Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes

Attestation Tool Kit
Release Notes
Version 4.7
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Contents
Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.7 ...................................................................... 3

New Feature Summary .................................................................................................................... 3
Bug Fixes/Minor Enhancements in Version 4.7 ................................................................................ 4
Implementation & Known Issues ...................................................................................................... 4
Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.6 ...................................................................... 4
Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.5.1 ................................................................... 7
Bug Fixes/Minor Enhancements in Version 4.5.1 ............................................................................. 7
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Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.7
New Feature Summary

The following table outlines the new features that have been added to the Attestation Tool Kit (ATK)
for use in version 4.7
Feature Description
Disallow Employees from approving Add a global property for KSS Approvals to disallow employees from
their own exceptions approving their own exceptions
APIs for manager functions Enhanced API’s for Manager Functions

(see developers guide for details)
Switch to turn off manager approvals Add a feature switch to turn off the notification that the manager
were removed approval was removed
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Bug Fixes/Minor Enhancements in Version 4.7
The following bugs and minor enhancements have been corrected in the Attestation Tool Kit version
4.7
• Time Review Editor: when employee rejects or approves day/ pay period on ‘Reject Timecard’ form the
attestation text from ‘Default’ profile is displayed if corresponding employee’s profile has empty ‘Attestation text’
field on ‘Profiles’ tab
• LoadAttestationMessage action of AtkApproval XML API tag returns Default Profile message if Employee's
Profile message is Empty
• InTouch: "class java.lang.NullPointerException" appears if only 'Show any pay period?' set to true
• InTouch time period selection screen should be bypassed if there's only one choice
• SQL used for upcoming breaks doesn't work for shifts that cross midnight
• Work rule with "<" in the name not recognized in my timestamp transfer, "Please select an item from the list."
• InTouch throws IndexOutOfBoundsException for single answer question when listing shift punches
• Exclude the use of reserved chars on free form notes
• Time zone column in KSS_HELDTRANS to be expanded
• Bug in Oracle database script that could occur during new installs.
• Duplicate comment error if same comment used by multiple questions in a single puncher.
• Performance issues with approval audits
Implementation & Known Issues
New Feature Summary

for use in version 4.6
Feature Description
Feature switch to turn off approvals This feature switch will allow you to configure the Time Review
to only support Missed punches.
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Feature Description
Enhanced “Known Places” “Known Places” condition now supports known place profiles as
condition to support known places well as the previous valid accounts configuration.
profiles
New extensibility to edit punch time This allows a plug-in to be created which can alter the current
punch time of the transaction.
A new “Platform” condition was The “Platform” condition in MyTimeStamp checks from which
added platform employees’ punches are coming. Platforms options are
is or is not:
• Quick Time Stamp
• 4500
• InTouch
• Mobile View
• Offline Processor
• Web Browser (Full Browser)
• Mobile Home (Mini browser)
• TTE
• Terminals (4500 or InTouch)
A new “Totaled Pay Code” This condition will sum totals for a specified pay code. This may
condition was added be a combined pay code over either (a) the most recently
worked day or (b) the current week. It compares the total
against a number.
A new “Last Shift Transferred” This condition finds the punch times of the most recently worked
condition was added shift and returns true/false if this shift overlaps a scheduled shift
with/without a work-rule transfer name containing a specific text.
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4.6
• On MyTimeStamp, the page was adjusted so that the buttons do not shift when the time is
loaded above them
• Authcontroller activation incorrectly overwrites an SSO property in the
custom_WPK.properties file
• Fixed the permission error on RPTSF_KSS_GETATKDISPLAYINFO when running the
install/upgrade scripts
• Adjusted the My Approvals Detail and Detail Info reports to show the manager person
number instead of the internal person ID
• Transfer dialog no longer errors out when an ampersand is in work rule transfer
• Performance enhancements for the All My Approvals screen

• The Modified version of “Known Places” condition is not compatible with WFC version 8.1.2
and earlier
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Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.5.1
New Feature Summary

for use in version 4.5.1
Feature Description
Created framework for a post- Created the framework to allow extensions that can be run after
punch processor the punch and all other processing occurs
Added Support for WFC 8.1 Added Support for WFC 8.1
Bug Fixes/Minor Enhancements in Version 4.5.1

