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Features

Future features may be found in the backlog.

FREE version

1. Show the worker name, e.g. your name on the report in an editable field.
2. Include your email address in the report in an editable field.
3. Easy to use date selector.
4. Filter by start and end date.
5. Help section. We will add frequently asked questions here.
6. Switch betweeen print/show and edit mode.
7. Data is presented in a bordered table for ease of review.
8. Quick add row at the top of the table to add a new entry.
9. Each row has a unique ID number which can be used for discussions about timesheets.
10. Start and end time using a time selector.
11. Start cannot be after end time
12. Break and lunch are separate. Lunch is taken off the duration.
13. When a value in the table is edited, the timesheet is re-calculated. The tick does not work.
14. Duration is automatically calculated based on END - START - LUNCH.
15. Each row can have a "Note".
16. Trash icon which deletes a row.
17. Total hours are calculated.
18. Pay rate can be updated by clicking on it.
19. Add future activities to plan your days.
20. Enter a tax rate. Tax rate is fixed at 20% for now.
21. Press RETURN in a field to save the change.
22. Enter a tax rate. Tax rate is fixed at 20% for now.
23. Press RETURN in a field to save the change.
24. FREE bug fixes.

Business user

You can use the business user features for now. In future, a business user license will be required for the following additional features.

1. Enter an email address to share the timesheet by email.
   1. Email is sent from your email address.
   2. Email contains a subject indicating the worker and date range.
   3. Email contains the timesheet report as it appears on the print/show mode of the page.
2. Click on a cell of the table to edit the value. Without this feature, you would have to delete and recreate an entry.
3. Free enhancements. Contact us.

Versions

1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.10 | 1.11 - Current | 1.12 - Next | 1.13 | 1.14 - Fixed rounding. Removed messages from email | 1.15 - Print view and user experience (UX) enhancement + fixes | 1.16 - Print button |

Coming soon

1. Remove the extra columns from the read-only timesheet. [#defunct_column]
2. Rate edit to be inline.
3. [Tab] key in the default text field type will save the field value. [Started]
4. The "Start must be less than end" message for entries is showing when it should not
5. Advertise.
6. Add edit icon to tax rate.
7. The pay rate is editable, but is a bit untidy.
8. Add a cancel (x) icon button on the default form field corresponding with the tick.
9. Enter in time field must save the time [function wB_input_key_up]

1.18 - 14-Oct-2023

1. If an invalid date is entered, return '' from field_date

1.16 - 6-Oct-2023

1. Enhancements:
   1. Print button in print view mode.

1.15 - 5-Oct-2023

1. Enhancements:
   1. Do not show the header (including navbar) and footer in print mode. [Done]
   2. The tooltip for duration should show calculation formula. [Done]
   3. Add tooltips for fields and column headers. [Done]
   4. Add edit icon to rate. [Done - but the icon needs to hide on click]
   5. Do not show "Ensure From"... is not shown in the printable timesheet [Done]
   6. Do not refresh the page when duration fields are changed. Instead, show a checkmark for the row. [Done]
   7. Jump to a record when it is updated. [Done]
   8. In print mode, the date is shown in a short version and has nobr so it shows on one line. This makes the printout go over 2 rather 3-4 pages.
2. Defect fixes:
   1. Rate is missing pound sign. [Done - Layout still not perfect but now low priority.]

1.14 - 13-Sep-2023

1. Numbers are rounded correctly. JavaScript .tofixed(2) did not do this.
2. Removed "Contact us/comment" and "From/to order" messages since they were appearing in the mail.

1.13 - 12-Sep-2023 - Quick wins

1.12 - 4-Sep-2023 - Quick wins

1. Quick add not refreshing page. [Done]
2. Now developing in Firefox so can keep data in Chrome. [Done]
3. Removed PHP error messages. [Done]
4. Check the timesheet is refreshed on row delete. [Done]
5. + did not add the break and lunch. [Done]
6. End in quick add is not saved. [Done]
7. If duration is negative, show the entry with light orange background. [Done]
8. Total hours to be rounded. [Done]
9. Risk: Rounding may not be done correctly. Use '£' + Number.parseFloat(s_value).toFixed(2); [Done]
10. Less grey. [Done]
11. If rates are changed, update the timesheet. [Done]
12. Duration to be rounded to 2 digits. [Done]
13. Remove JavaScript console comments. [Done]
14. Add a page title, description and keywords. [Done]
15. Only 29 days added in October. [Done] It was confused when calculating the next day.
16. Start date is not being saved. [Done]

1.11 - 4-Sep-2023 - Coding tidy up

1. Fixed the use of apostophe throughout which was breaking vim context higlighting.
2. Significant tidying up of backlog.

