Changelog / Roadmap

A powerful new calendar where you can schedule tasks to specific daily hours.

It works best in combination with Resource management, but it not dependent on it.

More information about Easy Scheduler will be available in the official ER 2018 1.3 release publication.

when filtering authors of tasks being "non-member" anonymous users showed up in such filter. This fix removed anonymous form such filter.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.1)

An option has been added to the chart settings, where you will be able to decide,by what the columns should be sorted out.

Without any selection, the columns are sorted by default from the highest to the lowest.

Checkboxes added: 

- Reverse order: columns will order from the lowest to the highest.

-Sort chart by name (or date) of items on X axis

Added in version 2018.1.3

Added page modules New Contact, New CRM case.

Module settings are similar to those in New task.

It is now possible to open the list of items that are fitlered in Trends page module.

This helps you details of what is behind the overall value in the trend.

The list opens in a pop up window, so you never leave the dashboard.

New filters on task lists:

• Author's role (including non-member, anonymous)
• Author's group

Synergic integration between WBS and Project Budgets.

Newly in WBS you can use budgets features such as

• View whole budget on projects and tasks
• Add incomes and expenses
• Cost Breakdown Structure - costs broken down from project through subprojects, tasks and subtasks in all levels.
• Selection of items to show in the breakdown (incomes, expenses, personal costs, profit)

Improved module Activity feed on custom pages.

Possible to use global filters on this module => line managers and team leaders can have better insights about activity of their subordinates, all on one page.

Global filters above projects

Scrum board >> project backlog

You have saved filters that are tagged on top.

The number next to the filter didn't always show the correct number of tasks in that filter.

Fixed in platform: 05.00

Connections of an artifact were not possible to create.

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

The date bar on resource management was missing when opening the page in Safari browser.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

If no swimline was selected the task disappeared after drag and drop.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

If two or more required custom fields are edited the saving failed, as the system did not remember the edit took place.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

The option to select assignee as none in Gantt has been enabled.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

Custom allocation in RM was not available on the whole length of the task.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

The context menu on the agile board in the mobile view did appear at the bottom of the page. This fix ensures it appears on top of the selected card.

fixed in version 2018.1.3 

The "Save" and "Cancel" buttons were not displayed in the "New" task" popup on the "Project backlog" page

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

compacting the trends for the mobile app, caused some texts overlapping.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

Contacts visibility between roles did not behave consistently.

This fix ensures that the contacts visibility behaves like any other permission. WIf the user has two roles, 1 role has the permission to see all the contacts and the second roles does not have this permission, the permission from role 1 beats the permission in role 2.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.0)

The tooltip box which shows task details turned very small when choosing the option to "add estimate" 

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

the allocations in RM did not count allocations from imported tasks.

Allocation appeared to be higher than it was in reality. 

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

In the "day" view of the report, not all data were visible, also the Total column was hidden and there was no horizontal  scrollbar

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

When trying to delete a time entry connected to an attendance activity via bulk time edit, the entry seemed to be deleted, but in fact was not deleted. Because a time entry which is tied to an attendance record cannot be deleted.

This minor fix ensures the user trying to delete such a time entry get s the appropriate message.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

Option to create a baseline on a chart di not work. 

Fix ensures that the baseline is created.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.0)

The error message appearing when moving repeating real expenses to planned has been edited so that it is clear that planned real expense/ income cannot be moved unless the repeating is turned off.

Private comments of tasks were visible in the activity feed to users who do not have the right to see private comments.

This bug has been fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

If a user is a member of a subproject, he can see the parent project in the project list view. When this user right-clicked on the parent project, where he was not a member, a popup appeared containing the option "select module) initiating that the project will open on one of the projects modules.

If the user is not a member, he should not have any options, this option has been replaced with a "no modules to choose from" message, so that it is clear this user has no right to enter this project to prevent any confusion.

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

Move to the project did not check membership permissions. 

This fix sets that when moving a task the edit will be done in bulk_edit, which check this and prevents any issues happening when moving tasks from projects to project and that the correct fields are being checked.

side bar peaks.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

The helpdesk function which automatically updates tasks when they are not updated for a certain period of time was malfunctioning.  Instead of reassigning to a selected person, or author, the filed simply cleared. 

This issue is fixed in the version 2018.1.3(5.0)

when on a sales activities list, the activities were duplicated if there were more user on one CRM.

this fix ensures that the users will be duplicated only when the list will be grouped by user.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

When creating a project template from the task view, the required project custom fields were not available, thus making it impossible to create a project template.

The fix forbids required custom fields in project templates, to prevent such problems.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

Text wrapping added to the filed names.

When a name of a field was longer, it was tucked under the filed itself.

this issue is mainly with different language mutations.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

Attachments or email sections in tasks are collapsible, the system will remember whether this section is collapsed or not

It will make working with the task easier, less scrolling, less loading time if collapsed.

Prerequisites

Setting on project budget - personal costs are calculated from tasks according to rate hierarchy

Setting of activities (time tracking) - activity is selected when creating task

Behaviour

Tasks without assignee, but with pre-selected activity do not contribute to the personal costs calculation.

Change

These tasks are taken into account and contribute to the planned personal costs.

This fix changes the user color scheme display in WBS .

Fixed in version 2018.1.2.(4.2)

When filtering users by role, sometimes ser who did not have the filtered role active on them appeared in the list.

This change ensures that only user with the selected role active on them will appear in the list.

fixed in version 2018.1.3

Previous behaviour

Task list that grouped by column Last updated may have showed inconsistency in number of tasks belonging to each the group and count showing next to the group name.

For example there were 4 tasks in the group, but the number indicator showed 2.

Cause

Inconsistency in how the tasks and indicator are shown. One is according to last comment on, the other is according to the last journal entry, which may or may not have been a comment (but also just a change of status for example)

Solution

Unification of filtering, column and grouping by last update into using the last journal entry

Why is it a change and not a bug?

Historically correct, but determined by various other changes.

Also, this fix requires a release note, which is not what a standard bug fix should requires. In this case, there was no better way.

Side effects

Existing task lists (on page modules, or saved filters) that are using the filter Last updated will filter according to last journal entry instead of the last comment on task as it was previously.

ER 2018 1.3 contains Redmine 3.4.6

Processing of helpdesk mailboxes has been isolated from general other crons.

This enables more reliable, quicker and less resource-demanding mailbox collection of helpdesk emails.

Inconsistency between fulltext search, search in filter and quick search (sidebar - contacts).

Problems in Ruby < 2.4. Not full support of unicode. Caused inconsistency in case sentivity, unsearchable characters. Especially in Cyrillic.

This change unites fulltext search, filter search and quick search in all entities except: DMS files, Test cases, Requirements.

Platform version: 04.03

When managing attendance approval in iOS the application did not let the user actually edit the approval.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

If an email format with special characters is not supported, the following note will appear :

Note: Some emails may not be shown correctly in this view (e.g. in .msg format with special characters). In such case, please download the email and open it in your email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.).

