Interactive dashboards for internal users ("Landing Experience", Widgets)

Auto-assign resources ("Resource Allocation Ruleset")

Enhanced copy function

Accessibility improvements (Accessibility)

Accessibility

Assignment Details

Assignment Packages

AssignmentPro APIs

Authorizations

Business Rules

Checklists

Compensation Calculations

Compensation Worksheets

Configuration Enhancements

Cost Estimates

Dashboards

Expense Entry

Landing Experience

Mobile Employee Experience

Production Reports

Quick Workflows

Request Types

Resource Change Batches

Resource Rulesets

Resources

Security Enhancements

Single Sign On (SSO)
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System Preferences

Tax Assistance

User Maintenance

User Report Types

User Reports

User Tables

What-If Cost Estimates

The Help button now supports screen readers and keyboard navigation

Fixed an issue where the characters “&nbsp” would appear before some field labels.

The session time-out now works across multiple tabs. You will no longer get warnings that you will be signed out in one tab if you are working in another

A notification appears when a user successfully deletes from single record user table

Fixed an issue where the timeout message would display the incorrect number of seconds before the user is signed out

The standard Tasks and Reminders widget now supports screen readers and keyboard navigation

The available Dashboard Layouts submenu now supports screen readers

Keyboard focus is now visible throughout AssignmentPro, improving accessibility for users who use the keyboard to navigate and interact with the system

AssignmentPro menus now have ARIA tags to support use of screen readers

The Username, Password, and Device Authorization Code fields on the Sign In page now have proper labels to support the use of screen readers

Some text colors were changed to improve readability and meet accessibility standards

Screen reader support has been added to type-ahead fields in AssignmentPro

A notification will now appear on the screen when a record is deleted

User pages now have ARIA tags to support the use of screen readers

The global search field now supports keyboard-only navigation

The View Details link of summary widgets now contains an aria-label with the widget title to assist users who rely on screen reader technology

The Employee Flexible Header Import now supports the following Custom Field Tables:

Enhanced Assignment Packages batches to fully respect user’s assignment rights

People API subscribers now have access to update the source system and source system key for the training table

The ability to set a custom Effective Date for Assignment Packages has been removed for Authorization Templates that do not have Assignment Package automatic Create And Build enabled

Fixed an issue where Assignment Packages with certain configurations were not automatically created upon request

Increased the size of the From Title and To Title fields from 50 to 150 characters. This was done on both the Assignment (Assignment table) and Authorization (Auth_Stage_Assignment table) pages. This will allow for the entry and storage of longer job titles

User Tables can no longer be deleted when referenced by BEST components such as Business Rules, Checklists, Quick Workflows and Pulse Checks

Fixed an issue when creating a table lookup using a custom field in the output column prevented existing table lookups from being selected, run or copied

Fixed an issue where certain lookup fields when used for comparisons would display incorrect lookup values

Fixed an issue when saving and running a Business Rule within a company context generated no results if the user did not have access to all assignments

When adding a date fixed value in Business Rules, the format now respects browser or computer regional settings

Enhancements in the BEST metadata dataset structure supports 2 new fields: What-If Cost Estimate: Salary Grade and What-If Cost Estimate: Relocation Policy, to be used in fields inside the Company-context Business Rules

Added a copy button to the Checklist Template screen to perform a copy of the checklist template details and associated checklist items

Fixed an issue where checklist would generate an error when associated with a reminder and saved

Compensation/Custom Calculations/Business Rules field is now a type-ahead search drop-down on the Cost Estimate and Compensation Calculation Template Line Item screens. Added a link to allow for quick navigation to the selected Custom Calculation or Business Rules

Fixed an issue where the One Time Payment flag was removed from all Compensation Worksheet Template line items when copying the template

Improved the Data Dictionary Field Override feature to not allow a duplicate record, and delete any existing duplicates. This will eliminate errors that can occur when the system encounters the unexpected duplicates

Compensation/Custom Calculations/Business Rules field is now a type-ahead search drop-down on the Cost Estimate and Compensation Calculation Template Line Item screens. Added a link to allow for quick navigation to the selected Custom Calculation or Business Rules

Fixed an issue when opening the Cost Estimate Calculation Detail Report, some line items had extremely small numbers displayed in exponentiation notation and was prompting an error

New report “Cost Estimate Line Item Hypo Tax Calculation Detail” is now available providing a calculation breakdown for a selected Expat4Cast Line item

On dashboard pages, the “Skip to Main Content” link now takes users to the first widget on the page

