November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices

By ActiveCollab Team 3 min read
November Recap: ActiveCollab 8 Rollout, Calendar, Task Reports, and Invoices
Hello, everyone! Welcome to ActiveCollab’s latest updates! In October, we introduced User History and Virtual Users, two new features that will certainly help you better manage your teams. We’ve got some exciting news and updates this time as well, so read on to learn more!

ActiveCollab 8 Rollout

We’re thrilled to announce that we started rolling out the latest version of ActiveCollab, now available for everyone to check out.

If you’re new to ActiveCollab, you’ll be able to access ActiveCollab 8 as soon as you sign up for a free trial via our website.

If you’ve already had an ActiveCollab account for a while now, you can explore version 8 via the tiny rocket icon available in the top right corner of your workspace. If you don’t see it, ask someone with the Owner role to enable the icon for you and dive in!

Calendar

We enabled daily, weekly, and monthly views for you to visualize your tasks, events, as well as your days off. From now on, you won’t have to refresh the page to see updated information. Everything will be done in the background, so you can freely switch between the views and filter your calendar as you wish.

For a cleaner overview of your workdays, you’ll only find task details if you select a daily view or open a task directly from the Calendar.

Another great improvement in this section is the drag-and-drop feature we added for your events. Whether you’re looking to create a new event or reschedule an existing one, you can now do it more easily. If you want to shorten or extend its duration, simply hover over the event name and drag it in the desired direction. You can also add more information to your events, such as descriptions, comments, files, images, and meeting URLs, if relevant. This way, you won’t have to memorize everything since you’ll have everything you need at your fingertips.

Task Reports

You now have the option to create a fully customized task report by selecting the filters you want included. In addition to the existing filters, you can also filter tasks by project category, project label, project leader, priority, job type, time estimate, and tracked time. This will help you get the exact info you need for improved task and people management.

Additionally, we played with data visualization, so you can now group results into one or two levels and even hide columns you think are less important. With a neater overview of the report, you can focus on the bits that matter more to you. You can edit or further customize your reports at any time.

Invoices

You can now manage your invoices in a weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly view. This feature will give you a better look into your finances, as you’ll be able to quickly glance over all your invoices, find the ones you’re looking for, or get any other relevant information you might need.

With regular data updates, and improved filtering and sorting features, you’ll be able to better manage and control your budget for sure.

Here’s a video summary of the November updates if you want to see it all in practice:

Uptime

In November, ActiveCollab’s uptime was 100%. If you notice that the app is down or slower than usual, feel free to contact our Customer Care Team via email or chat with us in the app.

Coming up

Over the next couple of months, we’ll keep improving ActiveCollab 8, especially our Calendar, Reports, and People sections. Make sure to stop by next month for more updates!

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  2. Default Billable Status, New Project Budgeting Types, Duplicate Task Lists
  3. New Time Reports, Sidebar Collapse, Timesheet, Internal Hourly Rates
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  7. In-app Chat Introduction, Default Client Visibility, Stopwatch Project Name
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  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
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  16. New Comment Options and Time Estimates’ Visibility
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  18. Upgraded Editor, Activity Grouping
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  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
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  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
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  44. Apply Template, G-drive & Dropbox Attachments Previews, Quick Chat Reactions
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  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
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