The platform is regularly updated and improved. Below are details of planned and historical changes. Updates affecting end-users are typically carried out between 03:00 and 05:30 (Finnish time - UTC+2) and, wherever possible, are communicated in advance.
If you are looking for older release notes, you can find them here.
26/01/2023 release (2.11.16)
Improvements
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Improvements in changing Worktime role name
- You can now change the name of the "Kaikki oikeudet" (All rights) worktime role
- You can no longer give a worktime role a name that is used by another role
[ref 13203]
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Optimisation of user data requests and user selection controls in Worktime
[ref 13318]
Fixes
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Creating a new event type with temporary lay-off behavior didn't copy the default compensation to the new event type
[ref 13192]
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Person selection in Worktime reports when grouping by setting group did not work correctly
[ref 11338]
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In Worktime > Projects > Reports - section, user list did not always load when project manager proceeded to project and user selection with 'Managed projects' option selected and there were no persons with marked time against projects
[ref 13340]
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Fetching events for Titania via web service returned an error when requesting data with an empty personnel number
Guidance [ref 13347]
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Clarified event approval settings and ensured they work correctly
Guidance [ref 13159]
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If editing an event removed the approval of other events, it also removed the approval of event requests
- Fixed so that event request approval will remain in these situations
[ref 13177]
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Filtering persons to subordinates wasn't working correctly in worktime reports and mass set event locking dates person selection
[ref 11587, 13345]
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Person selection in calendar view did not load correctly for some users
[ref 13355]
19/01/2023 release (2.11.15)
Improvements
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Optimisation of user data requests and user selection controls in Worktime
[ref 13318]
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Performance improvements to project handling
[ref 13321]
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Loading the pending project approvals "pip" is now significantly faster.
[ref 13322]
Fixes
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Project import did not always update imported project correctly
Import did not update a project when only its parent project, project type name or show in terminals - fields were changed
If imported project was set to not be shown in terminals, it did not update correctly
Guidance [ref 13331]
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Mepco salary export did not always include persons user setting group code correctly
[ref 13337]
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In the work shift planing, the task name was inaccurately listed in the location table
[ref 13338]
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In the work shift planing, using bulk actions to edit the shifts resulted in duplication of the shifts in the work-time calendar after publishing it
[ref 13341]
17/01/2023 release (2.11.14)
Fixes
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Addressed some problems related to person import:
16/01/2023 release (2.11.13)
Improvements
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Performance improvements to user information handling in Worktime
[ref 13260]
Fixes
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Planning > Bulk selection of unpublished shifts/needs, incorrectly included published shifts/needs.
[ref 13325]
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A problem in person imports prevented some imports to work. Delayed imports were re-run after the release of this fix. The re-run synchronized the person data to be up to date.
[ref 13332]
13/01/2023 release (2.11.12)
Fixes
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Person import did not work in some situations if the password field was included in the import file
Guidance [ref 13324]
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Grouping persons by setting group in person selection did not work correctly
[ref 13319]
12/01/2023 release (2.11.11)
Improvements
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General performance improvements
[ref 13300, 13304, 13297, 13310]
Fixes
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Some new Nepton Touch terminals had activation issues which are now fixed
[ref 13295]
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Visma L7 project import resulted in an error in cases where import set project managers for projects as well
[ref 13280]
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It was not possible to set a setting value for "Default event type when creating a new event" and "Assumed event type on empty work days" settings.
[ref 13317]
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The project listing under project reports did not display all available project options in certain cases
[ref 13315]
10/01/2023 release (2.11.10)
Improvements
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General performance improvements
[ref 13291, 13313]
Fix
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Event import did not import overnight events end time correctly when end time and end date were set in their own columns
Guidance [ref 13298]
05/01/2023 release (2.11.9)
Improvements
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General performance improvements
[ref 13285, 9221]
04/01/2023 release (2.11.8)
Fix
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Worktime event import could skip the first day of data when "import events from date" option was set.
