2020R3 Release Notes

The 2020R3 version of Eclipse PPM will be deployed to customers on September 26th. The primary focus of this release is to implement our customer-driven roadmap focusing on areas like Upland Analytics, API , Project Planner, Reports, Resource Management and improving the project intake process. This release includes over 70 enhancements and fixes.

Application Changes

Documents - SharePoint Replacement

Description:

It has always been transparent to Eclipse users that documents in Eclipse are stored using Microsoft SharePoint. After the 2020R3 release is deployed, we will begin migrating customer documents over to Amazon S3 storage instead. Depending on the number of documents a customer has, this may take some time to complete. A member of the Eclipse support team will reach out to coordinate the migration for you.

Benefit:

Moving documents to Amazon S3 offers several architectural/security advantages to Eclipse and allows us to lower our third-party costs since we're already hosting Eclipse in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

New / Enhanced Features

Upland Analytics Integration (2020R3)

We have made several enhancements to the Upland Analytics (UA) tool.

Resource Roles:

We have added several new views to expose the resource roles assigned to projects and programs. With this information, it's possible to display/group/pivot projects and programs by the resources fulfilling specific roles.

Financials:

Our project financial views have been enhanced with the new financial indicators added with the 2020R3 release, and will also include "checkout" information for project financial plans.

Resource Plans Cost:

The resource plan data views now have access to the new "Cost" fields ("Planned Cost Current" and "Planned Cost Approved").

Allocated Effort / Actual Effort:

We have also created several new views to expose actual effort, allocated effort, and cost information in various pivots:

- Project Effort By Week

- Project Effort By Month

- Resource Effort By Week

- Resource Effort By Month

- Project Resource Effort By Week

- Project Resource Effort By Month

Upland Project Planner Integration

[Upland Project Planner Integration] - Kanban Mode

We have introduced a new view called "Kanban" to the Upland Project Planner (UPP) which allows users to see the tasks in their work plan in Kanban style columns arranged by Task Status. For the first time, ever, we have also given users the ability to edit multiple work plans at one time via the "Multi-Project Kanban Board" that is accessed from the Eclipse Home Page.

[Upland Project Planner Integration] - Pull default rate for generic resource type from configuration

When adding a new generic resource type to a work plan, UPP will retrieve the default rate assigned to that generic resource type.

[Upland Project Planner Integration] - Task Popup - Expose task popup from places outside planner (Timesheet, Work Plan View, Task Lists, ...)

We have exposed the "Task Popup" outside of the Upland Project Planner (UPP) in other areas of Eclipse.

API Enhancements (2020R3)

The Eclipse R&D team has spent considerable effort enhancing our API with the 2020R3 release. Our intention is to deprecate the legacy XML based API in the near future. If you are currently working with the legacy API and require assistance, please reach out for support during your transition.

For more information about the Eclipse API and supported endpoints, please access our online API help at https://eod(1/2).ecl.eclipseppm.com/help

Benefit:

The Eclipse API allows customers to integrate and connect Eclipse with other software applications like ServiceNow or JIRA.

Caution: The endpoints used by the Microsoft Excel Add-In for Eclipse PPM have been changed. You will need to adjust your connection settings to the new endpoint.

• If you previously connected to eod1.eclipseppm.com, you need to change your connection to eod1.ecl.eclipseppm.com.
• If you previously connected to eod2.eclipseppm.com, you need to change your connection to eod2.ecl.eclipseppm.com.

Please be aware that these items are not available for selection in the drop down control and will need to be entered manually.

Upland One (2020R3)

We have made several general enhancements to our UI/UX.

The Eclipse theme is part of a larger UI/UX pattern employed across all Upland products called "Upland One". The goal of "Upland One" is to provide a consistent and productive UI/UX across all Upland software products facilitating smoother adoption for customers who work with multiple products. Many minor changes have been made that will have big impact on the user experience.

Nav Bar:

Users with keen eyes will notice some subtle changes in our application's navigation bar. Font colors, font size, padding and margins have all been adjusted with the goal of increasing usability.

Header Area:

Our application header bar has been changed to a different shade of blue that meets modern accessibility standards for contrast ratios.

Help:

Users looking for product help will notice that the button has moved to the lower right-hand corner of the application. This new location better supports device resolutions by placing the button more consistently.

