The staged roll-out of v1.20 for cloud sites will commence after business close Wednesday 9th August 2023 and will be completed for all sites by Thursday 17th August 2023.

New "lock-out" feature for administrators

This allows an administrator to lock out system users access for periods of time so payroll can be processed without any changes by managers. This requires the administrator's Role new security privilege to be updated.



New template management for bioscan 807+ series time clocks

This allows unit groups to be defined that will sync specific employee enrolments to linked time clocks automatically.
The unit group can be defined as employees from one of more of the categories as displayed below. Once this group is linked to a Unit, the unit will sync that list of employees, including any enrolments, to the clock automatically without the employee needing to enter their clock number the first time they use the clock.




New Home Tile

The new “convertor” home tile panel allows a custom database query to display the data as a home tile panel. Examples below show:

  • Comments from todays timecards
  • Transfers to external storage
  • Audit trail entries for any newly created employes (confirmation of import process)
  • All employees in the system with 'ete' in their display name




Timesheet review permissions

New security permissions for time sheets to stop users un-review locking timesheets meaning the user cannot un-review a timesheet once reviewed.



Job maintenance screen

New job maintenance functions

  • Flattened and redesigned screen. A new cleaner, easier to read screen layout. All job levels are displayed across the page (max 5). To add a new job at the 'home' level use the + at the top right corner. To move a job from one level to another use the icon at the very top right.



  • Add a new job at the home level - use the + at the top right of the screen.



  • Add a job below an existing job by selecting that job and clicking the [Add L x] where the X is the level below the job you originally selected. You can add multiple jobs at this level by repeating the process.



  • Move a job from one location to another using the icon in the very top right of the screen. Select the source and destination. Leave the destination <none> to move to the Home level.



  • Reinstate deleted jobs by searching for the deleted job with the new 'deleted' option. Then open the job and save it as 'open'.





Home tile period selection

The period selection in all home tiles has been extended to match all period options available when running a report.



Home tile grouping options

Enhanced grouping options on some home panels – Approvals, Availability, Exceptions, On Site, Pay Codes, Roster Acceptance, Time Off, Timesheet Review, Upcoming Events




Time Off panel

The panel will now display time off requests that cross closed and open periods. It displays all requests from any open periods, and all dates up to the “Days Forward” setting. It will display approved and declined requests if these are enabled in the settings.
Employee Ellmers is in an Award with a Monthly Pay Period. Pay Period 01/05/2023 - 31/05/2023 is Locked, Pay Period 01/06/2023 - 30/06/2023 is Open.
The Approved Time Off request is for Tue 30/05/2023 - Fri 09/06/2023


Deleted Employees

You can now list deleted employees in the Profile screen, open their profile and re-instate the employee. This requires the administrator's Role new security privilege to be updated.



Award warning

Extended warning when deleting Awards that are still linked to employees.



Daily timesheet review

Extend time sheet review to allow daily, weekly and period review options.




Employee Filter

Allow profile customer fields to be used in an employee filter.




Other changes:

  • Extend security roles to restrict custom field access.
  • Extend approval panel to now display custom labels.
  • Extend schedule tasks to allow emailing CSV, Word, Excel and PDF documents.
  • Change custom conversion tasks to only email when there is data to report.
  • Change costing reports to now exclude pay codes defined as 'hidden'.
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