Timely changelog

September 2024: New AI features and bugfixees

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We've been laser-focused on getting the next-generation Memory timeline ready for a wider beta rollout, and we're now very close to open up for more people to this new, massively improved time tracking experience. Keep an eye on your inbox for an invite in the coming weeks as we gradually roll it out to selected customers.

New Features for Next-Generation Memory Timeline

AI-generated Timesheet Suggestions

We've added AI-generated timesheet suggestions to the next-generation Memory Timeline (currently in beta), helping complete your timesheets faster. This feature uses machine learning to suggest time allocations based on your past logging behavior.

Below you can see that Timely's AI has suggested that I log the recruiting sync and Freshteam activity to the "People & Team Management" project, together with an "Meetings & Communcation" activity tag.

AI timesheet suggestions have been popular in the 'classic' timeline experience, but because the suggestions were very granular, this caused extra work in rejecting or adjusting irrelevant entries.

With this new AI system, our goal is to simplify. Instead of suggesting individual 'memories' to log to projects, it now suggests a span of time instead. The algorithm analyses underlying activities, filters out 'noise', and predicts which project to log the time to. You can learn more about how it works and how to use it here.

Bugfixes for Next-Generation Memory Timeline

  • Fixed an issue where the red line in the timeline was overlapping pop-ups for grouped memories.

  • Corrected a problem where the "Add all to time entry" function was adding time that wasn't visible to users.

  • Corrected a problem where the States dropdown in the hour editor was hidden behind the Timeline.

New Features

Interactive Data Table for Timesheets

We've moved the basic list of time entries in the Timesheets tab (available from Reports and individual project and user pages) into an interactive table. The table uses screen space better, lets you quickly sort, filter, and customize which columns to show and their order.

Here’s how it looked before. Notice how each row took up a lot of vertical space.

The new interactive table displays more information in less space, making it easier to quickly overview your employees' timesheets:

We’ve also added several customization options for how data is displayed:

  • Customize the time format to show as “1h 30m”, “1.5”, or “1:30”.

  • Add zebra striping and borders for better readability.

  • Choose which columns to display and in what order.

We're currently working on these improvements:

  • Adding row and column totals to make it easy to sum up data in view, as well as sums for selected rows.

  • Ability to add client as a separate column.

  • Ability to add note as a separate column (released).

We aim to ship these improvements in the next few weeks. Remember you can also export your data as a CSV file with all fields included, allowing you to customize it to your exact needs.

Asana Integration

Introducing our new Asana integration (available on Premium, Unlimited, and Unlimited Plus plans). This powerful sync allows you to import projects, users, tasks, and tags from Asana, keeping your Timely workspace up-to-date with your Asana workflow, streamlining your project management and time tracking processes.

Per-Project User Cost Rates

We've added support for setting different cost rates for each user on a per-project basis. This is useful if you need to vary a team member's cost rate across different projects. This feature is currently only available for enterprise customers, please get in touch if you're interested.

Improvements

  • You can now export entries without totals from the Timesheets Export view, giving you more flexibility in how you analyze your time data.

  • Outlook and Gmail memories now show email recipients, subject, and content, making it easier to accurately assign work to the correct project.

  • Enhanced the CSV export functionality to include project descriptions.

  • Improved the billing process to retain user selections for plan, cycle, and seats even if payment fails for 3D verification cards.

Bugfixes

  • Resolved a bug where Budget Spent and Remaining amounts were showing incorrect currency for some users.

  • Fixed an issue where bar charts were incorrectly showing data of deleted users.

  • Resolved an error occurring when Team Leads tried to update hours logged to projects they're not part of.

  • Fixed an issue with the monday.com integration where the project timeline wasn't being imported correctly.

  • Corrected an issue with the monday.com integration where data excluded from sync was being synced.

  • Fixed an issue where users on Windows 7 were receiving multiple update requests for the Tauri-based Memory app throughout the day.

  • Fixed a problem where filters for new report templates were not working correctly.

  • Corrected the API documentation for the default limit value in the all users endpoint.

  • Fixed a bug where users were unable to update the state within a time entry.

  • Resolved an issue where some users were receiving a “Not found” error when trying to log time.

  • Fixed a formatting issue with the 'Download Memory' call-to-action copy.

We're constantly working to improve Timely and appreciate your patience as we iron out these issues. As always, if you encounter any problems or have suggestions for improvements, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team. Happy time tracking! 🕒✨