Friday 3-17-2023

New functionality

  • No new functionality

Improvements

  • Web Edition: Hide more icons for non-admins when accessing with mobile phones
  • Web Edition: Projects with no color will now display as White instead of Black in properties

Bug fixes

  • No new bug fixes

 

 

Friday 3-10-2023

New functionality

  • No new functionality

Improvements

  • Web Edition: Allow reports to be exported
  • Web Edition: Show PDF attachments for projects, users, tasks, inventory, expenses
  • Updated mileage rate to $0.655 per mile of business use

Bug fixes

  • Web Edition: File, Export now exports the correct report when multiple report tabs are open
  • Web Edition: Fixed filter applied to the first report tab when multiple reports tabs are open

 

Friday 3-3-2023

New functionality

  • Added StScheduler.exe to installation folder to automatically send emails and accrue time off
  • Web Edition: Select and delete multiple records

Improvements

  • Time Log import: Automatically create project tasks referenced by name in import file
  • “TIMELOG-value-hours” scan now has better “Notes” from project and task names
  • Web Edition: Report objects are clipped so they don’t bleed into other nearby objects

Bug fixes

  • Fixed Time Log import: project task names were not being imported
  • WIP: Fixed “Actual work” column when “Project task” is selected for “Job type”

 

Friday 2-24-2023

Functionality

  • BC Stand-alone app: Pop up message when an unrecognized scan occurs
  • Windows Edition: Improved icon appearance in filter tree (at left side of main window)
  • Only show projects that are available to the logged-in user in filter tree (left side of window)
  • Web Edition: Hide more ribbon icons for non-admins
  • Enforce more User Rights to prevent unauthorized creation of records like projects and tasks
  • Renamed some User Rights for clarity
  • Added ACTIVATEJOB and DEACTIVATEJOB scans to set the “Active” property for a project
  • Added “Start Timer” column to Project Tasks page to start a timer with one click
  • Added “Today”, “This week”, “Last week” columns to Users page for dashboard of logged hours

Bug fixes

  • Entering hours into a timesheet filtered by another user now creates time logs for that user
  • Fixed time log rounding update exception error, specifically when moving calendar items
  • Windows Edition: Fixed time log calendar exception related to image names

 

Friday 2-17-2023

Functionality

  • Web Edition: Improved barcode scanning error reporting
  • Improved barcode “ADDTIMER” prompt message because it was confusing
  • Web Edition: Hide more icons for non-admin users, so they can’t access admin pages
  • Web Edition: Allow timesheet cells to start editing when clicked, for quick entry

Bug fixes

  • Fixed “Permission to View Data” where the last username could not be unchecked

Friday 2-10-2023

Functionality

  • Added timesheet submit, approval and rejection status to Timesheet options menu
  • Web Edition: Allow timesheet options menu to open even if no timesheet cell has been selected
  • Improved Pay Period display and database queries for recent or relevant pay periods
  • Filter timesheet by Favorites (check your own list of projects to view in timesheet)

Bug fixes

  • No new bug fixes

 

Friday 2-3-2023

Functionality

  • Web Edition: Improved Properties panel text wrapping and indentation
  • Change barcode scan SPLITPROJ to SPLITTIMER
  • Windows Edition: Added speech recognition to scan barcodes page
  • Web Edition: Import custom RPX reports from file (created by Windows Edition)
  • Web Edition: Added Logout button (in the Login dialog)

Bug fixes

  • No new bug fixes

Friday 1-27-2023

Functionality

  • Web Edition: Flash background green and red when barcode scanning starts and stops timers
  • Added new User Right: Can view salary rates and costs
  • Improved enforcement of “User Rights” in Home Page for admins with limited rights
  • Don’t allow a logged-in user to remove their own ability to edit User Rights (and get locked out)
  • Display “No Start Date” in project task link dialogs when a task has no date
  • Web Edition: Added speech recognition as an alternative to barcode scanning
  • Scanning unrecognized text may start a timer if there are Required Scans that use that value
  • New filter choice to find records in grids by value: “Search fields, Text 1”

