Release Notes

Version 2.2.1.1

Highlights & Enhancements:
- Team Management & Hierarchies:
  - COBI.time now supports full team hierarchy management.
  - Teams can be managed directly within COBI.time.
  - A new frontend module allows users to create and maintain hierarchies (parent/child teams, members, structure).
  - The functionality can be enabled via settings.

Audit Log:
- A new module for activity tracking and traceability has been introduced.
- All relevant system actions are logged and can be reviewed centrally.
- Supported event categories include:
  - USER (create, update, delete, role/manager changes, password changes, RFID assignment, etc.)
  - TIME (create, update, delete)
  - TIME CORRECTIONS (request, approve, reject, manual changes)
  - ABSENCES (request, update, approve, reject, delete)
  - MASTER DATA (absence types, holidays, time accounts, models)
  - SYSTEM events
  - AUTH (login success, login failure)

Time Models & Tracking:
- Day models (daily work time models) can now be deactivated instead of deleted.
- Time capping is now visibly displayed in the daily history.
- Users can clearly see when working time limits have been applied.

Reports & Statistics:
- New project time reports have been added:
  - Project Reports
  - Financial Project Reports
  - Service Call Reports
- Reports can now be exported as:
  - CSV
  - PDF

The Sickness KPI has been extended:
- Multiple absence types can now be included in the calculation
- Configurable via system settings
- Statistic tiles reflect the selected configuration

Exception & Compliance Reporting:
- A new module “Exceptions” (Auffälligkeiten) has been introduced.
- Includes:
  - Exception Reports
  - Exception Criteria configuration

Supported evaluations include:
- Working time violations (e.g. too long, too short, no work)
- Manual time corrections tracking (how often and by whom)
- BEM evaluation (employees with more than 42 sick days within 12 months)

Bug Fixes:

User & Integration:
- Fixed an issue where user import did not correctly trigger SAP cron jobs

Absences & Calculations:
- Corrected incorrect calculation of absence periods

General Stability & Improvements:
- Multiple additional bug fixes and stability improvements based on testing feedback
- UI inconsistencies in team hierarchy management resolved
- Performance and input validation improvements in team management module

Version 2.1.0.7

Highlights & Enhancements:
- Reports & Statistics:
  - A new submenu called “Statistics” is now available in the Reports module.
  - It is now possible to display the company's sickness rate as well as the sickness rate of individual employees or departments as tiles.
  - The evaluation can be configured flexibly using different analysis modes.
  - Working time reports have been extended with the new columns Start Time and End Time.
  - In addition, the working time reports now include the columns Remaining Vacation and Vacation Entitlement.
  - The values are calculated historically correct depending on the selected To Date (e.g. current remaining vacation for today or the remaining vacation at a previous point in time).

Absences & Requests:
- Employees can now continue to view their own submitted absence requests after submission.
- Submitted requests therefore remain visible to the requester and no longer disappear until they are approved.
- Absences are now easier to identify in the attendance list.
- A tooltip displays the full absence period, for example: “Absent (Sick Leave): xx.xx.xxxx to xx.xx.xxxx”.
- The respective absence reason is now also displayed directly on the employee card.
- A new option has been added to absence reasons: “Half-day absence allowed: Yes/No”.
- This allows control over whether an absence reason can be requested as a half day.

Time Tracking & Bookings:
- Four new booking functions have been added:
  - Start Doctor Visit
  - End Doctor Visit
  - Start Business Errand
  - End Business Errand
- Time correction requests can no longer be submitted for the current day if there are still open bookings (e.g. only “Clock In” booked).

Approvals & Permissions:
- A new overview page for time correction requests has been introduced.
- All time correction requests can now be viewed centrally and filtered by date, user, and other criteria.
- Notifications now only serve as a jump-off point to the new overview and no longer contain a direct approval function.
- The permission logic for the Team Absence Overview has been adjusted:
  - Users with this permission now only see employees in teams where they are the team leader.
  - Users who are only team members no longer see any employees in this overview.
  - The current user is not shown in the list.
- As part of this change, the user permissions have been extended.

UI & Design:
- The navigation menu can now be expanded.
- A pin function allows the menu to remain permanently expanded.
- The display of absences in the attendance list has been improved so that relevant information can be recognized more quickly.

Bug Fixes:
- Reports & Export:
  - Fixed an issue in time report export so that reports are now correctly printed across multiple pages.
  - Fixed an issue where no values were displayed in the Working Time Report Clock In + Clock Out.
  - Fixed an endless loading spinner in time reports for financial projects without a name.

Time Tracking & Calculations:
- Fixed issues in manual time tracking.
- Corrected incorrect project time calculations.
- Fixed an issue where sickness hours were counted as overtime.
- Corrected the calculation of absence periods.
- Fixed time capping on non-working days.
- Added missing validation for the status “Work Started” to prevent corrupted history displays.
- Ensured that vacation days can no longer become negative.

Stability & Navigation:
- Fixed an issue where pressing F5 always redirected users back to the main menu.
- Fixed a caching issue on the COBI.time website that caused outdated pages to be shown after updates.
- Fixed an issue in user management where the pagination state was reset after editing.
- Fixed a NullPointerException in user management.
- Resolved errors in the Working Time Models view.
- Fixed scrollbar issues in the daily history table.

