Overview
This article contains a list and summary of every UK release note published by Fourth during Q1 of 2023 (1st January to 31st March).
Release notes are listed under the following headers (select one to go straight to that part of the article):
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Workforce Management
March 30th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Mobile: ESS: 'Important' My Documents Tab
What's Changing?
- Introduction of the Important tab under 'My Documents' which will contain pensions letters and tax documents. Previously this tab was named 'Tax docs' and did not contain pensions documents.
Release date: March 30th 2023
What’s Changing?
- Access to WFM UK and connected apps will remain active for the final day of employees' employment.
Release date: March 30th 2023
What's Changing?
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Part Day Holiday in Hours for Full/Part-Time Employees
Ability to schedule part day holiday for full and part-time employees in hours
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Analysis Page Restricted by Division
Analysis page to only show data for Divisions that the user has access to
Release date: March 16th 2023
What's Changing?
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Payroll Module - New User Interface
Several pages of the Payroll Module are now available in the new User Interface (UI) -
Payroll Module - Page Enhancements
Enhancements are being made to several pages within the Payroll module
Release date: March 16th 2023
March 16th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Payroll & Pensions: New Tax Year 2023/2024
What's Changing?
- Year-End Updates 2023/2024
Changes made in the system relating to Payroll and Pensions, in preparation for the new tax year
Release date: March 16th 2023
February 23rd 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | HR & Rotas: Login Page and Browser Compatibility
What's Changing?
- Login Page and Browser Compatibility
Changes to the login page relating to browser compatibility
Release date: February 23rd 2023
What's Changing?
- Display Holidays and Absence Hours
Holiday and absence hours will now be visible on the Scheduling page
Release date: February 1st 2023
January 31st 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | ATS: Apply Without an Account, Password Validation Rules
What's Changing?
- Apply Without an Account
Applicants no longer have to create an ATS account when they apply for a vacancy - Password Validation Rules
The password validation rules for accounts within ATS have been strengthened
Release date: January 31st 2023
What's Changing?
- Google Meet for Video Events
Ability to integrate with Google Meet for video events - Hide Stage in application from My Applications page
Option to hide the applications status section within a Candidate's My Application page - Candidate Account Deletion
A simple way for Candidates to delete their ATS account
Release date: January 31st 2023
What's Changing?
- Automatic Breaks by Department
A new setting that allows automatic break rules to be configured at Department level - Dynamic Breaks Calculations
A new setting that allows dynamic break rules to be applied for any shift updated at Organisation or Department level
Release date: January 18th 2023
January 19th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK: | Scheduling: UI Update
What's Changing?
- Scheduling: UI Update
Updates to the user interface within the Scheduling module
Release date: January 19th 20233
January 19th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK: | UK HR & Rotas: Rota and HR Module Page Enhancements
What's Changing?
- Rota Module - Page Enhancements
Enhancements are being made to several pages within the Rota module - HR Module - Page Enhancements
Enhancements are being made to several pages within the HR module
Release date: January 19th 2023
Purchase-to-Pay & Inventory
What's Changing?
- RME Menu Recipe Changes Displayed as 'Added' or 'Removed' in Menu Cycles
'Added' and 'Removed' recipes from RME menus are now indicated in the Menu Cycles app - Improvements to Allergen and Intolerances Report
The Allergen and Intolerances Report has additional intolerance values and an updated layout - RME Recipe and Buffet Menu 'Selling Price' to be Transmitted to Menu Cycles
RME recipe and buffet menu selling prices will be displayed as the default selling prices on the Planning screen - Hiding 'Unplanned Recipes'
New tickbox that will hide all recipes will a planned quantity of '0' on the Planning screen
Release date: March 29th 2023
What's Changing?
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Single-Ingredient Recipes, New Creation Option
Simple workflow to allow the creation of a 'single-ingredient recipe'
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Recipe Menu Description and Kcal per Serving, New Report
New Recipe Report
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Ingredient and Recipes API Change
Precision extended in responses to more places after the decimal point
Release date: March 22nd 2023
What's Changing?
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Ingredient CO2: alternate ingredient can inherit CO2 value
The parent ingredient value 'KG CO2e per KG' will be inherited by alternate ingredients with 'copy and inherit' parent values
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Webhook triggered by CO2-related changes to recipes
A new way of notifying third parties of CO2-related changes to recipes
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API changes
Supplier name and supplier code added to GET/ingredientco2 response
New API to retrieve recipes with recipe ingredient cost
2 new properties added to GET and POSTingredientsalternates
Release date: March 22nd 2023
February 22nd 2023 Release Note: RME: GET API Base URL Change - *Action Required Before Feb 22nd*
What's Changing?
