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We hope this update finds you well! Last time we were overwhelmed by the pandemic. In April, we kind of got used to the new circumstances and carried on with our lives and new features. We have a few big ones! Here’s a shortlist:Default billable statusNew project budgeting typesDuplicate task listsNow ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
It’s time to face the music: the world has changed. As one of our users put it: “Uncertainty ahead!!”, and it’s true. We don’t know where we’ll be by the end of the year. We don’t even know when we’ll be able to get back to our offices!But until we do, teams are still working together ...
Team Collaboration • • 3 min read
They’re finally here! New budgeting types have been released to everyone, and we know some of you have been eagerly expecting them. Time is money, so we won’t waste any of it, but rather get down to business right away.Three is the magic numberBefore: no budgeting types, you could only choose whether ...
Product • • 2 min read
We’ve been keeping you updated on every step we take, month after month, in our monthly recaps. The latest features we’ve been working on required a lot of sweeping up, or as we like to call it, “spring-cleaning”. The team made many changes to the time tracking process, with a particular goal ...
Product • • 3 min read
March has been an incredible month for us and the world. The pandemic has spread rapidly and forced us to change the way we work. The office was closed up, and we all started working remotely full-time. It took us a few days to adjust, but we carried on as usual.A summary of what we’ve been up to is ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Have you heard? We’ve been working on Timesheets! In our previous posts, we’ve been talking about the (Team) Timesheet, while we’d like to get on a more Personal note now.It’s important to know where your team’s time goes, but it’s crucial to be aware of your own whereabouts in a time continuum ...
Product • • 2 min read
Our monthly recap is here! This time you’ll be reading about:Personal timesheetHistorical internal hourly ratesCustom date range in the Time reportPersonal TimesheetLet’s start with the Personal Timesheet. You’ll find it in the My Work > My Time section, the main difference is it won’t be empty ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
Experiment [noun] - “A procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.”Before you even start thinking about performing an experiment, its value must ...
Project Management • • 3 min read
It's time for another monthly recap! Here's a shortlist of our January updates:New Time ReportsCollapse sidebarTimesheetInternal hourly ratesProject Profitability overviewTrial accounts in your own languagePhew, that’s quite a list. If you’re interested in more details, keep reading!New Time ReportsWe’ve ...
Recaps • • 3 min read
ActiveCollab 1.0 was released more than twelve years ago, and we have documented a detailed list of changes for almost all releases since then. Despite that heritage and experience, it has become tough to map a particular set of changes to a particular version in the past couple of months.Our development ...
Product • • 5 min read
December is all about holidays! We’re aware of that, so we don’t usually have big releases around that time. Which doesn’t mean we have nothing new in store.Last month we had a few smaller, but very useful updates, while this month we bring you one extremely important improvement.Time reportsWe’re ...
Recaps • • 2 min read
In our previous post, we talked about setting a S.M.A.R.T. goal and said we'd give you an example from our own yard, so here it is!This is how we do itWe thought it would be nice to suggest you try out ActiveCollab in your native language. So, if you’re from Portugal and you’re visiting our site ...
Project Management • • 3 min read