UPGRADES We’re continuously improving Intertec TimePro, to make the application more effective, efficient and accessible for your time tracking needs. Use the links below to find out what’s new in the latest version of Intertec TimePro.

What's New In:

• Intertec TimePro v5.0995 update (released July 2008)
• Intertec TimePro v5.0 (released February 2008)
• Intertec TimePro v4.6 (released February 2007)
• Intertec TimePro v4.4 (released February 2006)
• Intertec TimePro v4.3 (released October 2005)
• Intertec TimePro v4.2 (released May 2005)
• Intertec TimePro v4.1 (released February 2005)
• Intertec TimePro v4.0 (released January 2005)
• Intertec TimePro v3.7 (released June 2004)
• Intertec TimePro v3.5 & v3.6 (released March 2004)
• Intertec TimePro v3.4 (released June 2003)
• Intertec TimePro v3.3 (released April 2003)

What's New in Intertec TimePro v5.0995 upgrade (released July 2008)

Enhancements

• Global Tasks



Previously, Intertec TimePro Administrators were limited to 30 characters in Global Task descriptions. This update extends the number of characters to 255, letting you create more descriptive and meaningful Global Tasks for Users to select. You should, however, keep all Global Task descriptions to a reasonable length so as to avoid over-extending the width of the Time Input table.

• Check Timesheets

Two new drop-down menus are now available in the Check Timesheets screen that will allow you to filter the list of Staff displayed in the Staff Time Summary table:
• Staff Type: Limits the Staff displayed by Staff Type.
• Manager: Limits the Staff displayed by Staff Manager. Note that this filter is only available if the Authorisation Manager configuration setting has been set to "Staff" (Staff Manager).

To improve usability, the Check Timesheets screen now suppresses the list of Staff displayed if there are more than 100 Staff records in the system. For customers with more than 100 Staff records, select from the new filtering options available and click the 'Display' button to display a list Staff in this screen.

• SSL Compatibility

This upgrade now makes Intertec TimePro v5.0 compatible with SSL. This is particularly useful for Intertec TimePro+ In-house customers who would like to run Intertec TimePro in a more secure environment as the system can now be placed and accessed under the https:// setting.

MYOB Module Enhancements

• Sales/Purchase Invoices

Editing time records which have been previously invoiced and batched will now retain those time records' batched/invoiced status. Previously, editing time records which have already been batched would undo those time records from the batch, making them at risk of being re-invoiced at the next Sales/Purchases Invoice Export.

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

• Under certain configuration settings, the Staff listing does not return to the correct listing after a Staff record has been edited and saved, instead reverting to a listing of all Staff records. This has now been rectified so that the listing shown after the edit retains the filters used to list the Staff records before the edit.
• A fix has been implemented for a bug in Intertec TimePro+ In-house v5.0 which, under specific configuration settings, caused some submitted and completed time records to become uncompleted if a daily timesheet was viewed.
• A fix has been applied to the Text Search function in the Staff Projects screen, correcting a minor bug that allowed additional records to be displayed if a text search was made for a number in the Staff Projects records.
• A fix has been made for a minor bug which prevented the selection of a Project in the Expense Entry screen if the Customer select drop down menu was also present, and if the Staff had only been assigned to one Project.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v5.0 (released February 2008)

Major Enhancements

• New Stylish Interface – Choose a Colour Scheme

Intertec TimePro v5.0 offers Administrators a choice of nine possible colour schemes for the Intertec TimePro interface, which can be set in the General Configuration Settings. Options range from the “Classic” blue colour scheme familiar to most Intertec TimePro users, to more diverse colour themes including “Onyx Cherry”, “Cloudscape” and “Earth Tones”. This ability to change the colour scheme lets you select colour schemes that closely align with your corporate profile and branding. In addition it is now possible for us to develop new colour schemes “skins” for our clients (consulting fees apply).
• Global Projects

The Global Project function is a powerful new feature in Intertec TimePro which gives Administrators the option of making a new Project automatically visible to all Staff in the system. With Global Projects, Administrators no longer need to assign each Staff member to a Project either manually or using the Staff Copy or Project Copy function. Instead, the Administrator is able to flag a Project as a Global Project, and Intertec TimePro will automatically assign the Project to all eligible Staff in the system. The Global Project feature significantly reduces the amount of administrative overhead for organisations that need to quickly set up Projects that have to be visible to all Staff.

The Global Project function works by the Administrator marking Staff records for automatic assigning to Global Projects. When a new Global Project is created, all Staff records identified thus will be automatically assigned to this Project. Administrators can also assign a default Charge and Cost Rate to each Staff record. These rates are then applied to all Staff to Project assignments created using the Global Project function.

• Staff Projects - Bulk Change

The new Staff Projects - Bulk Change function is one of the most powerful features in the system upgrade. Previously, when Charge or Cost Rates needed to be changed, or if new Cost Codes had to be assigned to Staff Project records, Administrators had to make these changes one record at a time, which can be time-consuming if there are multiple rate changes to be made. The new Staff Projects - Bulk Change function simplifies the process by letting Intertec TimePro Administrators update multiple Staff Project records at once, reducing the time and effort it takes to perform these changes.

To perform a Bulk Change to Staff Project records, the Administrator displays the Staff Project records to be changed, and enters the Bulk Change screen. Here, they simply specify new values to be changed to perform the Bulk Change. Bulk Changes apply from an effective Date, allowing the Administrator to retrospectively apply changes to existing Time records.

The new Staff Projects - Bulk Change function also allows Administrators to remove Disabled Staff Project records which do not have Time or Expense data recorded against them.

• Text Search in Admin Records Listings

The Text Search is a new enhancement available on the maintenance screens for Staff, Project, Staff Project, Project Task, Customer, Manager, Supplier and Cost Code records. This Search tool allows Administrators to search target columns of each maintenance screen to show matching records without having to browse through all records listed on screen.

If using Project Specific Tasks, the Text Search function also allows Administrators to extend a search across the Tasks in all Projects.

Minor Enhancements

• Entry of Negative Time

The Entry of Negative Time allows Users to enter time in a project that is deducted from the total hours they have so far recorded for that project. Negative Time can be used to correct errors in time records from past periods or from timesheets which have already been submitted. To record Negative Time, Users enter the time as Start/Finish Times and check a box nominating these hours as Negative Time. If times are recorded as Worked Hours, then they can be entered using a minus sign to indicate Negative Time.
• Entry of Zero Time

At times, you may require Staff to submit a timesheet even if they have not worked during the time period. In this case, the Entry of Zero Time setting will prove useful. Zero Time can be selected via the Time Entry Configuration Settings in Intertec TimePro, and allows Users to enter zero (0) hours in their timesheets, or to select Start and End times which are the same.
• Enter Expenses Including Tax

This is a new configuration setting that allows Administrators to determine whether Expenses entered in Intertec TimePro are to include or exclude Tax (in previous versions of Intertec TimePro, Expenses had to be entered excluding Tax). The Tax Flag in the Add/Edit Expenses screen is still used to denote whether Tax applies to the Expense item.
• Default Charge and Cost Rates

