Release Notes

Time & Attendance - Issue fix - In the dynamic absences mode, when the user creates an absence request, the request is created without errors in the Event Viewer.
Report Builder - New Functionality - Custom reports can now be accessed by the Manager and Local HR roles through the new Report Builder menu.
Core HR - Improvement - When data in the Employee Documents list is being loaded, the Working on it... message is now displayed.
Performance - Issue fix - The Competencies and Development Needs sections now work properly for all the locales.
Performance - Issue fix - If a section of the Job Responsibilities type is selected in the Lock Sections field of the performance review workflow step, the section is displayed as read-only during this step.
Other - Improvement - The Office 365 synchronization settings are now available from the user interface under Settings > Settings and Configuration > General, the Development tab.
Performance - Issue fix - During the performance review, if the Return to Previous Responsible function is used, a review form is now returned not to the previous step, but to the employee previously responsible for the form.
Core HR - Issue fix - When the manager creates a Job Description Approval request, the request is now available to the manager on the Created by Me tab of the Approval Requests page.
Performance - Issue fix - The Top/Low Scored Competencies chart on the Dashboard now doesn't take into account competencies that are not rated.
Performance - Issue fix - During performance review, the users can remove only their own comments in the Development Needs and Development Needs Plan types of sections.
Report Center - Improvement - If in the Report Designer, the permissions for the custom report are granted to the custom role, the employees belonging to this role can now access the report.

Performance - Issue fix - User with the Employee role cannot create ad-hoc performance reviews any more.

Core HR - Issue fix - Approval history is now available to Local HR and manager(s) of the employee for whom the approval process was initiated.

Time & Attendance - Improvement - Extra time off requests were excluded from the Out of Office calendar.

Recruiting - Issue fix - The General Notes in the Interview Details form are now saved without issues.

Core HR - Issue fix - After an employee record is created and AD account assigned, the employee can access his or her employee card without issues.
Performance - Issue fix - During performance review, if the current responsible is changed through the Assign to Person function, the review is not reassigned to the previous responsible any more.
Recruiting - Issue fix - When the Recruiting Manager is creating a vacancy, the Recruiting Managers field is filled in automatically by his or her name.
Core HR - Improvement - In the Change Job page, the Org Unit and Job Role field types were changed from lookups to pickers.
Time & Attendance - Improvement - The maximum number of the absent employee names displayed for one day in the Out of Office Calendar was increased from 2 to 7.
Core HR - Issue fix - When a new org unit is created in the Organizational Structure page, the page is refreshed at once and the newly created org unit is displayed.
Report Builder - Improvement - In the Report Center, the user now sees reports by sections and not by modules. One section can include several modules. The sections are displayed as follows:

• Core HR (includes Org Structure and HR Administration)
• Time & Attendance (includes Absence)
• Compensation (includes Compensation)
• Recruiting (includes Recruiting)
• Performance (includes Appraisal, Competence, Goals, Talent)
• Learning (includes Learning)

Only HR can create and edit reports. Managers and Local HRs can now run the reports created by HR.

Time & Attendance - Improvement - If the Do Not Accrue Allowance During Unpaid Leave check box is selected, allowance for all the absence types (vacation, sickness, absence etc.) is not accrued. This rule works when employee is on any type of unpaid leave (vacation, sickness, absence, etc.)
Core HR - Issue fix - HR can terminate an employee without any issues.
Learning - Issue fix - When several requests are sent for the same training event at the same time, they are now processed by the system sequentially so that to avoid exceeding the maximum number of seats.
Learning - Improvement - A link to the Appointment Templates list was added to Settings > Settings and Configuration > General > Notifications and Reminders.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - In case there are sequential absence records, the Out of Office Calendar doesn't show the redundant absence records any more.
Learning - Issue fix - When a development activity is created with a link to development need, the activity is created correctly and is associated with the selected development need.
Other - Improvement - A link to the Cost Centers list was added to Settings > Settings and Configuration > Core HR > Org Structure.
Learning - Issue fix - The training requests for the learning materials with the "&" symbol in the name are now created correctly.
Core HR - Issue fix - If the Employees list or Salary Details list is updated through the approval process, the employee Full Name field is not updated.

Performance - Issue fix - In 360 Performance Reviews, the Overall Rating now is calculated based on the selected groups of assessors. For example, if the subordinates are not included into assessment, this group is not taken into account.
Time & Attendance - Improvement - A new reminder was added notifying HR about unapproved absence requests. The notification is sent before the beginning of the new accrual period. Please note that approving past absence requests after the new allowance is generated can lead to the incorrect numbers in the carried over days.
Performance - Issue fix - When an employee is deleted from the Employee Database, any active performance reviews for this employee are also deleted.
Core HR - Issue fix - Special characters in the employee name do not prevent launching the approval process any more.
Performance - Issue fix - The redundant characters were removed from the Assessment 360 Form page.
Performance - Issue fix - Assigning performance review using the Assign to Person field in the Performance Reviews page now works without errors.
Performance - Improvement - Performance Manager can now launch an ad-hoc performance review for any of the employees he or she is responsible for.
Recruiting - Issue fix - The user can create an employee from candidate without issues, irrespective of the candidate's date of birth.

