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It is now possible to update a select list of fields on Candidates, Companies, Contacts and Requirements in bulk from a Search Result.

This is enabled via Admin > User Group Permissions within the 'Search' Permission Group:

The below fields can be updated:

• Candidate: Source, Status, Type, Date Available, Mailshot Status
• Company: Industry Code, Mailshot Status
• Contact: Contact Type, Mailshot Status
• Requirement: Source, Status

When on a Search Result, select the records you wish to update and either right click, or select the 'Selected Records' menu. Choose 'Update Fields' and a bar will appear listing the fields you can update:

Any fields left blank will not be updated.

Please advise the Support Team if there are other fields that you would like added to this feature.

The Daily Planner has been updated to ensure the User and Date Range filters are inline with the User Overview.

This also enables the below additional features:

• Calendar/Tasks - The ability to select whether to include/exclude Calendar Events and/or Tasks
• Date Range - The option to filter the Calendar Events/Tasks by a unique date range

This release includes a revised technique for calling entity data which has reduced database traffic, when loading a record, by 40%.

In addition, a new settings management approach is in place to avoid unnecessary repetition of database calls.

We will continue to work on performance as an ongoing project. We appreciate your feedback.

The Colleague Outlook Add-in has been updated with several features and UI changes.

• Email Templates - When sending an email, a User can now select the option 'Use Template'. This allows you to select the entity scope, choose the template and lookup the record in Colleague. It will then paste the template into the body of the email with the merge codes pulling through the data from the chosen record.
• Lookup Record & Log Email - When working with an email that is linked to a record, but not via the email address, it is now possible to 'Lookup Record & Log Email'. When pressed, this will give you the option to lookup a record and log the email against that record manually.
• Register Candidate/Contact - If you wish to register a new Candidate or Contact from an email, when selecting 'Register Candidate' or 'Register Contact', it will pull through the name and email address of the person into the form.
• UI Updates - The general spacing and layout has been tidied up.

The Consultant Activity Report has been enhanced with several different parameters to help provide Users with the detail they require.

• Show Sub Categories - There is now an option to select whether to breakdown the activity codes into different sub categories (i.e. show the Contract/Perm split, include Resourced By/Placed By splits, etc)
• Include Zero Users - There will now be an option to include/exclude users with zero activity within the specified date range.
• Extra Period Ranges - Previously, the period ranges have been set as: Today, This Week, This Month, This Year or Date Range. These options have increased to now be: Last Year, Last Quarter, Last Month, Last Week, Today, Date Range, This Week, This Month, This Quarter, This Year.

Colleague's standard Website Plugin has been enhanced to offer two key pieces of functionality:

• Support to Search Across Custom Fields - When setting up the Website Plugin, there is now the option to search across any required custom fields on the Requirement. Within the Admin > Custom Fields area, against custom fields on the Requirement, there is a Yes/No field called 'Visible to Public API'. If set to 'Yes' this Custom Field will be a searchable parameter on the plugin 'Job Search'.
• Built in Application Form - When a Candidate is applying for a role via the website, there is now an Application Form which they can fill in and attach their CV against.

As part of a recent API update, there is now an optional parameter to bypass Mandatory Fields when creating a Candidate, Company and Contact record.

This update also included a new parameter on the 'Lookups' GET method to check the 'Allow Selection' Yes/No flag. This ensures only valid history codes can be listed when creating a history via a third party integration.

Colleague has four Requirement Types:

• Permanent - Start Date with Salary
• Contract - Start and End Date (Fixed Duration) with Rates
• Rolling Contract - Start Date (no End Date) with Rates
• Fixed Term Contract - Start and End Date (Fixed Duration) with Salary

However, clients have requested that the naming convention of these types be configurable, as they may wish to refer to Contract as 'Interim' for example, or Rolling Contract to 'Temporary'.

This is now possible with Admin > Lookups > Requirement Terms.

N.B You can not add or delete any Requirement Types, this is purely the means to edit the naming convention of the existing Requirement Types.

Previously when rejecting an Offer, on the Requirement, it would empty the 'Offer Date' from the Offer column of the Candidate, so that the User could click on the 'arrow' to create a new Offer. It will now continue to show the rejected Offer Date and provide a 'plus' sign icon to create a new Offer:

Microsoft's new default font 'Aptos' has been added to the Text Editor:

Two additional User/Team Overview panels have been added to the standard set:

• Perm Placements made by User - Lists all Permanent Placements created, where the User is in 'Placed By' User field
• Contract Placements made by User - Lists all Contract Placements created, where the User is in 'Placed By' User field

The 'Mark As Leaver' workflow has been updated with a cleaner UI:

The Selection Screens for all the main entity records have been updated with a 'Select All' option, including the 'Page/All' option:

There is now the ability to export the Campaign statistics tables, based on a User Group Permission:

When on a Requirement, there is now an option to refresh the Job Boards table without needing to refresh the Requirement:

Retainers have been updated so that you can now edit the 'Completion Date' of a Retainer.

It will now be possible to set the 'Date Rejected' date when rejecting an Offer (this defaults at today's date). You will also be able to edit the Offer Accepted date on the Placement.

Similar to Outlook, when on the Email form in Colleague, if you press 'Ctrl + Enter' together it will trigger the 'Send' of the email. This has now been made a User Setting, in case Users do not want this to happen.

This is available within the 'System' section of User Settings:

Enable Pressing Ctrl + Enter to Send an Email Form - Yes/No

An issue with how images are coded when being copied into the Text Editor has been resolved.

When loading the Company Contacts table, there were scenarios where Contacts would fail to load if the Contacts Search bar was enabled. This has now been resolved.

The SMS Quota count, which is performed when loading the SMS form (based on SMS histories), has now been updated to account for the success and/or failure updates that are appended to an SMS history log. This ensures the SMS quota count is accurate.

An issue which prevented the ability to delete a Custom Field Group (within Admin > Custom Fields) has now been resolved.

Issues with how Social Media Links and Company Telephone Numbers are populated via an Apollo update have been resolved.

When adding a Timesheet to a Contract Placement, and using the 'Enter Tax' option to manually enter the Tax value, a calculation error has been corrected.

Previously, when converting lists to a table and choosing to export Lists into CSV, it was limited to the records on the page. It will now export all records.

There were scenarios where the 'View Location' option on Address records (against Candidates, Companies and Contacts) would fail to load the address in Google Maps. This has now been resolved.

The Company multi-selection dropdown field was not setup correctly to 'Select All' Companies when pressing 'All Companies' or to deselect all Companies when unticking the tickbox. This has now been resolved.

Enhancements have been made to the CK Editor in Colleague, to ensure that updates are not lost if the User does not click away from the Notes box.