Product Updates [February 2025]

We’ve got a series of updates designed to improve the experience with Hero Schedule. Here’s a breakdown of the key improvements and fixes implemented in Version 25.1.4 and 24.12.9:

Enhanced Activity View and Overtime Management

Chronological Shift Ordering

The activity view now displays shifts in chronological order, providing a clearer and more intuitive overview of scheduled events.

Overtime Request Transparency

We’ve added the requester’s name to overtime approval details. Now, you can easily see who submitted an overtime request, both in the day view and on the “Approve Requests” page, ensuring greater accountability and clarity.

Overtime Basis Date Fix

Resolved an issue where overtime requests with adjusted basis dates weren’t appearing correctly on the day detail popup. This fix ensures that overtime extensions are accurately displayed on the appropriate day.

Improved Functionality and Bug Fixes

• Shift Trade Optimization: We’ve addressed a performance regression in shift trading, resulting in faster and more reliable shift trade processing. Additionally, a time zone issue that caused shifts to display under incorrect dates in the shift trade window has been resolved.
• Custom Date Range Accuracy: Fixed a bug where selecting a 28-day custom date range would automatically expand to the entire month. Now, the selected range will accurately reflect your chosen dates.
• Pay Period Configuration: Addressed an issue where setting the last period of the year would fail when no pay periods had been previously closed.
• Minimum Staff Rules: Corrected a bug that prevented minimum staff rules from displaying on the admin screen when no activities were set up with a rule.

Specific Fixes Detailed

• Version 25.1.4:
  • Update activity view to show shifts in chronological order.
  • On overtime approval, show the user who entered the overtime request.
  • Fixes: In certain configurations a time zone issue would cause the shift trade window to display shifts under the wrong dates. Resolve a performance regression in shift trading. For custom date ranges, for certain ranges, the selection would automatically expand to the whole month. When no pay periods have been closed yet, setting the last period of the year would fail in cases where it shouldn’t. For certain basis-date shifted overtime requests, the overtime request wouldn’t show on the day detail popup.
• Version 24.12.9:
  • Fixes: Fix minimum staff rules not showing up on admin screen when no activities were set up with a rule.

See our developer’s release notes for all details.

Looking Ahead

We are committed to continuously improving the Hero Schedule platform and always appreciate your feedback. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.