Resource Plans - Cost (2020R3)

We have made several enhancements throughout the application to track and expose effort and costs associated with a resource plan.

Security:

Access to the potentially sensitive financial information on a resource plan is governed by the new project permission called "View Rates" located under the "Resource Planner" section. Outside the project (in reports and dashboards) access to the cost/rate information is governed by the "Portfolio/Approval View" permission following the same pattern we have employed previously.

Resource Plan Tool:

Users with appropriate permissions will have access to the new "Rate" column inside the Resource Plan Tool allowing them to view/edit rates for named/generic resources on the plan. Also, on the tool, users will see the "Total Cost" and "Total Effort" shown in the header area.

Resource Plan View:

Users with appropriate permissions will have access to the new "Rate" column on the Resource Plan View screen allowing them to view rates for named/generic resources on the plan. In the "Overview" area, users will also notice that the "Total Effort" and "Total Cost" are available for resource plans on the project.

Dashboards:

The "Portfolio Summary" panel on our dashboards screen has been updated to include two new columns - "Planned Cost (Current)" and "Planned Cost (Approved)" which will show the total cost of the current/approved resource plans respectively for a project. Access to this data is granted for any user having the "Portfolio/Approval View" permission on a project.

Adhoc Reports / Excel Add-In:

We have updated the project Adhoc reports to include two new columns - "Planned Cost (Current)" and "Planned Cost (Approved)" which will show the total cost of the current/approved resource plans respectively for a project. Access to this data is granted for any user having the "Portfolio/Approval View" permission on a project.

Report Templates:

In the Report Templates area, we have exposed two new markers - "@CurrentResourcePlanCost" and "@ApprovedResourcePlanCost" which will show the total cost of the current/approved resource plans respectively for a project. Access to this data is granted for any user having the "Portfolio/Approval View" permission on a project.

Backwards Compatibility:

Whenever a new feature like this is introduced, it can be painful to manually set up data for in-flight projects. If you would like to apply permissions to a large group, or adjust existing resource plans with rate data via script, please speak with your CSM.

Reports

[Report] - Report Templates - Expose other health indicator fields as single fields

When displaying a health indicator inside a Report Template, users now have the ability to list other health indicator fields like name, description, and value instead of just showing the icon.

[Reports] - Adhoc - Provide option to use existing filters

Users are now able to use pre-defined filters inside ad-hoc reports.

[Reports] - Microsoft Excel Add-In - Allow users to authenticate via SSO

The Microsoft Excel Add-In is now accessible via SSO authentication for those customers that have it enabled.

[Reports] - Project Portfolio Gantt Report - Add Health Indicators to column selection

Users are now able to include "Health Indicators" as columns on the "Project Portfolio Gantt Report".

[Reports] - Project Portfolio Gantt Report - Allow custom naming of columns

The "Project Portfolio Gantt Report" has been enhanced to allow users the option of renaming columns.

[Reports] - Project Portfolio Gantt Report - Allow re-ordering of columns

The "Project Portfolio Gantt Report" now allows users to re-order the selected columns.

[Reports] - Project Portfolio Gantt Report - Allow user to select "quarters" as a timeline scale option

The "Project Portfolio Gantt" report now supports "Quarters" as a timescale option.

[Reports] - Project Status Report - Add "Status" to the report

The "Project Status Report" now lists the "Status" value in the "Stats" section.

[Reports] - Project Status Report - Add "Task Category" filter to filter tasks on report

We have added the ability to filter tasks by "Task Category" on the "Project Status Report".

Requests

[Requests] - Add a "requests" tab on approvals screen

We have added a new tab to our approvals screen that allows users to see project requests that they have access to, either because the item was submitted to them, or they have access to the project template that the request is linked to.

Benefit:

Although a project request doesn't pass through the standard Eclipse workflow engine, many of our users think of them as "approvals" and wonder why they were not visible on our approvals page. This caused confusion and support calls from newer users who couldn't find their requests waiting for approval.

[Requests] - Add more data into the request emails allowing users to evaluate before approving

We have enhanced the "Request Submitted" email notification to include the contents of the request being submitted.

