Before 2022
A summary of updates from 2017 to 2021. In reverse date order, with the most recent release at the top.
Winter 22: October 2021
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Mobile: new Sage People app for Android and iOS.
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US Benefits: early adopter release.
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People Management Workflow: attachments now supported in HR Request Types.
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Performance Review: enhanced support for Conversations and Continuous Feedback.
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Performance Management: enhanced support for action events.
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Absence Accrual Rule: wizard interface to simplify rule creation.
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U.S, compliance reports: EEO-1 reporting updated to align with 2019/2020 requirements.
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Resumes and cover letters: now fully accessible through Salesforce Lightning.
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Payflow: Enhanced security for Payflow Services.
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Customer and internally reported bug fixes.
Summer 21: July 2021
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Feedback: General availability release.
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Delegated Access: option to exclude assistants from approving their own Time Off requests.
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Absence Day Records available for a day-by-day breakdown of absence records.
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Enhanced Objectives: new features including flagging Objectives needing review; basing an Objective for multiple Team Members on a template; adding watchers at Objective creation; Action Events and Email Templates for key events.
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Time Off booking now defaults to using descriptive dialogs.
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Partial day indicators for absence now on by default.
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Compensation Planning support for HR Manager access to Team Member records.
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I-9 and E-Verify support: General availability release.
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Hungarian and Romanian added to available languages for HCM, Performance Management, and Time packages.
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Customer and internally reported bug fixes.
Spring 21: February 2021
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WX self service portal enhancements.
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Partial day absence feature now fully available.
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Enhancements to time off booking process now fully available.
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Enhanced Objectives process now fully available.
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Configuration changes for older sites supporting US Tax Forms.
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Candidate Portal: changed registration page from tabbed form to single page.
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Candidate Portal: enhanced filtering for candidate emails.
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Enhancements to the file previewer for Talent Acquisition.
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Unused Talent Acquisition configuration options removed.
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Date override available for bulk Performance Review.
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Compensation Planning now enables the base salary for calculating bonus payments to be defined.
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The general Sage People API Permission Set has now been replaced with permission sets specific to each API endpoint.
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Customer bug fixes.
Winter 21: October 2020
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People Management Workflow general availability.
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Enhanced Summary Process general availability.
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Survey Confirmation messaging.
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Using CAPTCHA on the Candidate Portal Registration page.
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Enhanced security for Guest User access to Talent Acquisition portals.
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API endpoint-specific Permission Sets and data filtering.
Summer 20: July 2020
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Updated browser compatibility for Microsoft Edge Legacy.
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Compensation Planning general availability.
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Display partial day absences in the absence calendar.
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People Management Workflow early adopter release.
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Enhanced Objectives early adopter release.
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Sovren resume parsing service urls updated.
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Summary Process enhancements.
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U.S.Forms package adds support for I-9 and E-Verify.
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Enhancements to the Change User process.
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Beta release of API endpoints for Absence, Absence Balances, Bonus, Salary, and Timesheet.
Spring 20: March 2020
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Updated browser compatibility for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge.
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iCalendar downloads for absences - beta release.
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Generate Accrual Absences batch to create Accrual Balance records.
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People Management Workflow pilot release updated.
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Compensation Planning beta release 3.2.
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Employee API general availability.
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U.S. Country Pack updated with Component 2 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEO-1 report.
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Skill names and ares now translatable with Skill Library Languages.
Winter 20: October 2019
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Conversations beta release.
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People Groups general availability.
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Browser compatibility update for Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Absence Accrual Log pagination and enhanced generation.
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Delegated Access to the Timesheets process.
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Time Off Calculator available to replace the Absence Calculator outside WX and in Payflow.
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Enhanced HR Requests Approval page.
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Hiring Manager Vacancy Table field set.
Triton: June 2019
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People Groups pilot release.
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Compensation Planning beta release.
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Know Your People pilot release.
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Enhanced sharing controls.
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Future Dated Job Histories - enhanced configuration
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Timesheets - automatic calculation of hours for Pay Code entry.
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Timesheets - manager approval for managers without the Timesheets process.
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Timesheets - switch to version 2 from iframe complete.
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U.S. Tax Forms.
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Localization - support added for Croatian, Danish, and Norwegian.
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Payflow support for Multiple Bank Accounts.
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Talent Acquisition - Hiring Managers can move Applications to the next acquisition stage.
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Talent Acquisition - search engine support with robots.txt for the Candidate Portal.
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Talent Acquisition - structured Vacancy data added to source code for the Candidate Portal.
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Talent Acquisition - location mapping for Vacancies now requires a Maps API key from Google.
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PDF template enhancements.
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Telemetry turned on by default.
Serenity: March 2019
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Automatic Timesheet entry saving.
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Additional Pay Codes available in Timesheets support on-call or stand-by time.
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Timesheets version 2 enabled by default.
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Performance Overview as a standalone process, with access to previous performance reviews..
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Performance Review Templates tab replaces Template Library.
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Candidate search in Recruit can now exclude criteria.
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Recruit Site Guest User Permission Sets.
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Enhancements to Compensation Planning pilot release.
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HR Noticeboard notices can now be collapsed in WX.
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U.S. Tax Forms package now available.
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In-product telemetry introduced.
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Lightning ready update: Salesforce files in place of attachments.
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Lightning ready update: impact on Salesforce Classic pages.
Resolution: December 2018
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U.S. Country Pack: automated reports for U.S. compliance.
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Enhanced social media visibility for vacancies using metadata.
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Compensation Planning pilot release.
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Timesheet data drives absence accruals for time off entitlement.
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Work schedule days off now shown in the absence calendar.
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FTE changes resulting from work schedules now calculated automatically.
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Time off requests allow for non-working days.
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Internal Communications can be configured to display only in the Mobile app.
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Payflow enables creation of new Training records where none existed.
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Lightning ready update: Salesforce files in place of attachments.
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Lightning ready update: impact on Salesforce Classic pages.
Poseidon: June 2018
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WX user interface enhancements: navigation and text title hiding.
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Work schedules.
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Talent Acquisition: resumes as links to stored files in place of attachments.
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Talent Acquisition: Candidate Portal unique reference extended to 20 characters.
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Talent Acquisition: enhanced security for Agency Portal links.
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Talent Acquisition: candidate conversion to Team Member simplified.
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Enhanced time off calculator.
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Performance Review Templates selectable as Policy defaults for all assigned Team Members.
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Continuous feedback reviews supported by new Action Events and the Next Performance Review Date field.
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Policy page enhancements: tooltips, removal of unused fields, field naming improved.
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Enhanced Profile assignment for the User creation process.
Odyssey: March 2018
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Enhanced onboarding: pre-boarder status can be assigned, with Configure page and Policy options, enabling restricted access to WX.
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Timesheet comments can be enabled for all Team Members assigned to a Timesheet Pattern.
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Combo box support for HR Requests, providing an alternative to picklists.
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New fields added to HCM and Payflow to support US payroll.
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Enhanced validation for the Social Security Number field on the Team Member object.
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Controls for the Form Reminder Email Batch and the Benefit Enrollment batch added to the HCM Configure page.
Nautilus: January 2018
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Pulse Surveys now available.
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Enhancements to Performance Management with continuous feedback and a new Performance Overview process.
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Multi-filters for Internal Communications.
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Enhanced Team Member transfer between departments and managers with a Transfer wizard and filters accessible from the Organization page.
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Job Description can now be linked to Job Library Item.
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Enhancements to the WX organization chart.
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Enhancements to the Timesheet interface in WX.
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Absence 'end date provisional' setting now toggled from the Absence Accrual Rule.
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Russian translations added for all generic terminology, including tool tip help.
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Benefits enhancements: extra requirements for linked beneficiaries or dependents, and more triggers available for Action Events.
Mirny: September 2017
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Performance Review templates with versioning.
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Objectives: extended Policy options and more status settings.
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More social feed options for WX tile and detail views with support for Twitter, YouTube, and image click through.
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Hiring Manager enhancements including Application pagination and action badges for Application and Vacancy lists; access to bulk assessment; simplified access to Application details; Actions for Stage Assessments requiring completion; access to approval history for all Vacancies.
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Absence balance snapshot data for display through WX Reports and standard HCM reporting.
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Training data available for download through Payflow.
Liemba: June 2017
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People Groups.
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Pulse Surveys pilot release.
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Performance Management enhancements including more information available for Objectives and Performance Review; the option to delete draft Objectives through WX; Job Profiles as a basis for bulk Competency Assessment.
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Mobile Android launch, with access to the full range of processes.
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WX user experience enhancements including masthead expansion to include Actions; hamburger access to Navigation Bar; options drop down with links to logout, help, and administration.
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More image options in WX including a responsive image tile type and dedicated image notice types.
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Hide org chart configuration option for WX.
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Automated updating of the number of direct reports for each manager.