Added a copy button to the internal Dashboard Layouts screen to perform a copy of the dashboard layout

Fixed an issue that caused the New Voucher button to not appear on the Expense Summary page

Fixed an issue where the dashboard background was not being darkened when expanding a widget

Landing Experience dashboards can now be assigned to security roles. Users will see their assigned dashboard when logging in

Landing Experience dashboards now have a control that allows internal users to easily switch between dashboard associated with the same page

Users viewing a Landing Experience Dashboard now have a control to log out, change their password and navigate to the User Preferences page

Fixed an issue where the Word Cloud widget did not require a User Report

Internal users can set a default login Landing Experience dashboard. All internal dashboards are supported including ones assigned to specific company pages Landing Experience dashboards now have a setting to enable a search box that allows users to search for pages, assignments, reports, and more

Landing Experience Dashboards now support displaying a logo and an upper menu for better branding, easier navigation and generally allowing dashboards to look more familiar to internal users

A Tasks And Reminders widget now exists to show users details about their assigned tasks and task-related reminders allowing them to complete those items from the dashboard. Internal users that are Resources can also see the tasks of other Resources

The Exceptions Pending My Approval and Exceptions By Policy & Category widgets now contain links to view details of individual records

A new Make A Request widget exists that separates and enhances request workflows when compared to the Take Action widget. More request types and request help text are now supported

Converted User Report field in the Benefits & Services tab of the Employee Experience Configuration screen to a type-ahead search drop-down and with an added link to the selected user report

Fixed an issue where the Login/Password Rules were not displaying in the ‘Change Password’ section of the Employee Profile page

Fixed an issue where some documents when set to Employee Visible = Yes, were visible on the Documents screen but could not be downloaded by employees

Converted Merge Document field on the Production Reports screen to a type-ahead search drop-down with an added link to the selected Merge Document

Added Multi Move Voucher as a data source to support Quick Workflows triggering off a multi move voucher

Added a copy button to the Request Types screen for non-preconfigured request types to perform a copy of the current request type record

The Resource Change Batch now warns users when assigning tasks to an inactive Resource

Resources can automatically be assigned to assignments using the new resource ruleset. Rules can be configured on the new Resource Allocation Ruleset screen. User will automatically be assigned the same user security as they have in place for company level assignment policy screen

Converted User Id field on the Resources screen to a type-ahead search drop-down with an added link to allow for quick navigation to the selected user

As a standard process, Equus fixes vulnerabilities found through testing and analysis. For this release, a few enhancements have been made to address findings

Restricted uploading documents including contents of compressed (zipped) files to only certain file extensions and added file signature validation.

Certain fields can now be marked as Private on the Data Encryption and Security page. Private field data is hidden from users unless specifically granted in a user’s Security Role. For more information on the list of fields that support Private/Encryption please visit this Help Center article

Upgrade path script to correct all user IDP information to the default IDP as stated on the Web Config file

Employee creation on the Authorization screen will not present options to allow the user to select IDP for the new Employee

Added a new Upload MS Office Password Protected and Compressed Files system preference. This preference is shipped out as “No” by default meaning that validated files, password protected and compressed files with extension types not found on the Acceptance List cannot be uploaded into the system

Fixed an issue where the text “Tax Year Id” appeared unnecessarily before each tax year on the Tax Assistance page

Fixed an issue where having the same state in the Departure Work State and Destination Work State fields generated incorrect State Gross Wages values in the US Tax Calc Batch Report

Fixed an issue where the Relocation System Number (RSNO) was being read as the Assignment ID (ASID) on the Wage Feed import

Fixed an issue when the new SSO Flag tooltip was being shown even if the user type did not have rights to run SSO (API Subscriber)

Converted Security Role field on the User Maintenance screen to a type-ahead search drop-down with an added link to allow for quick navigation to the selected Security Role

New reference section on the User Report Types screen listing all user reports using the user report type on screen

Fixed an issue where running a user report as Excel Data (.xls format) would incorrectly include the report title in the first row when the “Enable Excel Data User Reports and Payroll Reports options to run with the old formats” system preference was set

Fixed an issue when the Duplication At Authorization Level checkbox was ticked on an existing assignment level user table, a new authorization level user table was not created

Fixed an issue where the Physical Name instead of the Display Name was used for an authorization level user table when created as part of adding a new assignment level user table

Fixed an issue when changing the display name of a user table caused metadata inconsistencies

Fixed an issue where What If Cost Estimates would fail to generate if either the Home or Host Country name (or State name if applicable) contain more than 20 characters