Release Notes IceHrmPro

Release note v29.0.0.PRO
🧲 New features
Much better UI for recruitment setup and job positions module.
SAML support https://icehrm.gitbook.io/icehrm/api-and-single-sign-on/sign-in-with-saml-okta​
UI improvements on leave settings module.
Ability to control who can see employee documents
New custom field module. With this module users can manage all the custom fields via a single module.
Adding custom field support for company structure.
UI improvements for client module.
UI improvements for both admin and employee expense modules.
Introducing encrypted settings.
Adding additional fields such as total time to employee time tracking report.
Improvements to icehrm custom extension development https://icehrm.gitbook.io/icehrm/developer-guide/creating-first-extension​
🛡️ Security improvements
More restrictive criteria for user passwords.
Removing support for legacy API tokens. (if you are using the mobile app your users will need to re authorize)
Removing unused custom field values.
🐛 Bug fixes
Only relevant settings are displayed, under the Other tab on settings module
Release note v28.2.0.PRO
New features
🦠 💉 Custom extensions https://icehrm.gitbook.io/icehrm/developer-guide/creating-first-extension​
🐛 Bug fixes
Fixing inability to filter employee documents
Fixed the issue with selecting projects when adding timesheets details
Fix issues occurred due to incorrectly configured API
Release note v28.1.0.PRO
🧲 New features
Improved tables for displaying data in several modules
Faster data loading (specially for employee module)
Initials based profile pictures
Re-designed login page
Re-designed user profile page
Improvements to filtering
New REST endpoints for employee qualifications 
🐛 Bug fixes
Fixed, issue with managers being able to create performance reviews for employees who are not their direct reports
Fixed, issues related to using full profile image instead of using smaller version of profile image
Changing third gender to other
Fixed, not listing countries on job application page
Improvements and fixes for internal frontend data caching
Release note v27.1.0.PRO
New features
UI/UX improvements
Custom user role permissions
Employee edit form updated
Employee daily task list
Attendance and employee distribution charts on dashboard
Improvements to company structure and company assets module
​Read more about the release here​
🐛  Bug fixes
Fix leave carry forward issues, when employee leave periods used in combination with leave rules
Release note v27.0.2.PRO
This fixes some major issues found in v27.0.1.PRO
🐛  Bug fixes
Filtering across whole application was broken and now it's fixed
Fixed the issue related to photo not being shown to the admin when photo attendance is enabled
🧑🏻‍💻 For developers
We have added support for vagrant development environment based on Debian 10 / PHP 7.3 (with Xdebug)  / Nginx / MySQL
Release note v27.0.0.PRO
New features
UI/UX improvements (new fonts / better spacing)
Payroll module improvements
Security improvements to password policy
Adding total leave days column, when displaying employee leave data
Adding more leave information to the email sent to managers for approving leave requests
Ability to limit leave requests to full-day and half-day
Albanian language is now available
Ability to deploy using docker
For developers
Developer environment based on docker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz8OV_ON6S8​
​Developer guide​
Fully supports all php versions >= 5.6 upto v7.3 (php 5.6 support is deprecated and not recommended)
Bug fixes
Fixes to newly found vulnerabilities (https://github.com/gamonoid/icehrm/issues/213): credits to: Talos​
Fixing leave module, calculations for complex leave rule combinations
Fixed the travel request approval for managers
Fixed the issue with attendance source IP display
Fixing Api issues in PHP 7.3
Release note v26.9.0.PRO
New features
Teams module for creating teams in company
Enable custom user roles
Introducing fine-grained user role management by adding restricted user roles
Introducing new Gender group 'Divers' for employees and candidates (according to German intersex law)
Bug fixes
Show only active job posts
For employee leave period based leave types - fix available leave balance amount when applying for a leave