Learning - Issue fix - When an employee is enrolling for a training from Learning Catalog, he or she can select one of the scheduled training events without encountering any issues.
Recruiting - Issue fix - When using the interview form template with the Form Fields section type, the interview form now functions without errors.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - If the Daily accrual method is used with the Working Days period calculation type and the company year start date is before the employment date, the absence allowance is now calculated properly.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - If the absence duration is full day or more, the days/hours specified manually will be reset to the calculated value after the user clicks Save.
Core HR - Improvement - In the Equal Employment Opportunity report, the Total and Previous Year Total amounts were formatted bold.
Core HR - Improvement - The Update Manager checks if the Core HR menu already contains the EEO report manu item, and if not, such menu item will be created.
Data Import - Improvement - A custom grid view for lists mapped to data import section items has been created. When the user clicks Edit in Datasheet View in the Data Import page (Settings > Data Import), a new grid view will open. Also if the user clicks Create data mapping for custom list and creates another section item for any list, the grid view will be created as well.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - If the requested absence duration exceeds the number of working hours for a day, an error message is displayed to the user.

Performance - Issue fix - When using the 360 Feedbacks, if self-assessment is excluded, it is not accounted in calculation of the overall score.
Learning - Issue fix - In Personal Development Plan, the required trainings completed by an employee are now displayed correctly (as Completed and not Missing Mandatory).
Learning - Issue fix - When the Learning Prerequisites Mode is set to Required, an employee cannot complete the development activity without completing the prerequisites any more.
Other - Issue fix - After Lanteria HR installation and web features activation, the ES Local HR permission group is now created correctly.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - In absence request, if employee specifies the exact number of hours for the absence, the number of days and hours (Calculated Duration) is displayed correcty.
Core HR - Issue fix - The possibility of the XSS attack through the process templates has been eliminated.
Performance - Issue fix - If the KPI is not assessed yet (the Actual Value field is blank), the KPI is not displayed with the red status image any more.
Performance - Improvement - When importing the job role competencies, it is now possible to define the required level as a score (numeric value) or a competency level title (text value, for example, Meets Expectations). 
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - In absence requests, the approval workflow related technical fields are not displayed to the users.

Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Currently the manager or other user is not able to create an approved absence if he or she is not responsible for approval. The Approval Status field was removed from the forms used for creating the absences.
Core HR - Issue fix - When using Google Chrome, it is now possible to enter information into the fields of the Date type in the Employee card.
Performance - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the employee Career Goals has been eliminated (the Title, Description and Career Challenges fields).
Performance - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack when assessing the employee competencies for the 360 Performance Review has been eliminated (the Comments field).
Core HR - Issue fix - The Data Export doesn't stop running due to the "Server Out of Memory" error.
Core HR - Issue fix - The user can now start the approval process for another person according to the user permissions.
Core HR - New functionality - It is now possible to set up the EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) categories and specify the category for the job role. This information will be a part of the employment history. The EEO report has been implemented and is now available from the Core HR reports to analyze the equal employment opportunity statistics in a company.

Learning - Issue fix - When making a group assignment for the learning group, the learning material is now assigned correctly.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Absence allowance is now generated without errors if the employee’s employment date is set to February 29.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Absence allowance is generated correctly for all the accrual methods if the Prorate current and new rules proportionally setting is applied as the absence accrual rule for the seniority/age range transition.
Performance - Issue fix - Now HR can delete a performance review without errors.
Core HR - Issue fix - The system doesn’t skip the Local HR step in the approval process workflow. 
Learning - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the training request Title and Comments fields was eliminated.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the Absence Plan Title and Description fields was eliminated.
Time & Attendance - Improvement - Manager cannot approve an absence request if he or she is not the current responsible for the absence approval. The approval link visible only to HR and current responsible. The Approval Status field has been hidden from the absence editing forms.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - If an employee has approved carried over days and doesn’t have an absence allowance generated yet (the Monthly End accrual method is being used), the number of approved carried over days is displayed in the Leave Balance section instead of N/A.
Performance - Issue fix - During the data migration, if any lookup errors are encountered, this doesn’t prevent the migration script from running. The errors are recorded into the error log.
Performance - Issue fix - The possibility of the XSS attack through the following fields of the Qualitative and Quantitative objectives was eliminated: Title, Comments, Key Result Activities, KPIs and Final Evaluation.
Learning - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the cancel development activity Comments field was eliminated.
Learning - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the development activity Title and Description fields was eliminated.
Learning - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the learning material Title, Description and Objectives fields was eliminated.
Learning - Issue fix - In a Quiz Builder, when adding a new answer for the newly created question, the question is saved properly after clicking Add New Answer. 
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - On the My Absences page, the date range the absences are displayed for has been changed. Now the absence records for the current year are displayed, instead of the current month.
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Carried over days are now generated correctly for the Monthly End and Bi-Weekly End accrual methods if Allow Overbooking is set to Yes.
Learning - Issue fix - In quizzes, the questions are now sorted by the Order column within a category.
Learning - Issue fix - The possibility of XSS attack through the training event editing form has been eliminated (the Title and Room fields).

