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      PayLab product updates - 2025

      Keep up to date on all the significant releases to PayLab

      February 2025

      Summary of Updates:

      • Introduce new functionality to set default text to be displayed at claim / certificate. This can be setup in project or contract settings. 
      • PayLab - IPM integration improvement:
        • Update logic when pushing claim to IPM: Paying this claim = current claimed to date less previous claimed to date (the logic before is paying this claim = current claimed to date less previous certified to date).
        • Pull IPM job number as PayLab contract number.
        • Allow user with no account access to open sync report.
        • Introduce error handling when pushing issued claim and certificate from PayLab to IPM. 
        • Improve sync report so user with no account access can download the report.
      • Improve pop up modal when subscription upgrade needed:
        • Display no of active contract and the subscription limit in current subscription.
        • Ability to upgrade to other subscription plan if current subscription is not Premium plan.

      Bug fixes:

      • Fix issue with missing 'duplicate project settings' functionality when creating a new project.
      • Fix for performance issue.
      • Fix issue with important notice page not displayed on claim pdf when there is no provisional item on the contract.
      • Fix issue with claiming for provisional line item for $0 contract value.
      • Fix previous amount selection in summary section, it will now consider previous approved claim / issued certificate even if they have the same claim period.
      • In self-certificate mode stop sending email to user who issued claim.

      January 2025

      Summary of Updates:

      • Improve claim and certificate pdf 
        • Summary section is moved to the first page
        • Document title, issued date and account image only displayed on the first page
        • Add new footer to display file name and page number
        • Fix account image display on certificate pdf

        • When BCTI is switched on, update document title is updated to ” … - Buyer Created Tax Invoice” not ” … - Buyer Created Tax Invoices”

        • For account country New Zealand: certificate pdf notes is updated from “This is a payment certificate under the Construction Contracts Act 2002.” to “This is a Payment Schedule under the Construction Contracts Act 2002.”

      • Improve 'Send Claim' & 'Send Certificate'
        • New option to send bulk email where one bulk email will be sent and all recipients can see who else has received the email.
        • In self-certifying and self-claiming mode, 'To' section will be automatically populated with certifier and claimer email address. User will be able to add/remove the email address. 
      • Update Base Contract / Variations / Material edit page, user doesn't need to click 'pencil' icon anymore to edit. Click anywhere in the row and edit away.
      • Add link to support hub in login page.
      • Improve provisional functionality, user will be able to update item to be provisional if the item hasn't been certified. For variation, item needs to be in pending state.
      • Introduce advisory banner when subscription level exceeded. 
      • Update modal when 'Premium' subscription level exceeded.
      • Update UK public holiday per region. 
      • Various engineering improvements.

      Bug fixes:

      • Fix issue with not able to edit uncertified variations value to 0.
      • Fix issue with line item value is updated to 0 when description is edited.
      • Fix issue with editing variation and changing variation type for variation added in claim/certificate.

      • Fix issue with 'Current Claim' column in 'Add Certificate' page.

      • Fix issue with retention value when line item value is updated in claim/certificate.
      • Fix issue with adding line item to a basic variation in a claim/certificate.
      • Fix issue with creating account when default country is changed. 
      • Fix issue with helpdesk mode.
      • Fix issue with opening a hyperlink when not logged in to PayLab.
      • Fix issue with logging in for user with view access only.
      • Fix issue with email not resent to next approver after claim/certificate is re-approved after being reverted to previous step. 
      • Fix issue with editing account details.
      • Fix issue with claim page when claiming negative vaue. 
      • Fix issue with dashboard - project summary when this certificate value is $0.
      • Fix badges display issue on contract list. 
      • Fix display issue with GST when claim/certificate value is $0.
      • Fix display issue with 'Ref' column in contract overview page.
      • Fix display issue when adding multi variation in contract.
      • Fix display issue when expanding provisional item.
      • Improve and perform fix for IPM integration:
        • Introduce new error report. 
        • Allow contract to be created even if the payee contact is not populated.
        • Do not display IPM inactive sub-contracts in list of contracts available to be linked with PayLab contract.
        • Fix issue with delete contract button not displayed for draft contract and active contract with no claim.
        • Fix issue with pushing claim from PayLab to IPM.
        • Fix issue with contract and retention value.