Altus First Release - January 30th, 2024

High

Potential for system impact, test item as a matter of priority, refer to notes

Medium

Testing should be undertaken prior to General Availability

Low

Testing recommended, item unlikely to cause issues at General Availability

#15714

In key data grids, any custom column can be used to group line items. This works with lookup and option set custom columns on the finance, resource plan, and resource demand grids.

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#23558

The summary and dashboard widgets have been extended to support:

• Basic numeric sequential calculations (plus, minus, multiply, divide);
• Values can be sourced by OData query (existing), form field (listens for changes) or static value;
• Currency values can be set to render symbol according to current entity, with fallback to environment currency.

To edit window for Numeric Adjustment:

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#21675

The resource picker result list now shows the breakdown of available hours for a resource based on the current view of the resource grid.

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#22883

We have introduced a major new baseline feature which can be used to measure project schedule variance and progress through the project lifecycle.

Note:

Altus can still be set to use the older Status Update baseline functionality, but this will need to be toggled back on for those organisations who wish to continue using it. We strongly recommend testing the functionality of the Status Update page if it has been modified to suit your needs.

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#22900

The default setting for the Timesheet Actuals to Schedule import has been changed to ON when the timesheet mode is Task mode, unless explicitly set otherwise.

Note:

This avoids the need for PMs to request administrators to switch this feature on manually.

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#22908

Date column header for timesheets now displays the day of the week.

Note:

This reduces confusion for those entering timesheets and lowers the risk that data will be entered into the wrong day column.

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#22626

The Timesheet to Finance import is now an import process like the Resource to Finance import process.

A banner notification in the Finance app tab alerts users that there are timesheet actuals to import. The import data preview window displays a breakdown of the overall actuals and variances, as well as a breakdown by financial category, with transaction details.

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#23258

Bulk timesheet approval functionality was temporarily removed to avoid some conflicting issues. These issues have now been resolved and bulk timesheet approval has been restored in this release.

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#15796

Enhanced timesheet notes interaction for improved workflow efficiency

• Persistent Comment Drafts: Comments within timesheet notes are now automatically saved, ensuring no loss of data when toast notifications appear.
• Clicking outside the note callout will now maintain the entered text, instead of dropping the changes.
• Toast notifications arriving will no longer force the note callout to close, which caused changes to be lost.
• Intuitive Content Reversion: An ‘Undo’ feature has been introduced, allowing users to quickly revert to the last saved state of their comment.
• Simplified Interface: The tick and cross icons have been removed to declutter the comment box interface. Confirmation of comment submission and the option to dismiss are now intuitively handled with a simple click away action. The functionality of the former cross icon is replaced with a more recognizable undo icon.

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#22260

The enterprise calendar field has been hidden for generic resources as it could cause confusion for users.

Note:

Recommend that there is some check that enterprise calendars for generic resources are not used.

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