1.10 - 4-Sep-2023

1. Only add 31 days to avoid adding an infinite number and filling the disk drive.
2. A random "NaN" was appearing for some fields. This was because quick_add was used to populate the records. Hand-coding them now instead.
3. "Start over" wasn not deleting everything. It was leaving stragglers. Now fixed.
4. Now that the tool is ready for launch - will start to add version number comments to changes.

1.9 - 3-Sep-2023

1. Automatically add days if the timesheet Start or End has been defaulted. [Unit tested]
2. Added a prompt to ensure the "From" is less than "To" date. [Unit tested] Enhancement added to the backlog to ensure this is not shown in the print version.
3. Default date "To" is end of month. [Unit tested]
4. Default entry "To" date is 15 minutes after the "From". [Unit tested as much as can be done without forcing times].
5. Updated the onBlur handler for fields. [Unit tested without testplan]
6. Added onBlurCondition to test a value before saving (if condition is true). This is for the validation from From and To date and time.
7. Added ${s_id}_message div under the input field for (e.g. invalid data) messages to be shown.
8. Fix wB_row_check_start_end() which ensures "To" date must be after "from" date in the filter, otherwise you will see no timesheet entries.
9. Do not allow a record to be added where the end is before the start.
10. If a record has previously been added when the end is before the start, show the end as an error and show the duration as 0.
11. "To" date must be after "from" date. [Started]
12. Removed unnecessary div at the start of the default input field type.
13. Fixed round-up on :45 minutes to :00 and increase hour by 1.

1.8 - 3-Sep-2023

1. quick_add() was not saving the record.
2. Heavily updated the help section.
3. Netbeans is saying it is uploading files, but not doing so. Even after a reboot. Resorting to coding on the server.

1.7 - 2-Sep-2023

1. Validate email addresses. [Started]
2. Add "Start over" button which deletes all timesheet related data.
3. "To" date must be after "from" date. [Started]
4. "From" date must be at 00:00:00.
5. "To" date must be at 23:59:59.999.
6. Reduce the length of the "Email to" field.
7. "Help" button is now shown floating to the right of the "Timesheet" heading.
8. Timesheet durations: "Mon-Sun", "Calendar month" or "Date range". [Started]
9. Improve the instructions in the help bar.
10. "Start" and "End" quick add now round up with the closest 15 minutes: :00, :15, :30, :45
11. Removed a spurious "x" on duration fields.
12. Added a brief description of the breaks and lunch to the quick help bar.
13. The NETT is editable, but is a bit untidy [Started]
14. Removed (some) tickboxes to save values.
15. [Enter] key in the default text type saves the field value.
16. Kludged the duration field to show "00". There seems to be a bug in HTML or Bootstrap.
17. Increased the width of the configuration table to allow more room for the email address.
18. When the "From" or "To" fields are changed, the timesheet is now automatically refreshed to re-apply the filter.

1.6 - 1-Sep-2023

Details to follow.

1.5 - 1-Sep-2023

Details to follow.

1.4 - 15-Aug-2023

1. Added page header and footer.
2. Footer includes "Comments" section.
3. "End" is now saved.

1.3 - 07-Aug-2023

1. New populate with dates button.
2. The email timesheet now has borders.
3. When a field is edited and the tick is clicked, the page reloads, which refreshes the timesheet.
4. When an email is sent, the page jumps to the alert which indicates this.
5. The email address is not repopulated on each load to ensure multiple emails do not get sent.
6. Confirmed that the start and end date are in the subject and body of the email.
7. Confirmed that the subject is constructed correctly.
8. "Net" is now "Nett".
9. When Nett is changed, the new value is saved.
10. Tax rate is fixed as 20% for now.
11. Added QRcode to get to the app on mobile.

1.2 - 06-Aug-2023

1. Timesheet is now automatically sorted by date and time.
2. Data is now stored in a format compatible with the webBRIEFCASE Toolkits.
3. Removed seeded data.
4. Added date filtering.
5. Timesheet refreshes when a change is made.
6. Presenting fields better, e.g. as bootstrap add-ons.
7. Added notes.
8. Added * indicator to show field as required.
9. Test on mobile.
10. Removed "Mock-up preview".
11. Removed table-striping because the background colour needs to work for non-working days.
12. Add " + lunch" to breaks.
13. Added "Help" section.
14. Added "Versions" section.
15. Removed the facility to change the tax rate until the resulting change can be saved.
16. Email timesheet now has a border.
17. Email now has reply-to address set.
18. When a record is deleted, the timesheet is updated so the totals are correct.

1.1 - 02-Jun-2023

1. Fields can be updated.
2. Click the tick in a field. The field is not saved.
3. From and To field are automatically calculated from the entries, but can be overridden.
4. Handle "Other..." for duration.
5. When a date is edited, it shows a date in a lesser format.
6. Sort by date + time.
7. Update Worker. It is not shown.
8. Example timesheet is not saved.
9. If rates as changed, update the timesheet.
10. Certain fields are required.