Absences, Translations & Miscellaneous:
- Fixed an issue when saving e-mail notifications for absence requests.
- Corrected an error when selecting the vacation account based on the year.
- Fixed an issue when saving absences.
- The KPI “Sick Days” now correctly includes employees without a working time model.
- Cleaned up incomplete and inconsistent German and English translations in buttons, messages, dialogs, and notifications.
- Fixed stability issues in absence management related to invalid name lengths.
- Corrected user import behavior related to SAP cron job processing.

Version 2.0.1.2

Highlights & Enhancements:
- COBI.time PWA & Tablet:
  - Introduction of COBI.time Progressive Web App for improved usage on mobile devices.
  - Completely reworked Tablet View for optimized display on larger touch screens.
  - Updated Favicon.
- Manager & Team Functions:
  - Managers can now submit absence requests on behalf of employees and add comments to reports.
  - Permission adjustment: “View Times” is now restricted to the user's own team instead of the entire company.
- Time Tracking & Logic:
  - Flextime Model: Decoupled the dynamic booking range from target working hours.
  - RFID Login: Location is now automatically set to “In House” when logging in via RFID.
  - Overhaul of the Settings menus.

UI & Design:
- Increased spacing between main action buttons (Arrival, Departure, Break, Location) to prevent accidental clicks.
- Layout optimization in the Absence Overview (handling of long employee names and missing profile pictures).
- Dark Mode Fix: Date field in “Edit Automatic Model” is now readable.

Bugfixes:
- Stability & Installation:
  - Fixed issues with “Clean Install”.
  - Fixed startup crash when the Logo setting was missing.
  - Resolved various errors in COBI.time Log and adjusted Prisma configuration requirements.
- Time Tracking & Calculation:
  - Fixed “Arrival” window issue: Closing the window previously prevented subsequent clock-ins.
  - Fixed persistent warning toast “Date is in the future” during manual time recording.
  - Resolved issue with “Next-Day Clock-out” (consecutive bookings within the same minute).
  - Fixed infinite loading loop when using the “Recalculate Time Accounts” button.
  - Absence Report: Fixed incorrect calculation of remaining vacation per day.
  - Saving multiple absence reasons simultaneously is possible again.
- Display & Export:
  - Excel Export: German special characters (Umlaute Ä, Ö, Ü) are now displayed correctly.
  - Fixed an issue where the time recording window appeared empty.
  - Corrected various translation errors (e.g., “RFIDReset”, “Close” button, column title “icon”).

Version 2.0.0.4 (November 2025)

New Database Architecture: COBI.time now stores time data in its own PostgreSQL database instead of directly in SAP.
This significantly improves performance, stability, and independence from the SAP database server.

New Time Report Layout:
- Redesigned time report view with a clear structure and new color logic (green = completed weeks / yellow = current weeks / blue = absences).
- Fully revised column headers for better readability.
- Integrated summary section at the end of the table, showing total vacation, used vacation (previous and current month), and remaining vacation.
- New export options: separate EXPORT (single report) and EXPORT ALL (complete report) buttons.
- Improved calculation logic for target times and time differences.

UI & Design:
- Modernized interface for time reports with improved visual separation between calendar weeks.
- Unified color and font styling.
- New logic for color-based highlighting of absences and holidays.
- Adjusted to the overall COBI.design guideline.

Performance Improvements:
- Faster loading times for monthly reports through asynchronous data processing via PostgreSQL.
- More stable handling of large datasets in time and absence modules.

Enhancements & New Features:
- Extended calculation and storage of break times and target time corrections.
- Improved table filtering and sorting options (preparation for dynamic column filters).
- Extended permissions for reporting and management functionalities.

Technical Changes:
- Adjusted API interfaces for the new database structure.
- Revised Service Layer calls for synchronizing employees, time models, and absence types.
- New logging mechanisms for database actions (PostgreSQL logging).

Bugfixes & Stability:
- Fixed rounding errors in time difference calculations.
- Improved display of absence times in reports.
- Minor UI fixes (tooltips, column widths, translations).

Version 1.9.6.1h (October 2025)

New wiki entry for Service Layer configuration: instructions for a performant and stable installation
New option “Pin unlock”: the start screen can be secured by a PIN (defined in the .env file on the server)
Terminal mode: configurable seconds until automatic logout in the startup screen
New language added: French
Day models: possibility to define overall or fixed break times

Week models:
- Option “Automatically deduct statutory break times”
- Flexible capping of start and end times (e.g. automatic login and logout based on defined limits)
- Deactivated week models can be displayed

Absence management: new option for managers – unpaid absence
Improvements in the UI / naming of various buttons and fields
User management: new rights available
- Management
- Absence overview
- Reporting

Time model closing: new checkbox “Carry over time account balance from previous time model”
User rights: new search and filter functionality
New standalone module: Cost centers
Selection of financial projects and cost centers from SAP now possible
Attendance overview: display of online status (green/red dot)
Time reports: extended storage and display of break times
New module: Time report
New modules: Management and Reporting
Bug fixes, performance and stability improvements

