i-Timesheets v5.1 features

Posted: 09 November 2009

5.1 new version Now you can track time anywhere, anytime, more effectively and more efficiently, thanks to a suite of new features and enhancements in i-Timesheets.

Version 5.1 finds a whole host of new features and functionality added to the already proven and easy-to-use i-Timesheets solution. Some of the major enhancements include:

Major enhancements

Project and Staff multi-selector A new multi-selector tool has been added to a number of i-Timesheets reports which gives i-Timesheets Administrators the ability to select a range of Staff or Project record values for inclusion in one report.

Customer and Supplier access to i-Timesheets You can now create logins for external customers and suppliers, giving restricted access to a few selected i-Timesheets reports so that Customers can view details recorded against their Projects and Suppliers can view details recorded against their contract Staff.

Configurable field width of drop-down lists in Time Entry and Expense Entry screens In i-Timesheets v5.1, you can specify the maximum width of the drop-down lists in Time Entry – for the Customer, Project and Task drop-downs. Widths can be set between 0 (for automatic drop-down sizing) and 500 pixels.

Simplified, easy-to-use Custom Page/Report release With i-Timesheets v5.1, it is easier for i-Timesheets Administrators to release standard Admin-only pages and reports to normal Users. Administrators use a user-friendly menu interface to select the User (or category of User), along with the pages they want released to non-Admin user/s.

Automatic control of Input Rows Need more rows to enter your Time or Expense records? i-Timesheets v5.1 now intelligently detects if you are entering data in the last row and will create a new row for you.

Faster system performance The i-Timesheets timesheet system is now even faster – especially on pages which display a lot of data. With the performance improvements in i-Timesheets v5.1, the limit for listing Staff Project records has been increased from 500 records to 1000 records.

Authorisation email text can now be edited, and includes Company name Emails automatically sent to authorising managers when a timesheets is submitted can now be edited in the i-Timesheets configuration settings.

Attendance time records i-Timesheets v5.1 introduces the ability for i-Timesheets Users to record Attendance Time alongside time working on Projects and Tasks. Attendance Time Recording can be a useful feature in the case where you only record "Worked Hours" for your standard Project time recording, but still need to be able to record Start and Finish Times for Staff to track their Attendance.

Enhanced Compact Interface The look and feel of the compact interface has been significantly improved and optimised for new generation devices such as the Apple iPhone.

Other enhancements

Projects can now be re-assigned to a different customer: In previous versions of i-Timesheets, the Customer assigned to a Project is fixed once the Project record is saved and cannot be changed. With v5.1, this restriction has been lifted -- you can now re-assign a Project to a different Customer.
Mail server authentication enabled in i-Timesheets In-House: Mail server authentication is now an optional system configuration for i-Timesheets In-House users who use a mail server with SMTP authentication.
New report: Staff Attendance Report: This reports attendance times for a period. It is visible only if Attendance Times are enabled in the i-Timesheets configuration settings.
Expense record deletion alert: The functionality of Expense record deletion has been improved to prevent records from being accidentally delete. In previous versions of i-Timesheets, Expense records were permanently removed when the User chose the Delete option. Now, expense records are first marked for deletion and only permanently removed when the user presses "Save Changes" in the Expense entry screen. This gives the user the ability to back out if records have been deleted by mistake.

MYOB Integration Module Upgrades

MYOB Integration Module Upgrades Integration with the latest MYOB releases: We have updated the i-Timesheets MYOB Integration Module to enable integration with the most recent releases of MYOB Accounting and Business Products, including: