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version 9.08.01 includes the following improvements and new features:

  • A new Revenue Center Forecasting screen for both desktop and mobile.
  • An enhancement to the method by which forecast environments are applied.
  • User interface improvements to the Employee Maintenance screen.
  • Improvements to Budgeting functionality.
  • Improved performance and security for Budgeting reports.
  • Improved performance of Time & Attendance reports.
  • Ability to run End of Pay Period Reports for a specified date range.
  • Flexibility to have different flow plans based on special occurrences that affect guest demand for service. 
  • A new Punch Rounding work rule.
  • A new statistical calculation method used in forecasting business volumes.
  • Ability to add day count labels to schedules in the Scheduling screen.
  • Enhancements to the Manage Event Orders screen.
  • Improvements to the Mobile App Time Card.
  • New messages in the Time Clock.

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For more information on the new Revenue Center Forecasting screen, see the release notes on Revenue Center Forecasting screens in desktop and mobile.

Budgeting

Confirmation message when recalculating budget datasets  (13274)

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 and must be enabled by UniFocus. To enable this functionality, users must contact their UniFocus Configuration specialist.

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In this release, if a user is logged in to the Budgeting or Revenue modules, only the component with which that user is working is locked. Other users can log in and work with other components. If the session is disconnected and the user logs back in, he or she is prompted they are prompted to clear the lock. This improvement eliminates the need to contact UniFocus Support to unlock the session. 

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In this release, the Past Average method has been replaced with Trend-Adjusted Exponential Smoothing (TAES). Trend-adjusted exponential smoothing TAES is a forecasting technique that uses information regarding 1) average business volumes in the past , and 2) trends observed in volumes in the past (up-swing or down-turn) to develop a forecast of future demand. This new method improves upon the original method and works as follows:

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  • Select planning periods and revenue centers.
  • View business volume forecast information for each revenue center.
  • View weather forecast information (if available for the date selected).
  • Edit business volume forecasts.
  • Apply, change, and remove forecast environments.  
  • View details and statistics for KBIs.

A highlight of this updated screen is that it offers a quick way to apply, change, or remove forecast environments if users did not already do so in the Enter Forecast Environments screen. In previous versions, if users were viewing the Revenue Center Forecast screen and realized that they forgot to add a forecast environment to a KBI, they had to go back to the Enter Forecast Environments screen and apply the forecast environment. With this release, users can users can apply or change a forecast environment directly on the Revenue Center Forecasting screen, and the system forecast will be updated automatically. 

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Note: As a best practice when planning labor, users should still strive to apply the necessary forecast environments on the Enter Forecast Environments screen before generating revenue center forecasts for a planning period.

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