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

New filtering option on task list

Improved creation of filters with output Tiles - easier selection of attributes to show.

In the Organisational chart there is the option to choose to see some user fields directly in the chart for a better overview.

This feature ensures that there are also the names of the fields visible, so that it is clear which field is what (email, phone number,personal email etc)

Added in version 2018.1.3

Helpdesk automatically relates contacts to new tickets if the sender is known - the email is entered in an contact.

This feature didn't work if the contact contained multiple emails in the email field.

With this addition, helpdesk will also link these contacts to tickets - if the sender is one of the emails in this field.

In all queries (tasks, spent time,...) in output Report we added SUM row at the bottom of the contingency table.

This adds the last missing contingency table feature.

Built-in pages are the dashboards that are associated with certain functionality, e.g. Budgets - portfolio overview, Help desk - dashboard, etc.

Overview of these pages has been added. Along with import/export option => you can share with or download from community.

In attendance >> detailed report you can newly filter <<My subordinates>> and <<My subordinates tree>>

The feature requires plugin Organizational structure

Task subject was missing from the tooltip in kanban/scrum board.

this fix ensures that it is there.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.0)

1 - A legend has been added to the attendance module- until now it has been only on the main calendar URL.

2 - display of approval has been enhanced.

Project and task will have different colours to prevent confusion and ensuring a smooth user experience.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.1)

Budget overview did not show closed projects but did count with money from those projects. The closed projects will be shown by default so that the totals match 

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.1)

In page, modules were not respecting spent time visibility settings.

Causing incorrect results display in modules.

Fixed in 2018.1.3(5.01)

Via helpdesk, it is possible to add coworkers by putting emails of registered project members into the mail copy.

Anonymous user or user who is contacting the company via email in helpdesk was not able to put coworkers to the task, because the anonymous user is not really a member of a project and therefore does not have any task rights, apart from updating and creating tasks.

This fix ensures that the anonymous user can also add co-workers, to ensure complete ticket creation.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.01)

If an email reply was sen into a task the comment did not fit in the comment section so it was cut off, without the option to "show more"

This issue is fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

filter on CF type date did not list the correct tasks with respective dates filled in.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

The problem appeared on custom field type "long text" on CRM. When this field was edited a notification was sent to the CRM assignee when the assignee clicked on the diff link, he was redirected not to the CRM, but another task where he did not have any rights.

This fix ensures that the redirect is made to the correct place.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.02)

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

If the done ratio of a task was 0 the option to edit %done on that task was not available in Gantt view.

This fix ensures that it is there at all times.

fixed in version 2018.1.3 (5.02)

the User type was unchangeable for an LDAP registration.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0.2)

fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.2)

The to-do list did not remember the positions of singular to-dos.

Fixed in 2018.1.3(5.2)

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

There were some issues with the CF special visibility. For example, it could be visible when it was not supposed to be.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.2)

sorting of the users' activity has been managed so that activities that are connected are grouped together for a better overview.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.04)

tooltip in scrum backlog appeared empty in some cases. This fix ensures that the tooltip always contains data.

Fixed in version2018.1.3(05.04)

an option to remove contacts from favourites in bulk has been added to the inline menu.

fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.4)

Calculations have been incorrectly calculating the weeks close to the start/end of the year. Which caused some data being display in an incorrect week in the charts and in RM.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

When text editor was closed the quote function did not work on message boards.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

When editing assignee through the Gantt interface, the users were only searchable by ID not by name.

This fix ensures that you are able t search by typing in the name of the user.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

ctrl+v action did not paste a picture from the clipboard in Firefox.

fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.4)

Special visibility to be visible only for <<me>> was not respected by the system.

This issue has been fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

It is no longer possible to select a closed project.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

Alerts regarding milestones were sent when they were not supposed to.

Fixed in version 2018.1.2(5.4)

100% done was not being set when a subtask which was closed by closing the parent,  despite the setting being set in administration.

- when closing parent task close also subtasks
-set 100% done on closed tasks

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

By default, there are the last 10 updates loaded on a task and you can unveil the rest via the "show all" button.

Because of this the PDF export of a task only exported the last 10 updates no matter what.

This fix ensures that the whole task history is exported when doing a PDF task export.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

custom field link was not being exported according to the settings.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4)

If a subject length of a ticket surpassed 255 characters the attachment did not save on the task.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.4.)

Option to edit dates in attendance was missing is some instances.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3(5.0)

The project name and path appeared without the dividers. So if the current project was a subproject, the parent project looked like it was part of the current projects name.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

The sprint overview menu item was missing from the more menu.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

The kanban board column did not change colours when moving the task card across the board.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3

Drag and drop anchor coved up the checkbox at the beginning of the line, which caused some troubles, in some instances the checkbox was clickable despite it, but mostly it wasn´t this fix ensures the anchor is in its place with the appropriate size.

Fixed in version 2018.1.3.(5.0)

When a approval of holidays request has been cancelled , the request appeared at first glance as normal approved holiday. This fix ensures better visualizasion of cancellation of such request.

fixed in version 2018.1.3 (5.3)

The following change of filter visibility has been included in the new version:
Role filters - will be available for internal users only

To be able to use filters and options according to Project custom field in Money module, on lists of:

Planned expenses overview, Expected expenses overview, Planned incomes overview, Expected incomes overview, Travel costs overview, Travel expenses-reimbursement overview

If the sender's address of an incoming e-mail to the helpdesk matches the e-mail address in an email field in contact, this contact will automatically be related to the task. 

An icon for a quick edit of CRM case description

If you have budgets for tasks enabled, you will be also able to see them in a whole separate list (or chart).

It is practically the task list with values from task budgets.

When creating or editing budget entries (incomes/expenses), you can choose which entity they are related to:

• project
• task
• milestone
• CRM case

If you have disabled budgets on tasks, milestones and CRM cases, the selection will be hidden.

New features in charts:

Average

Charts can now show average values. For example a bar chart of showing comparison of average spent time per task on different projects.

Cummulative

Useful in line chart with time base.

Example chart - solved tickets in time.

• Regular chart will show number of solved tickets every week (Week 1 - 70 tickets; Week 2 - 55 tickets)
• Cummulative chart will show total number of tickets after each week (Week 1 - 70 tickets; Week 2 - 125 tickets)

New operation in action buttons - add to project backlog

In setting of a help desk mailbox, there is a new button that will load the names (destinations) of IMAP folders.

This will prevent troubles with entering the correct names of imap folders in the related mailbox settings.

Printable (export) emplates can be transfered between applications.

More detailed information about whether an email notification was sent from application.

Will be useful in troubleshooting when some expected system notifications seem to be missing.

Possibility to install package with default data - Would you like to load default data? y/n 

Addin attachment via WBS did not save the attachment.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Table fixes have been applied.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00)

When copying a user type, the new user type was saved correctly but the original one has been renamed.

Automatic renaming has been forbidden to prevent this.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

On tracker, it is possible to set that a task cannot be closed unless attachment is present.