The Manage My Projects screen, which lets Users assign themselves to Projects, has been enhanced to take advantage of the Global Projects function. When Users now add themselves to Projects, the Default Charge and Cost Rates in their Staff records will be automatically applied to their new Staff Project record assignments. Administrators no longer need to enter Charge and Cost Rates to Project Staff records which Users have created using Manage My Projects.
• Project Specific Tasks sequencing in Time Entry

The Project Specific Tasks displayed in the Task Undertaken drop down menu in the Time Entry screen is now listed in numerical order based on the Sequence Number assigned to the Project Specific Tasks, making for easier identification of Tasks by Users. This enhancement allows Administrators to define the sequence of Project Specific Tasks displayed in the drop down menu. If Task Sequence Numbers are not used then the ordering of tasks is as it was previously (description order).
• Administrator Access Only

The system upgrade allows Administrators to set a configuration option which immediately prevent all access by non-Admin Staff. Previously it was only possible to prevent non-Admin Staff members from logging on, and thus there was no way of preventing access for those already logged on.
• Rate Change Options

Options are now available when editing the Rate (Charge and Cost) or Cost Code for a Staff Project Record. Intertec TimePro Administrators can now choose to make:
• Standard Edit – which modifies the selected record directly, affecting all time and expense records already attached to the record as well as all new time and expense records entered, or;
• Historical-Preservation Edit – which disables the selected Staff Project record, thus preserving the charge/cost rates and the cost code attached to existing time records, and creates a new Staff Project record containing the new values, to which all future time and expense records will be associated.
• Displaying Roles in Print and Authorise Timesheets

The optional Role field is used to let Intertec TimePro Administrators allocate a role to a Staff member on a Project. It is most often implemented when Staff have multiple Roles (and thus, multiple rates) on the same Project. If Roles have been entered against Staff Project records, Intertec TimePro now displays the Role in both the print timesheets (Project Timesheets, Summary Timesheets and Detail Timesheets), and also in the Authorise Timesheets screen, which is available to authorising managers.
• Access Control

The Access Control feature, used to make particular Administration pages within Intertec TimePro available to non-Admin users, has been enhanced to allow the release of ANY Intertec TimePro Administration pages, including Admin-only reports, to other users of Intertec TimePro. Previously this feature was mainly used to control the release of Admin only reports and it only had support for a limited number of admin pages.
• Manager Authorisation Page Layout

The Manager Authorisation Page, where Authorising Managers can view a Staff or Project timesheet which has been submitted for authorisation, has been enhanced for improved readability. Now, Tasks and Descriptions are clearly aligned to time entry items so that Managers can quickly and easily identify the tasks associated with each time record in the timesheet.
• Time Entry Project Selection

The population of Projects in the Project selection drop down menu in the Time Entry screen has been enhanced to improve the speed at which the Time Entry screen is displayed, especially if there are a large number of active Project records in Intertec TimePro.

MYOB Module Enhancements

• MYOB Integration Module

We have updated the Intertec TimePro MYOB Integration Module to enable integration with the most recent releases of MYOB Accounting and Business Products, including:
• MYOB Accounting 17 (Australia)
• MYOB Accounting Plus 17 (Australia)
• MYOB Premier 11 (Australia)
• MYOB Accounting 17 (New Zealand)
• MYOB Accounting Plus 17 (New Zealand)
• MYOB Premier 11 (New Zealand)
• Default MYOB Activity Record

To facilitate the use of Global Projects, Intertec TimePro will now insert a default MYOB Activity record called “Not yet assigned” in Staff Project records if there are no MYOB Activity records set up in Intertec TimePro, or if there are multiple MYOB Activity records in Intertec TimePro prior to the creation of Global Projects. This default record will remind Administrators that they need to assign a MYOB Activity to the Staff Project Record. If there is only one MYOB Activity record in the system prior to the creation of Global Projects, it will be assigned as the default MYOB Activity for all Staff Project records created using the Global Project function.

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

• The selection of a Lockdown Date in the Check Timesheets screen has been improved. Previously, Administrators could inadvertently select the line separator between past and future time periods for lockdown. This has been fixed to prevent the selection of the line separator. An alert message is shown if the Administrator attempts to select the line separator.
• The Expense Input function in Intertec TimePro has been improved to allow the entry of ‘0’ and negative costs for each expense item recorded. This allows for greater use of Expenses in recording expense items that need to be tracked but not necessarily billed or reimbursed, or for re-balancing expenses which may have been incorrectly recorded in previously submitted timesheets.
• The MYOB Integration Module now marks invoice amounts as inclusive of Tax when exporting as Sales and Purchases Invoices for MYOB Accounting 17, Accounting Plus 17 and Premier 11 (Aus and NZ). This resolves a minor computational issue in these versions of MYOB, which affects the resolution of decimal places when calculating Tax-inclusive amounts.
• A minor misbehaviour in the reporting of the balances remaining in the Project Cost and Expense by Week for Period Report has been corrected.
• A minor technical issue in the Project Cost Detail Report, which inserts non-breaking spaces in the report format, has been corrected. This issue had prevented the report output being used in mathematical formulas when “copied” and “pasted” from Intertec TimePro to spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel.
• The calculation used to define the width of the Customer and Project drop-down menus in the Time Entry and Expenses Entry screens has been improved to prevent truncation of Customer and Project names in certain circumstances.
• The Project Task Budget Report now shows all Tasks regardless of whether a date range has been selected or not. Previously, defining a date range would show only Tasks which had times recorded against them within the date range. Now, the report will also include Tasks which do not yet have times recorded against them.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.6 (released February 2007)

Major Enhancements

• Compact Interface

The Compact Interface provides users with a neat and compact entry interface for core time-entry activities. This serves two very good purposes:
1. PDA Users: The Compact Interface makes Intertec TimePro accessible to users of mobile PDA devices, Pocket PCs, Palm Pilots and Blackberrys. The Intertec TimePro Compact Interface makes Intertec TimePro more readily available to a mobile workforce, such as staff out on site or on the road.
2. All Users: It makes Intertec TimePro a very useful tool for your desktop, providing a more convenient time entry screen in a compact interface.

The Compact Interface includes key standard Intertec TimePro features, including:

• Secure login
• Weekly timesheet view
• Daily timesheet view
• Time entry
• Time update
• Start/Stop time recording at the push of a button
• Timesheet validation with your Intertec TimePro database
• Calendar control
• Staff Manager Authorisation

Intertec TimePro v4.6 introduces a new level of Authorisation - that of Staff or Line Manager Authorisation. Intertec TimePro Administrators can now choose to assign a Manager to a Staff Record, and choose to set the Use Authorisation configuration in Intertec TimePro to enable authorisation of Staff timesheets by Managers. Once set to this configuration, timesheets require approval by the authorising manager associated with Staff before they are marked as complete.

The Staff Manager Authorisation complements the previous Project Manager Authorisation by giving organisations the option to choose between Project-based or Staff-based authorisations for submitted time records.

• Access Control

Intertec TimePro v4.6 comes with the new 'Access Control' configuration, which lets you release specific administration pages, including Admin-only reports, to other users of Intertec TimePro. Used in conjunction with the Custom Reports feature under Intertec TimePro Settings, this feature lets you make the standard Intertec TimePro Reports, which were previously available only to Administrators, available to non-Administrator Users.