Benefit:

Prior to this enhancement, the contents of the notification were purposely sparse but made approving requests difficult for users that received many emails within a short period. With more context and details inside the email notification, approvers are better equipped to make a resolution.

[Requests] - Add requests under the "Approvals" tab on home page

We have added requests into the Home Page on the "My Work - Approvals" tab that allows users to see project requests that they have access to, either because the item was submitted to them, or they have access to the project template that the request is linked to.

Benefit:

Although a project request doesn't pass through the standard Eclipse workflow engine, many of our users think of them as "approvals" and wonder why they were not visible on our approvals page. This caused confusion and support calls from newer users who couldn't find their requests waiting for approval.

[Requests] - Add submitter to project roles section as specific role

We have added a new enhancement to the project requests module that allows users to choose a specific project role that will be automatically populated with the request submitter, assuming the submitter is a valid resource.

Benefit:

Prior to this fix, many customers created a "Project Requester" role and had to manually populate the role after projects were created. With this new enhancement, the experience is much cleaner and the data will be more accurate.

[Requests] - Allow users to specify the order of form fields

Organizations that use the requests module in Eclipse are now able to customize the display order of project profile fields on the intake form.

Benefit:

Prior to this change, the order of the fields was hard-coded and couldn't be changed.

Resource Management

[Resource Management] - Add "Business Priority" column

Users are now able to pull the "Business Priority" of a project into the "Resource Management" screen.

Benefit:

In many instances, it's helpful to know the priority of a project when reviewing the effort assigned to projects.

[Resource Management] - Add "Project Manager" (custom resource role) column

Users are now able to pull the "Resource Role" assigned to a project resource into the "Resource Management" screen.

Benefit:

In many instances, it's helpful to know the role a resource plays on a project when reviewing their effort.

[Resource Management] - Add "Project Owner" column

Users are now able to pull the "Project Owner" assigned to a project into the "Resource Management" screen.

Benefit:

In many instances, it's helpful to know the owner on a project when reviewing the effort assigned to projects.

[Resource Management] - Allow users to pick "Number of periods" or "End Date" instead of hardcoded 12 periods

Users are now able to set the number of display periods on the "Resource Management" screen.

Benefit:

Prior to this change, the "Resource Management" screen would always show 12 periods of data, whether the user was looking at weeks or months. With this new enhancement, users can choose among several options to decide how many periods are shown.

[Resource Management] - Give users the option to group resources by type (or not)

Users are now able to toggle grouping by "Resource Type" on the "Resource Management" screen.

Benefit:

Depending on the complexity and maturity of your project planning processes, you may or may not use "Resource Types" in your organization. Before this toggle option was added, users were forced to see effort grouped by "Resource Type" with no option to turn it off.

Project - Financials

[Project - Financials] - Add "Description" into category picker popups

When selecting budget/funding/benefit categories for a financial plan, we have added the item description to the selector popup.

Benefit:

Prior to this enhancement, users could only see the category name which was sometimes not descriptive enough. Showing the category description will increase data accuracy.

[Project - Financials] - Allow user to extract/export the financial plan comparison grid

Users with access to project financial data are now able to export the financial comparison screen into Microsoft Excel.

Benefit:

Extracting financial comparison data between two financial plans allows advanced analysis in Microsoft Excel that is not possible inside Eclipse.

[Project - Financials] - Color the financial indicators when positive/negative

The following financial indicators will be colored green (when positive) or red (when negative):

- Actual Return (AROI $) (RBen - E)

- Actual Return (AROI %)

- Cash Flow - Expenditures (F - E)

- Cash Flow - Planned (F - B)

- Cash Flow - Actual (F - A) = Total Funding - Total Actual

- Cash Flow - Committed (F - C) = Total Funding - Total Committed

- Planned Return (PROI $) (EBen - B)

- Planned Return (PROI %)

- Total Budget Remaining (B - E)

- Total Budget Remaining Actual (B - A)

- Total Budget Remaining Committed (B - C)

- Total Capital Budget Remaining Actual (CapB - CapA)

- Total Capital Budget Remaining Committed (CapB - CapC)

- Total Operating Budget Remaining Actual (OpB - OpA)

- Total Operating Budget Remaining Committed (OpB - OpC)

- Current Year Budget Utilized Expenditures (B[current year] - E[current year])

- Current Year Budget Utilized Actual (B[current year] - A[current year])

- Current Year Budget Utilized Committed (B[current year] - C[current year])

Benefit:

Users can quickly and easily see financial indicators that are in good or bad shape based on the color. Humans eyes can perceive color changes in large bodies of text much faster than searching for a "-" sign.

