RELEASE NOTES
Find out what’s happening on the ELEVATE platform. View our latest changes and fixes as we continuously work to improve the ELEVATE platform and user experience.
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Enhancements
Enhanced break rules and rest period tracking: To accommodate certain state laws surrounding required meal breaks and rest periods, ELEVATE is excited to announce that part of our upcoming release will include enhanced Break Rules and Rest Period Tracking. This enhanced functionality will allow Resources to capture the start and end times of unpaid breaks when entering their weekly hours and alert the Program Team and Suppliers if an unpaid break is missed or shorter than the state-required minimum. This new functionality is designed to work with any existing Break Rules and does not require updates to your current Network or Client configurations. Once the changes are in effect on 11/02, Resources will notice a slight difference in the location of the break rules attestations, which will move from an individual time entry screen to a day view summary screen below the Engagement Tasks. Additionally, to allow for easier reporting and auditing of missed breaks, we will be expanding what is available in Query Tools reporting.
JULY 31, 2024
Enhancements
Minor Enhancements: Addition of Resource Name in Approval Emails, Job Taxonomy Concatenation in Rate Card Management, and Export of Invited Suppliers to Requisitions
JULY 19, 2024
Enhancements
Alternate work schedule support: With the latest release, ELEVATE now supports alternate work schedules, specifically 9/80 and 4/10 work weeks. Admins with the proper permissions can create new schedules and define the schedule type (5/40, 4/10, or 9/80) along with the corresponding week end date. In the case of 9/80 type schedules, you will also be able to define the week end time. These schedules are tied to the worksite which will drive the schedule’s application to an engagement. You will notice that for engagements on a 9/80 schedule, their timesheets will contain 8 days with validations to restrict time entry on the first and last days to remain in that specific work week. In addition to the above changes, the ELEVATE OT Engine has been updated to include the schedule type as a parameter for determining overtime.
JUNE 20, 2024
Enhancements
Microsoft Entra single sign-on support in ELEVATE: We’re excited to announce that in addition to our existing support for Duo and Okta, we’re adding Microsoft Entra Single Sign-on (SSO) as an out-of-the-box supported configuration for SSO. Now, customers using Microsoft Entra SSO, formerly Microsoft Azure SSO, can easily configure ELEVATE as an app within Microsoft Entra. If your customers use Microsoft Entra SSO and are interested in setting it up for ELEVATE, contact your Channel Partner Manager for more information.
JUNE 6, 2024
Enhancements
Shift differential as a percentage: With this release, we’re adding the ability to define shift differentials as a percentage. Prior to this release, shift differentials in ELEVATE only supported a fixed dollar amount. A single client can leverage both modes as the use of fixed amount or percentage is defined on the individual shift. The additional flexibility will allow you to better manage your programs, utilizing shifts and shift differentials.
Pay rate multiplier support in OT engine: As we continue to expand the visibility into engagement rates within ELEVATE, we are now adding the ability to define Pay Rate Multipliers within the OT Engine. This new capability will be leveraged when using ELEVATE’s bill rate model with pay tracking to calculate overtime and double-time pay rates on those engagements.
Enhanced visibility into engagement rates: We’re expanding the data points you’re able to see when viewing engagement rates. Prior to this release, depending on your rate model, you had visibility into the Resource Pay rates and Client Bill rates. With this release we’re adding visibility into the Supplier Bill rate, which is calculated based on the Client Bill rate and the Program Fee. This will also be made available in Query Tools reporting.
Additional enhancements: Two new fields have been added to ELEVATE: Address Line 2 on the Worksite and External Resource ID on the Resource Profile. We’ve added additional flexibility when defining the resource unique ID for your program by adding a new option: First Name Initial + Last Name Initial + MMDD + Last 4 SSN
MAY 9, 2024
Enhancements
Rate structure updates: In our upcoming release, we will be making changes to ELEVATE’s rate structure that will allow for more uniform reporting for programs using a mix of rate models. Additionally, we’re adding a new setting for customers using a bill rate model called ‘Use Pay Tracking’ which will allow for the tracking of pay rate information in native fields, eliminating the need for custom fields.
New functionality: For bill rate programs you can now enable ‘Use Pay Tracking’. This will turn on a new native field within ELEVATE to capture the resource’s pay rate on the submission. This reduces the need to use custom fields to capture this data. The resource pay rate, along with systematically calculated markup, will carry through and display on the engagement. This data is visible to all users with access to that submission and engagement. If you’re interested in enabling this functionality, please contact your ELEVATE administrator.