The Access Control feature can also be used to make particular Administration pages within Intertec TimePro available to non-Admin users.

• New 'Admin Data Export'

The new Admin Data Export in Intertec TimePro v4.6 expands on the export options available to Administrators. Now, Intertec TimePro Administrators can export Admin-related information from the system. Unlike the Time Data or Expense Data Exports which will only include records which have times/expenses recorded against them, the Admin Data Export will include all the data regardless of the existence of associates time/expense records. The Admin Data Export outputs Admin records in Tab Delimited Text, Comma-Separate Values and HTML.
• New Time and Expense Data Export options

Intertec TimePro v4.6 introduces two new filters for limiting data exported via the Time Data Export and Expense Data Export operations in Intertec TimePro:
1. Limit export data by Manager: choose to export data associated with a type of Manager, and then further refine your export to records associated with all managers, records with no managers, or records associated with a specific manager.
2. Summary export: summarises time or expense records in the export.

Minor Enhancements

• Addition of a new General Configuration Setting - "Staff Administer Own Projects - Notification". If this is set to "On", the Project Manager or Staff Manager, whichever is appropriate, will be notified by email of any project assignments made by Staff. If there is no associated Project Manager / Staff Manager then the timesheet system administrator is notified.
• New configuration setting item - "Session Refresh Period". This lets the Intertec TimePro Administrator define the automatic page refresh interval to be performed on the View Timesheets screen and the Compact Time display screens. Using this feature can help to alleviate unwanted session timeouts due to inactivity.
• The Categories in Configuration Settings have been restructured so that all Time Entry settings are now grouped as a "Time Entry" Category, which can be selected from the Categories drop down.
• When a Intertec TimePro session has timed out, the user/Administrator is shown a screen with login fields. This lets them log in again to the system.
• The handling of two-digit entry of worked hours in Time Entry has been adjusted slightly. In previous versions of Intertec TimePro two-digit values entered up to 10 were treated as hours and other two-digit values were treated as minutes, this has now been adjusted so that two-digit values up to 14 are now treated as hours with other two-digit values being treated as minutes.
• Intertec TimePro v4.6 will check for invalid characters entered in the password field, and displays an error message if these characters are used in the creation of a password. Invalid characters, for example, are <, > and the double quote character (").
• The option in Intertec TimePro Settings to 'Allow multiple projects' has been removed in Intertec TimePro version 4.6 as it has been made redundant. The configuration is now set to 'On' in v4.6, hence a Project can be included more than once in a day's time records. If you have set this configuration to 'Off' in your instance of Intertec TimePro, you might like to consider the implications of setting this to 'On' permanently before you upgrade to v4.6.
• 'Save Changes' and 'Cancel' buttons are now located at both the top and bottom of a timesheet input screen, to make it easier for users to input and save time in Intertec TimePro. You can now also use the ENTER or ESC keys to Save or Cancel time records entered in the timesheet input screen.
• The 'Timesheet Footer Note' field now accepts the use of carriage returns when formatting text in the bottom of the web page in which the timesheet is viewed and on the bottom of timesheets generated by Intertec TimePro.
• If the 'Round Worked Hours' Configuration Setting is set to 5, 10 or 20 minute intervals, then the Worked Hours Time Display is set to h:mm, otherwise Display is in h.hh format.
• The performance of the Print Detail Timesheet and Batch Print functions have been significantly improved: This is especially useful for customers with a large number of projects as it reduces the amount of time Intertec TimePro takes to generate the batch Timesheets for printing.
• Intertec TimePro+ In-house ver4.6 is now compatible with Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

MYOB Module Enhancements

• Advanced MYOB Import

Intertec TimePro v4.6 makes importing Customer and Supplier data from MYOB into Intertec TimePro even more streamlined and efficient. The new Advanced MYOB Import gives Administrators the option of inserting imported MYOB Customer and Supplier data into the Intertec TimePro Customer and Supplier records, thus eliminating the need to re-create these records in Intertec TimePro.

In the past, the Administrator had to create Customer and Supplier records manually in Intertec TimePro to match the records imported from MYOB. Now, the Administrator can simply check a box to tell Intertec TimePro that you would like these records set up within Intertec TimePro as part of the Import process.

• MYOB Integration Module

We have updated the Intertec TimePro MYOB Integration Module to enable integration with the most recent releases of MYOB Accounting and Business Products, including:
1. MYOB Accounting 16 (Australia)
2. MYOB Accounting 16 (New Zealand)
3. MYOB Accounting Plus 16 (Australia)
4. MYOB Accounting Plus 16 (New Zealand)
5. MYOB Premier 10 (Australia)
6. MYOB Premier 10 (New Zealand)

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

• The import program in Intertec TimePro 4.6 has been improved to allow for files based on standard Intertec TimePro CSV templates (eg. Project Task Import files) to import more gracefully into Intertec TimePro.
• It was previously possible, under certain Intertec TimePro configuration circumstances, to copy a timesheet to a time period prior to a Lockdown date using the 'Copy Timesheet' function. Intertec TimePro has now been fixed to disallow this. Timesheets can now only be copied to a time period after a specified lockdown date.
• The validation of email addresses has been improved on the Staff and Manager screens.
• If 'Customer' is selected as an Input Time Field Option, then selecting the default 'Select Customer' option in the Customer field will now show all Projects as selectable in the 'Projects' field.
• Several very minor miscellaneous bugs have also been fixed.
• Some Intertec TimePro display formatting has been improved.
• The import program in Intertec TimePro 4.6 has been improved to allow for files based on standard Intertec TimePro CSV templates (eg. Project Task Import files) to import more gracefully into Intertec TimePro.
• It was previously possible, under certain Intertec TimePro configuration circumstances, to copy a timesheet to a time period prior to a Lockdown date using the 'Copy Timesheet' function. Intertec TimePro has now been streamlined to disallow this. Timesheets can now only be copied to a time period after a specified lockdown date.
• The Lockdown function has been improved so that when an Administrator sets a new Lockdown date in the system, it prevents currently logged on users from amending time records for unsubmitted timesheets prior to the new Lockdown date.
• The Customer Code field has been amended to allow entry of Customer Codes with more than 10 characters.
• The Expense Code function has been revised so that Expense Codes which have been set to ‘disabled’ are no longer selectable in the Add/Edit Expenses screen.
• The validation of email addresses has been improved on the Staff and Manager screens.
• If 'Customer' is selected as an Input Time Field Option, then selecting the default 'Select Customer' option in the Customer field will now show all Projects as selectable in the 'Projects' field.
• The Staff Time Tracking Report has been improved to prevent non-Administrator Users from displaying other Users’ Staff Time Tracking Quick Reports by editing the Staff ID embedded in the Quick Report URL.
• Several very minor miscellaneous bugs have also been fixed.
• Some Intertec TimePro display formatting has been improved.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.4 (released February 2006)

Major Enhancements

• Weekly Time Entry

Intertec TimePro's time entry function has been made even more flexible with the addition of the Weekly Time Entry feature. This gives Intertec TimePro users the choice of either entering worked hours by day or by week. Please note that this feature is only available when the Intertec TimePro system has been set to enable Worked Hours time entry (done via the 'Settings' tab in Intertec TimePro).

