Version 6.67 Build 244, September 14, 2009

This page documents all new features, enhancements and bug fixes included in this release of Pacific Timesheet. For information on changes made in previous versions of Pacific Timesheet, please see the release notes archive.

1. New Timesheet Template Option to Limit Time Entry to Work or Leave

You can now suppress the "Add Work" or "Add Leave" buttons on timesheets by selecting the appropriate "Time Entries Allowed" option on timesheet templates. This is useful for employees that only record work hours or only record leave hours.

2. Administrator Can Now Delete Leave (Time Off) Requests

Administrators can now delete leave (time off) requests. Previously, only the employee who created the leave request could delete it, and then only if it was not approved.

3. New Overtime Rules Option

Overtime rules can include Holiday or other leave time entries when calculating total work hours. For instance, if you consider work over 40 hours a week to be overtime, those 40 hours could include a mix of work and holiday hours.

4. New Timesheet Permission: "Can view my timesheet"

If not checked, the "My Timesheet" tab will not be shown, even if the employee has a timesheet template in their employee profile. This permission is useful for simplifying the user interface for employees who meet all of the following criteria:

a. They are not recording work hours
b. They are not required to submit their timesheet
c. They are only using the Leave Request feature on the Home tab to record leave
d. Their employee policy's Schedule Rules is configured to add leave requests to their timesheet

5. Leave Requests Now Account For Holidays

When requesting leave (time off) that is one or more days, the estimated number of days to be taken will now account for holidays. For instance, if you request a week off (Monday through Friday), and Tuesday is a holiday, the estimated days to be taken will default to 4 days. Previously the estimate would have defaulted to 5 days.

6. Overtime Rule Issue

The overtime rule, in some cases, would not clear out the RT/OT/DT values for a time entry that was changed from a non-zero hours value to zero. For instance, a 10 hour time entry might be computed to have RT=8 and OT=2. If the number of hours was later changed to 0 then the RT and OT values might remain at 8 and 2, respectively. Note that this only affected time entries that were set to 0, not blank. This is fixed in this release.

Additionally, in some cases, the consecutive day rule for overtime would consider a 0 hours time entry (but not a blank value) for a day to be considered as a consecutive work day. This is also fixed in this release.

7. Duplicate Email Notices When Using Multiple Approval Levels

When using multiple approval levels, approvers could get duplicate email notices if they are the primary approver for two or more approval levels for an employee. This release ensures only one email notice is sent for any event.