Tempo 6.4 Release Notes

12 October 2011

The Tempo team is proud to announce the release of Tempo 6.4 for JIRA 4.2.x - 4.4.3

This release provides few major enhancements to Tempo such as the ability to customize Tempo scheduler emails, log billable vs worked time in the log work dialog. We have added internal activity for planning, that can be used for out-of-office planning such as vacation. There are also major API performance improvements. We are pleased to introduce the first Tempo JQL function, which can be used to search for issues assigned to Tempo teams.

Upgrading to Tempo 6.4 is free for all customers with an active Tempo license.

Highlights of this release:

Admin can Customize the Tempo Scheduler Emails
Billed Hours Field Added to Log Work Dialog
Internal Activity for Planning
Time Tracking Permissions Options Added
JQL Function for Teams
Improvements and Fixes

Admin can Customize the Tempo Scheduler Emails

Tempo Scheduler 'Reminders' e-mail templates can be edited according to your needs. The icon is displayed for an active 'Status Reminder'

On the ' Edit Template For Status Reminder' page you can edit the 'HTML' , select 'Parameters' from a list of available parameters and send a 'Test Scheduler Email' from the scheduler.

Billed Hours Field Added to Log Work Dialog

If the 'Tempo admin can set billed hours' feature is enabled the 'Billed hours' field is added to the Tempo 'Log Work Dialog'

This option can now be selected separately for Tempo admins and Tempo users

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Internal Activity for Planning

'Activity' is a 'Project', 'Version' or a 'Component'.
Internal activity is intended for vacation planning and other 'Out of Office Time'.

In the user timesheet the internal activities are displayed with a different color than other time allocations for the user.

Time Tracking Permissions Options Added

These two options has been added in 'Tempo Global Configuration'

Limit entries per day to no more than 24 hours - JTMPO-17
As an admin I would like to limit log work to the future to X months - Requested in our User Voice

JQL Function for Teams

You can now search for 'Tempo Team' members using our JQL function in JIRA

The team function is useful to search for issues based on user fields, such as assignee and reporter

Improvements and Fixes

Improvements

Performance improvements in GetWorklog API service.
An option added in to prevent time-tracking on 'Not Editable Issues' - Requested in JTMPO-295
'All Components' column added to the excel export from reports.

Fixes

Tempo is crashing JIRA when I run a number fo reports using the Servlets API - JTMPO-293
Tempo crash on project timesheet - Reported in our User Voice
Timesheet issue grouping not working - JTMPO-288
IE 8 crashes in Tempo 6.3.2 - JTMPO-294
Remaining estimate can not be cleared though it´s set optional in Global Config - Reported in our User Voice
Limit timetracking in future days affects Tempo planning - Reported in our User Voice

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