- New Base URL for RME GET Requests
On February 22nd 2023, the base URLs for certain GET requests will be deactivated and replaced with the following:
EMEA - https://api.fourth.com/api/rmegetapi/{resource name}
North America - http://api.recipe.na1.fourth.com/{resource name}
Release date: February 22nd 2023
What's Changing?
- Option to Assign an Alternate Property Administrator
It is now possible for a property administrator to appoint an alternate property administrator who will share their access to manage property administration settings
Release date: February 21st (EMEA & APAC) and 23rd (US) 2023
Feb 21st 2023, Release Note: Mobile | Adaco: Barcode Scanning in Ordering app
What's Changing?
- Barcode Scanning in Ordering app
Barcode scanning with a phone or external device is now supported when using the Ordering app with Adaco
Release date: February 21st 2023
February 15th 2023, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: 'Actions' Drop-Down Split into Two New Menus
What's Changing?
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'Actions' Drop-Down Split into Two New Menus
The current 'Actions' drop-down menu will be split into two new menus - 'Manage' and 'View'
Release date: February 15th 2023
What's Changing?
- 'Export' Button on the Document Reconciliation Screen
A new option to export the onscreen data as a CSV file
Release date: February 14th 2023
February 1st 2023, Release Notes: RME: Ingredient Wastage on Report and New Menu Permission
What's Changing?
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Ingredient Wastage Added to Existing Report: 'Inventory Data Readiness - Ingredients'
Ingredient wastage has been added to this report - New Menu Permission
Controls permission to change a menu's 'menu type' value for existing menus
Release date: February 1st 2023
What's Changing?
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'StockTranscations' BI Export Improvement
The 'StockTransactions' BI export will now display the document statuses, as per the Document Reconciliation screen
Release date: January 24th 2023
What's Changing?
- Remove Recipes and Menus from Published Menu Cycles
Central users with the required permission can add recipes and menus to published menu cycles -
Report Refinements
Consumer-Facing Report
Location Gap Check Report
Menu Cycle Calendar Report - New 'History' Report
'Added / Removed Items Report for Central User
Release date: January 24th 2023
What's Changing?
- GET/BuffetMenuCycleItems
New Request to Fetch Buffet Menu Recipes GET/BuffetMenuCycleItemsrief - GET <base URL>/MenuCycles and GET <baseURL>/MenuCycles/{menuCycleId}/MenuCycleItems
New Requests for 'Not Yet Published' Menu Cycles
Release date: January 24th 2023
What's Changing?
- Recipe CO2 Calculation
Recipe carbon calculation using recipe ingredient carbon values is now available - GET/recipeCO2, Renamed Property and Addition of two New Properties
Recipe CO2 renamed, AutoTotalRecipeCO2Value and RecipeServings properties added - New property for GET and POST/ingredientsalternates requests
Supplier Order UoM added to these requests - Nutrition Report, Recipe Ingredients
A new report that shows each recipe ingredient's nutrition and its contribution to the recipe - Alternate ingredients created via 'copy parent values' to display Transfer/Requisition status and Item Vatable
These values are copied from the parent but were previously not visible on
Release date: January 11th 2023
Adaco
January 24th & 26th 2023, Release Note: Adaco: Option to Receive Notifications Instead of Emails
What's Changing?
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Option to Receive Information-Only Notifications
It is now possible to be notified of requisition and invoice approvals and rejections via the Fourth app, instead of email
Release date: January 24th (EMEA & APAC) and 26th (US), 2023
January 10th & 12th 2023, Release Note: Adaco: Restricted Access to Property Administration Settings
What's Changing?
- Restricted Access to Property Administration Settings
To avoid users inadvertently changing system configuration settings, access to the Property Administration section will now be read-only for all users except for one nominated user per property
Release date: January 10th (EMEA & APAC) & 12th (US), 2023
Fourth Engage/Mobile apps
What's Changing?
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Ordering App and Marketplace App, Quantity Must Be Entered for Buy Button to be Enabled
The Buy button, which is located in the Gallery view of the ordering screen, will be disabled until a quantity (greater than zero) is entered in the product's quantity field.
Previously the quantity field was populated with a quantity of '1' and the Buy button was enabled by default.
Release date: March 17th 2023
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