ShiftExec

Version 4 updates

Please note that the following updates apply to an older version and may not be applicable to the most recent version.

4.6.2 18 Apr 2020
  • Added Next/Previous labels for schedule navigation links.
  • Added labels for new shift/timeoff links in the schedule view.
  • Make new shift/timeoff links visually muted for past dates.
  • Added a setting if to disable using of Draft shift status.
  • Moved Everyone Schedule / My Schedule to separate links in main menu
4.6.0 3 Apr 2020
  • Added a setting if a conflict is considered for overlapping shifts only in the same calendar.
4.5.9 11 Mar 2020
  • When creating a shift or assigning new or another employee, unavailable employees are displayed below available ones.
  • Added a setting for default shift duration.
  • In the admin calendars list view we added the quantity of notifications and permission options enabled for each calendar.
  • The schedule view remembers last filtered calendars and employees.
4.5.8 10 Feb 2020
  • Added an option to filter our open shifts from a display, i.e. see assigned shifts only.
  • Added a new 4 weeks schedule view.
  • Added employee description to the shift details view.
4.5.7 2 Jan 2020
  • Calendar permission settings were not working correctly for visitors (not logged in users).
  • Added the timezone setting.
  • Notifications still sent the shift type title even if it was disabled (instead of the time).
4.5.6 23 Dec 2019
  • Added a permission settings per each calendar if to allow employees from other calendars see shifts in this calendar. It configures the feature added in version 4.5.5.
  • BUG: Custom fields were not saved when repeating a shift for multiple days (Pro Version).
4.5.5 18 Dec 2019
  • BUG: Employees could see shifts from other calendars that they are not allowed to participate in.
4.5.4 16 Dec 2019
  • Added a setting to define the time increment for time selectors (5, 10, 15 etc minutes).
  • Added a setting to define if the lunch break input is needed.
4.5.2 30 Oct 2019
  • BUG: Open shifts from different calendars were also grouped which was wrong.
  • New setting if to automatically create a pickup request for open published shifts. (Pro Version)
4.5.1 23 Oct 2019
  • Group multiple open shifts for the same time in the schedule view.
  • New setting if employees are allowed to create shifts for themselves with conflicts (overlapping existing shifts).
4.5.0 10 Oct 2019
  • BUG: The weekly repeat function included the current day of the week even if it was unchecked (Pro Version).
  • Removed hyphens and underscores from the abbreviated labels if the full labels contained any.
4.4.9 9 Oct 2019
  • In the month schedule view the shift widget now displays abbreviated label of the calendar title or of the employee name, depending on the grouping selected.
  • Modified the permissions part so that if an employee can't see others shifts in a calendar, so this employee can't also see others employees names.
4.4.8 27 Sep 2019
  • Added "Every 2 Weeks", "Every 3 Weeks", "Every 4 Weeks" shifts repeat options (Pro Version).
  • BUG: Backward schedule navigation button worked incorrectly in the day view.
  • BUG: Minor translation related and other fixes.
4.4.7 10 Sep 2019
  • Schedule header with date labels now sticks to the top when scrolling down the schedule view.
4.4.6 1 Sep 2019
  • A small change when creating multiple shifts: for example if there are 2 new shifts for 1 Sep and 1 Oct, after submit you return back to 1 Sep calendar, rather jumping forward to 1 Oct.
4.4.5 5 Aug 2019
  • Changed how links to shifts in calendar are displayed. That allows other links in custom fields if any to work properly.
  • Schedule navigation links now in the footer too.
4.4.4 10 Jul 2019
  • Shifts duration summary view now separates shifts and time off.
4.4.3 5 Jul 2019
  • If from the schedule week or month view switching to the day view, for the current week/month it shows today rather than the first day of the week/month.
4.4.2 17 Jun 2019
  • Added an option to select all employees when creating a shift.
  • Added "viewers" for calendars - users who can only view shifts.
4.4.1 13 Jun 2019
  • New notification to all employees when other employee picks up a shift (Pro Version).
4.4.0 29 Apr 2019
  • BUG: Repeat shifts function didn't work after 4.3.9 version update. (Pro Version)
4.3.9 26 Apr 2019
  • Modified "X Days On / Y Days Off" automatic repeat option to accept manual entry that enables any repeating shift schedule.
  • BUG: forms with multiple action buttons may not have worked properly in some installations.
4.3.8 22 Apr 2019
  • Added an option to select calendars when creating a new employee.
  • New notification to manager when an employee picks up a shift (Pro Version).
  • Edit custom fields in one form rather than save button per each field (Pro Version).
4.3.7 29 Mar 2019
  • BUG: Multiday shifts were not shown if they begin before the displayed range.
  • When repeating a shift with custom fields, these fields get pre-filled with the current values from this shift.
  • Added several automatic repeat options (like weekly, biweekly, etc) when creating a new shift (Pro Version).
  • BUG: Error when creating multiday shifts when choosing a start date that was not initially appeared on screen.
  • Added calendar description to the new shift form.
  • Redesigned the multiple days selector so that the checkbox and the date label are stacked rather than shown on one line as sometimes the date got truncated on narrow screens.
  • Added "Toggle On" options when assigning employees to calendars in the admin area.
  • Added password reset options and regular users can now edit their profile and passwords.
4.3.1 5 Dec 2018
  • Updated the translation file.
  • Added the date label when selecting a shift type after calendar view.
  • Minor fix in the view when selecting repeating dates for new shifts.
  • Added a week number in the schedule week view.
  • Added a setting if to send notification emails in HTML or plain text.
  • BUG: Employees could delete their published shifts if they were only allowed to create draft shifts.
4.3.0 9 Nov 2018
  • If employees/visitors are not configured to view others shifts in all calendars, then the Everyone Schedule view is not available for employees and visitors.
  • BUG: Minor error notice "Undefined index: cfield_details". (Pro Version)
  • BUG: Custom fields were not included in email notifications after shift create. (Pro Version)
  • Added a setting if to hide hours counters in the schedule view.
  • Added the "Toggle Selected" button in the bulk actions form. (Pro Version)
4.2.9 30 Oct 2018
  • Added shifts duration summary per day in the week view.
4.2.7 18 Oct 2018
  • Added a new drop down type for custom fields. (Pro Version)
  • Custom fields are now also included in the iCal export. (Pro Version)
  • BUG: Shifts view permissions may be processed incorrectly for employees' iCal export.
4.2.6 9 Oct 2018
  • BUG: After reschedule notification emails still displayed old time.
  • BUG: Error in the iCal export feed for employees.
  • BUG: It didn't allow to update a custom field if there was already another one with the same label in another calendar. (Pro Version)
  • BUG: Overlap conflicts function may show false alerts sometimes.
  • Schedule day view now shows 7 days at once.
4.2.5 23 Jul 2018
  • Optimizations to improve speed for heavy schedules with many employees and shifts.
4.2.4 22 Jul 2018
  • BUG: "Not allowed" error when trying to create new open shifts.
4.2.3 20 Jul 2018
  • BUG: Date labels were not visible in the print view.
  • BUG: Calendar type (shift/timeoff) was reset after editing a calendar.
4.2.2 18 Jul 2018
  • Added the description field for employees which is also displayed when creating shifts or changing employees.
  • BUG: The shortcode parameter route="myschedule" doesn't bring up the correct view.
  • BUG: The repeat function didn't correctly added shift lunch breaks (Pro Version).
4.2.1 17 Jul 2018
  • BUG: the shifts were not showing in the week/month view for the last day for the week/month.
4.2.0 16 Jul 2018
  • Redesigned the new shift process so that shifts can be created for multiple employees at once.
  • Custom fields added to notification templates (Pro Version).
  • BUG: it wasn't allowing to create a lunch break for overnight shifts, like shift 11pm-3am and break 1am-2am.
4.1.6 14 Jun 2018
  • Added the day shifts calendar view.
  • Added a setting to specify min and max time, which is convienient if you don't need 24 hours.
  • When creating new shifts, the initial visible dates calendar extended to 4 weeks.
  • BUG: a date wasn't preselected in the Select Dates view when adding a shift from calendar (Pro Version).
  • BUG: bulk action form to change employee was displayed even if it wasn't allowed for the current user (Pro Version).
  • BUG: filtering for "open shifts" was not working in the schedule view.
4.1.4 5 Jun 2018
  • BUG: error when an employee tried to create own shift even if it was allowed.
4.1.2 7 May 2018
  • Custom fields are now added to the export download file too. (Pro Version)
4.1.1 26 Apr 2018
  • Special calendars for time off, timezone fix in iCal feed, bug fixes.
4.1.0 25 Apr 2018
  • Added custom fields module for the Pro version.
  • BUG: error when creating a new shift type (on a site with PHP 7.1).
  • BUG: error when creating a shift for a calendar which had only one, custom time shift type.
4.0.8 18 Apr 2018
  • Added shift detailed information on mouse over in month schedule view.
  • Added CSV feed of upcoming shifts (in Administration, Upcoming Shifts Feed), it can be used to export shifts to other applications.
  • BUG: error after trying to change employee (appeared since 4.0.7).
4.0.7 17 Apr 2018
  • Added an option to create multiple open shifts at once.
  • Display current timezone in the iCal details page.
  • Added links for iCal feeds per employee.
  • Added an option to skip notification emails on shift create or update.
  • Added an option to hide certain days of the week.
  • Added a description field for calendars, the calendar description is displayed in the shift detailed view.
  • BUG: several calendar permission settings might work incorrectly.
4.0.6 13 Apr 2018
  • Fixed a few translation issues.
  • Added a configuration if to show shift type title in the calendar.
  • Added an option to select application language (translation files required in the /languages folder).
  • BUG: Time off were not imported if upgrading from v3.
4.0.5 12 Apr 2018
  • Enabled HTML editor for email notification templates.
  • BUG: Fatal error when deleting a calendar.
4.0.4 9 Apr 2018
  • Added an option to turn off/on email notifications per user.
  • Modified the admin schedule view so it's a bit faster now, not reloading the whole page after shift update.
  • BUG: The repeat action wasn't creating shifts properly (Pro version).
  • BUG: The shifts on the last day of the week were not shown in the week view.
  • BUG: The shift type title were not recognized in the calendar view for overnight shifts.
  • A slight visual adjustment in the calendar view to make grid borders a bit more prominent.
4.0.3 8 Apr 2018
  • Added schedule month view.
  • Added an option to create custom time shifts.
  • Added an option to edit shift time.
  • Added duration column for the CSV/Excel download file.
  • Added the shift detailed view window.
  • BUG: Upgrade from v.3 failed if there were several employees with the same name.
4.0.1 3 Apr 2018
  • Added the shift pickup module for the Pro addon.
4.0.0 2 Apr 2018
  • A new major version update.
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