4.5.1
• Missed Punch Dialog does not follow long question property and shows button ID instead of
name
• Cascading pay code held for approval throws exception when approved
• Logout button should not be displayed on screen when inside a widget
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New Feature Summary

for use in version 4.5.
Feature Description
In the answer setup, you can now configure the workflow to
Added a new option for an prompt the employee for the punch time and date. This is
employee to enter the time of the configurable such that you can enable employees to add a
punch single punch for another day.
.
In the question dialog, you can override the standard behavior

Employees can now be prompted
and allow the employee to see a single answer. This has been a
with a single answer
common request for read acknowledgement prompts.
This new extensibility feature allows a plug-in to be registered

A new extensibility point was added that will disallow the approval process under customer-defined
to the Time Review screen circumstances—such as if there are no hours in the period, or if
the hours entered do not add up to the contract, etc.
My Approvals on InTouch now My Approvals can be configured to use the new InTouch form
supports the long question form. added in firmware 2.1.5 so that long rejection reasons can wrap.
You can now use the Time Review screen with an on-screen
More places were added where
keyboard, even when the employee can enter rejection notes.
you can use an on-screen
You can also configure an on-screen keyboard to show if your
keyboard
employee is using My Approvals.
A new condition was added to For those customers with Scheduling Attestation or a different
detect is there is an employee extension that creates employee exceptions, there is a new
exception waiting in My Approvals condition to detect when there are submitted requests waiting.
Now, coupled with the above condition, you can redirect

employees to the My Approvals page on a punch or from a
New Redirect on punch options
button. This also works in Quick Time Stamp as well.
were added
You can also redirect the employee to a User-defined URL, like
the time card or schedule.
Periodic questions can now require Previously, periodic questions were marked as asked even
the punch to be added before when employees failed to finish answering subsequent
marking it as asked. questions.
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• Time Review was updated to consistently show two decimal places on hours
• Fixed the logout process on v7 & v8 customers who sometimes were redirected to the
incorrect login URL
• Added translation text for the Mobile Home Screen Title Text
• Fixed the comment columns building blocks to include comments entered on the last day of
the period shown. Also, deleted comments are not counted.
• Cancel meal is now supported for held punches and missed punch requests
• Time Review totals were adjusted to no show truncated amounts
• Enhanced the schedule condition to exclude scheduled pay codes when determining shift
start
• Fixed the prompt for punches display for days on the end of a pay period boundary.
Sometimes the final punch was missing.
• Added the mark for totalization step after submitting historical correction for V8 transaction
made prior to the sign off.
• Added a method to pass through SSO errors when both the authentication controller and
SSO are employed together.
• Added a My Approvals context for transactions made after the approve/reject actions.
Previously Workforce Timekeeper was filling in Mobile as the context.
• Disconnected the prevent punch option with the hold punches until approved feature so that
employees can submit two punches for a different day without having to punch as well.
• Fixed the issue where commas in a transfer were failing.
• Added a new property switch so that you can configure whether approvals count toward the
day of the approval or to the day of the start shift. Previously, this always used the day that
was approved
• Minutes elapsed and minutes worked conditions were enhanced to work more accurately
during DST changes.
• The Device IP in the ATK audits was enlarged to accommodate over 20 hops.
• Enhanced performance on the reporting of audits
• Adjusted the upgrade DB script for Oracle to stop conversion failures

There are currently no known issues.
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Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.7 ...................................................................... 3

New Feature Summary

APIs for manager functions Enhanced API’s for Manager Functions

• Performance issues with approval audits

Implementation & Known Issues

Attestation Tool Kit Release Notes for Version 4.6

New Feature Summary

Implementation & Known Issues

New Feature Summary

Bug Fixes/Minor Enhancements in Version 4.5.1

New Feature Summary

In the question dialog, you can override the standard behavior

This new extensibility feature allows a plug-in to be registered

Now, coupled with the above condition, you can redirect

Implementation & Known Issues

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