When working with departments and manager restrictions, it's important to keep a close look on who has access to what. To keep things tidy, access restrictions for managers are now respected by the Payroll export functionality. The new restrictions will automatically apply, under Payroll > Payroll export.
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​You can set Department access for each of your employees from People > Employees > Security groups.
​In each of your security groups, you can check department access from the key icon (on the right side)
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Please contact our support team if this is a feature you would like to have enabled.
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Creating Departments got faster and easier. In People > Departments, you can add a new Department from the top right corner and that will allow you to input all the information you need in one go.
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To top it off, you can also search for your employees belonging to that department in the search field.
A similar view allow you to edit details about your Departments or delete them (now requiring an extra confirmation).
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We are constantly trying to improve our product and make easier for you to get the information you need faster.
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The new and improved Pending requests page will show you the current shift Swap requests, in which sorting order you would like. To make things simple, you, and your managers, can only see the departments you have access to.
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In the same way, the Shift requests are now displayed in chronological order (based on when the request was made), going back 7 days and highlighting if there is a shift conflict for each request. From this view you can assign your employees directly. Any other changes to the shift, can be made from the Schedule view.
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Once you manage the request, the employee will be notified automatically, by default. Additionally, you can send them a text message, if that is setup and available for your portal.
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Check out the new pages in Schedule > Pending requests.
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Information is key in fast paced business, and we always work to make data readily available and tailor made for you.
All the information about an employee regarding Shifts, Shift types, Department, Schedule > Position, Breaks, Payroll is compiled into the new Shift Overview.
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The Shift Overview page can be set to display the period you need from the Date range, and you can switch between employees from the Employee dropdown menu, once the view is open.
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You should keep in mind that this overview takes into account the department restrictions set for you or your managers.
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The new feature is accessible from a the Shift Overview icon, for each of your employees, in the Schedule > Employees view.
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We've been are working intensely on larger features to wrap up the 2019, besides general quality and performance improvements.
Here's a brief summary:

We've made sure that, when available, the Planday app will be displayed in the language you set for your device. Like this, when you change your device or hire someone new, it will be easier to find the familiar functionalities and settings.
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As a reminder, if you need to adjust the language settings on your app, you can do this under Account > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Language.
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Make sure to use the latest version available on the App Store.

Make sure to use the latest version available on Google Play.

The latest version of our iPad Kiosk App is 1.0.5. Make sure to download it from the App Store or update to access all most recent features.
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The integration imports daily revenue, from the POS system iKentoo by Lightspeed, directly into Planday.
iKentoo can upload automatically the revenue from the past 2 days, every 5 min or offer you on demand imports, from up to 30 days back in time.
With the revenue inside Planday managers can easily compare sales with scheduled cost to monitor performance.
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From now on, it will be easier to export payroll data directly from Planday to DataLøn, through a new API integration.
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Using DataLøn for managing payroll, through Planday will allow you to create a connection of users between the two and make sure you are constantly up to date.
The new integration also allows you to export the payroll data you need directly into DataLøn.
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See how to set it up on our support guide page.
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As the end of the year approaches, we're making efforts to improve and fix as many issues as we can.
Keep an eye out for a review of new features and changes that 2019 brought to you in Planday.
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In the beginning of 2020, we'll make sure to keep you in the loop and let you know what exciting new features are in the works.