Welcome to our fortnightly showcase, full of release information and early looks at upcoming developments for the fortnight from 17/09 to 28/09!
Leave blackout periods – released
Block staff from applying for leave during set periods
Make sure you have enough staff to cover your busy periods
Flexible self-serve configuration let’s you have company wide blackout periods or set them per store, region, employee group or leave type
Maintain flexibility by allowing some managers the ability to approve by exception
Late clock out notifications – released
Control overtime by knowing when your staff are working late
Maintain visibility of staff working late, even for your mobile or decentralised workforce
Save money on unnecessary overtime
Minimise time theft
Grouped shifts – in development => now released!
Create, edit & delete groups of shifts in the new roster builder
Create & manage shifts for multiple employees at once, for a single shift period
Important shift information including fill status, shift details & compliance alerts flows to the top level
Refreshed UI across the platform – in design
A harmonious experience through interface consistency
Visual updates on earlier pages of Ento, to unify the user experience & improve the clarity of information
Applies to:
- Timesheets review
- Rosters
- Dashboard
- Employees
- Leave
- Unavailability
- & other listing pages
Creating rosters from demand – in design
Create rosters using forecasted demand
Use your forecasted demand & headcount need to create shifts when creating new rosters to ensure you have the right people at the right time
Combine with Ento’s autofill & optimise engine to create the most efficient roster possible when creating a new roster
Create rosters of unassigned shifts to use as a base to ensure you have the correct amount of people for the job
Other features
Autofill & optimise settings – released
You can now use autofill & optimise without needing to configure each award manually
Roster builder staff & role reordering – released
Customise your roster view in a way that make sense to you with role & staff reordering
Roster vitals bar – in QA
Keep in touch with what is vital to your business while rostering
Roster vitals preferences – in development => now released!
Set what is vital to your business & make it a core part of your rosters
Shift notes for employees – in QA => now released!
Use custom data fields to give employees access to the information they need to do their job. E.g. site address, client bill codes, service notes
Push notifications – in development
Notify employees of any changes to their roster through their device
Single sign-on via Okta – in development
Allow employees to log into Ento using Okta, a single sign-on service. Allows customers to centrally control access and credentials through systems like Active Directory.
Public holidays in NRB – in design
Visualisation for when a public holiday is upcoming in the new roster builder
Timecode popularity – in QA
Shift label suggestions when creating or updating a shift in the new Roster Builder are now affected by popularity
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See you next fortnight for another update! Feel free to check out past fortnights here.