Core HR - Issue fix - The values of fields related to a new employee's future job assignment, like Org Unit, Job Role and such, are now taken from the future assignment, since a new employee has no current values for these fields
Core HR - Issue fix - When new Additional Employee Filters are added by HR, the filtering is successful
Time&Attendance - Issue fix - Employee absence allowance is generated correctly for cases where Employment Date falls after the Allowance Start Date
Other - Improvement - A job role picker was implemented and is now used across the system

Core HR - Modification - A new field Inactive was added to approval process settings list with possible values yes/no, set to no by default. Now when you click delete on Approval Process Settings page, the system will set Inactive to yes and treat it as if this approval process setting does not exist
Core HR - Issue fix - The system displays the Org Unit chart correctly for cases when the request is formed for levels down
Time&Attendance - Modification - Manual absence adjustment cannot be used if an employee has no absence allowance
Time&Attendance - Issue fix - Absence allowance registered in hours is displayed correctly in Out of Office Calendar
Recruiting - Issue fix - If there is no approval process set up for vacancies, then after a vacancy is copied it is approved automatically
Performance - Issue fix - Security validation for moving a performance review to the next step from Performance Review Report page is working
Performance - Improvement - Methods to migrate Employee Competence and Employee Competence History to SQL and vice versa were added
Performance - Modification - The logic for displaying charts on Performance Round Details page is the same as for displaying orgunits on OrgStructure Dashboard
Performance - Issue fix - HR can successfully complete employees' performance reviews
Learning - Issue fix - The time in Outlook cancellation of appointment notifications is now correct

Core HR - New functionality - HR/Local HR user can run an approval process to apply actual salary change. This can be done by creating a content approval process with Employees and Employee Salary Details as target lists
Core HR - Issue fix - When using Change Manager functionality, manager is changed simultaneously on Employee Card and in the employee's assignment for main position
Core HR - Issue fix - Newly created fields that have to be inserted in employee documents are now copied successfully
Time&Attendance - Issue fix - The Out of Office calendar now does not display employees as absent on their return to work day if other absence was booked by another employee for the same day
Recruiting - Layout fix - Vacancy approval forms are displayed in the same way as approval process forms
Recruiting - Issue fix - Possibility of XSS attack through Title, Code, and Description fields on vacancy create/edit form is blocked
Recruiting - Modification - New forms for creating and editing vacancies were created. The sets of mandatory and non-mandatory fields were changed, the fields are now grouped to make the forms more user-friendly, and if there is no approval process for vacancies in the system, the corresponding field is hidden and the vacancy is approved by default
Performance - Issue fix - Notifications are sent correctly to HR if the HR step is the first in a performance review workflow
Performance - Issue fix - System now checks if a performance review exists and does not duplicate reviews if Probation Review Job is run more than once on the same day.
Performance - Issue fix - In case there are over 10000 probation reviews, the system handles Performance Review Rounds, Performance Review Round Details and Performance Reviews Report without crashing
Applicant Self-Service - Feature - When a candidate fills in an application form, they select a number of past jobs they had from a drop-down list with options 1,2,3 or >3. The system then opens the number of mandatory fields necessary to enter their latest jobs, employment dates, company, etc. The number of such records is limited by 3.

Core HR - Issue fix - While generating a job contract, Org Unit and Manager fields are populated correctly
Core HR - Issue fix - Possibility of XSS attack through Title field on the HR Process Template Step form is blocked
Core HR - Issue fix - Org Unit Chart reverses correctly to full view after being filtered by location
Core HR - Issue fix - Display form for Employee Documents closes successfully after the document is opened in a new tab
Performance - Issue fix - Performance Review printed form layout adapts successfully to any paper size
Performance - Issue fix - Implemented functionality to enable LocalHR to add ad hoc review
Learning - Issue fix - Development Plan page is refreshed after a learning material form Learning Catalog is added
Learning - Issue fix - Possibility of XSS attack through Title and Room fields on Schedule Training form is blocked