Changes to existing functionality: The label for ‘Supplier Bill Rate’ will now be updated to ‘Client Bill Rate’ as this should be the amount the client is expected to pay for the service. The legacy field called ‘Client Bill Rate’ will be removed from the user interface. This data will be migrated to the new ‘Client Bill Rate’ field. This is to standardize where in the backend of ELEVATE we’re storing rate information across bill rate and rate card programs, enabling uniform reporting.
The ‘Posted Rate’ field is being removed. For requisitions with a ‘Posted Rate’; if there is a ‘Supplier Bill Rate’ we’ll ignore the posted rate and it will not be migrated, however if there is no ‘Supplier Bill Rate’ we’ll use the ‘Posted Rate’ as the low and high ‘Client Bill Rate’.
MARCH 7, 2024
Enhancements
Payment reference number front-end import: With our most recent release, you can now upload your supplier payment reference numbers within ELEVATE allowing suppliers to more efficiently reconcile their payments. Prior to this release, this capability required an integration to be used. Now, any network user with the new ‘Create Payment References’ permission can upload this information from the front end within administration, under “data interfaces”.
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Enhancements
- Restricting worksite information: To ensure accurate reporting in ELEVATE, the Worksite information (Name, Address, City, State, County, Zip, and Country) will be locked down and not editable based on the selected Worksite. The Worksite will remain editable until the first timesheet is submitted for that engagement, allowing remote workers to be assigned to the correct worksite before activating the Engagement. Note that while using rate cards you will be restricted to only worksites that have corresponding valid rate cards.
- Custom attribute support for hyperlinks: Improved ELEVATE’s user experience by supporting a new custom attribute type of URL. With this custom attribute type, it’s now possible to save a URL and have its value present as a clickable hyperlink within the application. Enables easy access links to documents stored in an online drive.
JANUARY 25, 2024
Enhancements
Integration: To allow for more automation of staffing workflows, we have completed a new native integration between ELEVATE and Bullhorn. This integration allows the flow of requisition, candidate and interview data to take place between ELEVATE and Bullhorn, streamlining the end-to-end process for staffing partners.
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Enhancements
Automation: Automated invoice generation
Engagements: Approval workflow for budget related changes to engagements
August 18, 2023
Enhancements
- Automation-led Integration: Major integrations with several MSP partners’ back-office systems (Great Plains, JDE, and PeopleSoft)
- Integration: Ability for MSP partners to custom configure unique identifiers on all major database entities
- Analytics: Enabled digital QBRs through our Advanced Analytics feature
- Automation-led Integration: Three-way invoicing and payment integration with client AP system and MSP partner billing and payment systems
- Automation: Automated budget calculation for new job requisitions and enhanced budget vs. actuals tracking on engagements
- Time & Expense: Ability to ingest time from client timekeeping system on a daily basis and provide time-sensitive daily workforce management reporting
- Mass Actions: Mass update capability for engagement rates
- Communications: Actionable email notifications for engagement end-date extensions
January 11, 2021
Enhancements
- Security: Increased site security by implementing stricter password requirements. Includes enforcing minimum character length and character type combination rules.
- Security: Installation of heightened monitoring on failed log-in attempts, as well as employment of auto-lockout functionality.
- Engagements: Enhanced validation rules upon engagement cancel/close activity. The Close and or Cancel options will now display based on whether the engagement contains valid timecards.
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Enhancements
- Time & Expense: Added a new client setting which allows a Time Entry Type to be set as default for new Engagement creation.
- Reporting: New reportable data point added which alerts user when notes are present on a candidate submission.
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Enhancements
- Automation: Task Library automation has been expanded to include Engagement Task set-up when a new Engagement Rate is created via the copy functionality.
- Communications: Added additional recipients to the system notification sent out when a Job Requirement is closed. Now all Supplier partners working on a Job Requirement will be alerted when that Job Requirement has been closed, regardless of whether they have active candidate submissions.
- Visibility: Extending the availability of our Additional Hiring Manager roles to Engagement records, providing increased dashboard visibility to client users aligned to these roles.
- Time & Expense: Added a client setting which allows for the restriction of Supplier time uploads when client is using a 3rd party system of record for time entry.
- Time & Expense: Built in some additional validation measures on the time loader reconciliation process to further ensure proper alignment to established work shifts.