Senomix Software

News and Updates

Senomix users may now authenticate through Intuit's 'Sign in with Intuit' Single Sign-On process.

Senomix is now 'Accountant Ready' for authenticated multi-account QuickBooks management.

Senomix now integrates direct with the MYOB AccountRight / MYOB Business accounting system.

Your link to MYOB completes in seconds: one button click imports your MYOB customers, jobs and staff; another button click exports your approved timesheets to MYOB activity slips.

Senomix Timesheets is now available through the
Xero App Store.

Senomix now integrates direct with the Xero accounting application.

Your link to Xero completes in seconds: one button click imports your Xero projects and staff; another button click exports your approved timesheets.

Senomix Timesheets is now available through the QuickBooks App Store.

Senomix desktop and mobile web apps are now available as installable programs for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.

This deployment uses the latest in Progressive Web App (PWA) technology to let you use Senomix just like your other desktop programs and mobile apps.

Install to your Windows taskbar.

Add the app to your phone's home screen.

Launch from your computer's start menu.

You can run Senomix as you would any other computer program or phone app, with all updates and patches handled automatically for you through the internet.

We've released Senomix version 5.3, adding new features for system integration.

Highlights of this new application version include:

• Senomix now integrates direct with QuickBooks Online.
  
  Your link to QuickBooks completes in seconds: one button click imports your QuickBooks details; another button click exports your approved timesheets.
• An alphabetic "Sort" option has been added to the desktop and mobile app timesheet entry screens.
• Behind-the-scenes adjustments for system stability, security and speed have improved the performance of your desktop and mobile apps.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets version 5.1 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v5.1 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets version 4.2 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v4.2 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets version 4.1 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v4.1 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets version 3.41 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v3.41 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets servers at v5.2 (and later) can now be configured for full SSL security when installed in-house.

Hosted Senomix plans are (and have been) automatically SSL secured from end-to-end and self-installed systems can now implement the additional network security which an SSL tunnel can provide.

Full details on how to implement SSL security on a self-installed Senomix Timesheets Server program can be found in the Installation Guide for Windows available on your Help page.

On May 25th, 2018, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect.

To help your office confirm its own compliance with GDPR regulations, we have created a summary page discussing how Senomix Software meets the GDPR rules.

You can find that page here:

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets version 3.33 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v3.33 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets versions 3.31 and 3.32 have reached their end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v3.32 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

We've released Senomix version 5.2, adding a variety of features for time and expense entry on Mac and Windows for both hosted and self-installed plans.

Highlights of this new application version include:

• Employees can now mark a timesheet as complete for the week and ready for approval. Timesheets will now appear for managers as either Incomplete, Awaiting Approval, Approved or Disapproved depending upon their edit state.
• Timesheets can now be disapproved from the time entry app manager approval screen, providing an option to clear an employee's mark as complete record lock.
• Project tasks may now be designated as being for 'all activities' in a project template, providing a single item list for easy edit across a project's work.
• Email address may now be used for system sign-in. The old 'username' attribute remains in place for system sign-in for now but will be phased out of use over time.
• Expense claims may now be noted as having been paid for reimbursement to the expense claim submitter.
• A free-form comment field has been added to expense claims, allowing managers and employees to add additional detail beyond the expense claim entries themselves.
• The Incomplete Timesheets report can now be filtered by groups of employees.
• A raw-data project export report has been added to deliver a simple listing of projects and their attributes to Microsoft Excel.
• A raw-data user export report has been added to deliver a simple listing of user records and their attributes to Microsoft Excel.
• Bug fix: Labels on pie charts were being truncated. That has now been corrected.
• In addition to the above, a number of system optimizations and performance improvements have been added to streamline your desktop and mobile apps.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets v3.3 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v3.3 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

The Senomix mobile app is now available for Android phones and tablets through Google Play:

Full documentation of that app can be found on your help pages.

We've released new mobile apps for Android, iPhone, and iPad devices.

Full documentation of those new handheld tools can be found on your help pages.

