R&R Product Update, November 1, 2023

This issue focuses on the launch of the new R&R Job app, a look ahead to the final months of this year, as well as bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

Progress on the Rollout of the R&R Job App

It probably hasn't gone unnoticed: The rollout of the new version of the R&R Job app is in full swing. Over the past few weeks, all Android users have gradually been given the option to download the new version. And for iOS users, the update to the new version has been made available in the last few days. 

To ensure a smooth rollout, we’ve decided to release the version gradually rather than all at once. Right now, anyone can install the latest version of the R&R Job App. Over the next week, users will be prompted to download the latest version. We will initiate this process on our end, but we will first give users time to install the latest version at a time of their choosing. 

Once everyone is using the new version, new features can be released. For example, “Comments in the Work Schedule” will be available soon. Comments made in the work schedule in R&R will then also appear in the employee’s work schedule in the Job App.

Next up is the updated version of the “Time Clock in the App.” Employees will have more insight into what they’re clocking in the app. These two features are almost ready, but the Job App has to be fully live first before we can make them available to users! 

Outlook for the Final Months of 2023

Since November is just around the corner, we can take another look at the year 2023.

Earlier in this newsletter, we discussed the features that will be available in the Job App once we’ve migrated all users to the new version, but we’re not stopping there. In the coming months, we’ll also be working hard to improve the process of entering availability—for both employees and managers! For example, we’ll make it possible to approve availabilitys before they’re implemented in R&R, and employees will also be able to specify an effective date for their new availability. 

We are also continuing to make progress in the area of integration. For example, this year we will enable you to define custom exports from Payout and R&R Insights. If a standard integration isn't possible, or if, for example, you need to export data to your own data warehouse, these new export options provide a solution.

For our clients operating in Germany, we are working intensively to improve annual leave entitlements, which, starting in 2024, will no longer need to be adjusted in the event of a transfer.

In addition, we will, of course, continue to improve the quality and user-friendliness of R&R.

Curious about 2024? Then keep an eye out for next month's newsletter!

Bug Fixes and Quality-of-Life Improvements

Over the past few weeks, our teams have been busy fixing bugs and making (minor) quality-of-life improvements. These changes are all aimed at making your daily interaction with R&R even smoother. Among other things, we’ve made the following changes: 

• R&R: Several security improvements have been made.
• R&R: Several performance improvements have been made regarding time handling.
• R&R: If an employee left the company and still had clock-in/out entries on the last day of employment, those times were not always processed correctly. This issue has now been resolved.
• R&R: The attendance report displayed the date in the wrong format. This has been corrected.
• R&R: The attendance overview can now be sorted by employee or time, making it even easier to see if someone is present.
• R&R: We've updated the vacation icon to match the icon in the new job app.
• R&R Job App: Several stability improvements have been made.
• R&R Insights: Over the past few months, we've added many new data sources to Insights. As a result, Insights was sometimes very slow in the browser. We've fixed this, so Insights is now faster than ever.
• R&R Insights: It was not possible to delete saved views from before the login migration. This has been fixed.
• R&R Insights: When large overviews were created, this could result in an error message. This has been fixed.
• R&R Insights: When views were switched, users were incorrectly prompted to save them even though nothing had changed. This has been fixed.

Any questions?

Do you have any questions about the information above? Please contact us at aftersales@rr-wfm.com .

Would you like to read past newsletters again? You can do so at any time on our website. You can find the archive of our product updates. here.

Sincerely,

Mark Taling – Product Owner

About the Author Mark Taling

As a Product Owner at R&R, I am responsible for the functional development and strategy of our software. My goal is to provide our users with the best possible experience, both now and in the future.

As a former developer and architect at R&R, I have extensive experience with how our products work and the processes they support. I now use this experience not only to keep our products up to date, but above all to develop innovations that enhance the user experience!