This is a consolidated release post covering 4 weeks of January - from 9th January, 2012 to 30th January, 2012

9th January, 2012

3 Problems fixed

Problems fixed:

1. For an alumni, there was a problem displaying attendance calendars for a month. This has been fixed.
2. In Others business expenses, Paid amount was not getting displayed in print option. This has been fixed.
3. If the accounts person and travel booker are the same user, there was a problem in removing the expense claim from Need to act. This has been fixed

16th January, 2012

1 New feature added, 1 problem fixed

New feature added:

In the leave application, the In My Absence section now allows users to also define rules for OD request and past attendance request approvals.

Problem fixed:

In a travel request, the requested advance amount was not defaulting into the Sanctioned amount field, if there was auto approval for first approval and a second approver was also there.

23rd January, 2012

4 New features added

New features added:

1. The feature of configurable number formats in terms of decimal separator, comma separator and grouping method, that was earlier implemented in EIP and L&D modules has now been extended to Travel and expense module as well.
2. The above configurability is also extended to Compensation & benefits module.
3. Genderwise distirbution chart has been added in Headcount dashboard
4. The process of defining role based KPIs and their weightages in PMS module has been made simpler - Now all KPIs can first be added without worrying about total weightage and the weightages of individual KPIs can then be adjusted.

30th January, 2012 

5 New features added, 3 Problems fixed

New features added:

1. A new entity has been added to the Timesheet and Work Planning module, which allows subscribed users to define Activity plans for themselves. These plans are for current and future dates and allow users to view their monthly activity plans with options to navigate to different months.
2. The year end leave accumulation, carry forward and lapsing process has now been enhanced to make sure that the process runs for different locations/accounts as per their time zones and not as per the common India time zone that it earlier used to do.
3. In PMS module, customers now have the option to specify if the multi-raters can leave any of the KRAs/Competencies unrated or not. This option is available in the PMS plan definition and if set to yes, will allow multi-raters to specify some KRAs/Competencies as Unrated. These dont contribute in computing average scores.
4. In PMS module, customers now have the option to specify if the multi-raters can view appraisee self ratings or not. This option is available in the PMS plan definition and if set to yes, will allow multi-raters to view the appraisee self ratings also.
5. In PMS module, customers now have the option to specify if the multi-raters can view appraisee comments or not. This option is available in the PMS plan definition and if set to yes, will allow multi-raters to see appraisee comments, except for those marked as Private by the appraisee.

Problems fixed:

1. Change password option in SSO logins for users with mutiple roles, was re-appearing with role change. This has been fixed.
2. A problem in displaying second half day in daily attendance report has been fixed.
3. A calculation problem in accrual of tenure based leaves has been fixed.