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AssignmentPro v22.1 released 27th Jan. 2022

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Highlights

Security Enhancements

Easily add additional security to your AssignmentPro with the new Multi Factor Authentication feature.

Additional Features for Projects

Project work made easy with additional features including support for Quick Workflows and situational requests at a company level.

New Standard Dashboards

New standard dashboards to streamline common tasks such as exception management, engagement and errors and warnings:


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Exceptions Overview

Exceptions Overview Dashboard Preview

Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement Dashboard Preview

Errors & Warnings

Control Room

Errors & Warning Control Room Preview

Webinar

Features (Click here for PDF)

AssignmentPro APIs

  • When creating API credentials the GUID and Secret Key are now automatically saved in the API Subscription Manager.

  • Added improved error messaging for users when attempting a POST or PATCH request on a private field when they do not have access.

  • The People API now supports standard and custom fields from the Assignment Cost Center table.

  • Updated webhooks to allow creations of a secure TLS channel.

Authorizations

  • To comply with privacy regulations, users with appropriate permissions can now delete Authorization records.

Business Rules

  • AirInc tables can now be added to Business Rules with a context of Company.

  • AirInc currency fields have now been changed from ‘text’ type to ‘currency’.

Checklists

  • User Reports used to back merge tags on Checklist Templates can now use the Checklist ID, Tax Detail ID, and Tax Return Detail ID as a prompted filter. This allows more data sources to be included in reminder notifications.

  • Adjusted checklist notification emails were they not replacing merge tags in the subject or body.

Cost Center

  • A new screen for Cost Center information has been added at an Assignment level, under the Financial section on the left menu and can also be added as a step/tab in the Authorization Wizard A “View History” screen is included in this screen and will store all past values for fields (Home Cost Center, Host Cost Center, Other Cost Center, Home Position Number & Host Position Number).

  • It is possible to add custom fields on the Assignment Cost Center Screen. This new set of fields is also available for HRIS Remote integration.

  • Importing data related to Cost Center details at assignment level is supported through the Employee/Assignment Flexible Header Import.

Cost Estimates

  • Updated the input fields for some Cost Estimate Line Items where previously they did not appear

Documents

  • Solved an issue where users were unable to upload MP4 files to AssignmentPro.

  • Fixed an issue where the Document Uploader on the Mobile Employee Experience would freeze if the virus scanner determined the uploaded file was infected.

Expense Entry

  • Corrected an instance where the “Last Update By” field on a voucher would be cleared after changing the Submitted Currency or Voucher Payment Currency.

Imports

  • There are now three classifications for imports in the Import History Screen, “Manual”, “File Import Service” and “Advanced Automation”. Additional search filters have been added to the Import Screen including Status, File Name, Date Range, and Description.

  • Solved an issue with the Employee/Assignment Flexible Header Import where having multiple rows caused the import to fail in some instances.

  • The import of non-English characters through the Employee/Assignment Flexible Header Import no longer causes duplicate records.

Integrations

  • User Reports can now be used on the Integration Push Scripts Screen, allowing greater control over data being sent from AssignmentPro as part of Vendor Integration.

  • Added the option to remove “HTML” and “BBCode” format when submitting a Service Order Note/Communication to a Vendor. Also included an ‘Auto-format’ feature to ensure any stripped text remains readable.

  • Administrative roles can now be elevated to allow the user to see the full payload request that is being sent to the Vendor by viewing the Event History Details from a Service Order.

Landing Experience

  • Three new standard Landing Experience Dashboards are included in this release:

    • Exceptions Overview Dashboard - contains widgets that detail assignment exceptions and statistics.

    • Employee Engagement Dashboard - contains widgets that detail engagement statistics.

    • Errors and Warnings Control Room Dashboard - details errors and warnings statistics throughout Assignment Pro.

  • The ‘Portal - New Request Widget’ now supports company level requests for external client users and now always prompts the user to select an assignment.

  • Solved some concerns with redirects for certain sites using prefixes in their URL path.

  • Solved a scenario where the back button on the ‘Make a Request’ widget was not closing the active request.

Merge Documents

  • Aspose Words has been upgraded to 21.12 which supports the DOCX file format for merge documents.

Migration Packages

  • Landing Experience Dashboards have now been added to migration packages.

Notes/Communications

  • Users with appropriate role permissions can now delete emails from the Notes/Communications screen.

Pay Register Approval Batches

  • Added pagination and a save button to the pay register approval batch grid so users can save when navigating between result pages.

Projects

  • A new project entitlements tab has been added to the Projects screen to capture entitlement details for project workers.

Quick Workflows

  • Quick workflows now support email communications to Project contacts for company level workflows.

  • Quick workflows now support all company level request fields and associated user tables.

Requests

  • Company level request types now support the ‘Is Situational Request’ rules.

  • Solved an issue with the Close Button that affected the creation of requests on the Mobile Employee Experience.

  • Blank request window is no longer displayed when a user with only view rights clicks the add icon.

Security Enhancements

  • Multi-Factor Authentication is now supported across all of AssignmentPro, including the Mobile Employee Experience and Landing Experience using Time-based One-Time Passwords.

  • The “Resend Device Authorization Email” button on the Device Authorization page has been recaptioned to “Send New Authorization Code”.

  • A new field has been added to the Password Rules page, “Authorization Code Timeout” allowing administrators to control how long the Device Authorization Codes are valid.

  • Administrators can now configure how long a device is remembered when a user checks the “Remember this Device” box during device authorization.

  • AssignmentPro can now be configured to scan uploaded files using antivirus software that is installed on a server using Microsoft’s Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI). Note, this capability is only available on servers running Windows Server 2016 or newer.

  • AssignmentPro can now be configured to scan uploaded files using OPSWAT Metadefender over the ICAP interface.

  • Several enhancements have been made to address findings found through routine testing and analysis.

Service Orders

  • Preferred vendor are now automatically selected when creating a new service order where the Service Order Type is automatically selected.

Tax Assistance

  • Corrected an issue where multi-state tax calculations are updating the destination state residence taxes instead of the departure state residence taxes.

Tax Service Eligibility

  • Tax Service Eligibility Batch screen is no longer editable while the page is in read-only mode.

User Maintenance

  • Users with edit rights to the User Maintenance page can reset Multi-Factor Authentication for users. This is to give administrative users the ability to restore access for a user who has lost the device they use for authentication.

User Reports

  • The old User Report Publication Page has been decommissioned. Users should use the padlock item on the User Report page to lock or unlock the User Report.

Vendor Integration

  • Providers can now store their own tracking number in a Service Order by using “Source System Text Key” and use “Source System” to identify the source in the Service Order Partner Vendor table

Resources

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