SpokeWare Release

 

We are releasing a new update to SpokeWare today. As always there are a bunch of behind the scenes bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations. Some of the big ticket highlights of this release are:

• Announcements on the Time Clock

The Time Clock now displays eStratex Announcements on the Time Clock. If you have any questions on how to setup the announcements in eStratex please contact your friendly support staff.

• Timesheet Editor Revamped

The Timesheet editor was re-worked based on end-user feedback.

Below is how the Timesheet editor looks today

Here is how it will look after today’s release:

The layout of the top part was changed slightly and the font size was reduced to allow better use of the space on the screen. Note: you can always enlarge/reduce the font size by using the Ctrl and +/- key combinations on your keyboard.

Much more importantly the Timesheet editor now allows you to edit the punch in/out time instead of the total hours. It displays the time in, out and the unpaid break (e.g. lunch) time taken during the shift. You can override any of those values and update the Timesheet and changes will be reflected immediately.

You are now able to delete any Timesheet entry, not just zero entries.

Open punches are now displayed in the Timesheet editor. The entry’s date will be colored in red. The missing punch’s time will be displayed as ?? for both the hours and the minutes. You can either Delete the entry altogether or update the missing punch’s time.

A bug was fixed related to entering paid PTO hours on the Timesheet. Under certain conditions adding the PTO would’ve caused an Overtime entry to be added to the Timesheet even though PTO is not Overtime eligible. This has been fixed and adding the PTO through the Timesheet does not affect Overtime under any conditions.

• Budget Module Real-Time Data

The budget module now uses real-time punch data from the Time Clock. As soon as a punch is complete or added through the Timesheet editor the impact of that punch on the budget will be reflected in the budget module.

The data will continue to update in real-time as work is carried out.

A minor bug in this module has been fixed where saving the rooms sold was not updating the calculations correctly and this is now fixed.

 

Upcoming changes

The changes above are complete and will be released this weekend. For the upcoming release we have three main items on our development list.

1. Split the punch in and punch out buttons on the Time Clock. This will allow people to punch out even if they forgot to punch. The open punch would show up on the Timesheet editor and the manager would override the punch.
2. Allow employees to enter cash tips earned as they clock out.
3. Add couple more requested reports.

 

As always if you have any questions please contact your friendly support person.