What's new in 14.4.1

What's new in PlanMill Release 14.4.1

PlanMill Version 14.4.1 gives feature enhancements as well as fixes to several known issues (Rel. July 10, 2012). Download Release Notes - Wiki - Tools - Export to PDF

1. Absence management

Improvements

Support for zero capacity calendars with Absences
In absence form, 'Vacation year' and 'Balance' fields are only shown when needed.
In absence list view, the interval filter has a new option “ongoing” which includes any absences that are currently occurring.
Upcoming accepted absences now appear in timesheets.
The absence indicator in PlanMill workspace now lists only ongoing and upcoming absences.
Upcoming absences using 'balance leave' type are deducted immediately from the user's balance.
Some major performance improvements for the Absences list view.

Fixes

Calculation of remaining hours of absences in time sheet for absences that have clock times in start and finish dates.
Correct default value for finish date clock time, when switching between absence types in absence form.
Screenshots - See more

Fig 1. Week's upcoming absentees

Fig 2. Preliminary time reports

2. Password handling

Passwords in the database are now saved using bcrypt for enhanced security.
Users that forgot their passwords can now reset them if they can access their email inbox. For improved security, the user can add a security question and answer to the user account.
The password recovery functionality can be enabled or disabled through administration settings. Screenshots - See more

Fig 3. Forgotten password link

Fig 4. Set new password request

3. Invoicing

New field 'Banking Information' added to Primary bank account for My Company accounts. This free-text field prints to the Invoice footer for international banking requirements such as bank address for some country-specific code. Screenshots - See more

Fig 5. Bank information field

Fig 6. Bank information in invoice footer

General availability

PlanMill Cloud customers: July 10, 2012
PlanMill On-Premise customers: July 10, 2012

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