The bug is in that it was not possible to attach and close in one step. You had to attach a file, save and then close task in another step, which was time-consuming.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Caused by edge - minor fixes on our side to make the edit quicker.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

An option to select a Project swimlane on a project view of a kanban has been removed.

It is still possible to use this swimlane on a global scale.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(6.0)

A new token representing remaining helpdesk hours has been added.

This token can be used in computed custom fields. By simply adding this token to the computed field, without any other additions. IT will then show the remaining hours on tickets.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

filters fix.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Swimlanes kept closing when moving tasks.
You opened a swimlane, moved a task and this swimlane would close again.
This fix ensures that the swimlane is opened until you close it.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00)

subtotals in cashflow when grouped were not cluclated.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(6.0)

Decimal places were not exported into CSV, because of formatting.

The formatting has been removed so that the export equals the data exported.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

The order of such suggester was not kept after saving.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

When printing Gantt the token for Gantt was not working in the printing template.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

The total allocation has been displaying incorrectly when opened in detail.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

logo on the login page would move variously when the keyboard was open.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

The welcome form on newly setup apps did not display correctly, it was not complete and the scroll was not available either.on mobile view.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Validations of projects have been disabled when adding new activities because it does not have any effect on the project itself.

an issue with adding an activity could appear if there was, for example, a required field on a project, and this field was not filled in accordingly. 

The validations would block the new activity creation.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0.(06.00)

Attachments were marked as unread, even after being read.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Ij project list using the columns "last comment" the last comment was shown only if the last comment was just made if the history of the project has been edited and the comment has not been added the last comment disappeared from the project list.

Now the last comment will be displayed always, as long as it is present.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0.(06.00)

Updated by filter option Any/none did not work correctly if tasks were never updated.

Fixed so that it works even on tasks that were not updated.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

A user without the appropriate rights was able to add related tasks to newly created task via the new task form.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

The option for logging time on task in the more menu of the task did not work correctly.

When logging time through this option a random list of the task was available instead of tasks from the current project + the autocomplete option did not work.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(6.0)

Activity feed did not show special characters.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

In translatable names (eg. statuses, priorities, user types) there is an change in name editing. Name can be changed in a pop up window, where you can see all localisations.

This will prevent the situation when you would rename a task status. But the change was only done in your current language. The other translations remained inconsistent.

Story

• You are only allowed to see your tasks
• You are allowed to log time on tasks

You are updating a task, set assignee to a different user, log time, Save. After save you will stay on the same task. But you don't have permissions to see it. So you get error 403 - not allowed.

Solution

In this scenario, you will be redirected to the task list on project. You will also receive message about successfully updating the task.

Previously

CRM case assigned to you with filled next action field. It is shown in the meeting calendar among CRM cases even if it is closed

Now

If the CRM case is in status marked as closed, or if it is marked directly as finished or cancelled, it is no longer shown in the meeting calendar

For section Actions -> Assignee added possibilities: 

- unassigned

- <<author>>

- <<last assignee>>

The milestones will be moved according to the moving of project

When custom logo is used -> background color is taken from main menu

Standard logo (Easy Redmine) is used -> backgroung color is white

Underlining Redmine version - 4.0.3

Complex revision of icons

• More menu
• Service bar (chat, to do list,...)
• Icon selections (trends, custom menu for user type, filters tagged in heading,...)

New dynamic tokens available in help desk mail templates:

%author%

%mail_to%

Help desk projects have a separate list from the regular project list.

This new features adds columns from standard project list into help desk project list for better reports of help desk projects.

Filtering in contacts caused an issue, where filter worked only for the first 25 in the list, but the rest was random and not according to the filter itself.

fixed in version 2019.0.0( 06.00.01)

When creating a new sprint and using the checkbox: Move tasks from selected sprint.

The tasks did not move on. This fix ensures they do.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.01)

Possibility to filter spent time entries according to milestones

the project custom fields were present when creating a new project from a template, however, they were hidden and it was not obvious at first glance how to uncover them.

The template page has been fixed so that the project custom fields are accessible easily.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

fixing of mail formatting application to keep emails look unified.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.02)

The status columns were not showing up in kanban despite being set up correctly in the settings.

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

the fix is that the original author remains pre-selected when copying a project, but can be changed and not rewritten to the current user. It remains the same for templates, ie. the new template from the template has as the author the person who created it, not the original author of the template itself

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

The " delete" option was not present on an empty sprint.

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

CSV exports contained some empty lines which were unnecessary + caused issues when further working with the file. These lines have been removed.

Furthermore, CSV export doesn't contain SUM (total row) even if you have it enabled in the list in application.

To export sum, you can use XLSX export

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

Some parent projects were missing the + button which showed the subprojects.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

Custom filed type Percent with range enabled changed the value of the custom field to either 0 or 100 and ignored the entry selected manually.

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

Number in the Problems list were showing to many digits after the decimal point.

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.02)

In a situation where user is dissalowed to edit field Email to in help desk ticket, it was impossible to send the message to the customer via help desk.

The option Send email to recipients in Email to, cc was missing.

Behaviour has now changed and the option is always available, even if the field is not visible during ticket update.

Summary of weeks wasn't correctly calculated

New item in WBS legend - spent time ratio, which provides a neat overview of the less effective tasks in the project structure

Reservations in resource management can now be set by % of user capacity

Permissions to use export templates did not include the option to export a task into PDF. the permissions have been peaked so that really only permitted users were able to export data from the system via the export buttons.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.04)

When you have a radio button with some settings under it,  the radio button would not be switched on when you click on the setting that is related to it.

This issue is fixed in the version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

When creating easy page, sometimes the Save button did not work, which prevented the user from saving the changes he made.

Fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.04)

Required fields set in workflow were not correctly displayed to a user which prevented him from filling in the preselected form.

fixed in version 2019.0.0( 06.00.04)

Planned personal costs on main tasks were not calculated from subtasks.

This fix ensures that it does calculate from subtasks as well.

fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

When selecting the  <<my subordinates tree> in filters over the REsource management the user were not displaying in RM after this filter was applied.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

When logging time via the task more menu, the project was not prefilled correctly.
The project prefilled was not the project the current task belonged to.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

Approval request cancelled or otherwise managed through a context menu on a page module lead to a 406 error despite the change taking place.

fixed in 2019.0.0(06.00.04)

Setting up a recurring meeting does not respect the settings and recurring happens randomly.

For example, recurring on working days created meetings even on the weekends.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

Display of description in the task list has been fixed.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.04)

Situation

Project and subproject are archived. Go to Adminsitration >> Projects. Filter archived projects. You want to unarchive a project and its subproject

Bug

You are unable to select the top project, therefore unable to unarchive it.

Fix

Top projects can be selected => unarchived, along with their subprojects

Build fixed: 06.00.04

Editing of spent time details created a new entry instead of editing the selected one.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

Previously

Resource management shows only tasks that have start and due date in the selected period.

