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Months active
Well-being & Sentiment Analysis, Peer-to-Peer Recognitions Overhaul and QR Based Clock-in
A feature-rich update introducing employee Well-being & Sentiment Analysis, Peer-to-Peer Recognitions overhaul with URL-based routing, globally integrated mobile-responsive Tooltips, and auto-scroll grid stabilization.
Mobile web-browser QR clock-in/out landing page automatically checking authentication and capturing GPS coordinates for geofence validation.
Interactive 'Manage QR' console in Office Locations admin dashboard allowing download, rotation, and temporary blocking of QR-based clock-ins.
Well-being Sentiment Analysis dashboard displaying mood metrics, distribution breakdowns, and interactive trend SVG analytics for Managers and Directors.
Daily Well-being Check-in prompts integrated next to user names, updating sentiments in real time via server-driven database channels.
Peer-to-Peer Recognitions overhaul featuring a unified global feed, real-time updates, and URL-based deep-linking for tab states.
Migrated standard browser tooltips to mobile-friendly ResponsiveInfo popover/tooltip components across all attendance, rosters, and reports views.
DateRangeFilter queries updated to standard URL-based 'from' and 'to' formats to align wellbeing analysis with other platform reports.
Roster calendar grid scrolling optimized to prevent auto-scrolling resetting your horizontal focus during active same-month modifications.
Removed redundant local TooltipProviders from individual pages to rely on the global layout-level TooltipProvider.
Workflow Platform, ESS Settings, Notifications & Lifecycle Automation
Our largest ESS release so far, combining realtime workflow notifications, resignation, campaign management and notice-period automation, geo-fenced office locations, policies, and a dedicated Settings experience for personal preferences.
Notification Center with realtime in-app alerts, unread badge, read/read-all actions, and stored notifications for users returning to the app.
Workflow notifications now cover leave, on-duty, regularization, resignation, assets, expenses, tasks, skill matrix, holidays, announcements, and employee status changes.
Announcements can notify all active users or only users in a selected department.
Unread notifications disappear from the dropdown after being marked read.
Manage office locations with lat/long, configure geo-fencing, and ensure location-based attendance.
Resignation Management module with employee submissions, manager approvals, notice-period tracking, withdrawals, and cancellation flow.
Campaign Management module with draft, preview, publish, close, public/authenticated forms, sectioned questions, realtime closure handling, response tables, CSV export, and System Admin corrections.
Employee lifecycle now supports Notice Period and Resigned states with login and API access rules aligned to ESS usage.
Daily resignation completion cron automatically closes completed notice periods and marks employees as resigned.
Workforce analytics now includes Notice Period and Resigned counts, plus resigned movement in Active Headcount Trend.
Policies & Rules page now covers notice period, leave entitlements, regularization, approval thresholds, expense policy, and asset policy.
Notification lookups are indexed for fast unread counts and automatic retention cleanup.
Settings page added for ESS personalization, replacing the header dropdown approach with a full page experience.
Dashboard widgets can now be shown, hidden, and reordered while fixed items such as profile completion, clock actions, notice period, and recovery-code warnings remain protected.
Favorite navigation lets users pin frequently used role-allowed sidebar links into a dedicated Favorites group.
Users can regenerate their own recovery codes from Settings and view used, pending, and total recovery-code counts.
Sidebar navigation now uses a shared registry with stable ids, so future navigation additions are automatically available in Settings.
User preference updates now use realtime payloads directly across Settings, Dashboard, and Sidebar to reduce repeated preference API calls.
Skill Matrix 2.0, Analytics Dashboard & Email Communication
A major platform release with a complete Skill Matrix overhaul, magic links and versioning, a live Analytics Dashboard across 7 modules, and a built-in Email Communication module.
Magic link evaluations - share a secure tokenised URL for external evaluators.
Self-evaluation submissions now tracked separately alongside manager ratings.
Version history for all skill submissions with diff view.
Skill cycle creation now supports configurable scale (1-10) and level (Employee / Manager).
