Avni May Release

May 31, 2026 by Avni Team

The Avni May releases (v16.13.0 through v16.14.0) bring features that save field workers time, smarter attendance tracking for education programs, and enhanced data handling. Here's what's new.

Share completed forms instantly with field teams

Field workers can now share a completed form directly from their device — no more re-entering information somewhere else. Forms can be sent as a neatly formatted PDF or as a WhatsApp message, making it easy to hand off information to colleagues, supervisors, or community members on the spot.

Administrators can also set up automatic sharing so a form gets sent the moment it's saved, cutting out a manual step entirely. This is done through a new WorkListUpdation rule that triggers form sharing automatically, eliminating the need for field workers to manually share each completed form.

Smarter attendance tracking for education programs

Admin Configuration

attendance config

Field Worker Experience

attendance mobile marking attendance sheet

Attendance is now a first-class feature for group-based programs like learning centres. Instead of cobbling together workarounds, you can now:

  • Define different types of attendance (present, absent, late — or whatever makes sense for your program)
  • Set up calendars reflecting your working days and local public holidays so absences are logged against actual scheduled days
  • Link an absence to a follow-up visit so supervisors know which students need a check-in
  • Get clean reports that distinguish between "form not filled today" and "no session was scheduled"

Field workers receive native attendance flows on Android dashboards, making it fast and intuitive to mark attendance during daily sessions. Learn more in the Attendance documentation and Calendars documentation.

Find a person by date of birth — faster identity matching

Search with DOB filter

dob filter search

Results matched

dob filter results

When a field worker has a physical ID card or paper register in hand, they can now search for a beneficiary using their exact date of birth. This makes it much faster to pull up the right person in areas with common names — a real problem in communities where naming patterns are limited.

The filter can be turned on or off by your system administrator from the existing Search Filters panel, keeping things flexible for different field scenarios. No more scrolling through dozens of "Ravi" or "Priya" to find the right one.

Enhanced Data Entry App and Mobile parity

DEA (Data Entry App) got stronger:

  • Registration concepts now display as radio buttons aligned with user sync attributes
  • The user and myUserGroup variables are now accessible across all DEA rules, giving you more control
  • Edit form rules now execute within DEA, with blocked edits shown as clear notifications

Mobile and web are now closer in feature parity:

  • Sync settings, user group access controls, and edit form rules are now fully available on the mobile app
  • The showAnswers and hideAnswers functions now support coded and subject concept types everywhere, eliminating the need to duplicate option lists in your rules

Richer bulk data uploads

CSV bulk uploads now support:

  • File attachments (shared via Google Drive links) — no more manual file uploads
  • Audio recordings — so you're no longer limited to text-only fields when importing data in bulk

This is especially helpful when migrating from paper or legacy systems where you have historical files and media that need to come into Avni.

Tanuh partnership goes live

We're excited to announce that the first phase of our partnership with Tanuh is now live. This includes:

  • A Tanuh-branded mobile app for field teams
  • A dedicated web portal for physician review workflows
  • A reporting dashboard (whitelabeled Metabase instance) — all hosted in India to meet local data requirements

It's a great example of how Avni can be tailored to a specific organisation's needs from the ground up.

What's coming next

  • Platform performance improvements to make the app faster and more reliable on slow networks
  • Phase 2 of AI-assisted setup — moving closer to automatic configuration from a simple requirements document
  • Continued education domain development with new features for learning programmes

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For the complete technical details, see the v16.13 release notes and v16.14 release notes on GitHub.

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