Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements

By ActiveCollab Team 2 min read
Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements

As the summer reaches its end, so do our "under the hood" operations. We've been working on many details invisible to our users, but helpful for the future.

Without further ado, here's a shortlist of what we've been up to in August:

  • Budget alerts
  • Task modal

Budget alerts

We announced a new option would be added, and it has! Now you can set up a default budget percentage on a system level. As you may already know, we've automated a significant part of ActiveCollab. Creating recurring tasks, project templates, task dependencies, setting tracked hours as billable or not by default, and so much more, has been made simple.

We believe people shouldn't waste time doing repetitive tasks when software can do it all for them. Our goal is to let you focus on Real Work! So, set up a default budget percentage for all your projects, and you won't have to think about it again. Each time you spend, for instance, 50% of a project's budget, you'll be notified.

Task modal

This change is not something you'll easily notice. We've been tidying up the code to improve performances and make the app run a little faster. Sounds like a quick fix, but in reality, it took up quite a lot of time. The good news is, from now on, there should be fewer glitches and less loading time.

Xero

We had a similar situation with QuickBooks. Xero is saying goodbye to OAuth1.0, and we're making sure our integration keeps on running smoothly. Cloud users don't need to worry about anything, as everything will be updated automatically. On the other hand, Self Hosted users will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to reconnect their Xero account.

Uptime

ActiveCollab's uptime during August was 99.85%. It's not 100% because we worked on a necessary architecture change. The coupling of the main ActiveCollab application with one internal service was the leading cause of the downtime back in June, and we are happy to have these two systems decoupled now. Not only do we expect increased system resilience, but also a slightly better performance!


Coming up

My Work finally gets the spotlight! The plan was to start working on it in August, but the task modal proved trickier than it seemed. It was also a period filled with vacations. We're now ready to tackle one of the most demanded features: grouping tasks by their due dates in My Work!


September marks the beginning of a new school year, but it's also usually the beginning of many projects. We'll talk more about them as they unfold in the following months, so stay tuned! And stay safe. 

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Other posts in the series on ActiveCollab Monthly Updates

  1. New My Work Launched, Red Dot Browser Notification
  2. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
  3. New Time Reports, Sidebar Collapse, Timesheet, Internal Hourly Rates
  4. Refurbished My Work, Notification Bell EAP, Invoice QR Code
  5. Target Project Budget, New Column View EAP
  6. Personal Timesheet, Time Report Custom Date Range
  7. In-app Chat Introduction, Default Client Visibility, Stopwatch Project Name
  8. My Work EAP, Storage Add-on, Self-hosted ActiveCollab 7.0
  9. Default Budget Alert Percentage, Task Improvements
  10. Column View Improvements, Budget Alerts, Availability-based Date Picker
  11. Refreshed Column View, Project Stopwatch, Get Paid Free Tryout
  12. 90-Day Trial, Time Tracking Enhancements, Uptime
  13. ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: December 2019
  14. Timeline View Improvements, Future Workload Planning, Project to Template
  15. Project Timesheet and Stopwatch
  16. New Comment Options and Time Estimates’ Visibility
  17. ActiveCollab 8.0: Batch Edit Time Records, Early Access Program
  18. Upgraded Editor, Activity Grouping
  19. ActiveCollab 8.0: Virtual Users and User History
  20. November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices
  21. ActiveCollab 8.0: Assignments Dashboard, Estimates, User Profile, Teams, and Trash
  22. ActiveCollab 8.0: My Work and Estimates
  23. ActiveCollab 8.0: People Page and Subtasks
  24. ActiveCollab 8.0: Subtask Due Date and Batch Edit
  25. Improved Invitations and Expense Tab
  26. Subtask’s Due Date, People Page Improvements, Comment to Task, and Duplicate Notes
  27. Default Tax Rates, Invoice Taxes, Comment Time&Date
  28. List View and Task Filtering
  29. Group Tasks by Start Date, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  30. Improved Search Bar, ActiveCollab 8.0: List View
  31. Storage Info, ActiveCollab 8.0: Time Indicators
  32. ActiveCollab 8.0: Upcoming Early Access Program
  33. ActiveCollab 8.0: Improved Search and Task Navigation
  34. Self-Hosted Upgrade, ActiveCollab 8.0: Enhanced Search Page and Subscribers List
  35. ActiveCollab 8.0: User Card, Pin Discussions
  36. Budget Intervals, ActiveCollab 8.0: Navigate Discussions, Edit Labels, Move Task Lists
  37. Managing Recurring Tasks and Notes
  38. Recurring Tasks on Workload and Custom Availability
  39. Custom Availability and Time Tracking Limits
  40. Two-factor Authentication and Time Tab Improvements
  41. Intuitive Task List Reorder, New Task Filters, Magic Link Login
  42. Task Filters, Batch Editing, Project Progress Bar, Overview of Completed Tasks
  43. Template Start Date, New Project Header, Mobile App Stopwatch, Notification Scheduling
  44. Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions
  45. New Project Icons, Increased Mobile App Speed
  46. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2021
  47. Completed Projects Tab, Clickable Timesheet, Mobile App Reminders
  48. New Projects Page, Convert Chat Message to Task, Webhooks Improvements
  49. New Projects Page Header, Chat Reactions, Company Days Off
  50. In-app Chat Launched, Mobile App People Page
  51. Past Workload, Attachment UI Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  52. New Mobile App Launched, In-app Chat Custom Groups
  53. In-app Chat Improvements, In-app Reminder Notification, Mobile App Beta Testing
  54. Browser Notifications, Task Dependencies Improvements, In-app Chat EAP
  55. ActiveCollab Annual Updates: 2020
  56. New Mention Types, New Task Menu

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