[Project - Financials] - Financial Expenditures Popup - Line Item Table

The line item table in the "Expenditures" popup on the Financial Plan Tool has been adjusted to include blank lines.

Benefit:

The small change will promote quicker line item entry on expenditures.

[Project - Financials] - Financial Plan Tool - UI/UX adjustments to "Indicators" panel

Some minor visual improvements have been made to the "Indicators" panel on the Financial Plan Tool including font adjustments, alignment, and line heights.

Benefit:

The subtle UI/UX changes ensure that users are able to interact with the financials panel easily and efficiently.

[Project - Financials] - New Indicators

We have added 15 new financial indicators to projects in Eclipse:

- Total Capital Budget Remaining Committed (CapB - CapC)

- Total Capital Budget Remaining Actual (CapB - CapA)

- Total Operating Budget Remaining Committed (OpB - OpC)

- Total Operating Budget Remaining Actual (OpB - OpA)

- Cash Flow - Actual (F - A)

- Cash Flow - Committed (F - C)

- Cash Flow Percent Utilized Expenditures ((E / F) * 100) (%)

- Cash Flow Percent Utilized Actual ((A / F) * 100) (%)

- Cash Flow Percent Utilized Committed ((C / F) * 100) (%)

- Current Year Budget Utilized Expenditures (B[current year] - E[current year])

- Current Year Budget Utilized Actual (B[current year] - A[current year])

- Current Year Budget Utilized Committed (B[current year] - C[current year])

- Current Year Percent Budget Utilized Expenditures ((E[current year] / B[current year]) * 100) (%)

- Current Year Percent Budget Utilized Actual ((A[current year] / B[current year]) * 100) (%)

- Current Year Percent Budget Utilized Committed ((C[current year] / B[current year]) * 100) (%)

Benefit:

For organizations that track financial data in Eclipse, the new indicators will allow them to track and monitor financial data and mitigate problems.

[Project - Financials] - UI/UX adjustments to "Expenditures" popup

Some minor visual improvements have been made to the "Expenditures" popup on the Financial Plan Tool including field placement and alignment.

Benefit:

The subtle UI/UX changes ensure that users are able to interact with expenditures easily and efficiently.

Customer Driven Enhancements

Through the Upland Enhancement Request process and ongoing dialogue with users, the Eclipse PPM product team has delivered 30+ enhancements for this release.