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets v3.1 and v3.2 have reached their end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v3.2 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

We've added a few performance improvements along with these adjustments to app functionality:

• Getting around a bug in the Internet Explorer 11 web browser (which prevented printable timesheets, expense claims, etc. from being created in your time entry app under IE 11), those documents are now created in a report viewer from which you can review, print or save. Printable documents created for Microsoft Excel will prompt you to open Excel once your report is available.
• Hours Rounding 'to the nearest' time increment is now available, allowing your office to round time up OR down to the nearest five, ten, fifteen or thirty minutes as suits your billing preference (rather than always rounding up).

Self-installed Senomix Timesheets v2.82 has reached its end of life for support.

As described in the Senomix End of Life page, no further software updates or technical assistance are being provided for self-installed Senomix versions at v2.82 and earlier.

If your office is still using a legacy self-installed version of Senomix Timesheets which has now reached its end of life for support, you can find further information on the options available for updating your system through the Senomix End of Life page.

We've added a 'Send Welcome Email' button to your user administration screen.

That button allows you to deliver all connection details (with the exception of the password) to your new system users, providing a simple welcome package to help bring your new staff members on-board.

We've simplified the sending of timesheet reminders from hosted plans.

If you would like to have reminders for completing weekly timesheets sent to your employees at the week's end, just toggle that option on through your Admin application's settings screen. The contents of the email itself can be changed in your Admin app's Email Reminders screen.

We've added interactive tutorial lessons to the time entry and administration apps, simplifying your training for new Senomix users.

The tutorial lessons will be displayed on a user's first system sign-in, and are also available at any time through your app About screens.

We've added previous / next buttons to the Senomix version 5.1 timesheet entry screen. This allows you and your staff to easily switch between timesheet weeks in the time and expense entry app without needing to reference your timesheet list.

These improvements are available for immediate use on Mac and Windows for both hosted and self-installed plans.

For details on this new option, just click the "Help" button at the top-right corner of your timesheet entry screen.

We've added a report review screen to Senomix version 5.1, improving the display and review of time and expense reports, simplifying integration with Microsoft Excel, and streamlining the creation of data exports for use with third-party applications (such as QuickBooks).

These improvements are available for immediate use on Mac and Windows for both hosted and self-installed plans.

For details on the features and functionality provided through this system update, just click the "Help" button at the top-right corner of your Create Report screen.

We've released Senomix version 5.1, adding data visualization capabilities with interactive charts for time and expense entry on Mac and Windows for both hosted and self-installed plans.

Highlights of this new application version include:

• Drilldown pie charts can now be created to visualize the time, expense and billing data contained in your office's Senomix system. Data can be examined at a macro level to gain a full overview of office activity, or be drilled down to view the task-level detail of your office work.
• Area charts can now be created to review effort and billing data over a time series, complementing the project and employee effort reports used by your office.
• Created charts can be saved as png, jpg or pdf for inclusion in offline presentations and reports.
• Created charts can be set to have a coloured shading for more visually direct presentation content, with pie charts also able to be created with a 3D orientation.
• Providing a one-click transition from time entry to administration, a 'System Admin' button is now available to users with administrative access rights through the Management menu of their time entry app.

Much like the 'Heartbleed' bug, the CVE-2014-6271 (Shellshock) Bash vulnerability announced by authorities today will likely become front page news in the coming weeks.

All Senomix systems and services were patched for that vulnerability soon after the fix became available, and no Senomix customer data or applications were impacted by the issue.

No steps are required by you or your office to secure your Senomix accounts from that bug.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Shellshock Bash vulnerability, or about your Senomix account or system, please feel free to contact us at support@senomix.com.

We've added administration and reports functionality to the Senomix Timesheets web portal, providing a browser-based application for system administration and report creation on Mac and Windows.

