Release Number:   2019.03.09 (Year.Quarter.Month)

Development Periods: 10th September to 4th October 2019

Release Closed:   4th October 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

10th September to 4th October 2019

Home

HV5-I434 Education

• Home>>My Profile>>My Profile>>Education
  

The following modifications were made:

1. A user-friendly error message was added to the Education screen.
   
2. Refresh buttons were added to the Approved Competencies and Approved Emergency Data screens:
   

General

HV5-I323 Language Translations

• Employee Self Service
  
• Personnel
  
• Personnel>>Event Reminders>>
  
• POWERpay
  

Language Tags were added to the above modules for easy translation to other languages.

Security

HR48 Employee Paid in Month Detail Report

• Security>>Billing Information
  

A new report, Employee Paid in Month by Status Detail, was added:

Personnel

HV5-I431 Invalid Positions

The above-named new report, which shows employees who are not in a valid organisation hierarchy, was created and added to the menu:

Company Assets

HV5-I412 Job Assets Link

• Company Assets>>Asset Setup>>Job Assets Link
  

The Job Assets Link, shown below, is now reflected in the Employee, Manager and Department Administrators Self Service as well as the Assets Requests screens:

HV5-I433 Asset Items

• Company Assets>>Asset Setup>>Asset Items
  

The following error was fixed and the screen loading successfully:

Training

HV5-I426 Enroll Employee

• Talent Management>>Training>>Requests>>Training Requests>>By Gap Analysis>.Training Requests>>[choose Course]>>Enroll Employee
  

The variable type integer was changed to Character to prevent the following error from occurring:

Goals

HV5-I437 Section Goals

• Goals>>Section Goals
  

The following modifications were made:  

1. The Division dropdown list was fixed so that it is now being populated successfully.
   
2. The lower level field (Department) is disabled if the higher level field (Division) is empty.
   

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POWERpay

HV5-I420 Bank Fields

• POWERpay>>Maintenance>>Downloads/Uploads>>Bank Download Setup
  

The width of Bankfld1 to Bankfld10 fields was increased from 20 to 30 characters:

HV5-I431 Import PaySlip Message 

• POWERpay>>Pay Cycles>>Pay Cycles>>[expand record]>>Employee PaySlip Message>>Import Payslip Message
  

The following buttons:  Download Template, Import Payslip Message, Delete All -  were added to the screen:

HV5-I435 Import PaySlip Message 

• POWERpay>>Pay Cycles>>Pay Cycles>>[expand record]>>Employee PaySlip Message>>Import Payslip Message
  

The Badge Number field type was changed from General to Text.  Users are now able to delete all records via the Delete All button.

HRplus Time

HR49 Missing Punches

• HRplus Time>>Reports>>Missing Punches Reports>>Missing Punches
  
• User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Reports>>Timekeeper Reports>>Missing Punches
  

An additional field, Adjusted Time, was added to the report to show any adjusted times:

BUG FIXES

10th September to 4th October 2019

Security

HR50 Company Administrators

• Security>>User Administration>>[expand row]>>Company Access
  

Users with Company Administrator privileges can now successfully grant Company Access to other users: 

HV5-I422 Change Password

• Change Password button
  

The screen was fixed so that the Current Password is no longer being shown:

Home

HR36 Company Notifications

• Home>>Intranet>>Company Notifications
  

The size of the Sender Photo was changed so that, when a message is clicked, large photos do not prevent the user from seeing the mail message:

HR51 Leave Approval

• Home>>Intranet>>My Message Inbox
  
• Home>>All Messages
  

The following modifications were made:

1. The Internal 500 Server error is no longer being displayed when users try to approve leave requests received in their Inbox.
   
2. Cosmetic changes:
   

HR55 Employee Directory

• Home>>Intranet>>Employee Directory
  

The error message, ‘could not get count of records in query’, was fixed and is no longer being displayed on the screen:

HV5-I408 Beneficiaries

• Home>>My Benefits>>My Benefits>>Beneficiaries
  
• Benefits>>Benefits>>Beneficiaries>>[expand row]
  

The following modifications were made:

1. The error message "Result set row requested not found while getting result set data column 1" that occurred when trying to add a new Beneficiary record was fixed and beneficiaries can now be successfully added.
   
2. A Last Beneficiary ID display field was added to guide employees when entering new beneficiaries.  New Beneficiary Ids should follow the same displayed sequence:
   

HV5-I413 Internal Email Messages

• Home>>Intranet>>My Message Inbox>>[click Compose]
  

The following modifications were made:

1. Messages, that do not exceed the 1000 character limit, are (1) no longer truncated and (2) are being sent successfully without any errors:
   

HV5-I423 Request Leave

• Home>>My Benefits>>My Leave>>[Request Leave]
  

The screen was fixed to allow Self-Service Leave Requests, to be successfully sent for approval, to Supervisors whose usernames exceed 12 characters.