Version 1.9.4.1 (May 2024)

Possibility to post to cost centres
Selection of employees in the manual time recording module
Comment field for approval or rejection of absence requests, which is also displayed in the applicant's notifications
Absence management: differentiation between paid and unpaid absences

Version 1.9.4. (March 2024)

Display of the business partner for selection in the case of manual time entry
Requests for time correction possible, automatic adjustment of the time account
Project times are displayed in the daily history
Authorisation system for projects from project management and service calls
Log files
Performance optimisations
Design adjustments

Version 1.9.3.1f (February 2024)

Optimisation of performance when working with multiple project levels
Bugfix: Posting business trip times

Version 1.9.3.1e (February 2024)

New function: Time accounts for all employees can be recalculated in the event of discrepancies
Bugfix: Correct display of project working times in the time report

Version 1.9.3.1d (January 2024)

Bugfix: Correct carryover of remaining holiday days to the new year (holiday account)

Version 1.9.3.1c (January 2024)

Optimisation of the terminal mode
Bugfix: Approval of absence requests

Version 1.9.3.1b (Janauary 2024)

Deauthorised users are no longer displayed for selection in the time report
Optimisation of the absence overview

Version 1.9.3.1a (December 2023 Hotfix)

Deactivated users are no longer displayed for selection in the time report
Bugfix: Absence requests submitted in version lower than 1.9.3 can now be authorised
Bugfix: Project levels without names in SAP are now displayed as an empty field for selection
In the time reports exported to Excel, the working and break times are shown separately.

Version 1.9.3.1 (December 2023)

New setting: Business trip button should only appear on the day when there is an approved business trip
Bugfix: Display business trips in the absence overview

Version 1.9.3 (November 2023)

Users can book business trips
Managers and deputies can be assigned in the user administration to receive absence requests
Users also have the option to receive notifications by email
In the absence overview, the date is displayed in the individual columns
The annual leave is calculated automatically at the turn of the year
When booking on projects, a search field has been added so that you can search for projects and levels
Version for mobile phones is available

Version 1.9.2.1 (August 2023)

Optimisation of user and daily model management
Redesign of the manual time recording
Definition of user rights has been revised
User group module: Overview of user rights has been optimised
New setting: Default setting for a federal state can be selected
The public holiday calendar for the next year can be imported at any time.

Version 1.9.2 (August 2023)

Possibility to request half a day of leave
Optimisation of the absence overview
New setting: You can choose in which language notifications should be generated

Version 1.9.1 (July 2023)

Unordered List ItemExtension of the public holiday management: it is possible to import public holidays for different federal states (currently only Germany).
Federal states can be assigned to individual users. The federal states are now taken into account when working time is calculated.
Adaption of the dark mode to manual time recording, user group administration, user administration and time correction.

Version 1.9.0.5 (June 2023)

Optimisation of the time recording
Optimasation of the attandance list

Version 1.9.0 (May 2023)

Implementation of a new User Interface (UI)

Version 1.0.5.4 (March 2023)

New setting option : When selecting projects in project management, the name of the finance project is displayed.
New setting option: The cost centre can be shown or hidden during manual time recording.
New setting option: A comment field for the time correction can be shown or hidden.
In case of several absence requests of an employee, an overview (list) of all requests is now opened
Bugfix regarding the creation of time sheets in older SAP versions

Version 1.0.5.3 (February 2023)

New setting option: A comment field for posting on projects can be shown or hidden.
New setting option: Automatic break correction

Version 1.0.5.2 (January 2023)

New colour options for creating reasons for absence
Users within the user administration are sorted by last name
Users within the absence overview are sorted by first name
Possible correction of the remaining holidays from the previous year
Weekends are greyed out in the absence overview
Improved communication speed between COBI.time and SAP with regards to notifications
Bugfix, when leaving the attendance list, it is no longer displayed afterwards.

Version 1.0.4.5 (September 2022)

RFID-Login, ability to log into COBI.Time with a RFID chip.
Automatically working time capping, it is now possible to set a check mark for weekly time models, then the working time outside of the start and end time will be capped.

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Release Notes

Version 2.2.1.1

Version 2.1.0.7

Version 2.0.1.2

Version 2.0.0.4 (November 2025)

Version 1.9.6.1h (October 2025)

Version 1.9.4.1 (May 2024)

Version 1.9.4. (March 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1f (February 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1e (February 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1d (January 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1c (January 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1b (Janauary 2024)

Version 1.9.3.1a (December 2023 Hotfix)

Version 1.9.3.1 (December 2023)

Version 1.9.3 (November 2023)

Version 1.9.2.1 (August 2023)

Version 1.9.2 (August 2023)

Version 1.9.1 (July 2023)

Version 1.9.0.5 (June 2023)

Version 1.9.0 (May 2023)

Version 1.0.5.4 (March 2023)

Version 1.0.5.3 (February 2023)

Version 1.0.5.2 (January 2023)

Version 1.0.4.5 (September 2022)