The JobWatch App for Android has been updated to 5.27 and is available now from the Android Store.

Please note, to download and use 5.27, you will need to be running Android 9 or later.

🐞 Fixed

Contacts

• The contact detail screen now consistently displays the primary person when one is present, ensuring accurate and reliable information. (318544)

App Stability

• The app no longer crashes when receiving asset data if a connection timeout occurs, improving stability in challenging network conditions. (326111)

Formatting and UI

• Dates are now consistently displayed in the correct DD-MM-YYYY format throughout the app, ensuring uniformity. (326809)

• The background for text questions is now correctly displayed as white, improving readability and maintaining visual consistency. (327908)

Integration and Security

• Full device service URLs are no longer logged when requesting asset data, enhancing security and protecting sensitive information. (327705)

25.02.01 will be deployed to customers from 11th February 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🔄 Changed

Schedule

• Users can now select multiple job categories when viewing jobs in list view, making it easier to filter and manage jobs. (323026)

Dashboard

• The Quotes & Invoices Dashboard now displays the web user who created a document, rather than the last person to update it, improving accuracy. (304579)

• Expanding on the updates introduced in 25.01.01 and 25.01.02, the Job Performance Dashboard now respects user-specific restrictions, ensuring access aligns with configured permissions. (322047)

🐞 Fixed

Dashboard

• The Resource Utilisation Dashboard now calculates values accurately, preventing incorrect data from being displayed. (309858)

Alerts

• Expense alerts now trigger only when programmed to do so or when status changes occur, preventing unnecessary notifications. (312929)

• MOT alerts now trigger correctly, ensuring timely reminders. (324081)

Finance

• Opening a Group Job via a financially complete individual job within it no longer prevents financial documents from being created at the group level. (316500)

System-Wide

• The primary navigation bar no longer flickers for Mac users accessing BigChange via the Safari browser, improving UI stability. (325800)

25.01.02 will be deployed to customers from 23rd January 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🔄 Changed

Dashboards

• Building on the updates introduced in 25.01.01, the Invoices Due, Quotes Overview, and Resource Utilisation dashboards now respect user-specific restrictions, ensuring access aligns with configured permissions. (322050 & 323472)

🐞 Fixed

Dashboard

• The Resource Allocation by Job Type widget has been optimised to reflect stored data accurately, ensuring reliable insights. (309858)

Schedule

• Improved cookie handling for Safari users to minimise schedule flickering on macOS devices, enhancing usability. (324967)

Templates

• The Line Total VAT and VAT keywords now display the correct calculated values, ensuring template accuracy. (325822)

25.01.01 will be deployed to customers from 14th January 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.

🚀 New

Environmental Agency - Quarterly Waste Report

Your Waste. Your Responsibility. Simplified.

Track it. Report it. Comply with it.

Ensure every waste stream is accounted for, every legal requirement is met, and your company remains fully compliant.

Our Quarterly Waste Report is designed to simplify compliance with Environment Agency requirements. It streamlines the reporting process for collected waste, ensuring legal adherence while promoting transparency with your customers.

Want this report added to your site? Contact your Customer Success Representative today!

⭐ Other Features

• The Waste Transfer Note has been updated to meet the specific requirements for work completed in Scotland, ensuring compliance. (319302)

• The Standard Timesheet V2 now supports CSV export and allows hiding resources with no timesheet entries, absences, or jobs, simplifying reporting. (315646)

🔄 Changed

Dashboards

• Administrators can now manage dashboard licences more effectively by controlling which dashboards individual users can view, improving customisation and access control. (319837)

• The Quotes Dashboard now includes filters for "Date Sent" and "Date Accepted," making it easier to track and manage quotes. (224093)

• The Customer Service and Invoice Dashboards have been updated to match the functionality of other dashboards, ensuring a consistent user experience. (296214 & 297251)

Route Optimiser

• The next version of the Route Optimiser (currently in Open Beta) now considers shift patterns when optimising jobs for the following day. For jobs optimised today, the start time defaults to "now + 15 minutes," enhancing scheduling accuracy. (323479)

🐞 Fixed

Automation

• Job type automation now correctly assigns 'yes/no' values to follow-on jobs, ensuring consistent automation behaviour. (321346)

Finance

• Contact person details now synchronise accurately between BigChange and Xero, improving data consistency. (317655)

Schedule

• The end location for jobs is now displayed correctly on the map for resources with gaps in working hours, ensuring accurate location tracking. (320824)

Reporting

• Web users now only see jobs on the Job Report that they are permitted to access based on their restrictions, enhancing data security and user-specific visibility. (321834)

Map

• The map has been optimised to handle and display large numbers of territories spanning vast geographical areas, improving performance and usability. (320075)

Site Wide

• Custom filters are now retained when switching between views and pages, making it easier to manage and review filtered data. (297200)