What's new in Release Version 1.13.0

 Key Highlights & New Features

1. Guest Accounts & Cross-Account Collaboration

To facilitate seamless collaboration between partner organizations, general contractors, and engineering consultants, we have introduced comprehensive Guest Account capabilities.

• Collaborate Without Extra License Costs: Users with an active paid license in their primary organization can now be invited as Guests into partner and client accounts without consuming an additional paid license on the host account.
• Effortless Multi-Account Switching: Users with access to multiple accounts can switch workspaces seamlessly by clicking the organization logo in the main navigation menu. The primary organization remains pinned at the top for quick access.
• Streamlined Guest Onboarding: Invited guest users receive a specialized invitation directing them to a one-click "Join Account" confirmation, eliminating redundant registration steps.
• Automated Eligibility Safeguards: To maintain license consistency, guest invitations validate that the guest user possesses an active license matching the host organization's plan tier (Standard or Pro), providing clear alerts if an invitee is ineligible.
• Automated Lifecycle & Access Management: If a user is deactivated, archived, or removed from their primary organization, their guest access across all connected partner accounts is automatically revoked.
• Dedicated Guest Permissions Controls: Account Administrators can manage project assignments and project-level roles for guest collaborators while preserving account-level role security.

2. List Library, Checklists & Template Management

• Granular Prefilled List Project Assignment: Account administrators can now assign or unassign prefilled table lists to specific projects in bulk from the List Library, with built-in safeguards that prevent unassigning lists actively referenced in published entries.
• "All-or-Nothing" Bulk Operations: Standardized bulk delete and bulk unassign actions in the List Library to ensure consistent batch processing, canceling the operation and displaying clear guidance if any selected item cannot be modified.
• Rich Text Display Sanitization: Eliminated raw HTML tags from rich text area fields, ensuring descriptions and activity notes render cleanly across log pages, view flyouts, and exports.
• Dynamic Checklist Display Names: Connected checklist fields now render the human-readable prefilled list name rather than internal system identifiers.
• Unpublished Field Deletion: Administrators can now safely delete draft fields from published list templates without triggering server errors, matching the behavior of the Document Library.
• Import & Field Type Fixes:
  • Added support for negative numerical values in percentage field spreadsheet imports.
  • Resolved an issue when creating and configuring new Currency fields within lists.
  • Preserved checklist associations on project settings views when prefilled lists are archived.

 UI & Usability Enhancements

• Visible-Column Excel Exports: Standard report Excel exports now reflect your customized table view, exporting only the columns currently displayed on screen and eliminating the need to re-hide columns in spreadsheets.
• Modernized Material Acceptance Usage Report:
  • The report now automatically evaluates all project dates for complete data consistency.
  • Calculations have been upgraded to provide accurate cumulative totals for total recorded quantities and remaining acceptance quantities needed.
  • The item selector now filters dynamically to show only pay items configured to require material acceptance.
• Photo Details Report Safeguards & Polish:
  • Implemented an export threshold alert for photo reports containing over 500 images to prevent browser timeouts and ensure reliable PDF generation.
  • Fixed report image rendering in the browser view and ensured export packages are delivered promptly via email.
  • Resolved project and organization branding logo display on exported photo report headers.
• Real-Time Payment Reporting Integrity: Added processing safeguards during payment period approval workflows to ensure period totals and summary calculations finalize before report generation.
• Interactive Product Walkthroughs: Integrated tailored in-app product tours that deliver contextual guidance and onboarding walkthroughs based on user roles and project milestones.
• Account Settings Navigation Refresh: Restructured the Settings menu to provide direct, dedicated access to Projects and Lists management under Account Settings.
• Project Creation & Duplication Precision:
  • Resolved an issue where project dates shifted by one day when duplicating existing projects.
  • Ensured Project Owner assignments save and transfer accurately during project setup and duplication.
  • Fixed template sorting and restored complete document template availability in project setup workflows.
• Asynchronous Action Notifications: Added real-time progress banners and informational alerts when archiving or restoring projects and validating list value deletions.

Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements

• Account-to-Project Search Navigation: Fixed top-level navigation transitions so selecting a project directly from account-level search results transitions smoothly into the target project workspace.
• Decoupled Search & Audit Indexing: Moved search and history indexing into asynchronous background workers during document publishing, cutting save times for data-heavy inspection and daily reports by up to 60%.
• Instant Nested Entry Updates: Adding nested manpower, equipment, and contractor records within active document entries now renders immediately without requiring a full browser refresh.
• Date & Timezone Normalization: Standardized list time fields to display user-entered local times accurately across entry views and reports rather than raw system timestamps.
• Custom PDF Export Accuracy: Resolved an export mapping issue in custom daily inspection reports to ensure contractor and company names display consistently on generated PDFs.
• Account Registration Fixes: Resolved submission errors during standard account registration and purchasing flows.
  
  

If you have any questions, or need additional assistance, please reach out to our support team at support@facsware.com and we will be happy to assist you.