Personnel

HR17 Documents

• Personnel>>Personnel>>Employees>>Toggle Additional Details>>Documents
  

The screen was modified to accept file names that have been uploaded and whose names contain ‘dots’ (e.g. Document.2019.12.02):

HR52 Reporting Structure

• Personnel>>Personnel>>Reports>>Reporting Structure>>Reporting Structure
  

The report was modified so that it no longer shows the reporting relationships of Ex-Employees:

HR53 Delete Vacant Positions

• Personnel>>Personnel>>Positions>>Vacant Positions
  

Vacant Positions can be successfully deleted and the associated Position Supervisors are simultaneously automatically deleted:

HR59 Employee Directory

• Home>>Intranet>>Employee Directory
  

Permissions were added to the screen so that users can successfully access it:

HV5-I416 Work Permit

• Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Immigration Categories
  
• Personnel>>Setup>>Organisation>>Immigration Codes>>Work Permit Types
  

The Country Code must be the same as the Company’s Country Code for which you are setting up Immigration Categories and Work Permit Types:

HV5-I419 Positions

• Personnel>>Personnel>>Positions>>All Positions (Filled and Vacant)
  
• Personnel>>Personnel>>Positions>>Vacant Positions
  
• POWERpay>>Employees>>Payroll Positions>>All Positions (Filled and Vacant)
  

Special characters (‘&,;:\-‘”# etc.) that are used in the names of Company, Division, Department, Section no longer prevent new positions from being successfully added:   

Event Reminders

HV5-I424 HR Users

• Personnel>>Event Reminders>>Event Manager>>HR Users
  

The screen was fixed so that new HR Users can be successfully added without ‘bumping’ other users off the system:

Leave

HR57 Calendar

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Calendar Setup
  

A user-friendly message "Holiday was already added" was added in the event a user tries to add the same record twice:

HV5-I418 Decimal Leave Values

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Vacation and other Cumulative Leave Rules
  

The default leave value fields can now accept decimal input:

HV5-I428 Leave Types

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Transactions>>Leave Taken>>New Leave Taken
  

The issue where the "Leave Type Code" drop-down menu displayed leave types for which the employee has no entitlement was corrected:

POWERpay

HR35 FCIB ACH Option 2

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>First Caribbean International Bank ACH Download – Option 2
  

The issue where searching by Pay Group returned data for additional Pay Groups, because the codes of the other Pay Groups contained the code of the selected Pay Group, was fixed: 

HR56 Employee Pay Slip Message

• POWERpay>>Pay Cycles>>Pay Cycles>>[select Pay Group and Year]>>[expand record]>>Employee Pay Slip Message
  

The issue, where records were being saved with empty fields - Company Code, Company Name and Batch Number fields - was fixed: 

HV5-I377 Cycle Pay Register Detail

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Cycle Pay Register Detail 
  

For readability purposes, blank lines were added above and below Totals for <Company>:

HV5-I425 ECAB Social Security Remittance

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Antigua and Barbuda Statutory Reports>>Social Security Remittance
  

The report was modified so that data is being loaded successfully.

HRplus Time

HR33 Schedule Employee Wizard

• HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Scheduling>>Shifts>>General Shifts Setup>>Schedule Employee Wizard
  

The "Fatal error running a5_ajax_grid()" error message is no longer being displayed on the screen of the second step of the Schedule Employee Wizard:

HR41 Projected Leave Entitlements

• HRplus Time>>Leave>>Leave Reports>>Leave Reports>>Projected Entitlements by Employee
  

The Search filter was fixed so that only Employees in the selected Pay Group will be displayed and not all employee records: 

HR65 Shift-Payment Rule Link

• HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Payment Rules>>Shifts-Payment Rule Link
  

The screen was fixed so that duplicate records can no longer be inserted:

HV5-I427 Scheduling

• HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Scheduling
  
• User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Scheduling>>Schedule>>Schedules>>[expand record]>>New Record
  

The above screens were fixed so that users can successfully update/create/delete records without the Update operation on non-updateable query error message being displayed.   

User Self Service

HR40 Employee Timecard with Overtime

• User Self-Service>>Timekeeper>>Timekeeper Reports>>Employee Timecard with Overtime
  

Permissions were added so that Timekeepers are able to generate the report without being logged out.