Fix eave calculations using leave rules depends on employee experience
Release note v26.7.0.PRO
Leave Management
Leave periods can be based on employee joined date or confirmation date
Now you can see the detailed leave calculation for each leave type in leave entitlement
Data Import Improvements
Download file template via data importer (the file will be automatically generated using fileds in data importer)
Add a common data importer which makes it easy to create custom data importers
Custom field data can now be imported
Improvemnts to import file validations
Payroll & Payslip
Payroll columns can have simple java script based calculations
Any employee information (general fields or custom fields) can now be shown on payslip
Any employee information (general fields or custom fields) can be used for payroll calculations
Other
Improvements to automated E2E test
Release note v26.6.0.PRO
Improved Recruitment
Now you can add rich text when creating Job posts
Ability to select a hiring manager for each job post, who is getting email updates about now candidates and interviews
Improvements to the page job position page such as showing hiring manager details and simplified application form
Send a confirmation email to candidate after receiving job application
Ability to schedule interviews with multiple interviewers
Sending email notifications to interviewers and hiring manager when an interview is scheduled
Fixing issues related to sharing jobs posts on social media
Leave Module
Ability to create leave rules targeting specific leave periods. (Example use case: configuring different leave carry forward settings for each leave periods)
Fixing calculation issues occurred due to having future leave periods
Improvements to Attendance Tracking
Tracking IP and location of the employee when marking attendance, this is done when updating attendance via mobile
Ability to control location tracking via mobile using server side settings
Compatible with location tracking with latest version of Icehrm Mobile app on AppStore (https://apple.co/2Yrtxoy) and Google Play (http://bit.ly/2OkMmKe)
Other Features
Some Improvements to UI such as updating Icons and upgrading font-awesome to its latest version
Improvements to translations
Other Fixes
Order projects by name on Timesheet project listing (This is to make it easier to edit timesheets with many projects)
Link home page user profile to employee profile update page
Fix issues related to configuring Api with mobile app
Security Improvements
Upgrade npm missing dependencies
Release note v26.4.0.PRO
Features
Add staff directory module 
Update client-side js to ES6 
Compatible with IceHrm Mobile App 
Use npm libraries when possible
Add gulp build for frontend assets
Allow generating QR code with rest api key (https://github.com/gamonoid/icehrm/issues/169)
Updated readme for development setup with vagrant
Changes to leave entitlement layout
Show leave breakdown properly on leave entitlement
Display the leave type or rule affecting the leave entitlement
Order all leave listings by latest start date
Exclude PTO and carried forward leave days from accrued leave calculation
New api endpoints for leave and expense
Fixes
Add missing employee details report
Fix: Labels of 'Employee Custom Fields' not displayed 
Fix: Work week for all counties can not be edited 
Fix: Custom fields are not shown under employee profile 
Fix: Additional buttons shown below timesheet list 
Updates to Italian translations  by https://github.com/nightwatch75​
Fix issue: incorrect leave carry forward
Fix: Work week for all counties can not be edited
Error sending notification when expense is approved 
Fix: When cancelling a leave request no email is sent to the manager (https://github.com/gamonoid/icehrm/issues/158)
Release note v25.1.0.PRO
Features
Multiple leave period support
Arabic language support
Fixes
Fix PHP v5.6 compatibility issues
Release note v25.0.0.PRO
Features
Performance review module
Company asset management module
Improvements to email templates
Support for Serbian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch languages
Fixes
Allow making non required date fields empty
Fix leave approval issue for languages other than English
Release note v24.0.0.PRO
This release includes some very critical security fixes. We recommend upgrading your installation to latest release.
