September 1st 2022, Release Notes: HS| Labor 5.65: Update in the Roster Report and Push Notifications Functionality

Summary

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Release date for all features: September 1st 2022

Print Roster- Improvements

• Enabled by Default? - Yes
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected: - All users with access to Scheduling.

What's Changing?

The Date picker and the filter for Schedule and Day Part have been changed in the Roster Report.

Reason for the Change

To update the UI and provide more useful features. Also enables the user to print the roster for just a single Day Part rather than the complete day (as is the case prior to this update).

Customers Affected

All HotSchedules customers.

Release Notes

See Date and Schedules options below in Fig.1.

When Display Option: Group by Day Part is selected:

• The table is grouped by selected Day Part(s)
• If all Day Parts are selected, then the table is grouped by all Day Parts
• If no Day Parts are selected, then the table is not grouped by any Day Part (current default view)

Fig.1 - Shows the Date Picker, Schedule and Group by Date Part

Add Push Notification for Copied Broadcast Messages

• Enabled by Default? - Yes
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected: - All mobile users

What's Changing?

Push notifications will now be sent when a broadcast message is copied and posted.

Reason for the Change

Prior to this change, push notifications were sent only when posting a new broadcast message, not when an existing one was copied. This could result in broadcast messages being missed.

Customers Affected

All iOS and Android mobile users.

Android & iOS: Implementation Viewed Flag for Broadcast Messages Functionality

• Enabled by Default? - Yes
• Set up by customer Admin? - No
• Enable via Support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No
• Roles Affected: - All mobile users

What's Changing?

Broadcast messages will now display in a similar manner as preloads for our mobile devices. Users will see these broadcast messages without having to log back in.

Reason for the Change

This change will resolve a gap in broadcast messages in the application.  Currently, broadcast messages can be "missed" because the user does not "close" the app and instead leaves the app open on their phone.  Additionally, the display on iOS is different from Android with an icon we all thought was a Wi-Fi signal reference, whereas Android has a banner that is difficult to miss.

Customers Affected

All iOS and Android mobile users.

Release Notes

Android 

• Updated the Broadcast messages to include the title of the message (could be seen in web but not mobile) 
  Increased the font size
• Removed the yellow background from the messages

iOS 

• Flag previous viewed broadcast messages as "viewed"
• Viewed broadcast messages moved from the banner to the bell icon while they are still active

Fig.2 - New Broadcast Notification at the Top of the Screen