In Weekly Time Entry, Intertec TimePro users select the Customer, Project and Task as per Daily Time Entry, and enter their hours worked for the Project or Task for each day of the week. The Weekly Time Entry grid will automatically calculate and display the total hours recorded per day and per project/task as they are entered, giving Intertec TimePro users an immediate view of the time spent within the week on specific projects.

Weekly Time Entry has been developed with the needs of your staff in mind - it allows staff to more effectively match and manage their time entry activities to work priorities and time recording methods.

• New, easy-to-use Toolbar

Your use of Intertec TimePro has been made easier and more accessible with the provision of a new Toolbar. This Toolbar gives you easy access to frequently used functions and timesheet reports, as well as a new timesheet report: the Summary Timesheet, which is explained in more detail below.

The new Toolbar replaces some of the buttons in previous versions of Intertec TimePro, and also incorporates new features. Functions that are now available via the Toolbar are:

• Copy Timesheet: This button allows users to copy the time records for the currently displayed period to another time period. It replaces the 'Period Copy' button in previous versions of Intertec TimePro.
• Print Summary Timesheet: This button, a new feature with this upgrade, generates a Summary Timesheet report. See the section below for more detail.
• Print Detail Timesheet: This button replaces the 'Print Staff Timesheet' button, previously located adjacent to the 'Quick Reports' button in the Timesheet View screen. The 'Print Detail Timesheet' button will generate a printable timesheet displaying worked hours for all projects and tasks in the time period.
• Print Expenses: This button replaces the 'View Quick Report on Expenses' button, previously located next to the Expenses button in the Timesheet View screen. This button will display an Expenses Quick Report for printing, if your Intertec TimePro system has been configured to enable 'Expenses Tracking'.
• Submit Timesheet/Complete Timesheet: Intertec TimePro users can now use this button on the Toolbar to submit their timesheet (if Use Authorisation is enabled) or complete their timesheets at the end of the time period. For convenience, this button is also available at the end of the Timesheet View screen. Please note that once a timesheet has been submitted or completed, this button becomes unavailable - shown as a 'greyed out' button on screen.
• Summary Timesheet

With a single click of a button, Intertec TimePro will generate a Summary Timesheet report that will show Project Totals and Sub-task Totals of hours worked for the given time period. The report also shows sub-totals for the day and week, and period totals.

Minor Enhancements

• The functionality of time records deletion has been altered. In earlier versions of Intertec TimePro, time records were permanently removed when the user chose the Delete option. Now, time records are first marked for deletion and only permanently removed when the user presses "Save Changes" in the Intertec TimePro entry screen. This gives the user the ability to back out if records have been deleted by mistake.

• Several very minor miscellaneous bugs have been fixed.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.3 (released October 2005)

Major Enhancements

• Staff Copy Feature

A Staff Copy feature has been added. This works in a similar way to the Project Copy feature. The main benefit of the Staff Copy function is to expedite the creation of Staff Project records by basing your new Staff member on an existing similar Staff member who is already allocated to Projects. When copying a Staff member, the Staff Project Description, Charge and Cost rates can be overridden, if required, in the newly-created Staff Project records.
• Customer Selection on Time Entry screen

You can now choose to have the Customer displayed as a primary selector for Projects in the Input Time screen. A new configuration setting, 'Input Time Field Options' is now available. This configuration setting also determines the order in which fields are displayed on the Input Time screen. Options available include:
• Project-Time-Task-Description
• Project-Task-Time-Description
• Customer-Project-Time-Task-Description
• Customer-Project-Task-Time-Description

If a selection is made in the Customer dropdown on the Input Time screen, the Projects dropdown shows only the Projects relevant to that Customer. However, choosing a Customer is optional, you may also directly choose a Project without a Customer having been selected.

• Staff Listing Enhanced
  
The Staff Listing screen has been enhanced with the addition of a Staff Type drop-down selection list. For customers with large Intertec TimePro systems >= 100 Staff, the screen is also no longer populated when first accessed, in this case Staff will only be listed once the Display button has been pressed, significantly improving response times.
• Staff Deletion Enhanced
  
A Staff member and their Staff Project records may now be deleted from the Staff Listing page as long as there are no Time or Expense Records recorded for the Staff member. Previously you would need to delete all associated Staff Project records for the Staff member before deleting the Staff member.
• Staff Projects Listing Enhanced
  
The Staff Project Listing screen will by default now only show records for Staff with an Active Status. To view Staff Project records for Disabled Staff, you will need to change the Status field on the Staff Project Listing screen to Disabled or All.
• Project Copy Enhanced
  
The Project Copy function now also optionally allows the copying of any associated Project Task records.
• Reports
  
• Two new reports have been added to Intertec TimePro:

• Project Cost and Expense by Week Report - allows you to display a Project Report, detailing the Period, Worked Hours, Charge Amount, Expenses and Total for Staff on a specific Project.

• Project Cost and Expense by Week for Period Report - allows you to display a Project Report, detailing the Week start date, Worked Hours by day, Total Worked Hours for the week, Charge Amount, Expenses and Total for Staff on a specific Project.

• Custom Reports can now be displayed selectively to non-Admin users. The display of Custom Reports can be achieved on three levels:

1. show a Custom Report to ALL non-Admin users,
2. show a Custom Report to a group of non-Admin users via Staff Types and
3. show a Custom Report to a single non-Admin user.

If you wish to have some of Intertec TimePro's existing Admin reports made available to some non-admin staff, please contact the Intertec TimePro support centre.

Minor Enhancements

• Password Change: If the user enters the default or existing password as the new password on the Password Change screen, the new password will now be rejected.

• Default Staff Project Description: There is a new configuration setting to enable a Default Staff Project Description to be defined. The value entered here will be automatically supplied as a default Description for Staff Project records (eg. "Professional services provided by"). This is useful to save time when setting up new records as it prompts for the usual value and helps maintain consistency in the Description.

• Project Cost and Expense by Week for Period Report: Explanatory text has been added to explain why no data could be found if the specified date range does not include the project activity.

MYOB Module Enhancements

• New MYOB Activity Slips Export: It is now possible to extract information from Time Records in Intertec TimePro and to use this information to generate Activity Slips for importing into MYOB. The activity slips are exported in a text file which is then imported into MYOB. Activity Slips can then be used in MYOB to generate Sales Invoices or to link in with MYOB Payroll.

• Addition of the ability to undo Sales Invoice Batches in batch processing.

• The tax code shown on MYOB exports is now based on the config setting, rather than a fixed value of GST.

• The Description field label in the Staff Project Edit page has been changed to "MYOB Line Item Description".

• A small error in the formatting of exported Professional invoices for Accounting Premier 9 is now fixed.

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

• A small issue with the display of Staff Time Sheets for printing has been corrected. The inclusion of Task Descriptions was being done only if Global Tasks were enabled, so that Task Descriptions were not displayed if ONLY Project-specific Tasks were enabled. This has been corrected so that Task Descriptions are displayed if either or both of these features are enabled.