Reference	Description	Notes
ECL-650	Project - Home - Add notes panel	Description: We have added a new panel to the Project Home Page to display the notes from that project. Benefit: When focusing on a single project, being able to see the notes logged to that project is a critical item. Users might post critical status updates, comments, questions for the entire team to see and showing these in one location along with other project work items is a great user experience.
ECL-651	Home Page - Add notes panel	Description: We have added a new panel to the Eclipse Home Page to display project notes. Much like our Activity Feed and Comments panels, users will be able to decide how many notes they see, and which projects the notes come from. Benefit: We have heard great feedback about the UX of our home page. Users love the idea of a "one-stop-shop" to get updates on their critical work items. Adding project notes into the mix gives them one more viewpoint to their work
ECL-2729	Administration - Resource Types - Define a default resource rate for generic resource type	Description: Administrators are now able to define a "default rate" for a generic resource type, for example, a "Developer" or "Project Manager". Benefit: When generic resource types are added to resource plans and/or work plans, they will now include the default rate set up in the configuration area. This will improve accuracy and consistency of costing data for organizations that track financial data.
ECL-4161	Eclipse Docs - Add "properties" into the mail merge fields	Description: Eclipse Docs can now include custom project properties as mail-merge fields. Benefit: Prior to this enhancement, only the standard Eclipse project fields were available.
ECL-5110	Resources - Modified Date only changes when "resource" fields are updated (not person/linked fields).	Description: When editing a resource, we have made some small adjustments to tracking the "Last Modified Date" and "Last Modified By" values. Prior to this change, only a handful of fields would update the audit trail when edited. As of the 2020R3 release, any changes to the following fields will update the "Last Modified Date" and "Last Modified By" fields: - First Name - Last Name - Initials - Handle - Email - Chat Id - Employee Id - Phone - Ext - Fax - Position - Default Allocation - Operational Project Approver - Project Approver - Types / Rates Benefit: Administrators have more reliable "Last Modified Date" and "Last Modified By" fields for edited resources.
ECL-6272	Administration - Users - Add "Export" option to the user list table	Description: Administrators now have the ability to export the "Users" list from the configuration area. Benefit: Extracting this data into Microsoft Excel gives administrators the ability to pivot/filter and report on user data that was previously not possible.
ECL-6698	Administration - Settings Manager - Allow admins to set user startup preferences	Description: Administrators are now able to mass-update the startup preferences for their users including the "Eclipse Start Page", "Project Default Page", "Program Default Page", and "Default Dashboard". Benefit: Prior to this fix, administrators would ask users to manually update their own preferences, or have us script the changes for them.
ECL-8834	UI - Expose configuration item descriptions as hover/tooltips on field labels on profile screens	Description: Many configurable lists in Eclipse allow administrators to define both a label and a description. We have made it possible to view the description on edit pages. Benefit: The description fields are most often used to guide users to make appropriate choices, for example, to properly determine the difference between a low or high severity issue. Having that information available on the edit pages improves user efficiency and accuracy across the user base.
ECL-8844	Home Page - Bulk Remove Actions	Description: We have added some bulk cleanup actions to the "My Work" list on the Eclipse Home Page. Users can select one or more items manually, or using intelligent accelerators and quickly remove them from the list. Benefit: In some scenarios, for example, after a large schedule change or portfolio realignment, some users find items on their work lists that are not relevant. The bulk actions offer them the ability to quickly and efficiently clean up the lists.
ECL-8949	Project - Documents - Separate "links" and "documents" into two individual permissions	Description: Prior to this change, users could be granted permission to view/edit "documents" on a project which included both physical documents and hyperlinked documents. We have split this into two separate permissions. Benefit: Administrators have more flexibility in assigning access to specific features in the application allowing them to more strictly govern how their users interact with Eclipse.
ECL-8959	UI - Portfolio / Program / Project - Provide a better indication of hierarchy	Description: We have added the "hierarchy" control next to the "Portfolio" and "Program" fields on a project and program. Benefit: This will allow the user to quickly see the hierarchical structure that exists above the project/program and know where the project/program sits in the organizational tree.
ECL- 9044	Project - Home Page - Provide access to the "Project Team"	Description: We have added a "Resources" tab on the into the project snapshot area of the project home page. Benefit: This allows users to get a quick view of the resources assigned to a project and perform some common management actions without having to navigate to another project page.
ECL-9828	Timeline - Add resource roles to timeline screen (included columns + sortable + groupable)	Description: The timeline screen has been updated to include project resource role information. Users are now able to include resource role columns, and sort or group on those resource role columns. Benefit: When looking at projects in the Timeline screen, it is sometimes helpful to know what resource is fulfilling a specific role, and/or be able to group projects by that resource.
