This article will inform of the newest updates to the Celayix platform in September 2024.

In this article, we'll look at the following new features and updates:

Time off requests blocked

Highlight holidays in your schedule

Schedule info widget and Schedule memo

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Bug fixes

A new feature has been added that allows admins to prevent employees from requesting time off on certain dates.

This can be found in Schedule Xpress, under Settings > Security > Additional Employee settings > Employee Time off settings.

You can use this feature to add any dates you want to block your employees from being able to request time off for. If they do attempt to request time off for a blocked date, they will receive an error message in their Team Xpress app.

If a day in your schedule is blocked for time off requests, it will also be shown in the Schedule info widget.

The employee will receive the following error if they attempt to book time off on a blocked date.

Highlight Holidays is a new feature that can be used to highlight statutory holidays in your schedule. This is designed to make it easier to recognize when a holiday is in effect so that the scheduler can manage their scheduling with this in mind.

You can toggle this flag to Yes in Schedule Xpress, under Settings > Branch defaults > General > Statutory days.

You'll notice that it is highlighted in a red color with an information icon.

The schedule info widget will tell you the statutory day, if this day is blocked for time off request, or if there's a Schedule memo that needs to be read.

A schedule info widget has been added to indicate important information that the user needs to know. It contains information on whether:

The Schedule memo can be used for communicating important information that you may require other users to see. For example, if there is a special event that other users need to be made aware of, you can warn them prior to making any schedule changes to ensure this information is considered.

If there's a statutory holiday, a time off request blocked, or a schedule memo written, then the schedule info widget will display next to the date. However, if there's none of the above in place, you can hover near the date to click the + sign to add a schedule memo.

You can decide the level of access a user has to Schedule memos inside of their Feature access group.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) can now be used as an identity and access management security method for your Schedule Xpress. It adds an extra layer of security by generating a code from your device to enter after your password.

You will need to contact support to ensure that your account has access to enable 2FA.

Click here to find out more on using 2FA.

You can read the notable bug fixes through September 2024 below:

If you have any questions regarding the September 2024 updates, then please contact support now!