Features
Allow passing additional parameters to payroll predefined methods
Pass leave type name in function field to get leave count for a given type
Make document valid until field optional
Add employee name to payroll report
Show supervisor name on employee profile
Add custom fields to employee report
Add filter by status feature to subordinate time sheets
Make document attachment mandatory
Security Fixes
Fix missing login form CSRF token
Fix risky usage of hashed password in request
Fixing permission issues on module access for each user level
Prevent manager from accessing sensitive user records
Other Fixes
Hide employee salary from managers
Prevent manager from accessing audit, cron and notifications
Prevent managers from deleting employees
Remove manager access from employee history
Fix recruitment module security issues
Fix: Training coordinator is not able to edit training session
Validate overtime start and end times
Fix: Employee "Subordinate expense" status filter is not visible
Do not allow employees or managers to delete expense requests which are not pending
Fix issue: employee can download draft payroll
Release note v23.0.0.PRO
This release include some security fixes. We recommend upgrading your installation to latest release. Now feature wise IceHrm cloud and pro are same
Features
Recruitment module
Announcement module
Conversation module - company public discussion board
Loading last used module when revisiting application
Finnish language support (Beta)
Improvements to German, Italian and Chinese language translations
Allow quickly switching languages
Improvements to security for preventing possible LFI attacks
Allow manual date inputs
Custom fields for travel requests
Allow importing approved overtime hours into payroll
Add date and time masks
Fixes
Fix logout cookie issue, by clearing remember me cookie when logging out
Improve privacy for GDPR
Improvements to file upload field
Fix issue: attendance rest end point not working on php 5.6
Fix, leave request attachment can not be seen
Release note v22.0.0.PRO
Features
Support multiple leave groups ()
Allow filtering by all leave statuses
New view for leave time-line
Improvements to leave module documentation
Improvements to module naming  
Fixes
Remove unwanted default leave periods
Fix issue with approved leave cancellation
Fix issue: filter dialog default values are not selected
Fix issue: department head can be an employee outside the department
Fix issue: department head or supervisor (who has manager leave access) can't use switch employee feature
Fix issue: employee name is not visible on report if middle name is empty
Fix issue with viewing files attached to leave requests
Release note v21.1.0.PRO
Features
Creating leave rules based on years of experience of employees
UI improvements (help button and error messages)
Allow adding placeholders to test fields
Improvements to German Translations
Fixes
Fix leave rule selection issue when leave groups are used
Fixing notification issues
Release note v21.0.0.PRO
Features
Improvements to leave/PTO module
Ability to carry forward leave balance indefinitely
Fixes
Fix outdated Mail library
Fix issue: JSON strings not supported in GET request
Release note v20.3.0.PRO
Features
Employee and Attendance REST Api Released
Import/Export for Payroll Configurations
Ability to import employee approved time sheet hours to payroll
Ability to import approved expenses into payroll
Swift Mailer based SMTP support (no need to install Net_SMTP anymore)
Add direct Edit button on employee list
Fixes
Fix DB connection issues due to special characters in password
Fixes for custom field saving issues in mysql v5.7.x
Release note v20.2
Fixes
Fix for resetting modules
Release note v20.1
Features
Compatible with MySQL 5.7 Strict Mode
PSR-2 compatible code
Employee History Module
Staff Directory
Fixes
Fix: password reset not working
Fix: limiting selectable countries via Settings
Release note v19.4
Features
DB migration support - no need to upgrade your database manually for every release
Adding calender view to timesheet module
Ability to quickly edit timesheets using an editable table
Subordinate timesheets can be filtered by employee
Fixes
Fix for setting user language
Fixing issues with Employee time entry report
Fix for displaying custom fields under employee profile page
Release note v19.0
Features
DB migration support - no need to upgrade your database manually for every release
Payroll Module Improvements
Development environment and vagrant machine is available now
Department heads who can manage all employees attached to a company structure
Release note v18.0
Fixes
Fix issue: admin dashboard translations are not working
Release note v18.0
Features
Translations (beta) for German, French, Polish, Italian, Sinhala, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Spanish
PDF Reports
Ability to specify department heads
Add advanced custom fields to employees via UI
