Web release notes - September 2023

• Ad hoc reports can be generated as Excel files without an error. (CN 03501596 / PS-43227)

• When a file with an ampersand (&) in the file name is downloaded from the PDF viewer, the file name is no longer cut off at the ampersand. (CN 03493010 / PS-43059)
• After multiple topics are added to a meeting and saved, the topics can be moved or deleted. (CN 03498018 / PS-43156)
• When the Contact Search button is clicked, the list of contacts is displayed. (CN 03498160 / PS-43158)
• When the quantity of a general invoice is changed from 1 to 0 and the record is saved, the quantity no longer resets to 1. (CN 03498173 / PS-43160)
• When the value in an editable budget column is changed, the column is updated and no errors are displayed. (CN 03499239 / PS-43179)
• When the Add Submittals button is clicked in a submittal package, the list of submittals is displayed. (CN 03499341 / PS-43183)
• When the Add button is clicked in an SCO, the list of PCO items is displayed. (CN 03499371 / PS-43184)

• When a checklist item is added to an existing checklist, an error is no longer displayed. (CN 03495829 / PS-43100)
• The correct checklist item is opened from the checklist row. (CN 03495897 / PS-43101)

Photos module

The Photos module is now available automatically so that you no longer need to enable it in the portfolio settings. For more information on using the Photos module, refer to the getting started guide or online help.

Photos module link in navigation menu

In the Photo module, you can:

• Create albums and set permissions on them.


Buttons for creating albums and managing album permissions

• Upload photos into albums or the Photos area, which displays all your project photos.


Button for uploading photos in an album or the Photos area

• Group photos by their linked items in the Photos area.


Photos grouped by record type in the Photos area

• View which items are linked to a photo.


Links panel in the photo viewer

When you upload and link a photo or select and link a photo from the File Library to an item, the photo also becomes available in the Photos module. If you edit the photo in the photo viewer, those changes are synced to the photo in the File Library. However, the syncing is one-way from the Photos module to the File Library.

If you previously uploaded image files (for example, by uploading them into the File Library or by uploading and linking them to a record), those image files will be converted to photos. Then they will be available in the Photos module.

Budget - Units, hours, and quantities

Paid version

When the new units and hours setting is on, you can track units, hours, and quantities in your project budget. The related columns are available in the budget, as well as in contract invoices, PCOs, and purchase orders.

For information on how budget columns are calculated, refer to Budgets.

To start tracking units, hours, and quantities:

1. In the portfolio or project settings for budgets, turn on the units and hours setting.


Setting for units and hours for budgets

2. In the portfolio or project settings, edit the Units of Measure (UOM) lookup list, which is used for budget items.


UOM lookup list

3. In the budget, add budget items with the units, hours, and quantity information.


Units, hours, and quantity fields for budget items

4. In the budget grid, add columns related to units, hours, and quantities.


Column selector

Budget - Custom views PSW-I-1775

Paid version

You can now create, save, and share budget custom views, as well as create ad hoc reports based on them. A custom budget view can include the following customizations:

• Search terms
• Grouping option
• Columns (including, order, sorting, and width)

Budget - General enhancements

Paid version

The budget includes the following enhancements:

• The buttons for adding budget items and transferring amounts have been moved to the right side.


Buttons for transferring amounts and adding budget items

• The column selector has been moved and simplified.


Column selector

• To reorder columns, you can click and drag them in the budget grid.
Example



Column dragged to a new position

• After you add columns, the grid scrolls automatically to the right so that you can see the newly added columns.

• In a specific project, submittal records are loaded faster now in the data view. (CN 03484096 / PS-42828)

• In drawings, distance measurement annotations can be modified and removed after they're created and saved. (CN 03456042 / PS-42290)
• When a PDF is uploaded and attached to a comment in a record, the PDF can be opened in read-only mode if the comment isn't saved yet. (CN 03464579 / PS-42438)
• When the Checklist [Detailed with Comments and Links] report is created, all the links are included. (CN 03467570 / PS-42494)
• In the Search panel, when a search term includes a special character such as a period (.), the search is completed without an error. (CN 03471388 / PS-42577)
• When a .pptx filename contains the number sign (#), and the file is linked to a record, the file can be opened from the Links panel. (CN 03472724 / PS-42595)
• When all the general invoices are selected, the General Invoices [Detailed] report is created without an error, (CN 03472734 / PS-42597)