Guidance [ref 12999]
03/01/2023 release (2.11.7)
New
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New worktime setting rules for targeting week numbers
- Odd week numbers: [ODD-WEEK-NUMBERS]
- Even week numbers: [EVEN-WEEK-NUMBERS]
- Specific week numbers: [WEEK-NUMBERS|1|2|18|52]
Guidance [ref 13235]
Improvements
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Several performance improvements to the service
- Project handling improvements
- Event supplement handling improvements
- Event attachment handling improvements
- Person information handling improvements
[ref 13282, 13247, 13254, 13258]
02/01/2023 release (2.11.6.1)
Fix
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Adding travel invoices caused an error message.
[ref 13281]
31/12/2022 release (2.11.6)
Improvements
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Performance improvements
30/12/2022 release (2.11.5)
Improvements
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Several performance improvements to the service.
[ref 13269, 13275, 13277]
Fixes
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Percentage character (%) in project search caused an error.
[ref 13274]
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A problem in an old API prevented use of Nepton HR API for importing persons for some implementations.
We recommend using only the documented public web service methods.
Guidance [ref 13278]
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Validation could fail when having generated a PIN code for a person and saving.
Guidance [ref 13279]
30/12/2022 release (2.11.4)
Fixes
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A problem in person listing "Persons supervisor" filter selection prevented use of Employees section for some users in Administrator role.
[ref 13270]
29/12/2022 release (2.11.3)
Improvement
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Performance in many features in the Worktime section has been improved.
[ref 13267]
Fix
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A search problem prevented use of Employees section for some users in Administrator role.
[ref 13270]
28/12/2022 release (2.11.2)
Improvements
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Performance improvements
[ref 9222]
Fixes
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Mobile calendar could show project duration of 00:00 regardless of the actual project duration.
[ref 13242]
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Long texts in shifts caused usability problems in the work shift planning view.
[ref 13265]
27/12/2022 release (2.11.1)
Improvements
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Text fixes for work shift planning
[ref 13135]
Fixes
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Shift made for deleted user caused an error in work shift planning
[ref 13135]
27/12/2022 release (2.11.0) - Planning usability & Performance
New
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2023 Nepton Touch terminal hardware
An updated version of the Nepton touch terminals hardware is now available. A sleek design, modern OS, more processing power, and a more flexible onboard reader, make this our most secure and capable terminal to date.
This device supersedes previous Idesco and Nepton touch models. It will be used in all new orders and when replacements are needed.
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Quick help
A new in-platform help tool that will get you started on new features, inform you about important changes, answer daily use questions, and get you the help you need quicker than ever.
This new feature will debut in the Planning section and gradually roll out elsewhere as we modernise our user interface. Find it in the bottom right corner on supported pages.
Improvements
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Planning usability
The planning view has been modernised, including many quality-of-life improvements and new features to improve efficiency
- New look and feel - Much of the planning section has been updated to modern styles. Easier to navigate, and more space for your work, we hope you love it as much as we do! Work will continue on this topic in future versions, for planning and also other sections.
- Bulk actions - Get your planning done quicker and easier than ever. Edit, Copy, Move and Delete your way to victory, hundreds of shifts at a time. Is someone sick and you need to reassign all their shifts to someone else? It's now only a few clicks!
- Right-click context menu - That's right, your mouse has two buttons (maybe even more)! Right-click to get the full information about a shift and quick actions on it, including delete. This lets you reduce the information you load into the view and free up space to see more of your plan.
- Quick assign - A shortcut instead of the full-blown bulk actions menu, switch into assignment mode by hovering the mouse over a person's name and clicking the new button. Pick the shifts and needs you want to assign them and save.
- Identify planning problems - Planning problems found in the selected date range are now highlighted at the top of the view. Click to expand and jump to each problem for quick solving.
- Maximise - Found in the top right of the planning view, a new legend, and the option to toggle expanding the planning view to fill your whole screen.
- Removed planning hours/day view - We have decided to remove this feature as it was very rarely used and did not align with our new usability guidelines.
Quick actions, Bulk actions, Right-click menu [ref 12409]
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Performance improvements
We have made many improvements to reduce wait times and load on the servers. The impact should be noticeable in many features around the platform.
- A complete rewrite of project handling and storing
- Query optimisations for high-traffic pages and features
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Configurable mobile quick start events
Save your employees time and improve accuracy, by configuring prefilled events they can start from mobile with one click of a button.