Allow indirect admins to approve travel requests
Adding more languages to Language meta data table
Improvements to report module
Ability to select sections for placing custom fields on employee detail view screen
Introducing clone button
Unlimited custom fields for employees
PDF report for monitoring time employee spent on projects
Report files module - Allow downloading all previously generated reports
Fixes
Fix: subordinates are not showing beyond first page issue
Release note v17.1
Fixes
Fix: recruitment module candidates not loading issue
Fix report files issue
Release note v17.0
Features
Introducing clone button
Unlimited custom fields for employees
PDF reports using wkhtmltopdf
Introducing pdf report for monitoring time employee spent on projects
Report files module - Allow downloading all previously generated reports
Fixes
Attendance sheets module - allow setting overtime calculation period
Remove pwd button from user roles tab
Allow viewing paid invoices (Enterprise only)
Adding missing jQuery UI
Release note v16.1
Fixes
Fix LDAP login issues
Prevent webserver from printing errors on screen
Allowing "." and "-" on username
Release note v16.0
Features
Payroll reports module for IceHrm Enterprise
Improvements to salary module
Employee History Tracking module - Track all important changes to an employee
Initial implementation of icehrm REST Api
Improvements to data filtering
Multiple tabs for settings module
Overtime reports - now its possible to calculate overtime for employees.compatible with US overtime rules
A tab to list documents added under employee view
Logout the user if tried accessing an unauthorized module
Setting for updating module names
Add department filter to employee leave report
Fixes
Fix issue: classes should be loaded even the module is disabled
Checking user permission before adding default module for user
Deleting the only Admin user is not allowed
Fixes for cron issues
Fixes for handling non UTF-8
Fix for non-mandatory select boxes are shown as mandatory
Fix: Indirect supervisor full leave list not showing
Release note v15.0
Features
Training module added to IceHrm Pro
LDAP module added to IceHrm Pro
Clear HTML5 local storage when logging in and switching users
Adding indirect supervisors to employees
Allow indirect supervisors to approve leave requests
Improve leave status change workflow
Showing a loading message while getting data from server
Adding a new field to show total time of each time sheet
New report added for listing Employee Time Sheets
Company logo uploaded via settings will be used for all email headers
Fixes
Fix issue: default module URL is incorrect for Employees
Fix date parsing issue in time sheets
AWS phar is included only when required
Release note v14.6
Features
Adding a parameter for leave types and leave rules for setting maximum number of leave days that can be carried forward from one year to another
Fixes
When a leave is cancelled, another leave can not be applied on the same day
Fix dashboard attendance count
Release note v14.4
Fixes
Fix for Paid time off not getting bound to leave period issue
Fix amount label name in expense module
Fix for expenses report (payee field is not in report)
Fix issue: users are not redirected to default module after login (IcehrmPro)
Run cron jobs only is the file exists
Release note v14.0
Features
Expense management module
Improvements to travel management module to change the process of applying for travel requests
Employee document expiry notifications
Immigration documents has been removed from travel module and users should use documents module instead
Leave filtering with leave period
New report add for getting travel requests
Bunch of UI improvements including changing menu order and font sizes
Ability to stop all notifications for certain leave types
Add a setting to use server time for time zone defined on department that a user is attached to create new attendance records
Improvements to admin/manager and user dashboard
Managers allowed to view/add/edit employee documents
New reports added for employee expenses and travel
Fixes
Fix issue: leave type not included in employee leave report
Fix invoice ordering
Fix unavailable help links
Remove manager access from recruitment setup
Remove Add New button from employees module for managers
Remove Add New button from archived and terminated employees tabs
Fix - training module view session info from my training sessions tab not working
Release note v13.4
Features
Fixes
Fix employee leave report leave type field
Release note v13.0
Features
Recruitment module
Allow managers to edit attendance of direct report employees
Fixes
Employee switching issue fixed
Fix terminated employee labels
Fix issue with punch-in
Release note v12.6
Features
Charts module
Code level security improvements
Fixes
Employee switching issue fixed
Release note v11.1
Features
Add/Edit or remove employee fields
Release note v11.0
Features
Employee data archiving
Leave cancellation requests
