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Preview Release 6.5 Release date: 1 st of October 2013

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Preview of release 6.5 of the Principal Toolbox by Fortes Solutions

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Preview Release 6.5Release date: 1st of October 2013

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Project Management

Gantt improvements

- Create an (printable) image of the Gantt (for use reports, PID’s, etc.);

- Possible to add custom fields to Gantt to create personal views;

- % complete on Gantt, including calculation to summary levels.

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Document ManagementDocument Management improvements

It will be possible to upload multiple documents at once by using drag and drop functionality.

A ‘Documents’ tab has been made available on Single Sheet projects.

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Logs

Improved usability on logs

Adding and editing log items will be much simpler and can be done directly in log item listing on project and program level.

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Resource Management

Resource management improvements

- New tab for improved usability (Resource → Projects);

- Copy request to allocation;

- Simplified browsing to next/previous month or 3 months ahead/back;

- Integration with project model;

- Performance improvements.

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Excel Reporting

Excel reporting improvements

- Performance improvements;

- Supports all browsers and works on Mac;

- Option added to export to PowerPoint.

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Graphical Reporting

New graphical reports

- Gauge widget;

- Scatterplot widget;

- Hour Report widget;

- Other widgets have been improved (i.e. filters, dates & selectable persons).

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Migration SupportMigration of project model

With release 6.5 we will offer a migration option to migrate projects based on the ‘old’ project model to the generic PRINCE2 project model. This is the new project plan which is more user-friendly and offers more flexibility.

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Other

Custom field type ‘image’

It is now possible to create custom fields with images.

‘Back’ button

It is now possible to use the ‘back’ button in your web browser to go to the previous page in the Principal Toolbox.

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Other

Portfolio Dashboards

Portfolio dashboards are now generally available in the add-on ‘Portfolio Management’. Portfolio Dashboards enable customers to create different groupings of projects within portfolio management.

Dependencies

It will be possible to create reports based on dependencies between products and projects.

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Other

User Group support

The Principal Toolbox will support user groups to improve usability when adding users to projects, programs, portfolios, time registration groups, etc.

Import/Export page layout

The export and import of page lay-outs of plan items, products and single sheets will be enabled.

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