- Primarily intended for frequent or complex work recordings, quick start events can now be configured for the working community and setting groups, and are a great time saver for common events.
- We plan to expand on this feature making it available in more places in a future version.
Guidance [ref 8819]
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Reorderable Worktime setting exceptions
Worktime setting exception rules are evaluated in the order they are listed, from top to bottom, acting on the first one that matches. This improvement allows you to easily change the order of these exceptions by dragging and dropping.
Configure exceptions to settings [ref 12734]
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Public web service endpoint simplified
A long overdue clean-up of our endpoint, which makes it easier to understand and utilise. Much of the supporting documentation has also been overhauled during this version. Work will continue on our API guidance during early 2023.
[ref 13122]
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More intuitive person field value validity editing
We added a "01.01.1900" watermark on date input when it contains no value to signify value is in use from start of times
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New mobile artwork
We heard you love the artwork we added to the mobile view. So we added more of it! Check back each week to see a new image. There might even be some special images if you login on special dates :)
Changes
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More straight forward usage of person identifier fields
From now on, re-using an employee number or a username, requires removing it completely from the previous user. Previously re-using required only ending the validity of username or employee number for the previous user.
[ref 12465]
Fixes
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Worktime "Most frequently used" projects could, under certain circumstances, contain the wrong projects for individuals
[ref 7571]
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A person's default project would still be added to new events even if it had been marked completed or had passed its project end date.
[ref 11913]
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Travel invoice reimbursement information is now correctly translated into the user's language in the mobile view
[ref 12408]
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Technical correction to URL generation for admins browsing Worktime administrative areas
End-users are not impacted by this change.
[ref 12620]
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During the import of person (HR) data, it was possible to get duplicates even when identifying by employee number
[ref 12465]
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Accrual balances in the Approve event requests view do no-longer disappear after pressing "Send message only" or "Reject" button
[ref 12857]
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The incorrect amount of supplement hours was displayed in the mobile view
[ref 12863]
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Technical problem in terminal settings encryption
[ref 12866]
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Employees > Export to importable Excel, had fields which prevented it from being imported easily
[ref 13114]
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Planning > Location selection, is updated with the correct information when a unit is changed, or locations are added or removed
[ref 13148]
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Corrections to work contract handling
- Approve and Fill buttons were not working in the list of all work contracts.
- User could not log out when work contract was not filled in.
[ref 13185]
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Corrections to some Worktime public web service error messages
[ref 13234]
21/12/2022 release (2.10.31)
Fix
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Reading RFID tags worked incorrectly with some of the terminals.
[ref 13248]
20/12/2022 release (2.10.30)
Improvement
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Terminal software has been updated to support more tag configurations.
[ref 13205]
15/12/2022 release (2.10.29)
Fixes
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Validity control has been added for setting Worktime > Work hours > Administration > Working community / Setting group settings > Work shifts > "Worked time over work obligation is earned primarily outside of planned shifts"
[ref 13218]
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Worktime > Work hours > Approve hours - view could crash if there were unapproved activities before report period and activities had started earlier than 12 months before the report period end date
[ref 13225]
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Fixes for Worktime > Projects > Reports > Hours by person - report
- In some cases report could crash if reported events had started before selected reporting period
- Report could incorrectly show information from previous day for events that span overnight
[ref 13219]
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Annual leave earning calculation did not work correctly in some situations when work contract end date was set and work contract lasted for less than 12 months
[ref 13216]
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Person import person identification did not work correctly when no user name was provided
[ref 13224]
08/12/2022 release (2.10.28)
Improvement
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Travel invoices maximum per diems payable for foreign daily allowances for 2023 have been added
[ref 12423]
Fixes
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Worktime > Work hours > Approve hours view crashed if there were unapproved and ongoing activities outside report period
[ref 13211]
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Adding Balance leave event request in the past caused event editing page to crash
[ref 13207]
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Worktime > Work hours > Approve hours view could show redundant overtime hours if days had exceptionally long events
[ref 13204]
29/11/2022 release (2.10.27)
Fixes
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Worktime event editing form could be missing the "Projects" heading
[ref 13190]
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User calendar view did not show weekly rest times in some cases
[ref 13165]
24/11/2022 release (2.10.26)
Improvement
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CGI Prima integration has been updated to the latest standards agreed with CGI
Guidance [ref 13021]
Fixes
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Missing translations added to mobile pages
[ref 13173]
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In some situations, On Call hours were not correctly represented in the data collected by rulesets
[ref 13124]
10/11/2022 release (2.10.25)
Fix
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Correction to HR data export to Excel
The role related permissions under Employees > Administration > Settings > General, now further limit the export of HR data to Excel. The exported Excel will only ever include people who's extended data you can view, as defined by your role and relations to them.