Core HR - Issue fix - Approval/Comments history for employees' absence approval requests is accessible only to HR, request initiator or people responsible
Time & Attendance - New functionality - A new setting called Absence Allowance Accrual Type was added to select whether to accrue absence allowance by calendar days or by the number of working days in the year, i.e. all days except work pattern days with 0 hours and company holidays. This setting is applicable both to standard and dynamic absence mode. If absence allowance accrual is done by working days and an employee has an approved unpaid leave, the base for allowance accrual is diminished by the number of unpaid leave days
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Automatic timesheet mapping for cases where an employee has a half-day AM company holiday and a half-day PM approved absence is working correctly
Performance - Optimization - Performance Round Details page has been optimized to work with large datasets

Core HR - Issue fix - Top Level Job Role property of an Approval Workflow Step is stored correctly
Core HR - Issue fix - The approval workflow stops at the level of the job role determined by the Top Level Job Role field when Department Managers is selected as Approver
Core HR - Issue fix - Possibility of XSS attack through Title field on the HR Process Start form is blocked
Core HR - Issue fix - Local HR has access to Job Contracts of employees within his/her responsibility
Time & Attendance - Improvement - Absence Records Report default date range is set to current calendar month instead of current calendar year
Time & Attendance - Improvement - Business Trip Types can be made country-specific
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Additional filter values in the by-day view of Out of Office Calendar inherit the values from calendar view of the Out of Office Calendar
Performance - Issue fix - Review Data Fields sequence set within Performance Review Form Template Designer for a specific template is preserved on Performance Review Form
Performance - Issue fix - {ReviewRoundName} variable in the Performance Review Letter Template is correctly replaced with variable value
Performance - Issue fix - Active Reviews counter displays the correct number of reviews for Local HR
Other - Modification - HR Logging Service changed

Core HR - Modification - In cases where HR Process Action is of type Notification employees from both the Responsible Role and Notification Recipients fields will receive notifications
Core HR - Issue fix - Settings and Configuration are accessible from Safari
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Employee Picker behavior corrected so that managers can register absences for their employees
Performance - Issue fix - Competency validity data is updated if SQL storage mode is turned on for competencies
Performance - Issue fix - Mandatory performance review sections with apostrophes in title are validated correctly
Learning - Issue fix - Participate button opens Training Status Checker instead of simply adding a development activity for learning materials where an event is required

Core HR - Modification - ES HR Admin and ES HR roles have different permissions for Data Import Library
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Permission validation for editing absence records added for dynamic absences
Learning - Issue fix - There is an ability to manually enter scores for learning materials with Percentage scoring type that are not quizzes
Other - Issue fix - <script> blocks in data entered into custom form fields will be deleted to prevent XSS attacks

Core HR - Issue fix - Inactive org units are not displayed on Salary Review Dashboard
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Absence Plans job updates employee's seniority in Holiday Statistic based on Employee's Employment Date
Learning - Issue fix - Training time in MS Outlook notifications for training events is set in accordance with the users' time  zones

Time & Attendance - New functionality - New setting Do Not Accrue Allowance During Unpaid Leave was created. If it is set to "yes", the system does not accrue absence allowances for the periods when employees take an unpaid leave

Time & Attendance - Improvement - If the same approver is in the list of responsible persons for several steps of type Approval in a row  and approval type on those steps is Any Approver then such steps will be automatically approved on behalf of current approver

Core HR - Issue fix - Employee can download documents from My Documents page
Core HR - Issue fix - Data in pickers is sorted in alphabetic order
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Absence Dashboard does not display negative values on Annual Dynamics chart
Learning - Improvement - Interface was added for working with Pass-Fail scoring type
Learning - Issue fix - Events in Training Schedule calendar are sorted by the date of event

Core HR - Improvement - A loader image (turning wheel) is displayed when a user clicks Save on employee new and edit form
Core HR - Issue fix - When an HR Helpdesk request is created, both the request itself and the comments to it display timestamps in accordance with Time Zone chosen from Regional Settings
Learning - Issue fix - Training events are sorted by start date in ascending order on Training Checker page
Report Builder - Issue fix - Custom reports can be built using and filtered by the Is Terminated attribute

Core HR - Modification - Current Responsibles' names on Approval Requests page are separated by semicolons instead of commas
Time & Attendance - Issue fix - Accrual period Daily only appears once in the drop-down field on the absence plan section edit form
Time & Attendance - Improvement - Extra Days renamed into Extra Time Off across the system
Learning - Issue fix - Quizzes published from Quiz Builder are populated into the Quiz field of a new learning material

Learning - Issue fix - Fixed the layout for TypeIn answer type in Quiz Player
Report Builder - Issue fix - No duplicate records are generated in reports

Core HR - Issue fix - Top Bar Links containing the “’” symbol open in a popup instead of a new window
Core HR - Modification - Employee status in Terminations list is automatically set to an empty value after the system has processed the termination
Time & Attendance - Issue fix -Notification workflow for Acting Person approval requests created using the Manager role starts as expected