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New features in Polaris (video)

Below are video overviews of key new features we released for Replicon and Polaris in past quarters.

For information on our planned new features for the current quarter, and the release status of upcoming features, refer to our New Features page.

Q3 2024

Find out what we added to Replicon and Polaris in the second quarter of 2024.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:21 Quick Add options on timesheet can be shown as buttons
  • 00:56 More complete and filter-friendly timesheet approval history
  • 01:34 Submission Status report filter for identifying never submitted timesheets
  • 02:08 Option to prevent time entries from being reopened
  • 02:47 Option to mark shifts as non-working time
  • 03:47 Payroll managers can now submit and reopen time entries
  • 04:24 Time off balance report enhancements
  • 04:39 Option to enter time in days
  • 05:08 Estimated cost at completion (EAC)
  • 07:00 Project statuses and checklist items are now customizable

Q2 2024

Find out what we added to Replicon and Polaris in the second quarter of 2024.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:24 Resource and task roles no longer have to match for actuals to display
  • 01:19 PMs can now request preferred resources
  • 01:58 You can now hide availability data during direct allocation
  • 02:33 Budget cost can be broken down into expense and resource budgets
  • 03:09 Monthly project expense estimates and actuals
  • 03:44 Billable statuses for expense codes at the project level
  • 04:16 Per-project expense markup
  • 04:43 Other features

Q1 2024

Find out what we added to Replicon and Polaris in the first quarter of 2024.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:18 Access limits for resource pools in Polaris
  • 01:28 AM/PM selector in in/out timesheets in Replicon and Polaris
  • 02:05 Option to hide time off policy details from users in Replicon
  • 02:43 Supervisor name now displays on the overview page in Replicon

Q4 2023

Find out what we added to Replicon and Polaris in the fourth quarter of 2023.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:19 Improved access to filters in the timesheet task selector in Replicon and Polaris
  • 01:06 Option to skip prompting for approval comments in Replicon
  • 02:09 Project managers can reopen previously approved timesheets in Replicon

Q3 2023

Find out what we added to Replicon in the third quarter of 2023.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:20 ZeroTime enhancements
  • 01:44 Assign hours to each task resource in Polaris
  • 02:56 Enhancements to resource allocation in Polaris
  • 04:34 Estimates for enhancement requests in Polaris
  • 05:16 Independent co-manager permission in Replicon

Q2 2023

Find out what we added to Replicon in the second quarter of 2023.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:20 Job-based scheduling in Replicon
  • 01:27 Project-dependent custom timesheet fields in Replicon
  • 02:22 Project lookup card in Replicon
  • 02:47 Cost optimized resource allocation in Polaris
  • 03:42 Resource pools in Polaris
  • 04:27 Improvements to SmartBeats functionality in Polaris

Q1 2023

Find out what we added to Replicon in the first quarter of 2023.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:18 Rebranded Replicon UI
  • 01:03 Home page messages in Replicon
  • 01:42 Time off aware allocation on the Quick Allocation page in Polaris
  • 02:18 Additional BI extracts in Replicon and Polaris

Q4 2022

Find out what we added to Replicon in the fourth quarter of 2022.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:20 Project Audit report in Replicon and Polaris
  • 00:45 Client rep approval of expenses in Replicon and Polaris
  • 01:07 PMs can set the billable status of expenses in Replicon
  • 01:41 Billing Summary timesheet component in Replicon
  • 02:06 ADP Connectors in Replicon
  • 02:52 Actuals on resourcing pages in Polaris
  • 03:24 Portfolios in Polaris PPM
  • 03:46 One-click recalculation of a month's revenue in Polaris PSA

Q3 2022

Find out what we added to Replicon in the third quarter of 2022.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:22 ZeroTimeTM in Replicon and Polaris
  • 01:17 Quick access landing page in Replicon
  • 01:50 Attendance Monitoring component in Replicon
  • 02:14 Enter time against projects of any active status in Polaris
  • 02:40 Ad hoc line item descriptions included on invoices in Polaris
  • 03:03 Request histories in Polaris PPM

Q2 2022

Find out what we added to Replicon in the second quarter of 2022.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:11 User Access Details report in Replicon and Polaris
  • 00:43 New Submission Failed timesheet status in Replicon and Polaris
  • 01:20 Modification History timesheet component in Replicon and Polaris
  • 01:43 Mass move time utility in Replicon
  • 02:21 Direct resource assignment via the Resource Plan page in Polaris
  • 03:01 Request statuses, scores, and review checklist in Polaris PPM
  • 04:09 SmartBeat entry via timesheets in Polaris

Q1 2022

Find out what we added to Replicon in the first quarter of 2022.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:23 Improved task selector in Replicon and Polaris
  • 00:59 Project Progress dashboard in Polaris
  • 01:31 Quick Allocation in Polaris
  • 02:17 New edit ability for project managers with resource manager permissions in Polaris
  • 02:54 Managing enhancement requests in Polaris PPM
  • 03:47 Updates to timesheet population in Replicon and Polaris
  • 04:13 Configurable decimal/grouping separator in Replicon and Polaris

Q4 2021

Find out what we added to Replicon in the fourth quarter of 2021.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:18 Configurable assignment of all users to new projects
  • 01:07 Automatically assign new project team members to all tasks
  • 01:56 Prevent managers from editing main project details
  • 02:49 Limit who can be assigned to a project team, by group
  • 03:34 New Replicon uptime and incident status page

Q3 2021

Find out what we added to Replicon in the third quarter of 2021.

These features are profiled:

  • 00:19 Ability to manually adjust time off
  • 00:51 Next/previous options in timesheets for approvers
  • 01:07 User dynamic custom fields
  • 01:34 Show sub-groups in search results in the Payroll Workbench
  • 02:10 Custom value separator options for imports
  • 02:41 Short Time Entry ID in the Time Workbench
  • 03:08 New options for punch custom fields
  • 03:35 Compliance updates
  • 03:53 Polaris PPM

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