Guidance [ref 13026]
31/10/2022 release (2.10.24)
Fixes
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The Balance events report in Worktime > Work hours > Reports, was not working in some situations.
Guidance (in Finnish) [ref 13096]
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Approval of travel invoices in Worktime was not working in some situations.
There was a problem opening the view when there were travel invoices on locked dates and the user approving the work hours did not have rights to approve travel invoices.
Guidance [ref 13101]
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Worktime projects and events import file handling has been corrected.
If the setting "SFTP relative directory path for archiving" under Event import options or Project imports options of the import is left empty, Worktime will delete the imported file after processing the file.
Guidance [ref 13070]
11/10/2022 release (2.10.20)
Fixes
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People with unpaid events could have the wrong amount of work hours calculated
Recent corrections to the Worktime settings unintentionally impacted many customers because the default behaviours of some event types changed. This could result in fewer hours being considered as work for people who have recorded unpaid events, leading to more borrowing from balance.
To correct this situation, by default, unpaid event types will now contribute to weekly work hours, but not towards overtime earning. If you still have people with unpaid events that have incorrect work hour calculations, please review your settings related to this matter, in Worktime > Administration > Working community & Setting group level settings, then:- Work hours > TES > Event types that contribute to work week.
- Work hours > Accruals and overtime hours > Balance > Borrow at the end of the week if weekly obligation not fulfilled.
[ref 13901]
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Worktime > Work time shortening leaves report, could crash in some situations
[ref 13077]
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In some situations, customer Setting group names were being automatically translated by the platform. This was unintentional and made identifying them difficult
[ref 13030]
29/09/2022 release (2.10.18)
Improvements
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The calculation of setting exceptions based on public holidays has been optimized.
[ref 13025]
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Added a new option for event types to contribute to the work week, but not towards overtime earning.
This is useful when configuring event types such as absences which should fulfill work obligations, but not count towards overtime earning.
This new setting is available at working community and setting group levels respectively under the Work hours > TES > Event types that contribute to work week, heading.
[ref 11823]
Fixes
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The Employees > Administration, pages were very slow to load for some customers.
[ref 13405]
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Absence and sick leave reports showed the wrong number of absence days in some cases where there were multiple overlapping work events with sick leave or absence on the same day.
[ref 13064]
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The Worktime calendar view failed to load and showed an error for some people if they had earned a work rise from overtime targeted to an accrual.
[ref 13028]
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The Worktime exceptional entry warning "Day has work obligation but no entry has been made" could appear on the current day, even if an event had been started.
[ref 10381]
19/09/2022 release (2.10.17)
Fixes
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The shift planning view was sometimes incorrectly warning about conflicts.
[ref 13022]
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Projects > Reports > Hours by person report, could crash when very large amounts of data are loaded.
Large reports are now detected and offered directly as Excel downloads instead of being shown in the browser. This change also reduces loading times.
[ref 13019]
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Work hours > Reports > Absences per person report, was showing incorrect compensation types when no grouping option was selected.
[ref 13015]
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Added option to set whether unpaid sick leave contributes to work week.
Guidance [ref 11821] [ref 11699]
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Fixed a calculation issue with unpaid sick leave contributing to the work week and automatic borrowing at the end of the week.
Guidance [ref 11821] [ref 11699]
08/09/2022 release (2.10.16)
Improvement
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Mepco absence import now more intelligently handles events where the begin time has not been set.
In the past, situations like this could result in events falling outside of permitted hours.
[ref 12995]
Fixes
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In specific configurations, levelling period overtime calculations could encounter errors which blocked integrations, exports, and viewing of the affected person's calendar.