• The Unchargeable Project Summary Report could fail with some date formats. This has been corrected.

• Previously, Task Descriptions which included apostrophes caused problems with dynamic population of drop-down lists during time entry. This is now fixed.

• The Check Times page was not correctly listing Uncompleted Time. This has been corrected.

• A compatibility problem with Firefox browsers has been resolved where normal Intertec TimePro users could not access the Settings tab.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.2

Major Enhancements

• TimeRecord Copy Facility
  A "Period Copy" facility has been introduced on the View Timesheet screen which gives the ability to copy the currently displayed period's Time Records to any other period (via the standard drop down period selection list). This can save a significant amount of time for Staff members who have very similar timesheets from one period to the next. The only restriction is that no Time Records already exist in the destination period.
  Note : The Period Copy facility is only applicable if your Intertec TimePro system has been configured for a "Weekly" rather than "Monthly" Period Type.
• New Project Report
  • Project Cost Detail Report - A very powerful new report that reports at the individual Time and Expense Record level, giving you the most detail yet available in a standard Intertec TimePro report.

Minor Enhancements

• Custom Reports now available for non-admin Staff
  Custom reports are now selectively available to non-Admin users. Any Custom Reports contained within Report Groups starting with the word "User" will be visible to non-admin users.
• Data Drill Down
  The Drilldown page now orders displayed data by Time Record Date and Start Time if "Start and Finish Times" are used, and Date if not. Previously the Drill Down screen ordered data by Time Record Date only.
• Interface Improvements
  
  1. A new unambiguous "Brief" date format has been introduced in Intertec TimePro. "Brief" dates are now displayed as dd mmm rather than dd/mm. For example dates on the View Timesheet screen are now display as "10 May" rather than "10/05".
  2. Some cosmetic changes to appearance have been made on some pages.

MYOB Module Enhancements

• MYOB New Release Compatibility
  Intertec TimePro has been updated and is now certified for the following latest versions of MYOB:
  • Accounting v15
  • Accounting Plus v15
  • Accounting Premier v9

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

• None.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.1

Minor Enhancements

• Clearer Feedback if no Suppliers Defined
  For consistency of appearance, the Staff Edit page now supplies a dummy dropdown with the single entry (none defined) if no suppliers have been defined, instead of a text display stating only that suppliers are not defined. This field is relevant only for contract staff.
• Project Task External ID
  Project Tasks have an external ID which was originally defined as an integer. In response to a customer request, this is now a text field, and is consistently labelled Exernal ID.
• Global Task Changes
  In response to a customer request, Global Tasks now allow for an external ID, allowing additional information to be recorded against a Global Task. For example, the field can be used to store the Task Code from previous Intertec TimePro versions or an external system, or any other information up to 30 characters in length.
• Password Notification Emails Enhanced
  Automatic emails sent to users when an account is created or a password is reset now include detail explaining how to log on, and provide a link to the logon page.
• MYOB Job Field Length
  The MYOB Job field length has been increased to match the recent increase made by MYOB (from 5 to 15 characters).
• Focus Override Removed
  Time and Expense input pages used to set the input focus to the first field on the page. If data speed was slow, this focus could happen as one was trying to select a project from the dropdown and would close the dropdown. To avoid this annoyance, the automatic focus change no longer takes place.
• Cosmetic Changes
  Some cosmetic changes to appearance have been made on some pages.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v4.0

Major Enhancements

• Drill Down Data Viewer
  
  A new drill down data viewer icon has been added to almost every screen and report throughout the application allowing you to instantly drill down to the time and expense records that underlie a particular row of data.
  
  Once the Drill Down screen has been displayed you may further refine the data shown by entering or changing the Date range and pressing the Display button. You can leave the Date fields blank to show all associated data.
  
  There is an Export button which can be used to easily export the data in CSV format suitable for use in a spreadsheet program or other external tool. There is a separate Export for Time records and Expense records.
  
  
• Project Specific Tasks
  
  Intertec TimePro has always supported Tasks in the form of Global Tasks applied to all Projects. In our new release we have added a menu option for Project-specific Tasks. The Global Task list is still supported as an option for all Projects which do not have their own specific Task lists. You can choose to use both options together or, if you prefer, only one.
  
  Project-specific Task lists can be entered manually, copied from another project or imported from a text file saved in CSV (comma-separated-value format). Our online help provides details on how to set up a mapping table using the MS Project Import/Export Wizard.
  
  Project-specific Task lists and recorded Actuals can also be exported in CSV format by clicking on the Export button. The import and export features provide a bi-directional and recurring flow of task-related information between Intertec TimePro and third-party software such as MS Project and MS Excel.
  
  New and enhanced reports complete the package by providing on-line real-time statistical and analytical information.
  
  
• Enhanced Security
  
  The enhancements to security have been designed to a) make it simple to reset a given staff members password and notify them, and b) protect all passwords in the system.
  
  a) Password Reset Facility - located on the Staff admin screen alongside the password field is the password reset icon. When you click on this icon Intertec TimePro automatically resets the user's password to a default as set up by the System Administrator. Staff are notified by email that their password has been reset by the system. After a password has been reset it will need to be changed the next time the Staff member logs on.
  
  b) Protecting Passwords - all passwords are now protected on the Staff admin screen by being masked with a series of asterisk characters, i.e.'*****'. Since all users have to reset the password the first time they log on, it means that the application is now even more secure from unauthorised access.
  
  
• Project Delete
  
  In previous versions it has only been possible for the System Administrator to remove Projects by first manually deleting any related data, i.e. Time Records, Project Staff records and so on. Our new Project delete functionality makes it easy to remove a Project and its related data in a simple and safe two-step process.
  
  1. The first step is to mark a project as 'Disabled'. If you try to delete a project that is not disabled then you will be prompted by the system to first mark the project as disabled.
  
  2. Once the project has been marked as 'Disabled' then if you try to delete the project you will be prompted to confirm your intention to delete. If you do not wish to proceed you can exit the process by pressing the 'Cancel' button. If you choose to proceed then the project and all its related data will be permanently removed.
  
  
• Session Longevity
  
  Intertec TimePro has always had a session timeout period parameter that is set up by the System Administrator. However, depending on server load of the application, there have been times when the user session could be ended after only 20 min of inactivity. Enhancements have now been made to the application that will allow a user session to survive despite periods of inactivity.

Minor Enhancements

• Timesheet View
  
  In the previous version, once a timesheet was locked by a user, the underlying time records could only be viewed by running a report such as the 'Staff Timesheet Listing All Projects'. Now once a timesheet is locked, the Add/Edit buttons appearing on the Timesheet View screen are replaced by buttons. If the user clicks one of the buttons then the time record and details for that day are displayed in a view-only screen.
  
  
• User Email
  
  The user email icon has been added to the general user application toolbar and allows them to email the System Administrator. If the user clicks on this icon a new email message is created and the subject title of the email is automatically populated with the text "Intertec TimePro query from ".
  