As a result, some tasks that are allocated in the selected period were hidden from view.

Now

Resource management shows all tasks that have some hours allocated in the selected period.

Options in the Tools menu in gantt and resource management more compact and unified as togglers

Before

Sending email to customer via help desk without selecting an email template contained also history of the ticket.

Now

Email without a template only contains the current comment and the ticket description, nothing else.

When you are attending a multiple day meeting (via meeting calendar), in Resource management it will act as a full day meeting for all concerned days.

For example, Meeting starts May 6th at 09:30, ends on May 9th at 13:00, resource management will show full workload for all four days. It will still be possible to allocate hours to these days, but the meeting will be shown. This is the only viable way to show multiple days in RM.

Full chat history with a colleague is in reverse chronological ordering - newest on top

Control panel of HTML text editor is slightly reorganized and buttons separated to groups with similar purpose.

Some controls (for example Font) were removed from Advanced html toolbar and put to Full html toolbar so it may seem to have dissapeared. The setting is in Administration >> Settings (General) - HTML editor toolbar

Story

Fixed position of hide/expand icons in WBS

Tasks and folders icons only flashed when different tools were used and did not display correctly in the Resource management view.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.05)

Project modules - sorting is taken from used filter.

When adding a module into a page template, the saved filter option stays unavailable despite being selected.

fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.05)

Custom fields on spent time activities were not visible on task edit.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.06)

Weeks displayed in Gantt were displayed differently than in date picker when editing tasks.

e.g.:  week 5 dates in Gantt were under Week 4 in datepicker on task edit.

The gantt will now take weeks according to the settings of the first day of the week in users settings.

fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.06)

Attendance categories in attendance settings are now expanded by default.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.06)

In the Edge browser, the top menu rolled down and sometimes ket the position in the middle of the page.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.06)

Change of CRM price was not saved properly when edited. The editing was possible, but after saving the change did not show.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.06)

When creating a new contact type, the custom field selection was not saved after the initial save, nor if the type was edited.

fixed in version 2019.0.0( 06.00.06)

Previously

Help desk project has a custom email header/footer set. It is used when email is sent from ticket to customer.

Autoreply after ticket didn't contain this custom setting

Now

Automatic emails from help desk also contain custom header/footer from project setting.

New filter for spent time - Task

The selection is via autocomplete field, with multiselect available

Minor fixes of display on mobile view.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.07)

When grouping spent time records by multiple custom fields, the result did not always match the reality.

Group 1 displayed correctly, group 2 appeared as "none" despite the data being filled.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.07)

.exe attachments were categorized on the task attachments as emails not as regular attachments.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.07)

When entering a reservation in resource usage (TOOLS / Reservation) and selecting the default allocator, error 404 was displayed.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.07)

When choosing default allocator for resource reservations, the system gave back error 404

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.07)

Project priority was only available as a filter and column on project list. But was not seen in the project detail.

Now it is visible module Project information on the overview page.

In bar chart with many items, you can set a "long tail" = last column which shows sum of the last values.

For example: Project revenues by country. Set bar limit to 11, and enable long tail.

You will see Top 10 countries and all the rest will be shown in the last column as a sum.

New page module - Multilanguage noticeboard

It works as a regular notice board, but you are able to add localizations in different language.

Detailed description in Release notes for Easy Redmine 2019.

Estimated time was visible in e-mail notifications to users who did not have permissions to view estimated time.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00)

Fix: There is possible to create a project from a template with required CF.

New action added to automatic ticket updater in Help desk - send email from template.

Very useful for gathering feedback, or following up on passive tickets that are waiting for Client's answer.

A quicker way of sending emails from help desk tickets to customers.

Selection of email template directly on task edit form. After which you won't need to go into the next dialogue where you confirm sending email. Attachments (and pasted images) added during the update will also be sent with the email.

The current way of sending email to customer is still also available.

More detailed description is in Help desk 2019 release notes.

Design tweaks in organisational chart

Resource dashboard modules now contain global filters.

3 levels of meeting privacy: > public - other users see details > private - other users see name and time > confidential - other users see only time. Name is shown as "Confidential event"

Tasks can be filtered according to the Project where their sprint is located.

Here is a story
You have one designated project where you work in Scrum. The sprints in that project are set to use tasks from all projects. (This may be the situation when the tasks have to be in specific projects and you don't want to copy them into this scrum project.)
Now you would like to make reports of those tasks that are in sprints of this project. Previously you would have to select the sprints manually, and add each new sprint into the filter. Now you can simply select the sprint's project and you have a long lasting saved filter for reporting purposes.

Reservations in resource management have a new - description - field

Selection of project in resource management reservations

New feature in export templates:

1. Create a custom .docx file containing dynamic tokens used in export templates
2. Upload the file into and export template
3. From task list of a single project, choose Print in the exporting options
4. Select your export template and click Generate docx

Resource allocations - i. e. hours allocated to certain users/groups on certain time period - now have their own list.

As a result it is possible to create custom reports, charts, gauges and trends of resource allocations.

Distributed tasks will no longer be clonable as it caused many issues due to the nature of distributed tasks and how they work.

fixed in version 2019.0.0 (07.00)

Project custom field CF %{project_sum_estimated_hours}

Was not recalculated unless the whole project was saved.

This fix enables recalculation with the use of Rake tasks.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(7.00)

this issue was caused by another function- It has been fixed so no negative numbers will appear.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(7.00)

Previously

Global setting in Help desk - Accept autogenerated emails. It would overall disable processing of autoamtic emails

Now

Setting was moved to each help desk mailbox for better flexibility.

Previously

With watchdog in Resource management enabled, you were warned when assigning a task to overloaded user (on a certain day) even if this task doesn't allocate any hours on that day

Now

Warning is not shown on task, with zero allocated hours on the overloaded day.

Warning text was changed.

Previously

You changed column width in Gantt's task list. After page refresh it was reset to default.

Now

Width is remembered not only after refresh, but also when you open Gantt on another project.

New CKeditor version integrated

If a user doesn't upload avatar to his profile, his monogram will be shown.

Internet Explorer is no longer supported in none of its version, including 11.

No bugs in IE will be fixed anymore.

Users can switch to safer, maintained browser Edge

When sending an attachment along with an email reply, the attachments added to the current comment is automatically selected as attached, which results in quicker email sending.

Version added 2019 (7.0)

Page modules in Resource dashboard have a custom title.

It goes ofr Total allocation chart, Top user utilization, Tracker allocations

A new standard field on tracker. Useful for help desk performance statistics and passive tickets follow-up.

• Contains internal users
• Is enabled per tracker
• Can be used in global filters (on dashboard)
• Can be used in action buttons
• Option <<me>> available
• Ability to migrate values from a custom field to this field
• Is used in Help desk 2019 official dashboards available in community.easyproject.com

Detailed information in Help desk 2019 release notes.

Sprints can now be deleted

Previously

Button for milestone deletion was hidden in context menu on list of milestones.

