Product Release Notes: Jan-Dec 2026

Created by Graeme Orchard, Modified on Wed, 11 Feb at 4:56 PM by Graeme Orchard

This article gives details of features and fixes included in each release of the software. To see which version you currently have installed see this article HERE

For older release notes click HERE (Jan 2024-Dec 2024)

For older release notes click HERE (Jan 2025-Dec 2025)

RELEASE NOTES: Jan-Dec 2026

For earlier releases please use the links above to see the features release during the relevant year.

IMPORTANT INFO: Accessing your database from abroad

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Typical VPN providers include Norton, NORD VPN, Express VPN, Cyberghost, etc. Influence do not endorse or recommend any specific VPN, but there are plenty of choices available online.

(NB: Some mainland European locations are allowed, but a VPN is always preferred. Always abide by local laws when using a VPN as this may be illegal from some locations.)

Version History (Click an item to jump to that section)

INDEX

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Next Release: -> TBC
- TBC
- Miscellaneous/Internal Developments

Next Release: -> TBC

Features

UAC for Call Playback control

For customers using Cloudcall as their telephony provider it is possible to make call recordings and playback these recorded calls from within the Journal in Influence.

It is now possible to control whether users are able to play "ALL" calls, or just those that were recorded by themselves. There is a new UAC (User Access Control) for PLAYBACK

Users can be added to the UAC with FULL ACCESS (To play back ALL recordings) or NO ACCESS (To Play back only their own recordings).

Contact Status can now be set as "Locked" (Same as Candidate/Client Statuses)

It is now possible to set a Contact status as a "Locked" status. (Code table Contact Status [451] )

What this means is that once a contact has been set to that status, it will require a Password to override the lock, and allow them to be moved to a different Status.

The Password to override is held in a parameter, and you can use a UAC (User Access List) instead of this parameter to set a specific LIST of users who are allowed to override, if required.

Select and Zip 'All' Compliance items

Clicking the paperclip at the bottom left of the worker [Compliance] tab allows users to select and Zip any of their compliance item documents. You can now select all or none very quickly, by clicking the column heading.

Ability to email candidates with details of non-responsive Referees

In this release, we have enhanced the Reference chasing. It is now possible to email candidates with details of any Referees recorded on their [Compliance] tab who have not yet returned their reference.

The email template can either be setup as a candidate email, or via the compliance Chase module so candidates can be 'chased' for their missing references (and hopefully 'nudge' their referees for you. )

Miscellaneous/Internal Developments

- Change to Purchase Orders when posting to TSP (Timesheet Portal).

For customers using the TSP Portal integration, for customers making bookings that are linked to a TEMP Vacancy (as opposed to ad-hoc Bookings) it is now an option to always send the P/O Number to TSP from the VACANCY.

The feature can be enabled with parameter TSPORTAL, Flag(29) - Can be set to Y or W (N = not activated)

If set to W the system will WARN if a user tries to change the P/O Number (unless it was originally <blank>)

The P/O number can be seen/set on the [Controls] tab of the vacancy.

This feature is useful when P/O Numbers change for longer bookings. Each time the client issues a new P/O number users should open the relevant (long term temp) vacancy, and amend the PO number held on the vacancy.

If using this feature, please make sure all timesheets for the "Current" PO number have been exported/approved before changing the PO number on the vacancy and re-exporting (posting) the bookings to TSP.

- Amended Global "Timed Rates" setup, so that it is now possible to specify if rates change at midnight (or not) on the Global setup. This allows for more flexible setup for shifts, such as the ability to pay "Bank Holiday" rate starting from 18:00 on 31st Dec (which is not a bank holiday) - Example of special "New Years Eve" shift setup is shown below.

- Improved message when running IQ Reports. The system now explains that you must close the report and then reselect the report to see the new output. If the report is run to a 'local file' the system will automatically open the directory where the report was saved after it has finished running.

- Restored the ability to pull "Role" (Person or Quals) information from the old [Summary] tab of a Vacancy - if enabled.

This can now be pulled through to a Journal template using the older merge fields.

[[TXT_VACANCY_ROLE$]], [[TXT_VACANCY_PERSON$]] and [[TXT_VACANCY_QUALS$]]

- Within the TIMESHEET ENTRY screen, there is a filter labelled "Booking Owner". This can now be controlled to look at either BOOKING OWNER <or> Shift Owner. The behaviour is controlled with parameter TEMPS, Flag(64)

Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when importing a duplicate CV, if clicking on columns heading within the duplicate windows.