7.8.0
Celayix Software Release Notes
eTime Xpress 7.8.0, Web Xpress 4.8.0 and Voice Xpress 5.4.0
This release note provides information on the latest posting of Celayix's industry leading eTime Xpress software application and related Web Xpress and Voice Xpress plug-ins.
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Caution: eTime Xpress and its plug-ins Web Xpress and Voice Xpress can be downloaded independently of each other. To prevent version conflict errors, all components are required to be updated at the same time. |
This release note provides information on the following:
1. Product Family Compatibility
2. Operating Systems Supported
3. New eTime Xpress 7.8.0 Features
4. New Web Xpress 4.8.0 Features
5. New Voice Xpress 5.4.0 Features
6. Resolved Issues for eTime Xpress 7.8.0
7. Resolved Issues for Web Xpress 4.8.0
8. Resolved Issues for Voice Xpress 5.4.0
1. Product Family Compatibility
The following product versions are compatible:
- eTime Xpress version 7.8.0
- Web Xpress version 4.8.0
- Voice Xpress version 5.4.0
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Note: If upgrading from eTime Xpress version 7.006.000 and older, eTime Xpress version 7.8.0 requires an upgrade to both the Progress client(s) and database to OpenEdge 10.2b. |
2. Operating Systems Supported
The latest version of the Celayix software suite is designed to support the following
Microsoft Windows 32-Bit and 64-Bit platforms:
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit only)
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 Professional and Enterprise
3. New eTime Xpress 7.8.0 Features
The following is a list of new features found in this eTime Xpress release:
Module/Feature |
Description |
Administration |
Log Manager allows users with administrator access to review system log records created after this version upgrade. By default, the system will store log records for up to 2 years prior to overwriting. Administrators may also delete log records from the database and export them to a log file external to the database. (2764) |
Alerts |
Alerts notice window supports display of Time Off Request alert types. (2712) |
Branch Codes |
Data exchange extended to add import and export support for branch codes under Codes Maintenance. |
Bill Rates |
Branch Combination Bill Rates in the Company/Branch module consolidates all combination bill rates in a branch for easy management. Combination bill rates allow users to define explicit or wild card values for Employee, Customer, Site and Service associated with a bill rate record. (2828, 2845)
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Bill Rates |
Employee/Site Bill Rates in the Employee Module has been renamed Employee Combination Bill Rates to reflect the additional option of wild carding the Customer, Site and Service fields associated with a bill rate. (2818) |
Bill Rates |
Employee Combination Bill Rates (previously Employee/Site Bill Rates) in the Employee Module supports the definition of bill rates where Customer and Site may be defined as a wild card. Wild card is defined by specifying an ID of '0' when creating bill rate records. (2761) |
Bill Rates |
Site/Employee Bill Rates in the Customer module has been renamed Site Combination Bill Rates to reflect the additional option of wild carding the Employee and Service field associated with a bill rate. (2818) |
Bill Rates |
Site Combination Bill Rates (previously Site/Employee Bill Rates) in the Customer Module support the definition of bill rates where Employee may be defined as a wild card. Wild card is defined by specifying an ID of '0' when creating pay rate records. (2827) |
Pay Rates |
Branch Combination Pay Rates in the Company/Branch module consolidates all combination pay rates in a branch for easy management. Combination pay rates allow users to define explicit or wild card values for Employee, Customer, Site and Service associated with a bill rate record. (2832, 2844)
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Pay Rates |
Employee/Site Pay Rates in the Employee Module has been renamed Employee Combination Pay Rates to reflect the additional option of wild carding the Customer, Site and Service fields associated with a pay rate. (2818) |
Pay Rates |
Employee Combination Pay Rates (previously Employee/Site Pay Rates) in the Employee Module supports the definition of pay rates where Customer and Site may be defined as a wild card. Wild card is defined by specifying an ID of '0' when creating pay rate records. (2465) |
Pay Rates |
Site/Employee Pay Rates in the Customer module has been renamed Site Combination Pay Rates to reflect the additional option of wild carding the Employee and Service field associated with a pay rate. (2818) |
Pay Rates |
Site Combination Pay Rates (previously Site/Employee Pay Rates) in the Customer Module support the definition of pay rates where Employee may be defined as a wild card. Wild card is defined by specifying an ID of '0' when creating pay rate records. (2831) |
Time and Attendance Device Record Import |
Device Record Import supports file path lookup for Import TraxG file option. (2563) |
User Security |
If an individual has been issued multiple user logon accounts, those user logon accounts may be displayed as a grouped so that the individual can easily switch between user logon accounts. The system uses the email address field in the user account to determine which user accounts belong to the same individual. This function requires configuration by Celayix support prior to being enabled. (2623) |
Visual Scheduler |
Multi-Shift Availability tool added to shift toolbox that automates the process of finding a single employee that can be assigned to a group of shifts. An employee must be able work all selected shifts. (2416, 2733, 2920, 2921, 2923, 2924, 2926) |
4. New Web Xpress 4.8.0 Features
There is no Web Xpress feature extensions added to this release.