Now

Delete button is available on milestone detail.

The task sequences function did not display correctly because of some recent changes in CSS.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(06.00.07)

Fix: Buttons (edit, delete, backlog, etc.) respect permissions. They are not displayed for users without permissions. 

Daily repeating tasks are created automatically again 

Bug: The "evenly" allocation was allocated a higher amount of hours to the last day. 

Fix: Evenly allocation works right and last day does not have a higher amount of hours

The name of the values is shown in the attendance history instead of values ID. 

File format CF - The contents of this custom field type are visible to administrators only, and other users do not have access to the contents of that field regardless of the custom field visibility setting.

The global filter Scrum/Kanban does not filter assignee in the sprint any more. It works only for Project backlog. 

Some projects did not save after moved in global Easy Gantt. Now the projects will be saved. 

You can choose a way of saving a file when you edit a task. When you set up "Files and DMS" in the global setting of DMS you can save the file to DMS.  

Custom fields - Partial administrator can change values of custom fields. 

Bug: Possible set up the action of projects fields for task's EB

Fix: Easy Buttons cannot change any project values (project status, project due date etc.) 

Bug: spent time modal remove a chosen project 

Fix: The project and all of the other fields stay to fill in. 

Decimal allocation function was changed - the allocation is counted by 0.5 hour.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(07.06)

An issue without filled activity is fixed. Easy Timesheets works on Edge 

There is a permission to see "/easy_money/issues" when the user is not admin. 

The relations are always fixed. For more info about relations, check the documentation for Easy Gantt plugin.
https://www.easyredmine.com/documentation-of-easy-redmine-2018/gantt-knowledge?view=knowledge_detail&id=105&category_id=63#Drag%20&%20Drop%20Tasks%20Relations%20with%20Delay

A project template with "inherit member" setting now inherit members from the upper projects where is set up as a subproject.

Due date is required field when you create a task in Easy Gantt. 

If you have open the context field in Resource managment it is closed by click out of the field. 

On-click feature on graphs worked fine unless you hid one of the results via the legend. The click then led to a wrong project in such a case. Now the click always leads to the correct project even when some results are hidden.

When a new project was created from a template and the checkbox "Set all tasks' start dates by start date of the project" was ticked, it could result in that some tasks have start_date > due_date. This has been fixed as the checkbox now moves also tasks' due dates when moving tasks' start dates.

Sliders (to top, move up, move down, move to bottom) in task categories showed strange codes instead of standard icons.

In the "Budget of project" popup window in the Budget overview tab, the Net margin item was hidden behind the Close button. After the fix, the Close button is shown below all items and doesn't hide anything.

The date of new timesheets was shown far more on the right side of the schedule instead of being centered, both on mobile and desktop. Moreover, this also caused the right arrow to be hidden behind the date.

When creating a project from a template and the checkbox "Set all tasks' start dates by start date of the project" was ticked, Error 500 appeared in the next step. This was caused by another bug with non-valid tasks as some tasks had start_date > due_date.

If there were spent time entries on subtasks and the parent task was deleted, the spent time entries on subtasks were also deleted without any notice. After the fix, the notice has been added, so now it works in the same way for deleting parent+subtasks with spent time entries on them like for deleting a task with its own spent time entries.

"Apply" button on Activity screen has been functionally fixed and added green background color for better recognition.

In Resource Management, reassigning an already assigned task to another user was not possible due to a bug. When trying to do so, all users appeared red-backlit, thus unable to assign the task. This has been fixed.

List of dynamic token for export template contained a large number of duplicities.

In WBS, users' avatars are always shown by the assigned tasks, even when avatars are turned off on user's profiles.

On the user selection of a global filter, the option '--- Select ---' now works in the same way as "nobody", enabling you to ignore the user field in global filters without the need for removing the field itself.

There has been a change when we enabled filtering of spent time by task ID. This caused an issue on parent task when if you clicked on the Total spent time, only the parent was shown because of the task ID filter. Now, when you click on the Total spent time, there are Total spent time for the task and Total spent time for the whole tree (task + all subtasks). And both show correct spent time totals if you click on them.

We fixed some unpleasant issues with "others" group on the pie chart in terms of correct counting and correct order among other groups present. Now it works in the same way as long tail on the bar chart.

We fixed a bug where pressing the Less button on a task detail reduces only the gray background, but the text remains displayed and is overlaid with the task description text.

We fixed an issue when alerts regarding milestones were sent when they were not supposed to. Now, alerts for milestones by due date are working correctly (checked both for a specific date and for numbers of dates). Alerts for milestones by saved filters are also working correctly.

We fixed a bug that made it impossible to sort tasks in My task module on a personalized page. Sorting is now working just as easily as on the standard task list.

The " Save" button was not active (clickable) after submitting the form with empty fields on the "New entry" popup in Attendance. It happened in combination if there wasn't an activity selected by default and you didn't choose one. Now, there is a warning message if no activity is chosen (or selected by default).

The "Internal server error (500)" page was opened after clicking on the "Quarter" icon in the "Detailed Report" tab in the Attendance. The problem is now solved.

In WBS, when Icons are enabled, the status is sometimes in a transparent color => not readable

The textile editor did not display highlighted code.

Display fixes of the agile plugin in mobile view.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (07.06)

Values alignment was different for each column in the "CRM case items" section after adding an item. We changed the table headings to be aligned accordingly to the content of cells - headings of numerical values such as amount and price were aligned to right.

Custom fields for spent time are now automatically adjustable in all resolutions, thus eliminating the situation they were too narrow for writing or reading.

We fixed 2 bugs that prevented creating a project template.
- It was possible to create custom project ID that contained forbidden characters, e.g. capital letters.
- When creating a template from the project, the duplicate identity with itself was incorrectly validated, causing the template to not be created.

There is not reported in the distributed task history about changes of its subtasks.

Spent time report: 

Bug: Sum columns were shown in the wrong position.

FIx: Column's position is right

If more users update a task at the same time there is a warning about it, where user can discard own changes. If the user adds attachment it is saved to the task always, even when the user does not want to save own changes of the task. 

The width in an Alert email is fixed. It was too narrow. 

Story

There is a custom field on task, that is visible only for specific roles (in setting of the custom field)

When this custom field is changed, users who are not allowed to see it, will not receive notification, which is correct. Users who are allowed to see this field receive the notification, but the change is not show in the notification - which makes is useless

Fix

The notification contains information about the change in this field.

When using custom field type autoincrement, you may have come across these issues:

• when you remove a value (edit -> delete) system acts as if there is a value and raises the incremental number
• when using increments per tracker - creating a new task -> change tracker -> increment is not reset to the lowest available number -> it would skip some values

Both of these bugs are fixed.

Using Help desk, you can update tasks via email (for example, when you reply to a notification from task).

If for some reason, someone deleted the journal (the comment on the task, which you replied to), the email would not be processed and the task would not be updated.

This fix ensures that the task will be updated even if the journal has been deleted.

