
- **[CRM-19817](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19817) Notice error
fails membership export
([9610](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9610))**
- **[CRM-19805](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19805) Comparing
instead of Assigning
([9591](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9591))**
- **Fix startdate for testMembershipJoinDateFixed
([9608](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9608))**
- **Add select2 class to loc_event_id
([9603](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9603))**
- **[CRM-19812](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19812) Display
related contact names in activity.get api
([9599](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9599))**
- **(NFC) CRM_*_Tokens - Reduce redundant docs
([9573](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9573))**
- **[CRM-19244](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19244) Custom fields
with option group not importing
([8906](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/8906))**
- **OptionValue Api cleanup - remove unnecessary lookup
([9569](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9569))**
- **[CRM-19789](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19789) Cannot create
smart group from 'Find participants'
([9567](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9567))**
- **tools/scripts/phpunit-ls - Fix PhpStorm lookup of PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
([9535](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9535))**
- **[CRM-18472](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-18472) Notice fixes
([9558](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9558))**
- **[CRM-19413](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19413) CiviMail: Test
mail notice errors: undefined index
([9550](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9550))**
- **Upgrade cleanup - use addColumn utility instead of sql
([9548](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9548))**
- **API Explorer: Minor usability improvements
([9539](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9539))**
- **Document inconsistent function signature.
([9541](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9541))**
- **fix headers ([421](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/421))**
- **CiviCRM Menu -- Add PathProcessor to allow parameters to routes to include
slashes ([420](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/420))**
- **Reroll of VTecheira's updates to civicrm.info.yml and civicrm.install
([419](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/419))**
- **fix headers ([109](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/pull/109))**
- **fix headers ([42](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-joomla/pull/42))**
- **Convert drupal to Backdrop and change variable_get/set to state_get/set
([21](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-backdrop/pull/21))**
### CiviCRM API, Joomla Integration
- **[CRM-19877](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19877) on Joomla
api.Setting.create fails with "option,task not valid settings"
([9678](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9678))**
### CiviMail, CiviMember
- **[CRM-19895](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19895) membership
renewal page style collapsed if email disabled
([9713](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9713))**
### CiviEvent
- **[CRM-19907](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19907) Syntax error
generated on CiviEvent Dashboard when show_events is null
([9709](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9709))**
- **[CRM-19832](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19832)
hook_civicrm_searchTasks get invoked twice for some entities
([9637](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9637))**
### CiviCRM Search
- **[CRM-19875](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19875) Search
builder: Fatal error when searching custom field of type "country"
([9695](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9695))**
- **[CRM-19811](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19811) Slow queries
due to use of LOWER() in mysql searches, fix contribution search, current
employer. Comment elsewhere
([9596](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9596))**
### CiviCase
- **[CRM-19890](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19890) Case Manager
listed in cases tab is not up to date
([9691](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9691))**
- **[CRM-19754](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19754) CiviCase role
relationships reversed
([9560](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9560))**
### CiviReport
- **[CRM-19884](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19884) DB Error on
Activity Details Report
([9681](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9681))**
- **[CRM-19509](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19509) Add character
set and collation to create table statements in reports
([9411](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9411))**
- **[CRM-19807](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19807) MySQL error
when adding contacts on a report to a group
([9594](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9594))**
