What's new in Pearz HR 1.3.3
Apr 14, 2014
- The holiday and absence reports correctly export the next row of data if it is for the same employee.
- Corrected a typo on the word 'Searches'.
- "National Insurance Number" displays as "Social Security Number" when using the United States locale.
- Added PDF reports.
New in Pearz HR 1.3.2 (Jan 24, 2014)
- Corrected a problem calculating an employee's age and daylight saving time.
- Restricted the Emergency Contacts postcode text field to 15 characters to match the database field.
- Stopped the employee summary chart scrolling too far vertically when showing the number of days.
- The employee summary chart annotations display fractional days instead of whole days.
- Improved the readability of the y-axis on the employee summary chart by displaying the tick marks based on the maximum value.
- Adjusted the location of the chart annotations to make them easier to read.
- Stopped a memory leak with the Emergency Contact report.
- Resolved an issue with the login screen and OSX Mavericks (10.9).
New in Pearz HR 1.3.1 (Jul 11, 2013)
- Corrected a problem with OS X 10.6 compatibility and the employee details screen.
New in Pearz HR 1.3 (Jan 17, 2013)
- Mail merging can be done to emails in Outlook and Mac Mail.
- New databases are created in a subdirectory of the Library/Application Support/ folder by default.
- Employee pictures can be dragged and dropped onto the image box.
- The Instant Messenger field on the employee address screen is updated correctly when an address is selected.
- Fixed a memory leak with the employee emergency contact details.
- If a row in a list is not selected, clicking on the Edit button will not enable the details fields.
- Where required, date controls default to 01/01/1900 instead of the computer's minimum date.
- When adding absences and holidays, the iCal event notes are set to the absence/holiday notes.
- The NI number field has been increased to 20 characters.
- When adding an additional holiday entitlement, the Description field is automatically placed in to edit mode.
- Minor user interface changes.
- The new event button on the employee screen opens the event list and automatically filters for only the employee's events.
- A summary drawer has been added to the main screen showing the employee headcount and the count of employees on holiday and absent, along with charts showing the absence reasons or pattern.
- An employee summary drawer has been added showing the employee's current holiday figures and a chart for the pattern of holidays and absences.
- Right clicking on a table allows the user to export the details.
- The employee screen closes automatically when deleting an employee in the single user database.
New in Pearz HR 1.2.1 (Feb 28, 2012)
- The currency code and symbol fields in the currency setup are restricted to three characters.
- The company email address of an employee's manager can be used in mail merge documents.
- Usernames containing spaces cannot be created.
- Corrected an issue where only the SYSDBA user could create admin users in a Firebird 2.x database.
- Users created in Pearz always have access to the application version database table.
- Employee documents can be attached to new emails directly from the documents screen.
New in Pearz HR 1.2 (Jan 24, 2012)
- Corrected a problem showing the login screen with certain locale settings.
- Mail merge to multiple employees.
- Employee data can be automatically merged to Excel, text, html and rtf files.
- The employee address report includes the employee's title (e.g. Mr, Mrs, etc.).
- The employee work permit notes are mail merged correctly.
- Corrected a problem selecting documents lower in the list when mail merging.
- The database import option is now available if an employee's details are open.
- Searching again after changing the sort order of the employee search screen keeps the same order.
- The user is prompted to select a report if they click on Produce before selecting one.
- Corrected an issue retrieving the latest salary record for an employee.
New in Pearz HR 1.1 (Nov 29, 2011)
- Create events in iCal instead of tasks from key employee dates.
- Import from another Pearz database.
- Produce reports by employee groups.
- Drop down lists on the Create Employee screen are refreshed every time the screen is selected.
- Multi user database option including different security settings per user. This requires the Firebird SQL 2.5 database server installing. Check the Pearz HR support site for instructions.