Adding view employee feature
Fixes
Improvements to date time pickers
Release note v10.1
Features
Integration with ice-framework (http://githun.com/thilinah/ice-framework)
Option for only allow users to add an entry to a timesheet only if they have marked atteandance for the selected period
Restricting availability of leave types to employees using leave groups
Admins and add notes to employees
Release note v9.1
Fixes
Add missing S3FileSystem class
Fix issue: passing result of a method call directly into empty method is not supported in php v5.3
Release note v9.0
Features
New user interface
Decimal leave counts supported
Update icehrm v8.4 to v9.0
Make a backup of your icehrm db
Run db script "icehrmdb_update_v8.4_to_v9.0.sql" which can be found inside script folder of icehrm_v9.0
remove all folders except app folder in icehrm root folder
copy all folders except app folder from new installation to icehrm root folder
Release note v8.4
Fixes
Fix leave carry forward rounding issues
Fix issue: select2 default value not getting set for select2
Fix issue: email not sent when admin changing leave status
Release note v8.3
Fixes
Fix user table issue on windows, this will resolve errors such as: (Note that this fix has no effect on unix based installations)
Admin not able to view user uploaded documents
Admin not able to upload documants for users
Admin can not view employee attendance records
Employee projects can not be added
Release note v8.2
Features
Instance verification added
Release note v8.1
Fixes
Fixed bug that caused a fatal error in php v5.4
aws2.7.11 phar file replaced by a aws2.7.11 extracted files
old aws sdk removed
Release note v8.0
Features
Admin dashbord module
If the employee joined in current leave period, his leave entitlement is calculated proportional to joined date
Improvements to reporting module
Adding new employee time tracking report
Join date for employees made mandatory
Sending welcome email when a user is added
Let users directly reply to admin user from any email sent out from icehrm
All the users who are not admins must have an employee object attached
Upgrade aws sdk to v2.7.11
Allow employees to change password
Use only the email address defined under user for sending mails
Making work_email and private_email fields optional
Fixes
Upload dialog close button issue fixed
Release note v7.2
Fixes
Some critical vulnerabilities are fixed as recommend by http://zeroscience.mk/en/​
Release note v7.1
Features
Improved company structure graph
Leave notes implementation � Supervisor can add a note when approving or rejecting leaves
Filtering support
Select boxes with long lists are now searchable
Add/Edit/Delete company structure permissions added for managers
Add ability to disable employee information editing
Fixes
Make loans editable only by admin
Fix: permissions not getting applied to employee documents
Fix error adding employee documents when no user assigned to the admin
Code Quality
Moving all module related code and data into module folders
Release note v6.1
Leave carry forwared related isue fixed
Release note v6.0
Features
Notifications for leaves and timesheets
Leave module accrue and leave carry forward
Employee leave entitlement sub module
Ability to put system on debug mode
Allow admins to see documents of all the employees at one place
Backup data when deleting an employee
Employee attendance report added
Changes to time entry form in timesheet module to make time entry process faster
Admin can make all projects available to employees or just the set of prjects assigned to them using Setting "Projects: Make All Projects Available to Employees"
Employee document, date added field can not be changed by the employee anymore
About dialog added for admins
Fixes
Fix default employee delete issue (when the default employee is deleted the admin user attached to it also get deleted)
Fix user duplicate email issue
Fix manager can not logout from switched employee
Remove admin guide from non admin users
Release note v5.3
Fixes
Fix missing employee name in employee details report
Release note v5.2
Fixes
Remove unwanted error logs
Fix attendance module employee permission issue
Resolve warnings
Remove add new button from subordinates module
Adding administrators' guide
Release note v5.1
Fixes
Fixing for non updating null fields
​https://bitbucket.org/thilina/icehrm-opensource/commits/df57308b53484a2e43ef5c72967ed1cd0dc756cc​
Release note v5.0
Features
New user permission implementation
Adding new user level - Manager
Fixes
Fixing remote table loading issue
Release note v4.2
Fixes
​https://bitbucket.org/thilina/icehrm-opensource/issue/23/subordinate-leaves-pagination-not-working​
​https://bitbucket.org/thilina/icehrm-opensource/issue/20/error-occured-while-time-punch​
Release note v4.1
Features
Better email format for notifications
Convert upload dialog to a bootstrp model
Fixes
Fix error sending emails with amazon SES
Fix errors related to XAMPP and WAMPP servers