Reports page now includes skill evaluation summaries with per-cycle breakdowns.
Fixed an issue where expired skill links were still being accepted.
Analytics Dashboard - live organisation-wide insights across 7 tabs: Workforce, Attendance, Tasks, Leaves, Finance, Assets & People.
Today's Presence ring with correct On-Duty logic - employees on approved OD are never double-counted as Present.
Weekly attendance runs Mon-Sun respecting employee shifts, holidays, and weekends.
People Spotlight tab - top performers ranked by work hours, task hours & punctuality with award cards.
Year picker with dynamic range (current year − 5) - all hire/expense/attendance stats update independently per selected year.
Attendance rate trend tooltip now shows full labels (Attendance %, Late %) - not just raw numbers.
All pie chart labels show name + percentage with proper label lines - no cropping on any viewport.
Email Communication module - compose and send rich-text emails directly from the portal without external tools.
Multi-recipient To and BCC support with tag-style recipient chips and live search.
Image attachment support with inline preview chips and per-file removal before sending.
Rich text editor (RichEditor) with formatting controls - bold, italic, lists, links.
Attachments are uploaded to CDN before send and inlined in the email body with clean styling.
On-Duty & Expense Overhaul
Weekly and monthly OD limits are now enforced at submission time. Expense management now supports multi-level approval thresholds and project-linked claims.
Weekly and monthly on-duty limit enforcement with configurable limits per org.
Expense approval thresholds - claims above the org threshold trigger a second approval level.
Project-linked expense claims now show project name and budget code in approval view.
On-duty approval queue now shows location and duty type prominently for faster review.
Fixed half-day on-duty not correctly deducting from attendance calculations.
Asset Management & Subscriptions
Assets module now supports subscription-type assets with renewal tracking and automated expiry alerts. Inventory view for admins with full assignment history.
Subscription assets with start date, expiry date, and recurring renewal flags.
Asset inventory view for admins and managers - filter by category, status, and nature.
Renewal requests flow - employees can raise renewal requests for subscription assets.
Asset request form now separates New vs Renewal request types clearly.
Assigned assets now visible directly on the employee profile page.
Asset list queries optimised - load time reduced by 60% on large inventories.
2FA & Security Hardening
Two-factor authentication is now enforced by default for all accounts. Session versioning prevents reuse of old tokens. Maintenance mode now uses a zero-DB cookie-based flag.
TOTP-based 2FA now mandatory by default - admins can bypass per user if required.
Session versioning - changing password or admin reset invalidates all existing sessions.
Maintenance mode reads from a fast cookie instead of a DB query, eliminating cold-path failures.
2FA bypass flag per employee for edge cases - toggleable by System Admin.
Set Password flow now enforces minimum strength requirements.
Fixed a race condition where the 2FA setup page could be skipped on fast network connections.
Portal Redesign & Onboarding Flow
Full visual redesign of the public-facing portal - new editorial theme, Playfair Display typography, shared header/footer, and a brand-new onboarding countdown experience.
Onboarding countdown page - new joiners see a live timer until their joining date.
Public landing, about, services, gallery, testimonials, and FAQ pages.
Complete UI overhaul - editorial cream theme, Playfair Display + Dancing Script typography.
Login page redesigned - fully responsive, no SVG illustration, cleaner card layout.
404 and 403 error pages now feature interactive constellation and role hierarchy diagrams.
Public pages now use Next.js App Router with static generation - TTFB under 80ms.
Leave Balances & Holiday Calendar
Leave balance tracking is now fully automated - allocations, used days, and remaining balances update in real time. Holiday management module added for admins.
Leave balance table - per-year tracking of allocated, used, and remaining days.
Holiday management - create, cancel, and categorise holidays by type.
Floater holidays support with employee-level claiming.
Half-day leave now correctly deducts 0.5 from balance instead of 1.
Fixed leave overlap detection not accounting for holidays in date range.
Leave cancellation now correctly restores balance on approved leaves.