As with the time and expense entry web portal provided in November 2013, this new application version now adds to your system administration:

• Streamlined report creation and record review, with revised screens for timesheet and expense claim reports making it even easier to turn your time and expense tracking data into actionable information.
• Projects, Activities and Tasks can now be selected for your administrative use from a single window, with in-list search allowing for rapid selection of the items you need, regardless of the number you have to choose from.
• In-application context-sensitive help can now be accessed at any time by clicking the "Help" button provided on each screen of your administration and reports applications.
• Improved system speed and communications, with HTML5 WebSocket technology ensuring a rapid link to your system server whether you're working in the next office or on the other side of the world.
• Compatibility with the Google Chrome, Firefox, Mac Safari and Internet Explorer (version 10 or later) web browsers allows you to work with the platform you prefer best, with inter-operability between Windows and Mac OS X computers providing continued multi-platform support.

The Heartbleed bug is a security vulnerability which has become front page news. This note is a quick update on that bug and how it affects your office's Senomix account or self-installed system.

In brief: We have completed an extensive audit of all systems, and no customer data or applications were impacted by Heartbleed. Neither hosted Senomix plans nor self installed Senomix systems were affected by the Heartbleed bug, and no steps are required by you to secure your Senomix accounts.

Self-installed versions of Senomix Timesheets do not use Open SSL (the program behind the Heartbleed vulnerability) and the version of Open SSL used by hosted Senomix plans is not among those in which the Heartbleed bug appears. Your office's data remains secure with Senomix.

If you have any questions or concerns about the Heartbleed bug, or about your Senomix account or system, please feel free to contact us at support@senomix.com.

We've released a web portal for Senomix Timesheets v4.2, providing a browser-based application for time and expense entry on Mac and Windows.

Available for immediate use with all hosted Senomix plans, web portal access has also been provided to all v4.2 self-installed Senomix systems until an equivalent executable package is made available for in-house installation.

Highlights of the new browser-based application include the following:

• Projects, Activities and Tasks can now be selected for your time and expense tracking from a single window, with in-list search allowing for rapid selection of the items you need, regardless of the number you have to choose from.
• In-application context-sensitive help can now be accessed at any time by clicking the "Help" button provided on each screen of your time and expense entry application.
• Improved system speed and communications, with HTML5 WebSocket technology ensuring a rapid link to your system server whether you're working in the next office or on the other side of the world.
• Compatibility with the Google Chrome, Firefox, Mac Safari and Internet Explorer (version 10 or later) web browsers allows you to work with the platform you prefer best, with inter-operability between Windows and Mac OS X computers providing continued multi-platform support.
• Hours rounding for timesheet and stopwatch tracked time is now set to round up to the nearest five, ten, fifteen or thirty minutes as your office prefers.
• One-click sign-in is available for your system through your "Enable Automatic Login" preference.

We've released Senomix Timesheets v4.2, delivering time entry and review to mobile phone and tablet devices such as Apple iPhone and iPad, Android / Samsung phones and tablets, and other handheld platforms.

Both hosted plans and self-installed systems are provided with this new functionality:

• Mobile system access is now available for Android / Samsung phones and tablets, Apple iPhone and iPad, and other modern mobile devices. Time entry can now be completed on both desktop computers and remote wireless systems, with this new platform functionality available for both hosted plans and self-installed Senomix systems.
• System sign-in from a second computer or mobile device will now automatically 'bump' any other connections you may have left active on other computers. So, if you have forgotten to sign out your in-office Senomix Timesheets session, you can now connect in from your phone, tablet or home office computer without interruption.
• Following BlackBerry's transition to their new BlackBerry 10 operating system, the native BlackBerry client for BlackBerry O/S 7 and earlier has now been discontinued. You can now connect in to your Senomix account or self-installed server from your current BlackBerry device using the Senomix Timesheets mobile app.

More information about the Senomix Timesheets Mobile app can be found on our Documentation page.

The hosted version of Senomix Timesheets can now be accessed from the Senomix Timesheets for BlackBerry App.

To connect to your office's Senomix hosting account from your BlackBerry, just install the app and enter your Senomix account details in the provided login screen fields. For example, if your office's Senomix sign-in page was located at www.senomix.com/yourofficename, the value to enter for your Senomix Account when connecting from your BlackBerry would be "yourofficename".