ECL-10120	TImeline - Add custom properties to timeline screen (included columns + sortable + groupable)	Description: The timeline screen has been updated to include project custom property information. Users are now able to include custom properties, and sort or group on those custom properties. Benefit: When looking at projects in the Timeline screen, it is sometimes helpful to have access to the wide variety of custom properties that our customers define for their projects.
ECL-10189	Approvals - Enforce commenting with configuration options while resolving	Description: Administrators now have the ability to enforce commenting rules on approvals inside Eclipse. They can decide whether comments are required with approval submission, approval, and/or reject actions. Benefit: Being able to enforce comments will help promote collaboration within Eclipse and provide a better audit trail for approval workflows. For example, it may be mandated by an organization to include a comment explaining the reason for rejecting a timesheet.
ECL-10200	Timeline - Replace the "Resource Type" picker (in the histogram settings area) with our typeahead tree picker control	Description: We have updated the "Resource Type" control on the Timeline page from a standard dropdown to our custom treepicker control. Benefit: The new treepicker control allows users to more efficiently select the specific resource roles they want to include in the histogram. The new control offers several UI/UX benefits including a visual hierarchy, item filtering, and the ability to select multiple items based on context.
ECL-10205	Filters - Tree Pickers - Add a way to filter for descendants instead of selecting all child nodes	Description: Users are now able to use two new filter conditions when searching for hierarchical data - "UNDER" and "IN OR UNDER", allowing them to select data that descends from a node in a hierarchy. Benefit: These new filter conditions allow users to select descendant items more efficiently and require less maintenance as tree structures change. For example, a user may create a filter selecting data that resides under a specific portfolio. Before this enhancement, the user would be required to select all the child nodes in the hierarchy and would be required to update the filter as the hierarchy changed.
ECL-10349	Project - Separate "Program" and "Portfolio" fields for reading/querying	Description: When viewing Portfolio / Program relationships for a project, we have separated the two fields. For example, in the filter results screen, users will now see a "Portfolio" column and a "Program" column. When editing the parent of a project (which can be a portfolio or program) the fields remain "together" as they were previously. Benefit: With the advent of our new programs feature during the 2019 calendar year, some customers expressed confusion about the hierarchical relationship of portfolios / programs / projects. The relationship is quite simple, but the UI was lacking. With the exception of the root portfolio node, every portfolio is parented by another portfolio. A program will always be parented directly by a portfolio, and will only have other portfolio nodes as ancestors. A project, on the other hand, can belong to a portfolio directly (in which case, all of it's ancestors are portfolios), or it can be parented by a program (which means it will have one program ancestor and one or more portfolio ancestors). The new UI labeling changes help to make this distinction clearer.
ECL-10372	Filters / Adhocs - Resource - Allow filtering by some user fields	Description: From a technical perspective, a "user" and a "resource" in Eclipse are separate entities even though most use the terms interchangeably. We have added several new criteria items ("Is User", "User ID", "User Login", "User Account Status", "User Account Type") into the resource filter screen allowing people to search for resources using user fields. Benefit: Searching for resources based on user account properties was impossible before now. Administrators were forced to visit user pages individually to perform basic management tasks.
ECL-10526	Email Notifications - Add "Approve" and "Reject" actions (email-in) to all approval emails (reminders, assignments, etc)	Description: Users with appropriate permissions are now able to resolve an approval directly from an email notification. Benefit: In today's digital society with several applications competing for your time, having a simple method of resolving approvals via email is a time-saving option that will help managers keep on top of their tasks.
ECL-10583	Filters - Bulk Update - Allow users to update the "Operations" field on projects	Description: Users with appropriate permissions are now able to mass-update the "Operations" flag on projects. Benefit: Prior to this change, edits to this field were a lengthy process and could only be done individually.
ECL-10666	Dashboards - Allow custom field names on tabular lists	Description: Users now have the ability to define custom column names in dashboards and filter results. Benefit: Every organization is unique and likes to customize software to their liking. Allowing them to adjust system labels to meet their own internal demands helps when using data from multiple systems and reporting to multiple stakeholders.
ECL-10711	Linked Date Properties	Description: We have added a new option to custom date project properties, allowing users to link the property to a project task. The property value will be automatically updated as the schedule changes. Benefit: Many customers create properties to track schedule dates that are not “Project Start Date” and “Project End Date”, for example, a “Go Live Date” may occur close to the end of a project but not be the “Project End Date”. The new linked property feature allows users to link the date of a task to a property so it is automatically updated as the schedule changes.
ECL-10735	Timesheet - Allow users to filter timesheet tasks for Summary, Non-Summary, and Both	Description: Users are now able to filter tasks on their timesheet by selecting one of "All Tasks", "Summary Tasks Only" or "Non-Summary Tasks Only". Benefit: Every organization has different requirements for planning and tracking effort across projects. The new timesheet filters allow them to customize their timesheet display to meet their specific needs.