  
• Quick View/Edit
  
  Intertec TimePro has new links added to the Project Staff screen that make it easy to navigate to View/Edit any selected Project or Staff detail record. This saves the user from having to navigate back to the main application toolbar and then select either the Project or Staff maintenance screens to locate this information.
  
  
• Field Focus
  
  To further enhance the useability of using the keyboard when entering Time and Expense records, we have added functionality that will set the focus of the cursor for the user so they can type or select options without having to use the mouse.
  
  
• Rounding Hours
  
  Intertec TimePro has always supported the ability to force the rounding of hours entered to be precisely to a quarter hour, i.e. rounded to.00, .25, .50 or .75. Our new release provides more flexible rounding of hours worked and supports the following intervals: any times, 3-minute, 5-minute, 6-minute, 10-minute, 12-minute, 20-minute, quarter-hour, half-hour and whole-hour.
  
  
• Enhancements to MYOB Integration
  
  1. To improve the process of creating invoices using the MYOB Sales Export function, we have added a Customer drop-down list where the user can select to filter invoices for a nominated Customer or "All" Customers.
  
  2. The MYOB Customer import function has been upgraded to allow multiple fields for Customer Names. This allows Intertec TimePro to track companies as well as individuals. The Customer file exported from MYOB may include both Co./Last Name and First Name, and these will be merged in Intertec TimePro's MYOB Customer Name field with a semicolon as separator.
  
  3. MYOB Sales Export function now splits MYOB Customer Name field on a semicolon to give Co./Last Name and First Name fields, which means that you can now export invoices to MYOB correctly to charge individuals as well as companies.
  
  
• Interface Improvements
  
  1. Users of Intertec TimePro would be familiar with the Edit, Delete, Copy options which appear on the administration screens. To improve the look and feel and general usability of the application, these options together with the newly added Drill Down option have been logically grouped into one column titled "Actions".
  
  2. The option for Expense Codes used to be located on the main application tool bar under the Admin Tab. This has now been relocated under the Settings Tab.
  
  
• Timesheet Templates
  
  The design and format of our Project timesheet templates has been improved so it is easier to read multiple Task selections and/or descriptions entered for different working times on the same day.

Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected

There were several minor changes and a few minor bugs that have now been fixed.

• The MYOB import function has been enhanced so that additional fields will be ignored. The record counts have been corrected so that the header row is not counted as a data row, and the results display is now more meaningful.
• When you delete a record, Intertec TimePro asks you to confirm the deletion giving you the description rather than a code. If the text included apostrophes or quote characters, the confirmation failed. A new filter function now sorts out the characters so they work, and all deletion confirmations have been corrected.
• Numerous cosmetic changes have been made to improve the consistency of appearance throughout Intertec TimePro.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v3.7

Enhancements

• Time Entry Past Midnight
  
  Intertec TimePro has a new parameter which will allow staff such as shift workers to enter their hours past midnight on any given day. For example, assuming the parameter has been enabled, Intertec TimePro will allow a shift to run from Monday 20:00 to Tuesday 04:00 and will record this entry as 8 hours worked.
• MYOB Module
• Intertec TimePro MYOB Sales Export now shows two levels of invoice details when initially displayed, where as previously it displayed only one level of detail.
• Intertec TimePro has been updated and is now certified for the following latest versions of MYOB:
• Account v14
• Accounting Plus v14
• Accounting Premier v8
• Other Enhancements
  • Project Budget Summary Report - Additional drop down list to allow selection by Staff.
  • Project Budget Summary Report - Additional check box to show/hide projects with zero budget amounts.
  • Project Task Report - Additional drop down list to allow selection by Staff
  • The company name is now displayed on all Intertec TimePro Quick Reports.

Fixes

• Additional validation in Time Entry to prohibit the entry of alphanumeric characters.
• Staff Cost by Week Report - rounding of Total Hours to 2 decimal places.
• Fix of possible error where the last Project Code defaulted has been disabled and could come up as disabled in the new Time Entry screen.
• Only show the Mail Server Name parameter for Intertec TimePro+ systems.
• During the MYOB Export, additional line item breaks were appearing where there was a change in the value of the Role field. Now the line items are rolled up providing all other fields are the same. This gives a more accurate reflection of the invoice and it's line items as they would appear when exported to MYOB.
• Future periods drop down list in Time Entry screen has light grey background.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v3.5 and v3.6

Enhancements

• Manager Authorisation
  
  Intertec TimePro now provides the functionality to define and assign an Authoriser (Manager) to a Project. When a staff member submits timesheets which require authorisation, the authorising Manager receives an email advising that authorisation is required, with a link for each timesheet (one per Project) for which they are responsible. Clicking on the link will load a Web browser page with the information to be authorised. The Manager may choose to accept a timesheet, or may reject a timesheet. If a Manager chooses to reject a timesheet, he can supply explanatory notes - these will be forwarded to the staff member.
  
  Manager Authorisation includes the following features:
  • New Configuration Option - Manager Authorisation is included as core functionality in the mainstream application. The functionality can be turned on by enabling a new Intertec TimePro Configuration setting titled "Use Authorisation".
  • New Managers Screen - This screen allows new Manager records to be added to the system and for existing Manager records to be updated. You will normally set up a Manager record for each Manager who has responsibility for authorising timesheets for a Project. You can also record multiple email addresses for a Manager.
  • Project Authoriser Field - This new field is displayed on the Projects Add/Update screen only if the General Configuration setting "Use Authorisation" is selected. The default value is no authorisation required, which means that when staff members sign their timesheets electronically they are immediately marked as complete. Alternatively, select an Authorising Manager from the drop-down list; in this case, when a staff member signs a timesheet electronically, the timesheet is submitted to the appropriate manager, who is notified by email of the submission, for his or her approval.
  • Check Timesheets - The Check Timesheets page can be used to review the status of the Timesheets for all your Staff. There are now 3 status levels for Timesheet completeness:
    • No: Timesheets have not yet been submitted by the Staff member.
    • Pending: Timesheets have been submitted by the Staff member but one or more of their project Timesheets has not yet been authorised.
    • Yes: Timesheets are completed and authorised where necessary for this Staff member.
  • Electronic Signature - If an electronic signature has been recorded for the Authoriser then their signature and name will appear on the bottom of any printed Timesheets as the Authorising Manager.
  
  
• Enhanced MYOB Integration - Work in Progress
  
  Intertec TimePro's MYOB Module has always allowed the user to generate MYOB Invoices and Purchases directly from the time records held in Intertec TimePro. However in the previous release it has only been possible to invoice for all time records that have been marked as "completed" for a given period.
  
  The Enhanced MYOB Module now provides further functionality that allows the user to omit entire invoices, invoice line-items, or individual time records, postponing these until a later invoice batch. Uninvoiced time records can now be run up to a specified date or you can select time records to be invoiced for a specified time period, which is by default the period preceding the current period.
  
  By providing our customers with the ability to handle invoicing for "Work-in-Progress", Intertec TimePro's MYOB Module can be used to complement or replace entirely the Activity Slips functionality in MYOB.
  
  
• Other Enhancements
  • The Timesheets View screen will now allow monthly timesheet periods to have a start date other than the 1st of a given month. For example, the monthly period could be setup to run from January 15th to February 14th.
  • The already very comprehensive on-line help text has been further revised and improved. If you have printed out the entire Help Manual previously it would be a good idea to re-print the manual as there have been numerous modifications and improvements.

