RELEASE NOTES

Release Number:   2019.04.010 (Year.Quarter.Month)

Development Periods: 4th October to 21st October 2019

Release Closed:   21st 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

4th to 21st October 2019

System Configurations

HR68 Separations

• System Configurations>>System Configurations>>Company Import>>Separations:
  

An import that allows users to import and post separation records was added.  The following changes were also made:

• The Separation Type Code can be used as the Termination Type field.  
  
• The screen was adjusted to hide posted records and a Delete button was added.  
  

Personnel

HR126 Employee Locations

• Personnel>>Employees>>[search for Employee]>>Company and Status Info:
  

An update was applied to address missing employee location information when transitioning from Version 4 to Version 5 of the application:

Leave

HR131 Ignore Zero Entitlements

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Leave Types:
  

The field, Ignore Entitlements, was renamed to Ignore Zero Entitlements, for easier interpretation as follows: 

• When Yes is checked, Leave Types with zero entitlements will be hidden from Leave Request drop-down menus.
  
• When No (default) is checked, Leave Types with zero entitlements will be shown in the Leave Request drop-down menus.
  
• All Leave Request screens are affected:
  

HR70 Earned at Rollover

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Leave Types:
  

1. Also the field formerly named Projected Balance to Year End has been changed to Total Balance since a rollover cannot be considered as projected.  All major leave request and approval screens will reflect this change.
   

Self Service

HR66 Timesheets

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Current:
  

An update was applied that adds a Generate Overtime Report button to Timekeeper Timesheets.  This is how it works:

• Clicking on the button generates an alternate version of the Employee Timecard with Overtime report.  
  
• This alternate version prints only unapproved results for Timekeepers who are at a Workflow Level of 1.  
  
• Timekeepers who are at Workflow Level of 2 or higher will be able to print the report and see both the approved and unapproved results that are available at that level.
  

BUG FIXES

4th to 21st October 2019

Personnel

HR43 Reporting Relationships

• Personnel>>Positions:
  

The screen was modified so that Supervisors are saved and displayed successfully.  Previously, if a template is uploaded with a blank Supervisor Pno, although the data would be saved, it would not be displayed, thereby causing issues if the user tried to add another Supervisor of the same type:

Leave

HR57 Calendar Setup

• POWERpay>>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 holiday twice on the same date.  Special characters EXCEPT a dash (-) in holiday names will no longer generate an error: 

HR131 Leave Type

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Leave Types>>[New Leave Type]:
  

The following changes were made to the above screen:

• The field name "Ignore Entitlements" was changed to "Ignore Zero Entitlements" for easier interpretation. 
  
• When Yes is selected for Ignore Zero Entitlements, Leave Types for an employee with zero entitlements in that particular Leave Type will be hidden on the leave request drop-down menus.  
  
• No is the default option for both the Ignore Zero Entitlements and the Earned at Rollover fields.  All leave request screens are affected.
  

HR42 Generate Letter

• Benefits>>Leave>>Generate Letter
  
• Benefits>>Leave>>Letter Template
  

The screens were fixed so that the user is successfully able to save and add placeholders to a template.  Also the user is not prompted to log out after navigating to the Generate Letter screen:

HR89 Letter Template

• Benefits>>Leave>>Letter Template]
  

The Leave Letter Template screen was changed to match the screen in Personnel>>Letter Templates and the issues where the placeholders could not be added and the template could not be saved were both fixed:

HV5-I418 Leave Decimal Values

• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Leave Types
  
• Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Setup>>Vacation and Other Cumulative Leave Rules
  

The above screens were modified to allow users to input decimal values in the following fields:

Leave Types:

• Limit Accumulation Per Year To
  
• Limit Total Accumulation To
  

Vacation and Other Cumulative Leave Rules:

• Accumulate Leave Entitlement to a Maximum of
  
• Days Per Year
  
• Total Days
  

POWERpay

HR58 Pay Slip Option 16

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Option 16 – Standard Pay Slip:
  

The option to Hide Leave Information in the report’s print criteria was added via radio buttons:

HR63 Standard Pay Slip

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip:
  

The issue where the Pay Year and Pay Cycle drop-down menus were disabled even after selecting the Pay Group was resolved:

HR72 Pay Slips 

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>[All] Pay Slips
  

The issue, where Pay Slip Messages uploaded via a template were not being accurately displayed on generated reports, was resolved.  Initially, despite having multiple new lines when submitting the text, all the text would be wrapped together on one line.  This update allows the message to be displayed exactly as submitted:

HR91 Standard Pay Slip 

• POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip NGA>>Archived
  

The report was fixed so that when it is generated with Pay Slip Type = Option 10, deductions are no longer missing:

HRplus Time

HR134 Timesheets

• HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Attendance Logs>>Post to Timesheets:
  

The screen was modified so that when the Schedule is selected, the Period Date From field is automatically populated:

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Current:
  

The error that was appearing on the submission of timesheets was fixed and is no longer being displayed: 

Self Service

HR37 Timesheets

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Current:
  

The Search fields were fixed so that no inaccurate results are being returned.  For example, previously, if S1 was queried, the results could contain anything that begins with S1 such as S11. The Search results will now correctly return only S1 results:

HR66 Unapproved After Post

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Unapproved After Post:
  

The issues where (1) only Timesheets from the last pay cycle were being displayed, and (2) duplicate records were being displayed, were resolved.  Timekeepers can now see ALL records relevant to them based on their level and no duplicate records are being displayed:

HR81 Schedule Employee Wizard

• Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Scheduling>>Shift>>General Shifts Setup>>Schedule Employee Wizard:
  

The Fatal error running a5_ajax_grid() error message that was occurring in Step 2 of the wizard was fixed and is no longer being displayed: