HRplus Release Notes 26 January to 3 February 2018

1. HRplus Release Notes 26 January to 3 February 2018

Release Notes

Release Number:        2018.1.01 AND 2018.1.03

Development Period:  3rd to 26th January 2018 AND 27th January to 3rd February 2018

Release Closed:          26th January 2018 AND 3rd February 2018

UPDATING

The HRplus Everywhere Version 5.0 application is updated at intervals by (1) HRplus Software LLC. or (2) the Client.  For both options, please ensure that:

Ø  Users are logged out of the HRplus Everywhere Version 5.0 application and payrolls are in an archived state as the update process requires database shutdown and restart of the Alpha® application server.

 

(1)   HRplus Software LLC.

Updates to the database and interface are applied, via remote access, once access is given by the client to their server.  The process is as follows:

1.     Clients are notified, via email, about updates that are ready to be applied and are requested to download the relevant update files from the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server.  Instructions to do so are included in the email.

2.     The updates are applied, at a mutually scheduled time, by HRplus Software personnel.

 

(2)   Client

For clients whose IT Department can manage the update, HRplus Software will send the files to the relevant client personnel with instructions to apply the updates.

 

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

POWERpay Payroll

TP10285         NCB Bank Download

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>NCB Bank Download

Two (2) new screens were added as follows:  (1) NCB Other – will produce an ACH report with all accounts that are not an NCB account, and (2) NCB All ACH Download – will produce an ACH report that will include all account numbers.

 

TP10383         NCB Bank Download – Funds Direct

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>NCB Bank Download – Funds Direct

The above download was created with options to download text data and Excel report.  The download is working successfully and accurately.

 

TP10411         Flat Register

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Register Reports>>Flat Register

The flat register was modified to (1) allow for the selection of multiple pay groups and cycle range, and (2) be consolidated by pay group.  The report is running successfully without any errors.

 

TP10506         GL Quickbooks Download

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>General Ledger Interfacing>>GL Quickbooks Download

The ability to export the GL Data to Excel® was added to the above download file.

 

TP10545         Salary Transfers – Flagged as Net Pay

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Salary Transfers – Flagged as Net Pay

Split Totals functionality was added to the above report.

 

TP10692         Standard Pay Slip

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip – Unarchived

The Section Code filter was added to the above pay slip so that only employees within the selected section are run on report.


Citibank

TP10536         Citibank ACH Download

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Citibank ACH Download

The download was fixed and data is being downloaded successfully and accurately.  Archived and Unarchived downloads were also included.

Grenada

TP10465         Income Tax Return

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Grenada Statutory Reports>>Income Tax Return

The above statutory report was created for Grenada.

St. Lucia

TP10372         NIC C3/C2 Report

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>St. Lucia Statutory Reports>>NIC C3/C2 Report

A Pay Year field was added for each Pay Group in the above report.  The report is running successfully without any errors.

Barbados

TP10372         Barbados Statutory Reports

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Barbados Statutory Reports

The following changes were made (1) the Pay Year label was changed to Calendar Year to correctly indicate the remittance year of the pay cycle, and (2) the Summary page displays Summary of all employees for the month of <month> with adequate spacing between words in each of the following reports: 

(1)  Barbados Insurable Earnings Report - Private

(2)  Barbados Insurable Earnings Report - Government

(3)  Barbados Insurable Earnings Download - Private

(4)  Barbados Insurable Earnings Download - Government

Dominican Republic

TP10334         Barbados Statutory Reports

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Payment Reports>>Banco Popular Dominicano ACH Download

The ability to export the data to Excel® was added to the above download file.


Fringe Processing

TP10164         Pivots

Ø  POWERpay>>Add-Ons>>Fringe Processing>>Pivots

A new pivot report was added to show employees who were included/exempted from the fringe drawdown. 

Personnel

TP10442         HRplus Pivots

Ø  Personnel>>Pivots

The title of the tab was changed to HRplus Pivots and the screen modified so that the manipulation of data and export is done in a timely manner with no timeout errors.

 

Talent Management

TP9296           Goals Perspective

Ø  Talent Management>>Goals>>Goals Setup>>Goals Perspective

The HTML color editor was included in the above screen so that colour-coding is clearly visible.

 

Benefits

TP10403         Future Cash Salaries

Ø  Benefits>>Benefits>>Benefits Setup>>Future Cash Salaries

The option to import records was added to the above feature. 

 

System Configurations

TP10416         Language Directory

Ø  System Configurations>>Language Directory

The following modifications were made:  (1)  the layout was redesigned to display new languages side by side, (2)  the ability for inserts to be made directly on the grid itself, (3)  the ability for updates to be performed by double-clicking the row, and (4)  the ability for languages to be imported.


User Self Service

HR

TP10330         Immigration

Ø  Dashboard>>My Profile>>My Profile>>Immigration

Ø  Dashboard>>My Profile>>My Profile>>Certificates

The above screens were modified so that records inserted by an employee for Dependants and Travel Documents are now subject to approval.  The Certificates tab was also added to My Profile where records inserted are also subject to approval.  All records inserted by an employee will go to the respective Unapproved Changes grid.  The changes must then be approved by HR at the respective screens as follows:

Ø  Self Service>>HR>>Self Serve Entries>>Certificates

Ø  Self Service>>HR>>Self Serve Entries>>Dependents Emergency Data

Ø  Self Service>>HR>>Self Serve Entries>>Travel Documents

Employee

TP10163         My Pay Items

Ø  Dashboard>>My Pay Items>>HRplus Time>>Scheduled Work

The above screen was modified to include the Start and End times of shifts.  The employee records are being generated successfully and accurately.

HRplus Time

TP8377           Archived

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Archived

The existing grid in the above screen was replaced with an embedded grid to resemble the Current Timesheet screen.  The screen is working accurately and successfully without any errors being displayed.


 

BUG FIXES

Login

TP10842         HRplus Login Page

Ø  HRplus Login Page

The above screen was modified so that the HRplus start page, including the module icons, are successfully displayed.

POWERpay Payroll

TP10396         Place Employees in Schedule Groups

Ø  HRplus Time>>Schedules>>Scheduling>>Shifts>>Schedule Group Shift Setup>>Place Employees in Schedule Groups

The above screen was modified so that employees are being successfully added to the schedules without any errors.

 

TP10496         GL Export

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>General Ledger Interfacing>>GL Export

The above screen was modified to successfully use the country code of the company for which the report is being generated. 

 

TP9565           Standard Pay Slip

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip

The report was fixed so that employees with special characters in their names are now successfully receiving their payslips via email.

 

TP10587         Option 5 - Standard Pay Slip

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Option 5 - Standard Pay Slip

The above report was fixed so that the Pay Slip Message is printing successfully.

 

TP10607         N.I.S. 184 Report

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Tax/N.I.S./H.S. Data>>N.I.S. 184 Report

A final summary page showing the total number of employees who started/left was added to the above report.

 

TP10651         Graphic Departmental Payroll Summary

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Graphic Departmental Payroll Summary

The above report was fixed so that the Total values are accurate and are the same as the Excel and PDF reports.

 

TP10658         GL Export

Ø  POWERpay>>Maintenance>>System Defaults>>Companies

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>General Ledger Interfacing>>GL Export

The above screens were modified to use the Location Code instead of the Country Code thereby ensuring that all reports for the associated company/country will be accurately displayed.

Colombia

TP10225         Standard Pay Slip

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Pay Slips>>Standard Pay Slip

The sort_order not found error message was fixed for the above pay slip.

Antigua and Barbuda

TP10434         Statutory Reports

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Antigua and Barbuda Statutory Reports>>Education Levy Deduction Form

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Antigua and Barbuda Statutory Reports>>Medical Benefits Scheme

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Antigua and Barbuda Statutory Reports>>Socia Security Remittance

Dates for the weekend were added to the above reports.

Guyana

TP10423         Statutory Reports

Ø  POWERpay>>Payroll Reports>>Payroll Reports>>Guyana Statutory Reports>>Print TD4 from Payroll

The report was modified as follows:  (1)  the employee’s name and address was placed correctly at the bottom instead of the top left, and (2) the company’s name and address was correctly placed at the top of the report.


Company Assets

TP10459         Asset Requests

Ø  Company Assets>>Asset Transactions>>Asset Requests

The above screen was modified to successfully perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations without any errors being displayed.

Talent Management

TP10376         Linked Goals

Ø  User Self Service>>Manager>>Talent Management>>Goals Management>>Goals>>Linked Goals

The above screen was modified to successfully perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations without any errors being displayed.

Employee Self Service

My Benefits

TP10099         New Claim

Ø  Employee Self Service>>My Benefits>>Claim History>>New Claim

The above screen was modified to successfully perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations without any errors being displayed.

Timesheets

TP10573         Timesheets

Ø  User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Current

The times (a.m. and p.m.) were fixed so that they did not change when the value in the Project Phase field was changed.  The times are displaying successfully and accurately.

Leave

TP10657         Leave Taken

Ø  Benefits>>Leave>>Leave Transactions>>Leave Taken

The above screen was modified to successfully perform CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations without any errors being displayed.

System Configurations

TP10726         Opening Payroll Balances

Ø  System Configurations>>System Configurations>>Company Import>>Opening Payroll Balances

The above screen was modified to ensure that the imported records are successfully and accurately posted and are seen on the payroll reports.

 

HRplus Time

TP10125         Timesheets

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Current

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Unapproved After Post

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Archived

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Attendance Logs>>Attendance>>Current

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Attendance Logs>>Attendance>>Archived

Ø  User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Current

Ø  User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Archived

Ø  User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Timesheets>>Timesheet>>Unapproved After Post

Ø  User Self Service>>Timekeeper>>Attendance Logs>>Current

The time display format on the above screens was fixed so that 12 midnight displays successfully on the grids.  The Total Hours value is calculated accurately for start and end times before and after midnight.

 

TP8376           Unapproved After Post

Ø  HRplus Time>>Timesheets>>Timesheets>>Unapproved After Post

The existing grid in the above screen was replaced with an embedded grid.  The screen is working accurately and successfully without any errors being displayed.


Please find attached the completed document.

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