[ref 13014]
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Worktime > Work hours > Reports > Hours by event type and Hours by salary type, could crash when very large amounts of data are loaded.
Large reports are now detected and offered directly as Excel downloads instead of being shown in the browser. This change also reduces loading times.
[ref 13009]
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Bank accrual earned from overtime was not always calculated correctly on days with a planned shift
[ref 12963]
25/08/2022 release (2.10.15)
Fixes
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A mistake in our previous hotfix release caused several problems. We will investigate how these changes slipped past our quality assurance process
- Adding and editing of work shifts was not possible
- Some parts of the platform were not accessible for some people
25/08/2022 release (2.10.14)
Improvement
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Exported report Excel filenames are simplified and shortened
[ref 12943]
Fixes
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Person SSN's were not correctly included in CGI Prima and eFina integrations
Integration ID in CGI Prima can also now be overwritten with a ruleset
[ref 12976]
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Safety check limits were incorrectly affecting 100% daily overtime hours in some long continuous events
[ref 12975]
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Worktime > Work hours > Reports > Event reports could crash when very large amounts of data are loaded
Large reports are now detected and offered directly as Excel downloads instead of being shown in the browser. This change also reduces loading times.
[ref 12962]
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The Work hours > Reports > Hours by salary type report had some misleading column titles
Absence compensation headings incorrectly included the words "reduced compensation" and "unpaid".
[ref 12967]
11/08/2022 release (2.10.13)
Improvements
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Worktime 'Absences per person' report now has the option to report all individual absences as they were marked to the calendar or to group absences together which are considered as continuing
Previously, the report always grouped absences which were considered continuing. This improvement makes the report useful for multiple purposes.
Guidance [ref 11249]
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Viewing the details of a service log entry is now significantly faster
Before this improvement service log entries with large amounts of log data could be very slow to open.
[ref 12918]
Fixes
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Worktime levelling period calculations for maximum overtime were incorrect when a public holiday and absence fell on the same day
[ref 12915]
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The Worktime calendar could show warnings about Midsummer Eve missing work entries even if the day had no work obligation
[ref 12890]
03/08/2022 release (2.10.12)
Fixes
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Certain rulesets returning specific data caused manual integrations to not be able to run
[ref 12940]
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Improved the logging of Microsoft login errors in the Employees > Administration > Service log
[ref 12944]
02/08/2022 release (2.10.11)
Fix
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The Worktime calendar view failed to load and showed an error for some people who had zero value balance resets
[ref 12950]
27/07/2022 release (2.10.10)
Fix
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Person creation was not possible after 2.10.9
[ref 12945]
27/07/2022 release (2.10.9)
Improvements
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Integration logs found in Employees > Administration > Service log, were accidentally simplified in a previous update and therefore lacked the usual detailed breakdown for troubleshooting. From this version onwards the logs will again contain the usual level of detail.
[ref 12929]
Fixes
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In some situations, the Worktime > Calendar view and Worktime > Events in Calendar report could crash.
[ref 12931]
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Work start and end time rounding settings now take priority over event rounding settings, which prevents problems when both are in use.
[ref 12927]
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Online work contract values filled by an employee were cleared whenever they approved any related attachments. Forcing them to fill in the contract details multiple times.
[ref 12865]
18/07/2022 release (2.10.8)
Improvements
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Kieku event import service log report has been simplified.
[ref 12919]
Fixes
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Project list export to excel was not working in certain specific cases.
[ref 12922]
12/07/2022 release (2.10.7)
Improvements
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Annual leaves can be treated as work days of leveling period in maximum overtime calculations
[ref 12903]
Fixes
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Event report did not work when it included travel invoices without start and end times
[ref 12917]
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Fixes to event import integrations scheduling
[ref 12914]
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Setting fields with sensitive data can now be obscured in all browsers.
[ref 12862]
05/07/2022 release (2.10.6)
Fixes
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In person import report, in some cases instead of names of fields containing faulty values, field id number was shown instead
[ref 12901]
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SSO configuration page was not working correctly and was causing an error.
[ref 12909]
30/06/2022 release (2.10.5)
Fix
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Logging in on the terminals did not work in some cases
Some terminals were stuck in a state where the offline/online state kept constantly changing.
