Springbrook Enhancement Lists
Springbrook provides a comprehensive list of enhancements available to current Springbrook clients when upgrading the newest version.
Springbrook Version 7.18.7.0 Release Enhancements
Below is a list of enhancements available to current Springbrook clients when upgrading from Version 7.18.6.0 to Version 7.18.7.0. This document is not maintained to include enhancements released to 7.18.7.0 through standard maintenance after initial code release. Those enhancements can be viewed in our Release Notes application.
Grid Export
For the 7.18.7 release, numerous data grids across the Springbrook Cloud application have been enhanced with a more powerful grid export option. Users can now right-click in one of these updated data grids and select “Export all records to .csv” in order to generate a .csv file that includes all records that match the specified filter criteria. Because Springbrook Cloud grid exports were previously limited to 200 records, this new data grid export option provides a much more powerful tool for users who generate their own customized reports from the enhanced Springbrook data grids.
A full list of the data grids that allow this enhanced export functionality can accessed at https://sprbrk.box.com/v/7187GridExport.
.NET Framework Upgrade
Springbrook’s 7.18.7 Cloud release includes an upgrade from .NET Framework 4.6 (released in 2015) to .NET Framework 4.7.2. This framework upgrade provides the opportunity to take advantage of a more modern set of tools when the Springbrook team is developing new application features.
New! Payroll
The Payroll Computer Checks process Payroll Exceptions has been enhanced to include a non-stopping exception to inform users that they are not using the updated Federal tax tables.
The Minnesota Unemployment report has been enhanced to include the Exclude Rate Code Hours toggle. This toggle will allow users to exclude hours associated with a rate code on a history line that also includes a pay code. When this toggle is not checked, all hours will be included as with previous functionality.
The Federal Tax Table Update tool has been added to the Payroll module. This tool is used to update the existing FED Tax Table records to meet new IRS requirements.
The Retirement tab of the Employee Maintenance window has been enhanced for New York clients in order to meet new New York state retirement requirements. The following fields are now available:
- Employment Instance (string)
- Status (bool) HR Trans Type (string)
- PT - FT Annual Pay Rate (decimal)
- Class (string) Retired (bool)
- Status Change Date Job Code (string)
- Regular/Temp (string)
- Retired Systems (string)
New! Purchase Orders
The PO Purchase Orders step has been enhanced to improve efficiency when working with Inventory Control items. When an IC item is pulled into a PO line item, the IC Product Code and IC Item Description values associated with the item will automatically populate the Line Item Product Code and Description fields on the new purchase order line item.
New! Work Flows
The Human Resources Bulk Deductions process, Human Resources Pay Adjustments process, and the General Ledger Journal Entries process have been enhanced to include Work Flow functionality. The optional Generate Work Flows and Review Work Flows steps will allow users to set up work flows controlling things such as notifications and approval requests when processing.
Hardware & Software Requirements
The .NET Framework for Springbrook Cloud has been upgraded from version 4.6 to 4.7.2 in this release. .NET Framework is a required installation on machines used to launch the Springbrook Cloud application. For more information about installing .NET Framework 4.7.2 and supported Windows operating systems, please see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-net-framework-4-7-2/. Prior to your upgrade to Springbrook 7.18.7.0, you can check your .NET Framework installation by navigating to the Check Upgrade Compatibility option under the Help menu in your Springbrook main menu.
For a complete list of requirements for Springbrook Cloud, please see the Springbrook Cloud Hardware and Software Requirements document.