### Core CiviCRM, WordPress Integration
- **[CRM-19172](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19172) on behalf form +
user account creation attempts to create user for org
([9669](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9669))**
### CiviContribute
- **[CRM-19863](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19863) 'item_name'
unnecessarily truncated when passed to PayPal
([9677](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9677))**
- **[CRM-19725](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19725) Honoree should
never be same as donor
([9503](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9503))**
- **[CRM-19761](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19761) contribution
thank you letter generator: unable to export to docx
([9575](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9575) and
[9568](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9568))**
- **[CRM-19799](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19799) LineItems
incorrect at both Contribution Level and Financial Accounts Level
([9580](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9580))**
- **[CRM-19802](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19802) Contribution
page : missing translation
([9581](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9581))**
- **[CRM-19777](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19777) Edit
contribution : wrong decimal separator on total_amount
([9556](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9556))**
### CiviContribute, CiviEvent
- **[CRM-19803](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19803) View Payment
popup of a participant does not show refunds
([9634](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9634) and
[9592](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9592))**
- **[CRM-19288](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19288) VAT not
included for additional participant fee when registering for events
([9545](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9545))**
### CiviCRM API
- **[CRM-18591](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-18591) group_type
parameter ignored when using API to create group
([9578](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9578))**
### Accounting Integration, CiviContribute
- **[CRM-19804](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19804) Pre() and
Post() hook for Financial Account
([9584](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9584))**
### CiviEvent, CiviReport
- **[CRM-19782](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19782) "View" link on
printed Participant Listing Report renders display name unreadable
([9546](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/9546))**
### Drupal Integration Modules
- **[CRM-19740](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-19740) Regression in
phone number Drupal views integration
([415](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-drupal/pull/415))**
## Credits
This release was developed by the following code authors:
AGH Strategies - Andrew Hunt, Alice Frumin; ATD Fourth World - Véronique
Gratioulet; Agileware - Agileware Team; Aidan Saunders; AppChecker; Australian
Greens - Seamus Lee; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts, Jitendra Purohit, Tim Otten,
Yashodha Chaku, Monish Deb; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; CiviDesk - Nicolas Ganivet;
Community Builders - Dejan Lukic; CompuCorp - Omar Abu Hussein; Coop SymbioTIC -
Mathieu Lutfy; Erich Schulz; Freeform Solutions - Herb van den Dool; Fuzion -
Chris Burgess, Eileen McNaughton; Ginkgo Street Labs - Frank Gómez; JMA
Consulting - Pradeep Nayak, Edzel Lopez; John Kingsnorth; Joinery - Allen Shaw;
Jon Goldberg; Klaas Eikelboom; Klangsoft - David Reedy Jr; Lighthouse Design and
Consulting - Brian Shaughnessy; Marc Brazeau; Progressive Technology Project -
Jamie McClelland; Skvare - Mark Hanna
Most authors also reviewed code for this release; in addition, the following
reviewers contributed their comments:
AGH Strategies - Alice Frumin, Andrew Hunt, Tommy Bobo; Agileware - Agileware
Team; Aidan Saunders; AppChecker; ATD Fourth World - Véronique Gratioulet;
Australian Greens - Seamus Lee; Christian Wach; Circle Interactive - Dave
Jenkins; CiviCoop - Jaap Jansma; civicrm-builder; CiviCRM - Coleman Watts,
Jitendra Purohit, Yashodha Chaku, Tim Otten, Donald Lobo, Monish Deb, Rohan
Katkar; CiviDesk - Nicolas Ganivet; Community Builders - Dejan Lukic; Community
IT Academy - William Mortada; CompuCorp - Omar Abu Hussein, Madura
Krishnamoorthy; Coop SymbioTIC - Mathieu Lutfy; Denver DataMan - Steve Kessler;
Digitalcourage - Detlev Sieber; edsel; Erich Schulz; Fedor Khodkov; Forest CRM
Consulting - Tamar Meir; Fuzion - Eileen McNaughton, Peter Davis; Ginkgo Street
Labs - Frank Gómez; Glick Software - David Glick; iXiam - Vangelis Pantazis; JMA
Consulting - Pradeep Nayak, Joe Murray; John Kingsnorth; Joinery - Allen Shaw;
Jon Goldberg; Kacper Warda; Ken West; Klaas Eikelboom; Klangsoft - David Reedy
Jr; Korlon - Stuart Gaston; Lighthouse Design and Consulting - Brian
Shaughnessy; Marc Brazeau; mi-kon; Naomi Rosenberg; Noah Miller; Oxfam Germany -
Thomas Schüttler; Progressive Technology Project - Jamie McClelland; Richard van
Oosterhout; Robert Lang; Semper IT - Karin Gerritsen; Skvare - Mark Hanna;
Tadpole Collective - Kevin Cristiano; University of Hawaii at Manoa - Center on
Disability Studies - William Rems; Vakees K; Valéry Gouleau