[ref 12898]
29/06/2022 release (2.10.4)
Improvement
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Enhancements to Worktime import integrations to run them faster
[ref 12752]
Fixes
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Worktime pages errored in specific situations
[ref 12891, ref 12893]
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In some cases, custom work week start time and assumed activities caused error message on empty days in permitted work times popup in calendar view
[ref 12875]
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In the projects section of add event view, loading spinner of clear-button was not disappearing
[ref 12867]
27/06/2022 release (2.10.3)
Fixes
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In planning, planning template dates are now shown correctly
[ref 12881]
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Exporting work shift list per day and Exceptional entries reports in Excel-format did not always work correctly
[ref 12879]
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Additional fix for opening Worktime calendar and events in table views when there was a decimal value of Worktime shortening leave (e.g. 0.5 days)
Fix in the previous version did not handle all problematic cases.
[ref 12872]
22/06/2022 release (2.10.2)
Improvement
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Worktime events default start and end times can now be set to be on the previous, current, or next day
This is useful for nightshift workers who's events often straddle two days.
[ref 12842]
Fix
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The Worktime calendar did not open correctly in situations where there was a decimal value of Worktime shortening leave (e.g. 0.5 days)
[ref 12872]
21/06/2022 release (2.10.1)
Fixes
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Event and project imports did not work correctly in certain situations after the version 2.10.0 release
No actions are needed from customers and the integrations will recover on the night after the release. Todays integrations that have failed will be ran again after the version update.
[ref 12869]
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The following Worktime reports did not load correctly after version 2.10.0: Work hours > Reports > Presence view & Dining sum up reports, and Work shifts > Workshift list reports.
[ref 12873]
18/06/2022 release (2.10.0)
New
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Added support for CGI Prima integration
Nepton now supports the export of working times, absences, and year leave to CGI Prima
[ref 9553]
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Support for the Finnish 2022 family leave reform
- New absence types, Pregnancy leave, Parental leave, and Family care leave, as well as the renaming of the existing Parental leave type to "Parental leave (pre-form)", to support the changes in family leave
- Please see the dedicated 2022 Family leave reform article for more information
[ref 12648]
Improvements
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Upgrade to the use of PHP 8.1 which brings new technical opportunities and minor performance improvements to Worktime pages, reports, and calculations
[ref 11666]
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The Planning > Planning view, can now be filtered by individuals
This makes detailed planning more convenient and also makes the planning assistants and tools more flexible
[ref 12799]
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The Planning > Planning view, Supervisor filter is now a much more useful tool
The planning view supervisor filter can now pick multiple supervisors at once, can be searched using the first and last names, username, or employee number, and can also find any person with active subordinate relations. Previously, the filter would only list people who have the "Supervisor" role assigned in the HR data.
[ref 12801]
Fixes
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Worktime settings regarding default suggested work start and end times for work shifs, allowed invalid values
- Incorrect setting values have been automatically fixed, and no action is needed by customers.
- Improved translations regarding worktime workshifts settings so they are more easily understood.
[ref 12660]
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Some Worktime terminals were reporting log in errors after the Nepton 05/03/2022 release
[ref 12601]
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Network connection failures could cause long delays instead of the terminal switching to offline mode in a timely manner
In rare situations, updating terminals with new settings could cause crashes and long delays.
[ref 12582]
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Incorrectly configured terminals could show misleading messages about login failures
There are now dedicated messages to indicate if a login failure is due to incorrect configuration.
[ref 12786]
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A number of minor usability problems with the online working contract templates have been fixed
[ref 12702]
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Mepco manual absence import was not working correctly
This issue did not affect scheduled Mepco absence imports, and no actions are needed from customers.
[ref 11642]
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Unpaid time was incorrectly taken into calculations when doing rounding for total work time
This issue could result in longer total work times than expected. No actions are needed from customers.
[ref 12833]
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In some situations, the setting controlling times when 50 percent overtime is not earned, was not working as intended
[ref 12770]
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The Worktime > Projects > Reports -> Hours by Person report with data grouping by event type and salary type breakdown could show incorrectly summarized overtime values
[ref 12836]