11. HRplus Release Notes 21 August to 10 Sept 2019
Release Notes
Release Number: 2019.03.08 (Year.Quarter.Month)
Development Periods: 21st August to 10th September 2019
Release Closed: 10th September 2019
NOTE: The numeric ID that is used to identify each item is of no significance to the client and is for the use of HRplus Software personnel only.
NEW AND IMPROVED
21st August to 10th September 2019
Home
HV5-I407 Company Notifications
Ø Home>>Intranet>>Company Notifications
The time the mail was received was added to the Mail Date of the messages.
HV5-I415 Competencies/Dependants/Languages
Ø Home>>My Profile>>Competencies/Dependants/Languages
Refresh buttons were reapplied to the screens:
POWERpay
HV5-I386 Barbados Statutory Reports
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Barbados Statutory Reports
A new category, Statutory Corporations, was added to the insurable earnings reports.
HRplus Time
HV5-I210 Geofencing
Ø HRplus Time>>Geofencing
The module was improved so that:
1. Users can submit Offline Punches which can be processed and posted.
2. Geofences can be disabled and users can search Geofence Logs by date.
HV5-I269 Non-Productive Hours Upload
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Import Unproductive Time Records
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Current>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Unapproved After Post>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Archived>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
Ø Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Current>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
Ø Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Unapproved After Post>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
Ø Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Archived>>[expand row]>>Unproductive Time
The Posted checkbox was disabled. A new screen was created to import unproductive time records. After importing, the records can be posted to current timesheets by clicking Adjust Timesheet Total Hours. This will subtract the total unproductive time (Aux Time) from the Total Hours of the employee’s timesheet record for the respective day at:
1. HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Current
2. Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Current
Also, a breakdown of the unproductive time was added to the HRplus Time and Timekeeper Current, Unapproved After Post, and Archived Timesheets. This breakdown appears for an employee’s timesheet when the unproductive time record has been posted:
HV5-I404 Timesheet Workflow
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Unapproved After Post
Workflow options were added to the Unapproved Timesheet similar to the options presented in the Current Timesheet.
Company Assets
HV5-I400 Request Asset
Ø User Self Service>>Manager>>Company Assets>>Request Asset
Managers are now able to request assets:
HV5-I410 Asset Items Upload
Ø Company Assets>>Asset Setup>>Asset Items
An upload template (.xls) has been added to allow users to complete and upload Asset Items. The Asset Template.xls file is placed in the Templates folder:
Training
HV5-I392 Course Details
Ø Training>>Courses>>Training Agencies>>Agency Courses>>Course Details
The Training Agency name is being displayed correctly without any errors:
HV5-I393 Competency
Ø Personnel>>Setup>>Organization Setup>>Qualifications-Related Codes>>Competencies>>Competency Standards
No single quotes (‘ ’) can be entered in any of the fields:HR Events
HV5-I394 Event Manager
Ø Talent Management>>HR Events>>Manage Events>>[expand]
The correct name for the Person Responsible, and not ex-employee names, is being displayed:
Goals
HV5-I329 Department Administrators
Ø Talent Management>>Goals
Managers can now receive Notifications when Department Administrators create goals.
HV5-I401 Linked Goals
Ø Talent Management>>Goals
The Goal Weight field was fixed so that special characters (#, %, &, *) cannot be entered360 Multi-Rater
12957683 Cosmetic Changes
Ø Talent Management>>360 Multi-Rater>>360 Multi-Rater Setup
The following cosmetic changes were made:
1. Team Type and Team Comments were changed to Member Group and Description respectively:
1. A new tab, Multi-Rate, was added on the Manager and Employee Self Service sides.
Ø Talent Management>>360 Multi-Rater>>360 Multi-Rater Summary
1. Team Type was changed to Member Group.
2. Total Score is included on the screen:
1. The name of the employee is displayed on the screen heading:
1. A Members Reviews button was included:
1. A popup screen to enter a new Competency-Job link was added:
2. The spelling of Event Name was corrected.
BUG FIXES
21st August to 10th September 2019
Home
HR27 Expired Password Reset
Ø Home>>Login
Required to address the issue where resetting password via expired password reset or FORGOT PASSWORD reset logs user in as softech.
HV5-I375 My Profile
Ø Home>>My Profile>>Education
Missing permissions were added to the Certificates drop-down listing so that the “Permission Denied” error is no longer being displayed when entering a new Education record:
HV5-I390 Status in Position
Ø Home>> >>My Profile>>Company and Status Info
The following modifications were made:
1. The label “Status” was changed to Status of Position.
2. The value in the Status in Position field was fixed to match the value in Personnel>>Employee>>Company and Status Info:
HV5-I399 Education
Ø Home>>Intranet>>My Profile>>Education
The screen was rebuilt so that CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations can be successfully performed without any errors being displayed:
Personnel
HR28 Reporting Relationships
Ø Personnel>>All Positions (Filled and Vacant)
Permissions were added to the screen so that CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations can be successfully performed without any errors being displayed.
HV5-I395 Positions
Ø Personnel>>Positions>>All Positions (Filled and Vacant)
A user friendly error message was added: “A reporting relationship exists for this position. Cannot delete position”; was added to alert users when they try to delete a vacant position that is tied to an existing reporting relationship.
HV5-I402 Pivots
Ø Personnel>>Personnel>>Pivots
Modified PIVOT_PERS_WorkPermitInfo pivot query to fix "sub query cannot return more than 1 row" error that occurred when the client tried to download the pivot as an excel file. Also added work_permit_status, work_permit_status_description, work_permit_type , and work_permit_type_description fields to the pivot query.HV5-I406 Generate Letter
Ø Personnel>>Transactions>>Acting>>Generate Letter
Missing permission was added on the database side to avoid getting any permission denied error even though the specified HR USER and HR MANAGER permissions are set for the user.
Leave
HV5-I353 Leave Taken
Ø Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Transactions>>Leave Taken
A validation check was added to ensure that the leave counter for a leave record is valid before the leave record is posted. Once the counter is valid, the system will attempt to post the record:HV5-I418 Decimal Leave Values
Ø Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Leave Types>>Leave Types
Ø Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Non-Vacation/Non-Cumulative Rules
The default leave value fields can now accept decimal input:
POWERpay
HV5-I414 P45 Report
Ø POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Jamaica Statutory Reports>>P45- Income Tax Particulars of Employee Leaving
The Inland Revenue Id was moved from field 7 to Field 6 on the P45 report.
HRplus Time
HV5-I409 Add Employee Schedules
Ø HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Scheduling>>Schedule>>Employee in Schedule>>Add Employee Schedules
A button to shift employees from the Employees In Schedule list to the Employees Not In Schedule list was added to the screen:
HV5-I417 Employee Timesheet (Current)
Ø HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Current
The following modifications were made:
1. A drop-down menu, "Approval Status" which allows the user to filter the time-sheets by approved or unapproved records, was added.
2. An issue, where filtering by "Day Worked" in the "Sort By" drop-down menu generated an error, was fixed.
3. An issue where the "Sort Order" drop-down menu was not accurately displaying records in ascending or descending order, was fixed.
4. The sorting option "Total Hours" to the "Sort By" drop-down menu, was added.
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