1.0 initial creation

Backlog

Please inform support@webBRIEFCASE.com of any defects (bugs) and enhancements. These will be implemented for FREE. Defects generally have higher priority than enhancements. Some items in the backlog may have already been done.

Defects

Priority 1: Crtical

1. Select October and add days. It only adds up to 29-Oct.
2. Duration is not showing on Firefox.
3. Start date is not saved.

Enhancements

Priority 1: Critical

Quick wins

1. If add timesheet entry outside of date filter range, show a warning that the entry will not be visible.
2. Test on Edge, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox (duration not showing).

Priority 2: High

Quick wins

1. Only add days if the start is less than the end.
2. Validate email addresses.
3. Highlight a missing start or end with amber colour.
4. Default break and lunch durations.
5. NaN is returned for duration on refresh on mobile. Found https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57217741/javascript-date-time-not-working-on-ios-device-with-chrome0
6. Validate email addresses. [Started]
7. [A1] Only refresh after auto-create if any timesheet entries were created.
8. When [A1] is done: Always autocreate Auto-create the current month of entries. For now, there is enough of a prompt, and it is only one button click.
9. Add "(Hours)" to break and lunch durations.
10. Add "Breaks (Paid)" and "Lunch (Unpaid)".
11. Firefox is not calculating duration.

Other

1. Add your advert.
2. Add edit icon to default field. Ensure this covers the configuration fields.
3. Duration to use a time not a real number.
4. Timesheet entries could easily turn into journal entries. Add an "Add to journal" button. This requires that journal entries be public.
5. Timesheet durations: "Mon-Sun", "Calendar month" or "Date range". [Started]
6. When there is not much screen size available and a field is edited, the input field is squashed up. Show a form.
7. White label.
8. Add a configuration: Working days. Default to Mon-Fri since that is most common.
9. Worker. Click anywhere in the cell to edit - not just on the text. Perhaps use a DIV rather than the cell.
10. Mobile version.
11. Press enter or tab in text fields to blur the field.
12. Expenses.
13. Add "Workstream" field.
14. Add "Activity" field.
15. Sat + Sun to be shown in a different row background colour.
16. Configure non-working days. Standard (e.g. Sat + Sun). Custom, e.g. holidays.
17. On mobile, switch to, or prompt switch to landscape mode.
18. Test on mobile.
19. Add input field for duration fields.
20. If duration is negative, show orange background and warning.

Priority 3: Medium

Quick wins

1. Add "Navigation" label to breadcrumbs.
2. Open the breadcrumbs on hover over the icon.
3. Put the email addresses to send the timesheet to, into the configuration table.
4. Only save a field if the value has changed. This is particularly important for when records can be stored online.
5. Add a tooltip to the delete button.
6. onLoad - put the focus on the first quick add field.
7. Do not repeat the "Powered by" message because it is already in the footer.
8. Merge with the webBRIEFCASE toolkits.
9. Highlight key features in Features list.

Other

1. Remove certain days, e.g. Saturday and Sunday.
2. Add a checkbox to features for people to track.
3. Generate invoice. Please add a comment below if you need this quickly.
4. Summarise weeks.
5. Show ID number grey.
6. Friday reminder to share timesheet. Requires reminder system.
7. Afternoon reminder to finish timesheet. Requires reminder system.
8. Allow the user to configure ALL functionality (to be listed).
9. Bootstrap has been updated from 5.0 -> 5.3 (significant).
10. Use for planning.
11. Trashcan and undelete.
12. Merge into the Toolkits. This is a very big job, likely to required 1 day of effort.
13. Link to download the spreadsheet version.
14. Allow a tax rate per row.
15. Link to orders and order items.
16. Add a customer field.
17. Default start time, end time, duration and break based on most commonly used values for each.
18. Show a calculated hours in the quick add row.
19. Payment tracking.
20. Multiple timesheets.
21. Customer approval of timesheet.
22. Customer comment on timesheet entries.
23. Manager review of timesheets.
24. Configure non-working days. Standard (e.g. Sat + Sun). Custom, e.g. holidays.
25. Print icon.
26. Add "required" HTML and bootstrap tags to required fields.
27. More accessibility improvements.
28. Total the breaks columns.
29. Update the help section.

Priority 4: Low

1. Do not use wB_show_${s_class}_field. Instead define the fields using HTML and post augment them.
2. What if lunch greater than 2 hours? User to kludge for now by adding a separate entry.
3. Add "Login" label to login button above "Comments" section.
4. Rate on edit goes to next line. Probably the div for the input field. [Done - Still not perfect but now low priority.]