Previously

In global Gantt it was possible to move/drag tasks into closed projects. After saving, it would show "success" message.

However, the task would stay in the original project, because application logic doesn't allow to move tasks to closed projects.

After fix

Gantt will disallow droping tasks into closed projects.

Recommendation

When using global Gantt for task movement, filter out closed project. Otherwise, you may be surprised why you are not able to drop a task to some projects.

Build fixed: 07.77

The warning message is displayed on the "Attendances" page after adding a new entry with an invalid date. The due date cannot be sooner than the start date. 

Added attendance for more days is shown immediately after save

No refresh needed anymore - page is refresh automatically

If the CF has set up "read-only" in the workflow, the edit pencil is not shown any more. 

When user has set up any time zone - the attendance and spent time are shown in relevant time zone for other users.

Fixed problems when attendance automatically logs spent time. Attendance is viewed correctly, but spent time could be on incorrect date.

In some specific cases, deleting vacation from Attendance overview would result in blank page with error message - Please save the module again

Icon selection was not working when adding a new custom menu item for user type.

The sprint is not changed for subtasks when you change parent's sprint.

Settings of the fiscal year caused quarters to display incorrectly.

E.g. If the fiscal year is set to begin in April, the quarter representing Q1 appeared for the period of 1.1. as if the fiscal year was set to default.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0(7.77)

When you create a new milestone via Gantt and fill in custom fields, the custom field values are not saved

Fix: CF for the milestone is saved when you create new milestone via Easy Gantt. 

There are only relevant entity types available in trends (e.g. tasks, milestones, spent time and similar). Unusable entities have been removed from the selection.

The buttons for editing attendance record is shown in the list after the changing zoom of the shown period. 

During task edit Gantt, priorities are edited also for the unselected task if the task has been previously selected by right click.

Fix: Priority is changed only for currently selected task

There is a possibility to add attendance for non-working days. 

Bug: It is not possible to add attendance for non-working days when the activity is entered by whole/half-days

Fix: It is possible to add attendance for the non-working day when the activity is entered by whole/half-days

When viewing task, option to show all attributes or just the main 4 (more/less button) is remembered.

E.g. when you click +More on one task, all the next tasks that you open after that will show the same way.

select size has been modified to be easily usable.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0

the trash button was not looking like a button but jut like a text.

Fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.02)

Fixed save button in modal window.

Fixed position of sales activity fields, when sidebars are collapsed/expanded.

Fixed service bar on moble screen.

When you wanted to create a subproject from a template.
The form for the project from template selection did not fill in the project you added the subproject to as the parent project on the selected template. Which means you would have to select the parent project again.

This fix ensures that if you create a subproject from the project detail and proceed to select a template, this template will keep the parent filled in.

fixed in version 2019.0.2

Activities on the  selection were not ordered by the order set in /enumerations, but according to activity ID´s 

fixed in version 2019.0.0 (06.00.04)

Bug: The email notification was shown too narrow. 

Fix: The styling of an email notification is right. 

It is possible to select the date span for Gantt export. Both for global and project Gantt.

"Jump to project" search is possible set up again

New dynamic tokens added for export templates are:

%year%

%last_month_number% - e.g. 8

%this_month_number% - e.g. 9

%last_month_name% - e.g. August

%this_month_name% - e.g. September

These token are under the Others group in the list of dynamic tokens.

Custom dashboards (Administration >> Page customisation) can be allowed to be edited only by selected users or user types.

On task detail, section spent time, comments are added to the view.

Added option on alerts for tasks.

Send alert to:

• all participants
• group members
• custom email
• task assignees
• task coworkers

It is possible to select a help desk email template as default. Meaning that when you are sending comment to customer, there is a higher chance that a template is preselected (leaving less manual work for the support agent).

The behavior is as follows:

Prerequisites

• one email template can be set as default
• every email template must have a linked mailbox
• you can have more mailboxes in your system
• email template may be (but it is not required) connected to a certain status

Situations

• ticket is created manually (not from email) - template from a is preselected according to status, if not found, default template is preselected
• ticket is created from a different mailbox than the one with which the default email template is used - template with this mailbox is preselected based on the status (same as currently) => no template is automatically preselected if using status for which there is no template assigned
• ticket is created from the mailbox with which the default tempate is used - template is preselected based on the status - if not such template is found, the default template is preselected

Trends and names of tabs on all dashboards can be localized into different languages.

One-click balancing of allocated hours on users.

Detailed documentation in release notes.

By clicking on the sum of allocated hours of a user in resource managment, you will see a summary of the tasks and other events. This summary has been expanded by showing the capacity.

Conditions to view action button now contains filter for Author - which allows for exampe to view action buttons only on tasks where I am author (author is <<me>>)

Tasks can now be filtered by assignee of their related contact.

The use case? Contacts represent customers. Contacts may have an assignee (which, for example, could represents account manager). Contacts can be connected to tasks. With this new feature, you can filter all tasks which are connected to contacts of a certain account manager. And possibly set alerts for tasks that are pending resolution for a longer time.

When you click on the allocated hours of a user in resource management, the tooltip will show the project name next to the task - for better orientation with common named tasks.

A new option in Gantt that shows task completion according to Spent time vs. Estimated time (instead of % Done).

The switch is in the Gantt settings (More >> Easy Gantt >> Settings) and is called Show task spent time ratio

REST API now contains supervisor attribute, which is used in Organisational chart plugin.

The attribute is called supervisor_user_id

In lookup custom field, it is possible to choose budget entities (planned/real incomes/expenses).

This expands the possibilities of connecting various entities to budget items, and also to connect various budget items between each other (e.g. link income to expense).

In budget settings >> rates of users/activities/roles it is now distinguished between zero rate and blank value.

By entering "0" you are setting a "free" rate = 0 x spent time. As a result the reports (payroll and invoicing sheets) will show hours, but zero cost. An example may be work that you are not billing to your customer, but you need in your internal cost reports.

By leaving the rate blank, the system acts as before = the next rate in hierarchy is used for the calculation (budget settings >> rate hierarchy).

One of the most requested features is ready for semi-supported release.

Filtering (of tasks, spent time, projects, etc.) is extended by a custom filter option, where you can build filters using OR operator. For example, tasks where I am author or assignee.

To enable this feature
1) Go to Administration >> Settings >> General >> Enable Easy Query Language
2) On any list with filters, the very last option is Easy Query Language
3) Enter the attributes according to the provided hints

Values of test case custom fields can now also be imported

On all lists (tasks, projects, spent time, etc.), it is newly possible to change width of columns.

Same applies to page modules with lists.

When ticket A is merged into ticket B, only the B ticket will remain in the Email to, Email cc fields

This behavior was fixed - contents of these fields are merged (all emails remain).

Prerequisites

Global setting >> Spent time: task is required when logging time
Attendance >> Vacation setting: By logging this attendance, also log time to project ...

Previously

The time entry that was created from this attendance entry can not be approved (locked) because it doesn't contain this any task.