5. New Voice Xpress 5.4.0 Features
There is no Voice Xpress feature extensions added to this release.
6. Resolved Issues for eTime Xpress 7.8.0
The following is a list of bug fixes and process/behavior changes found in this eTime Xpress release:
Module/Feature |
Description |
Administration |
The eTime User lookup run from Control Center administration module did not list eTime user records. (2763) |
Administration |
Hours Type Thresholds rule defined using non-key shift fields did not automatically trigger a shift distribution recalculation on update. (1180, 2869) |
Billing |
Employee/Site Bill Rates (renamed Combination Bill Rates) did not correctly apply rates according to effective date. (2829) |
Billing |
Billing Excel Export would crash if a zero regular rate was applied and the overtime rate was set to be calculated based on an averaging or blending rule. (2779) |
Customer/Site |
Text box display may become mismatched with the record selected. On update of the record, the text box of the selected record may be incorrectly overwritten with the text of the mismatched record. (2777)
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Employee |
Employee Complaints would close if user double clicked on the browser following an update of the text book under certain instances. (2775) |
Employee |
Employee Notes would close if user double clicked on the browser following an update of the text book under certain instances. (2775) |
Employee |
Text box display may become mismatched with the record selected. On update of the record, the text box of the selected record may be incorrectly overwritten with the text of the mismatched record. (2777)
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Payroll |
Payroll Summary report was outputting customer name as blank. (2736) |
Payroll |
Payroll export templates for Lawson PR530 and PR539 updated to map the Lawson employee ID to the eTime SSN/SIN fields. (2673) |
Payroll |
Payroll export templates for Lawson PR530 and PR539 updated support Unlocked filter. Unlocked is defined as shifts where checked-out = yes and pay lock = no. |
Payroll |
QuickBooks Export Configuration module displayed invalid code message when selecting service codes using the lookup. (2414) |
Payroll |
Employee/Site Pay Rates (renamed Combination Pay Rates) did not correctly apply rates according to effective date. (2829) |
Payroll |
Payroll Excel Export would crash if a zero regular rate was applied and the overtime rate was set to be calculated based on an averaging or blending rule. (2779) |
Reports |
Payroll Summary, Billing Summary and Crystal Payroll reports by default display Site short name. This is a behavior change to standardize the report displays. To grandfather clients requiring the full site name to be displayed in the report body, a system parameter can be set. This system parameter is updated by Celayix support by request on a client by client basis. (2739, 2815) |
Reports |
Alerts report did not output time off request alerts. (2705) |
Reports |
Billing and Payroll summary reports when generated with the 'All' shift status display shift indicators and counts by not worked, worked and locked shifts. (2969) |
Security |
Update of the eTime password failed to validate for a null value. (2820) |
Security |
User security could not be set on Employee Break Threshold module. (2819) |
Security |
Deleting a user account that is a member of security group would delete company/branch, customer/site, and employee access records defined for the security group. (2948) |
Time and Attendance |
System did not automatically trigger a shift distribution recalculation after an update when the total hours of a shift were unchanged. (2806) |
Time and Attendance |
System did not automatically trigger a shift distribution recalculation when overnight shift not entered in chronological order and shift is at the end of an hour's threshold period. (2691) |
Time and Attendance |
System did not automatically trigger a shift distribution recalculation under all scenarios when Advanced Bill/Pay settings were applied. (2665, 2666) |