For accessing self-installed systems from the Senomix for BlackBerry app, enter your Senomix Server's IP Address preceded by the text "s:". For example, if your office's self-installed system has an access IP address of 192.0.43.10, you would enter "s:192.0.43.10" as your Senomix Account.

More information about the Senomix Timesheets for BlackBerry app can be found here.

We've released a hosted version of Senomix Timesheets, allowing your office to outsource all server management, application deployment, system update and data backup tasks to Senomix's dedicated server environment in the internet cloud.

Operating with the same features and functionality as the self-installed system first introduced back in 2003, the new hosted version of Senomix Timesheets provides your office with a dedicated server to which your employees can connect regardless of whether they are operating in the same office or at satellite locations around the world. With client applications deployed to employees through a web-page link, the hosted version of Senomix Timesheets reduces the workload of your IT staff by providing a packaged system ready to run without any supervision or system management required.

If you would like to try the hosted version of Senomix Timesheets for yourself, a 30-day free trial can be signed up to for immediate use in less than one minute. If your office already has a self-installed Senomix Timesheets license and you would be interested in moving your data to the new hosted system, please do contact us for assistance in transferring your application data to a hosted server system.

All features provided in the v4.1 release of Senomix Timesheets previously announced on February 6th, 2012 are also available in the new hosted system. That version provided the following new functionality:

• Expense tracking is now available in the timesheet entry and administration applications, with expense claim entry and associated reports replacing the old expense notes functionality with detailed logging of expenses by expense type, day, and vendor for billable and non-billable items recorded by your office.
• Projects can now be assigned to your system users, restricting the display of projects in the timesheet entry application to only those which have been assigned.
• As with previous system versions, a user without any specific project assignments will be able to access all active projects for their system timesheets and expense claims.
• If projects have been assigned to a user, system reports created in the Reports application will now be restricted to only display information related to the projects to which that report-creating user has been assigned.
• As with previous system versions, an administrative user creating reports from the Administration application will be able to view all project work, regardless of their project assignments.
• Employees can now be assigned to be in the scope of responsibility for specific system users (for example, a manager of a group of staff) to allow for timesheet approval and report creation limited to only those assigned users.
• If users have been assigned to an employee, system reports created in the Reports application will now be restricted to only display information related to those assigned user accounts.
• As with previous system versions, an administrative user creating reports from the Administration application will be able to view work for all employees, regardless of their user assignments.
• A managerial user can now approve timesheets for users assigned to them through use of an 'Approve Timesheets' screen provided in the Timesheet Entry application. Administration access rights are no longer necessary for a manager to provide timesheet approval.
• Expense types can now be specified by your office for the entry of various expense claim items.
• Vendors can now be specified by your office for association with entered expense claims.
• Both Vendor and Expense Type items can now be imported from the QuickBooks Vendors and Chart of Accounts.
• Expense Claims entered in Senomix Timesheets can now be exported to QuickBooks Vendor Bills.
• Expense Claims can now be reported upon in a direct expense claim listing, with report filters for billing codes, bill state, etc. available for that listing, as with system timesheet reports.
• Office expenses can now be listed by item in system reports. As with all other new expense reports, the full report data filter functionality provided for system time tracking reports is also available.
• Office expenses can now be listed by expense type in system reports, providing a consolidated view of the different types (for example, taxes, travel, hotel, meals, etc.) of expenses recorded for your office's work.
• Office expenses can now be listed by vendor in system reports, allowing you to identify the amounts paid to various suppliers for recorded expenses.
• A printable expense claim can be created from the timesheet entry application for signature or other purposes which require a physical copy of the claim.
• Providing an additional safeguard against accidental record deletion, the 'Delete' and 'Delete All' buttons in the Timesheet and Expense Claim Administration screens are now disabled by default. These buttons can be enabled for a user's login session through a new 'enable record deletion' button provided in the Administration application's settings screen.
• The Timesheet Listing screen of the timesheet entry application will now display all timesheets entered by an employee for all time (rather than just the previous six months of work).

You can find these features described in detail in the System Documentation section of our web site and can review the new version of Senomix Timesheets without cost by signing up for a 30-day free trial.