Fixes

• Additional checks have been put in the validation of the Project Code to reject spaces and any non-standard characters.
• During the MYOB Export, additional breaks were appearing and causing 2 invoices to be created instead of one in certain circumstances. Problem resolved by removing any trailing spaces from key fields.
• The budget amount in the Cost Code report was being displayed under the cost column instead of the charge column. Also selecting the detail option combined with the start dates was corrected.
• Fixed small bug in expense input where the first day of a period (when it was equal to the lock date) was not being populated in the drop down when it should have been.
• Fixed small bug in project staff screen such that when in Edit mode, disabled Cost Codes are now still displayed but are shown as disabled.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v3.4

Enhancements

• Expense Tracking
  Intertec TimePro can now be used to track expenses for your Staff as well as their time! Just enable the "Track Expenses" configuration option and you've got it up and running in no time. You can even define "Expense Codes" to record your expenses against so you can relate the expenses back to your accounting or payroll systems. Expenses are recorded in a very similar way to Time records, so your staff will have no problems getting the most out of this great new facility. All functionality such as "locking" works the same way as it does for your Time records. Expense Tracking includes the following features:
  • New Expenses Launch Button - shows you a summary total of expenses claimed for a period (if any) and allows you to enter/view expenses for a period
  • New Expenses Report - quickly and easily view the details of expense claims by Staff for any time period
  • New Expenses Export Facility - export your expenses out to Excel or your Accounting system (csv format) using the newly built Expense Export facility. The Expense Export has been built with the same easy-to-use point-and-click user interface as the Time Records Export.
• Enhanced Time Entry - Task and Description
  It is now possible to record both a "Task" and a "Description" when recording time on the time entry screen. This significantly improves the power of the Intertec TimePro application by allowing you to "break down" time spent on your Projects by sub-Tasks whilst still retaining the ability to enter a free format description against each time entry. Validation has been enhanced to allow you to choose from the following options:
  • Choose "Task required, Description required" to force entry of both fields
  • Choose "Task optional, Description optional" to make both fields optional
  • Choose "Task optional, Description required" to force entry of only Description
  • Choose "Task required, Description optional" to force entry of only Task
• Improved Code Compatibility
  Intertec TimePro has been enhanced by increasing the length of several of its key code fields to allow greater compatibility with existing customer systems and procedures.
  • The Customer Code has been increased in length from 3 characters to 10 characters
  • The Project Code has been increased in length from 5 characters to 15 characters
  • A Reference Field has been added to the Staff table so that you can record an external ID for each Staff member to help with linking to external systems. This alleviates the need to match by name.
• MYOB v13 Support
  The MYOB Export facility for the generation of TimeBilling Invoices and Professional Services Purchases has been updated to include support for the recently-released MYOB v13 stream of Products including:
  • Accounting v13
  • Accounting Plus v13
  • Accounting Premier v7
  • AccountEdge v2
  • BusinessBasics 1
  • FirstEdge 1

Fixes

• The Staff maintenance screens have been updated to prevent the user from changing the Staff Type of the last Admin user. This prevents the possibility of someone accidentally locking themselves out of the system with no Admin access.
• Additional checks have been put in the Staff maintenance screens to prevent Admin users from exceeding the terms of their licence.
• The Add/Edit Project screen now defaults the Budget field to 0, to assist with more efficient data entry.
• The "Upload Signature File" facility on the Staff Maintenance Screen has been improved to work with a wider variety of web servers. Previously there were some issues with some IIS4 Servers.
• Licence Key handling has been improved where a user's licence key has expired. The user can now simply enter their new key immediately upon logging onto the system.
• Security has been tightened to prevent potential access by normal users to the "Batch Timesheet Print Facility" and "Audit Reports".
• The "Pop-up Calendar" has been improved to now work on most browsers (except Netscape v4, Macintosh IE, and Opera).
• Various "Error Messages" and "Hint Text" displayed by the system have been refined and improved.
• The "Charge Rates" and "Cost Rates" columns have been removed from the "Project Role Report" and "Project Task Report" so that Roles will be aggregated as they were in Intertec TimePro v3.2.
• Several minor Field Alignment issues have been corrected in the Reports.
• The Application Map has been updated to provide links to all new items in the system.
• Security has been improved to prevent Proxy Servers recording logon details.
• Usability of drop down lists through Intertec TimePro has been improved. Drop down lists which previously had an "All" option have been changed so that this is now the default option rather than "Please Select", which has been removed.
• The Staff Type screens have been updated to provide warnings and restrictions on the Admin and Contractor Staff Types which have special meanings to the Intertec TimePro application. For example, the screens now prevent anyone removing the Admin Staff Type and thus potentially locking themsleves out of the system.

What's New in Intertec TimePro v3.3

Enhancements

• Forward Time Entry
  It is now possible to enter time for future periods, making Intertec TimePro a powerful tool for planning and scheduling work ahead of time. The Intertec TimePro Administrator has the ability to set the number of forward periods that are shown to Intertec TimePro users. Forward periods are indicated clearly in the Period Start Date selection list and separated by a horizontal line from current and previous periods.

  Forward entry of time is a very useful feature, enabling Intertec TimePro users to enter Holiday Leave in advance, to schedule work, forward plan etc.
  
  

• Improved Administrator Reporting
  A number of new Project, Staff, Cost Code and Task reports have been added to the core Intertec TimePro application.
  Staff Reports
     -Staff Cost Report
     -Staff Cost By Week Report
     -Staff Summary Report
     -Staff Time Tracking Report
     -Staff Utilisation Summary Report
  Project Reports
     -Project Budget Summary Report
     -Project Cost Report
     -Project Cost By Week Report
     -Project Cost Code Report
     -Project Role Report
     -Project Task Report
     -Unchargeable Project Summary Report
  Cost Code Reports
     -Cost Code Report
     -Cost Code Summary Report
  Task Report
     -Task Summary Report
  
  
• New End-User Report
  A new report has been especially created for the end users of Intertec TimePro. The Staff Time Tracking Report allows users to choose any time period (start and end date) and produce a summary of the amount of time spent on all their Projects. Both chargeable and non-chargeable hours are shown allowing Intertec TimePro users to gauge their utilisation percentage. The report is also very useful for checking how much leave they may have taken during any particular period.
  
  
• Email Notification of Project Allocation
  Administrators can now save even more time by choosing to have Intertec TimePro send an email notification to staff when they have been allocated to a project. The email notification can optionally be sent when adding or modifying a Staff Project record.
  