ECL-10738	Approvals - Allow users to open Eclipse Doc directly from Approvals screen	Description: When reviewing Eclipse Doc approvals on the approval screen, users are able to see the document contents directly from the screen without having to navigate away. Benefit: Prior to this change, the user was expected to resolve the approval blindly, or navigate away to another screen before resolving. The ability to view the document directly from the approvals page is a real time-saver.
ECL-10745	UI - Availability - Add an "Effort Details" popup to show assignments for a resource contributing to heat map on RM/RP	Description: Users are now able to review the assignments making up the availability values in the "Resource Management" screen and the "Resource Plan Tool". Benefit: When reviewing resource availability, it's helpful to know details about specific assignments instead of the total value. Project details can help prioritize assignments and clarify possible substitution resources.
ECL-10790	Program - Allow users to review child project milestones from program dashboard	Description: We have added a new panel type called "Projects Milestones" to our main dashboards and our program dashboards that will allow users to see a single gantt bar per project optionally overlaying the project milestones on the gantt bar (similar to our timeline view). Benefit: This panel is especially handy for those customers looking to review project milestones for program children, or review a timeline of projects within the main dashboard screen.
ECL-10791	Timesheet - Allow users to toggle display of weekends	Description: Users can toggle the display of weekend days in their timesheet. Benefit: Every organization has different requirements for planning and tracking effort across projects. The new weekends option will refine the display of the timesheet and remove (sometimes) needless clutter.
ECL-10792	Project - Home Page - Allow users to show more financial indicators (ones configured on project)	Description: The project home page has been enhanced with the ability to select specific financial indicators. Benefit: Prior to this change, the list of financial indicators was hardcoded to a set of popular items. With this change, users have more flexibility to display whichever financial indicators they wish.
ECL-10811	Eclipse Docs - Can we "import" a word document into the editor?	Description: Users are now able to "open" a Microsoft Word document into the Eclipse Docs editor. Benefit: Microsoft Word is one of the most popular document editing tools in use today. With this enhancement, users will be able to open a Microsoft Word document into the Eclipse Docs editor and save it within Eclipse.
ECL-11040	UI - Allow panels to be tri-state - collapsed, halfway, and full-size	Description: Panels on the various home pages around the application now support three heights - collapsed, partially expanded, and fully expanded. Benefit: Every user will have different amounts of data and device resolutions. Having the option to select among three different panel heights helps to improve the user experience on these pages.
ECL-11078	Home Page - Automatic clean-up of the "removed list" for "future items"	Description: We have optimized our machine learning engine to automatically clean-up a user's home page for future items. Benefit: The "My Work" lists will automatically include time-relevant projects/tasks for a user, for example, a user can decide to see tasks that are "starting within the next week". A common scenario started occurring where a project manager would move a project/task out into the future, after it had become relevant and was added to a user's list. The user was able to remove it from their list but it would be permanently removed and never re-added when it became relevant again (which under the hood would place it on a "removed" list so it wasn't automatically added again), but when it became relevant again users would not see it.
ECL-11117	Filters - Allow custom naming of columns	Description: We have added a new set of user preferences allowing a user to rename the columns in a filter results set. This is a per-user preference and is not shared across the organization. Benefit: Some users will want to change field names to accommodate smaller devices resolutions or to match corporate labels that may be used in third-party products.
ECL-11268	Timesheet - Add user options to control display of projects/tasks	Description: Users can now control the display format of projects/tasks on their timesheet by selecting from several format options. Benefit: Depending on the size and complexity of schedules in your organization, a timesheet can have many projects and tasks making them difficult to find and edit. The new timesheet display options allow users to customize the display of projects and tasks to meet their specific needs.
ECL-11328	Settings Manager - Allow admins to set the default options for 'Administrator Notifications'	Description: Administrators are now able to adjust the default "Administrator Notifications" options that will be applied to new users. Benefit: Prior to this change, Eclipse had a hardcoded set of defaults that could not be customized.
ECL-11329	Settings Manager - Allow admins to set the default options for user startup preferences	Description: Administrators are now able to adjust the default "Startup Preferences" options that will be applied to new users. Benefit: Prior to this change, Eclipse had a hardcoded set of defaults that could not be customized.
ECL-11664	Properties - Expose new tab/sections for project properties	Description: We have added some configuration options, and a new section inside a program/project that will allow users to segregate their custom properties from the main program/project details page. Benefit: Some organizations employ a large number of custom properties specifically geared to facilitate external reporting or product integrations. Often these custom properties are "set and forget" and cause clutter on the main properties page when displayed there. The new sub-properties page allows users to essentially "hide" those properties away from the main screens.