Bug fixes

  • Web Edition: Fixed error in the creation of new “Locked Date Range” records to lock timesheets
  • Windows Edition: Fixed “Check for updates” showing the wrong “Downloads” webpage

Friday 1-20-2023

Functionality

  • Web Edition: Improved timesheet cell selection after entering a new value
  • Web Edition: Improved timesheet cell delete operation to include time logs in selected cells
  • Web Edition: Set focus to “Scan barcodes” input when switching between tabs
  • Allow folders to be renamed in grid views for convenience. E.g. Folders containing projects
  • Added Admin menu to Inventory right-click context menus

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a case where non-project hours did not appear in the timesheet
  • Fill “Barcode Defaults” project task dropdown based on the selected project
  • Web Edition: Fixed project task percentage limit to prevent timesheet entries of the limit

Friday 1-13-2023

Functionality

  • Added “No Project” row to timesheet in case there were time logs without projects
  • Web version: Added light gray border to timesheet cells to make entry more obvious
  • Allow billing rates to be edited for future date ranges (anticipating future rate increases)
  • Changed Time Log running timers from red to green text
  • Web version: Improved dropdown appearance for projects, clients, categories

Bug fixes

  • Fixed “Can log with no project task selected” user right not being checked in Timesheet

Friday 1-6-2023

Functionality

  • Added “Entry type” property to Time logs (Type: 1=Manual, 2=Timer, 3=Barcode)
  • Flash BC window background green when timer started and red when stopped
  • Web version: Use the selected timesheet cell for default time log dates
  • Web version: Apply project filter choice to newly created time logs

Bug fixes

  • Changed Inventory “Active” property to “Yes/No” dropdown type
  • Fixed “NaN” result when displaying some expense amounts or grid cells

Friday 12-30-2022

Functionality

  • No new functionality

Bug fixes

  • Fixed bug where exported CSV files did not contain the last row
  • Fixed bug when checking Clients “Active” option displayed an error
  • Fixed error when clearing project start and finish dates
  • Prevent stale record data when saving projects, tasks, time logs

Friday 12-23-2022

Functionality

  • Added “Show active and inactive” context menu to Web Edition filter tree. Displays both active and inactive items in the filter tree to enable filtering pages by deactivated projects, users, clients, etc.
  • Improved WIP column resizing in Web Edition
  • Enable calendar drag and drop in Web Edition. I.e. move time logs, time off requests, tasks.
  • Import MS Project MPP files in Web Edition
  • Enable Enter key to close message boxes in Web Edition
  • Improved HTML export in Web Edition. I.e. more styles and colors
  • Improved creating new project tasks by copying values from the selected record

Bug fixes

  • Fixed sorting by Inventory Locations column
  • Fixed Resource Allocation error when using MS Access database. Error: “Column Name does not belong to table…”
  • Fixed bug when duplicating projects. The wrong project task filter was selected for the new project.
  • Fixed “Unhandled menu: New Project Task” in Web Edition

Friday 12-16-2022

Functionality

  • Added “Run Script” and “Create time log” choices to barcode rules
  • Improved ADDTIMER and ENDTIMER barcode scans to prompt for project and task, and then start and stop timers with those scanned names. This improves the ability for employees to have multiple timers running for multiple jobs simultaneously.
  • Added time log “Location” and “Device” properties to the “Extras” section
  • Added “Item name” filter option to query for partial names and show only records with those names. Example: show only time logs containing the word “welding” or only projects starting with “WO700“ or inventory with “door” in the name.
  • Added INV-DEL-LOC barcode scan to delete an inventory location
  • Store attachments in database for Web Edition instead of using the file system
  • Store custom reports in database for Web Edition instead of using the file system

Bug fixes

  • Fixed folder listings for projects, categories, etc. where items may be listed in the wrong order
  • Trim whitespace from barcode prompts to remove trailing CRLF characters that could interfere with lookups
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