  
• New Standard Print Templates
  Two new Standard Timesheet Templates have been added to the Intertec TimePro suite:
  • GenericHourly (*new*)- date and day of week and hours worked;
  • GenericHourlyTask - date and day of week, hours worked and task description;
  • Generic -date and day of week, start time, end time and hours worked;
  • GenericTask - date and day of week, start time, end time, hours worked and task description;
  • StaffHourly (*new*) - date and day of week, hours worked and task description across all projects;
  • Staff - date and day of week, start time, end time, hours worked and task description across all projects;
  
  
  
• More Batch Printing Options The Batch Printing Module has been completely re-written to overcome issues with some particular web browser versions which were limiting output to approximately 35 timesheets within a batch. The performance has also been improved significantly, compatibility with Netscape browsers has been improved and new options have been added.
  It is now possible to print batch timesheets for:
  • a single project;
  • all projects flagged for batch printing, i.e. chargeable projects;
  • all projects flagged as not for batch printing (*new*), i.e. non-chargeable projects;
  • all projects, regardless of the batch printing flag (*new*);
  • all staff, showing all their projects on a single timesheet (*new*).
  
  There is now greater control over the order in which batch timesheets are printed for MYOB users:
  • One invoice per Customer;
  • One invoice per Customer and Job;
  • One invoice per Customer and Project;
  • One invoice per Customer, Job and Project;
  
  
  
• Session TimeOut
  The Session Timeout security feature has been enhanced to allow the Intertec TimePro Administrator to allow users to stay connected to Intertec TimePro for up to 10 hours instead of the previous 60 minutes. This allows users to continue to run in a background window for a whole working day without the system logging them off automatically when their session timed out.
  
  
• Built-in Calendar Date Selector
  To improve ease of use, customers using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) can now select date ranges from a pop-up calendar in all of the Intertec TimePro reports and Export facilities that allow the entry of a free-format date range.
  
  
• Easier Printing
  Quick Reports now have a "Click To Print" button at the top so reports can be more easily directed to the printer.
  
  
• Auto-print of Timesheets
  When you generate a timesheet or batch of timesheets, Intertec TimePro now automatically pops up the print dialogue as soon as the document is complete.
  
  
• Intertec TimePro configuration Settings
  The number of Intertec TimePro configuration Settings has increased significantly during the last 2 releases and we have now re-organised the configuration options into new Categories so that they are now easier to locate.

  The Configuration screen now displays the Intertec TimePro version and Licence details including the maximum number of active Staff that have been licensed.
  
  

• Licence Key Modification / Company Name
  The Intertec TimePro Licence key for version 3.3 has been increased in length so that it now holds your Company Name within the key. You will now notice that the Company Name field has therefore been removed from the System Configuration settings. If you need to make a change to your Company name you must now request a new licence key via the Intertec TimePro Support Centre.
  
  
• Multiple Version Support for Hosted Customers
  The Hosted Intertec TimePro application has been improved to allow multiple versions of the application to be run at the same time on a Intertec TimePro server. This gives our customers greater flexibility as they are now able to choose on an individual basis whether or not they wish to upgrade to new versions of Intertec TimePro and also decide when they wish to upgrade.
  
  
• Charge and Cost Rate Changes
  The on-screen help and Intertec TimePro Help module have been enhanced in the areas of rate changes to make the recommended approaches clearer to help Intertec TimePro administrators select the correct method to get the results they are after.
  
  
• File Upload and Email Components
  Internally, the Intertec TimePro system has been modified to be able to use several leading File Upload and Email components allowing much greater flexibility for customers who purchase the Intertec TimePro+ solution. This has no effect on the hosted Intertec TimePro product and our hosted customers.
  
  
• Application Map
  The Application Map has been simplified and improved to provide all options on the one map rather than having to drill-down into 2nd level maps on some items.
  
  
• Improved Online Help
  The already very comprehensive on-line help text has been further revised and improved. If you have printed out the entire Help Manual previously it would be a good idea to re-print the manual as there have been numerous modifications and improvements.
  
  
• MYOB MacIntosh v10 Support
  The MYOB Export facility for the generation of TimeBilling Invoices and Professional Services Purchases has been updated to include support for MYOB MacIntosh v10 users.
  
  
• MYOB Export
  Additional breakpoints have been added to allow MYOB users greater control and flexibility in how their MYOB Purchases are created.

Fixes

• Minor changes and misbehaviours corrected
  There were several minor changes and a few bugs that have now been fixed.
• 1. Some of the list screens were not correctly retaining their context if you edited a record, so that when you returned to the list screen you saw a different set of records. Context is now correctly remembered, so that you see the same list you saw before.
  2. The General Export facility now correctly filters output by staff type.
  3. For Intertec TimePro+ users, the option to populate the time input page with a user's available projects no longer results in an error if the user had no projects.
  4. The Help screen will no longer fail if your underlying Intertec TimePro session has timeout out because of lack of activity, but will instead give a meaningful message explaining why Help has become inaccessible.
  5. A validation problem during addition of Staff Project records has been corrected; it used to insist, under rarely-met circumstances, on a value being supplied where one was not relevant.
  6. When entering a new Licence Key, a validation error could occassionally occur if the user didn't remove any line feeds from the form field after the new key was pasted in. Any additional line feeds are now stripped out to prevent this error from occurring.
  7. In all Intertec TimePro reports the "Chargeable" amount column now only includes amounts that are attached to Projects that have been flagged as "Chargeable". Previously any amounts that were attached to Staff Project records that had rates were included in the "Chargeable" amount.
  8. The View Timesheet screen has been modified to show weeks running from Monday to Sunday instead of Sunday to Saturday when the system is configured to us a Period Type of "Monthly".
  9. The Sequence field has been removed from the Staff Project List screen. This field is an internal field used by the Intertec TimePro system to ensure uniqueness of records, it is not reuired to be seen by users of Intertec TimePro and has been removed to avoid any possible confusion.
  10. A file locking issue has been addressed for IIS4 Web Servers which could sometimes cause delays or an error when updating an "Electronic Signature" on the Staff Add/Update screen.
  11. The Staff Project Add/Update screen has been updated to hide the Suppliers drop down list where no Suppliers have been defined in the system. It has also been modified to only show Active Staff in the Staff drop down list when creating a new record.
  12. The Reports Tab now defaults to the first set of reports (Staff) instead of the second set of reports (Projects).
  13. An additional check has been placed into the "Add/Edit Time Records" screen to prevent the user from recording more than 24 hours in a single day.
  14. Project Codes of less than 5 characters in length no longer cause errors in Netscape v4 browsers.
  15. The entry of the Description field on the Staff Project Details screen has now been made optional rather than mandatory.
  16. The Staff Add/Update screen has been updated to display an error message if the user attempts to remove the last Staff member with a type of Admin (thus preventing them from locking themselves out of the system).
  17. For MYOB users, the order in which a batch of timesheets printed didn't necessarily match the sales invoice sequence. The order now defaults to the same order as sales invoices, and allows the same options for print order as do sales invoices.
  18. For MYOB users, the option for Export of Purchases Invoices now leaves the Comment field blank.
  19. For MYOB users, the naming of the export files has now changed to use the terms "Sales" and "Purchases" rather than "TimeBilling" and "ProfServ" as was used previously.
  20. For MYOB users, the recording of an MYOB Job is now optional when adding or updating a Project in Intertec TimePro. It was previously a mandatory field when creating a Project that was flagged as "Export to MYOB".
  21. For MYOB users, who use MYOB Premiere v6, there have been several fixes to the Intertec TimePro MYOB Export File format to improve compatibility with this version.