Now

Time entries generated from attendance can be approved regardless of the said global setting.

Project setting - Activity 

Bug: when the setting is "Select activity when creating the task" there was not possible to set up activities for non-member role. 

Fix: There is a possibility to choose the activities for a non-member. 

Fix for attendance view with different time zone than server (especially with large time differences).

When creating contacts, there is a check of duplicite contact that is suggested.

However, if you switch between contact types this check didn't work in certain conditions.

User Stan is a member of Group X. Group X is a member of Project A in role Executive worker. This role is pretty restricted, it can only edit a task status and add comments to tasks.

A task is assigned to the Group X => all members are considered as assignees of this task and permissions from the role Executive worker should apply. However, Stan can only add comment, but not edit the status (workflow and all settings were enabled for this change). If the task is assigned directly to Stan, he can make the status change as well.

The fix
Regardless if the task is assigned to the group, or any particular user of the group, the permissions work the same.

This case may apply to all other permissions and workflow restrictions, not just comment and status combination.

Users who can not see tasks will not be listed in Kanban board's swimlanes on the project.

Working in the project Gantt, there is the option to select more tasks and edit them all at once (bulk edit).

Bug

By right clicking on any task from the selection, all other tasks would become unselected and you are only editing that one task.

Fix

All tasks remain selected.

When filtering a query by a computed custom field's value, decimal numbers have to use a decimal point in the correct form "." instead of ",". When the latter symbol is used, the filter will return "invalid custom field" error. This applies to filters on lists as well as modules on a personalized page.

Option to save an export of Gantt or WBS to project documents has been removed. It was never fully functional and all the other options cover all relevant use cases.

Overall refactor of Requirements management plugin

Among the changes are:

• relation between requirements issues
• task-requirements relation issues
• new field - Acceptance criteria in some types of artifacts
• speed optimization
• stability fixes

When you create a repeated meeting in Scheduler or old meeting manager, repeated meetings will be immediately created for the upcoming 30 days.

Invitations are sent always 7 days before each meeting.

Module for user home page My tasks has been removed. It became obsolete and can be replaced by module tasks from filter (assignee is <<me>>), which is not hardcoded and therefore configurable.

If you are using the module, it will remain on your page. But you will not be able to select it when setting up the page.

When creating a project from template, you can select to change author on all tasks.

Previously

Email notifications were sent to the previous author. Then the author was changed to the new selected user, but notifications are not sent.

This in fact means notifications were sent to the incorrect user.

Now

First the author is changed, than the notifications are sent => the new author receives them, as is expected.

Prerequisite

The situation concerns users who, in their profile, have allowed notifications about changes they made. If a project is created from template, and you are made author, the notifications act as if you are creating the task.

Behavior of default role of project author has changed.

Previously

Every user who created a project was given the role based on global setting (Administration >> Settings >> Projects - default role for user who creates a project

Now

Role of the author of the project is taken primarily from setting of his user type (Administration >> User types - Default role

If this is not selected, then the global setting is used

It is more clear in the attendance calendar when an entry has been rejected.

Sorting of team members in module on project overview - Project team - has changed.

Users with with top roles are sorted first (based on order in Adminsitration >> Roles and permissions). Previously, this sorting was reversed.

Users with the same role are sorted alphabetically.

System users are not shown in this list at all.

Button to create new test case on the task has been moved under the more button with the other task operations (move, copy, etc)

Module User utilization on Resource dashboard has improved user selection - autocomplete for better and quicker selection. And especially to prevent browser overloading in applications with many users.

New test case button is moved from task sidebar into the More menu of on the task.

In large and complex projects, with many relations between tasks, when working in Easy Gantt, one single move of a task could cause a chain of shifts in the rest of the project.

That may end in various forbidden operations that are reported as errors (tasks moved beyond their milestone, task dates that violate earliest/latest due/start dates based in their relations).

The cause of these situations is that during Gantt edit, the delay in task relations is fixed (delay is the time between end of the first task and start of the second task, e.g. 3 days). The delay will not be allowed to become shorter, therefore, all tasks will be moved forward.

To solve this problem, there is a new option on Gantt called Unfix all relations (under Tools button). By enabeling this option, all relations between tasks will become "flexible" during editing. As a result, moving one task will not cause move of the whole following set of tasks. When saving the change, the relation delays will be saved as new, and will not be validated whether they satisfy previously set fixed delays.

It is not possible to delete a task in WBS if there is spent time on that task (or its subtasks), even you have the permission.

The reason is that by deleting the task, you would also delete spent time. In standard task deletion you are warned about deleting such task. But in WBS, for the sake of smoother operation, there is no warning, therefore user would may not be aware of the consequences.

Official supported Redmine version is 4.0.4

Task edit in WBS will be managed by a new modal window.

Detailed information about the modal window in release notes.

New task/task update - changes in assignee field

1. With many users the selection changes to autocomplete
2. When you type to search, the options <<me>> and similar will disappear

If an attendance category (for example vacation) is set to log time to a specific project. And logging time requires a comment (setting in Adminstration >> Settings >> Spent time). In this case, approval of attendance would result in an error because there is no comment on the generated time entries.

It was technically correct, but not usable. The change in this specific case is that the required comment setting is not validated => comment doesn't need to be filled.

Attendance >> report

New column - waiting for approval

Not answered vacation requests will be shown in column Waiting for approval and will be counted in the Remaining formula

When the vacation gets rejected, it will disappear from this report.

Page module - Project history now contains text field to that allows users (with sufficient permissions) to directly enter comments on the project.

Previously

Emails sent via help desk would contain header and footer based on global setting (Administration >> Settings >> Email notifications) + header and footer from the project help desk settings (Project >> Settings >> Help desk)

Now

Emails from help desk only contain header and footer from the project settings, never from the global settings.

This goes for manually sent emails as well as automatic help desk emails (autoreply, auto update).

When selecting assignee, author or user in a custom field, the selection field is shown as autocomplete => you can type to find the user.

Newly possible to approve multiple day attendance request at once in Scheduler

Information about SLA response and resolve time on task detail can be hidden for selected user types (Administration >> user types >> hide SLA data).

SLA can also be hidden for specific users (Administration >> users >> edit >> hide SLA data).

User will not see the SLAs if at least one of the setting is enabled.

Charts, lists on dashboards of entity allocations are now filterable by global filters on the dashboard.

If a user is requesting for more vacation days than is allowed in their user profile, there will be a warning during the submission of the request, which the user must confirm.

The same warning will be shown to the manager who is approving the request.

(Vacation/attendance day limits are set for each user in Administration >> users >> edit >> working time. Can be set only be admin or partial admin for users management).

There is a possibility to relate the test case with a task of other projects. 

By entering text easy_knowledge_story#123
you will get a link to knowledge post with ID 123 (there is a suggester available as well)

CRM cases are searchable by phone number.

Same as in help desk tickets, it is now in CRM cases.

Emails from customers are in a separate section of attachments on the view of CRM case then the rest of the attachments.