Time and Attendance |
Billing Overtime calculation did not calculate overtime accurately when a non-overnight and an overnight shift existed on the same day and the branch hour's cutoff was set to Midnight Cutoff. (2856, 2671) |
Time and Attendance |
Unpaid breaks were not allocated correctly to overnight shifts where the branch hour's cutoff was set to Midnight Cutoff and shift start/end times included minute values. (2797) |
Time and Attendance |
DOT hour's threshold can now be defined without requiring a corresponding OT hour's threshold rule for the same period. (2774) |
Time and Attendance |
System did not restrict update on double of the shift allowance browser when the shift was locked. (2745) |
Time and Attendance |
Time and Attendance would display '?' for overtime rate fields when the rate was calculated based on an averaging or blending rule AND the regular rate was equal to zero. (2779) |
Time and Attendance Device Record Import |
Time record import would display cannot display FF code error message. (2796) |
Time and Attendance Device Record Import |
Sensitivity to the option 'Import TraxG File' was not set correctly when only 1 device registered or when navigating between branches. (2659) |
Time and Attendance Device Record Import |
TraxG setup documentation in the Device Records User Guide updated to say enter '1' as the device number in the TraxG device setup screen. (2932) |
Time and Attendance Web Time Sheet Import |
Errors occurred when running lookups after using employee spin control. (2781) |
Visual Scheduler |
Availability and autofill feature allowing users to save setting combinations and filters to an XML file for fast loading did not write changes to the XML file after the first run. Users would have to exit the availability or autofill window to save their filter settings. (2650) |
Visual Scheduler |
Availability and autofill settings templates referencing a user definable shift or employee filter that no longer exits would trigger error messages. If the template contains a filter that no longer exists, the system will default to 'No Filter'. (2615, 2694) |
Visual Scheduler |
Update of Time Off records would also update the unique record ID. This would complicate record update via import or web services. (2634) |
Visual Scheduler |
Update of Volunteer records would also update the unique record ID. This would complicate record update via import or web services. (2634) |
Visual Scheduler |
Shift toolbox browser did not refresh the display of the location field if updated using the Replace tool. (2653) |
Visual Scheduler |
Shift toolbox Replace and Copy/Replace tool has an updated tab order when a check-box is selected. The system will tab to the fill-in box if the option requires the user to enter a value. (2645) |
Visual Scheduler |
Autofill filter descriptions updated to specifically identify filters as "Shift Filter" or "Employee Filter". (2558) |
Visual Scheduler |
Rest Period Between Shifts filter applied the field level validation even when the filter was unchecked. (2637)
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Visual Scheduler |
Availability and autofill tools did not apply overtime rules on branch statutory days list as exceptions (i.e. Apply = No) on the employee profile. (2664) |
Visual Scheduler |
Availability tool should include the employee currently scheduled to the shift in the list of available employees. This list of available employees should be equivalent to running availability as if the shift were Open. (2759) |
7. Resolved Issues for Web Xpress 4.8.0
The following is a list of bug fixes and process/behavior changes found in this Web Xpress release:
Module/Feature |
Description |
Schedules |
Unpaid breaks would be displayed as 0 in the shift pop-up resulting in inaccurate display of the break and total hours amounts. (2767) |
eClock |
eClock will hide shift fields that are restricted from view in the web xpress schedule module. (2709, 2710) |
8. Resolved Issues for Voice Xpress 5.4.0
There are no bug fixes and process/behavior changes found in this Voice Xpress release.