Page module trends were added the page comparison to previous period even if they are calculated from two queries.

As an example you can imagine a trend showing average spent time per closed task. The calculation is total spent time on tasks in last 7 days divided by number of tasks closed last 7 days. Until now it was not possible to view percentage change from the same calculation for the previous 7 day period.

By entering text easy_contact#123
you will get a link to contact with ID 123 (there is a suggester available as well).

Added column Status into user list, as well as a grouping option.

User statuses are active, locked, registered (pending confirmation)

Same as budgets on project (portfolio overview) and budgets on tasks, now there is a central list of budgets on CRM case.

Naturally, this can be viewed as report (contingency table) or chart.

In budget lists (planned/real incomes/expenses), it is now possible to filter/group items by type of entity where the items are (project, task, CRM case)

Built in pages (such as Help desk dashboard, Attendance overview, Sprint dashboard, etc.) now have possibility to restrict users or user types who can edit them. If selected other users will not be able to.

Computed custom fields on projects have expanded the selection of values into the fomulra by subproject fields and descendant fields.

For example, sum of spen time of all subprojects.

User with rejected attendance has offline status next to his name until he registers a new attendance activity.

If a project from template contains tasks that are tagged, tasks in a new project from this tempate will also contin the tags. Previously the tags were not kept.

If you set a user group as coworkers during task creation, the members of the group would not receive notification about task creation. They would only receive notifications from task updates.

This is inconistent with the behavior when users are cowokers of the task individually.

Fix

Member of the group added as coworkers during task creation receive notification about task creation.

When task contains attachments saved in DMS, and you move the task to another project, the DMS attachments are left in the old project => they lose connection to the task.

Fixed, so that DMS attachments are also moved.

Note: Module DMS must be enabled in the target project.

List of budget items (planned/real expenses/incomes) is grouped by project. Groups are loaded collapsed by default. You expand a group, edit an item. After saving the change you are redirected back to same list. But any group that you expand will contain the same items = of the same group of the item that you edited.

Default state of checkbox Send account information to the user on user creation/edit has changed.

Previously

User creation - box was disabled

User edit - box was enabled

Now

User creation - box is enabled

User edit - box is disabled

This

Previously

It was possible for users to work with weekly and monthly time sheets at the same time.

Now

You need to select which type of time sheets you want to use and all users in the whole application will then use only this type.

Prerequisite

You need feature Extended time sheets
https://community.easyproject.com/forum/feature-plugins/monthly-time-sheets

New setting in organizational chart do determine visibility of tasks.

In Administration >> Plugins >> Organizational chart - Configure you will find a select box Share subordinates access to supervisor

This captures the situation if the supervisor is not a member of some projects of their subordinates and uses task filter - Assignee is <<my subordinates (tree)>>

If forbidden, behaviour is as previous - doesn't see those tasks.

Calendar available in right sidebar now contains Scheduler data (plugin required).

New permission added for scrum on project.

By allowing combination of permissions View Scrum board and Manage sprint backlog you will allow the role to work with sprint backlog. But not to edit scrum settings on project - that is with permission Edit Scrum board.

On the following entities, you can view external ID in list:

• Projects
• Project templates
• Tasks
• Time entries
• Contacts
• CRM cases

External ID is used to reference entity imported from a different system (via CSV or XML)

New entity called Test plan has been added to Test case plugin. It groups selected test cases into a bundle.

Test plan can be linked to a task => all test cases belonging to the test plan will be linked to the task.

When a requirement is linked to a task. And the task is linked to a test case / test case execution. The test case data, including result of execution will be shown on the requirement.

Using the Search field in top menu has a new option. Start typing  po: [project name] and the suggester will only show open projects.

This is of course in addition to the already existing options:

• p: all projects
• t: tasks
• u: users

This is unrelated to Jump to project field, which works same as before.

HTML text editing = CKEditor
Version update 4.11.4 >>> 4.13.0
https://ckeditor.com/cke4/release-notes

Computed custom field from filter have been removed due to instability.

Bug

When creating task and field Parent task is set as required in workflow, the field is not red, as other required fields.

Fix

It is red.

The red line in resource management didn't reflect time zone of current user

Scenario 1:

1. I copy 2 subtasks using context menu, option "Copy"
2. I get to a page where bulk edit can be done (/issues/bulk_update), filed "parent task" shows "No change" which looks alright.
3. clicking on "Copy button" saves both the tasks BUT NOT AS SUBTASKS but "on the 1st level" of tasks. See pic 1 (gantt)

Scenario 2 - with required parent field

1. Workflow settings: parent task is obligatory for Tracker "issue"
2. I copy 2 issues (that are subtasks ) using context menu option "Copy"
3. I get to a page where bulk edit can be done (/issues/bulk_update), filed "parent task" shows "No change" which looks alright (same as in the Scenario 1)
4. clicking on "Copy button" gives GENERAL ERROR MESSAGE in return: Failed to save 2 task(s) on 2 selected: #580, #581. pic 2

The both scenarios work OK if other parent task is selected on bulk edit page.

Bug: S1: copied subtasks are not saved as subtasks
S2: copied subtasks whith parent task as required cannot be saved

Fix: S1: copied subtasks are saved as subtasks for the options of parent task: "No change"
S2: copied subtasks whith parent task as required can be saved for the options of parent task: "No change"

Comupted custom field with special visibility in payroll and invoicing sheets showed no value in list, but export to xlsx showed values in these lines.

Now, export is identical to list.

In global budget settings (Administration >> Budgets >> Other settings) you set Planned personnel costs are determined by last option.

And set the Planned hourly rate to any non-zero number.

Bug

On budget settings of a specific project >> Other settings it was not possible to set the rate to zero

Fix

It is always possible to set this rate to zero, regardless of the the global setting.

Previously

If role has permission to edit edit (won) time entries, but limited days in past to edit time entries, it was still possible to delete the time entry.

Now

The days to past limit is also applied to deletion of time entries.

Limits to log / edit time entries are configurable in Administration >> Settings >> Spent time
Limits for roles have priority over global limits.

Permission Add comments to groups didn't work. Despite being disabled, user could still add comments.

Slightly modified form of knowledge post creation/editation, with emphasis on the text editor size.

Detailed info in release notes.
https://www.easyredmine.com/documentation-of-easy-redmine?view=knowledge_detail&id=229&category_id=83#maincol

This change ensures that alert evaluation completely ignore closed projects.

For example, alert for open overdue tasks will not include open tasks that are on closed projects.

Long term unresolvable issues with custom field in format File lead to the decision to remove this custom field from Easy Redmine.

Existing custom fields in this format will remain intact - you will not lose any data. But it will not be possible to create new custom fields of this format.

When creating a meeting, it is now possible to set when to send notification about the meeting.

• Send now - works as before, email is send immediately when the meeting is created
•  7 days before
  • if less than 7 days remain to the meeting, notification is send immediately
  • otherwise, notification is sent a week before meeting date