FastTrack360 Version 12 Online Help

FastTrack360 Release V12.15P2 and V12.17

The Top Highlights

The 12.17 release incorporates v12.15 and v12.17. Here are our top features split across the main modules in front and back office:

Custom Actions can now be triggered from Job Search Results. Click here for more details.

API Release 3.1.6 - click here to log into the developer’s portal and navigate to

API Resources / API Version 3.1.6 (v12.15p2) and 3.1.9 (v12.17) to view details on this latest release

  • Ability to prevent SMS messages from being sent where character count exceeds a set limit. Click here for more details.

  • Automatic invoicing of service fees (AIS) - Invoices and credit notes can now be created automatically for services that have been added to a job order without the need for back office staff to raise manual invoices/credit notes. Click here to read more.

  • Work In Progress (WIP) - Create custom interpreted timesheet statuses mapped to a status type to support different interpreted timesheet work-in-progress scenarios. A status can also be assigned to a client to determine if their timesheets require manual intervention to be released from the Interpreter for pay and bill purposes. Click here for more details.

  • Timesheet Import (TSI) - Reimbursements and Absence items can now be included in timesheet import and Adjustment Timesheets can also be imported. Click here for more details.

  • Mobile Timesheets - Ability to Expire, Restore and Delete timesheets. Click here for more details.

  • Support for STP Phase 2 reporting for Payroll Australia. Click here for more information about what is changing under STP Phase 2 reporting. Click here for more details on actions required following upgrade.

  • Contractor Payment Terms (CPT) - Assign payment terms to a contractor so that the payment of their timesheets can be deferred until the configured payment terms due date, has been reached. Click here for more details.

Client raised enhancements completed:

We would like to thank the customers that have taken the time to complete Enhancement Requests, we value your suggestions.  Please see below for details on enhancement items completed in this release:

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E-00001415 (CY124)

Billing - The Timesheet Details Screen of an Invoice Batch Group defaults the search section to closed, which can be misleading as users may be unaware of the default search parameters. We have changed the view in the Billing > Invoice Batch > Invoice Batch Group > Timesheet Details Screen to now default the search section to expanded when the pop up loads. Click here for more details. Note: This is only one component of this enhancement requirement.

E-00000521; E-00001039; E-00001172 (PD-818)

Job Order / Billing - Automatic invoicing of service fees (AIS) - Invoices and credit notes can now be created automatically for services that have been added to a job order without the need for back office staff to raise manual invoices/credit notes. Click here to read more.

E-00001384 (CY119)

Candidate Record - Currently in the Candidate Record a user can enter in ‘Special Notes’. In this release we have added in the ability to search on the contents of this field in Search Candidate and Search Available Candidate. This is one component of the enhancement request. Click here for more details.

E-00001135; E-00001475 (CY117)

Maintenance - In Maintenance > Users, you will now be able to see a user’s the last login date time. Click here for more details.

E-00001413 (CY115)

Rates & Rules - In Rates & Rules >Agreements (Pay or Bill)> Search Agreements the Description field has been returned to the search result list as requested. Click here for more details.

E-00001399 (CY81)

Search Comments - The Search Comments feature has been enhanced to work like Search Activities. For example to provide the ability to find comments assigned to a job where the job has been filled by a particular candidate or if the job is owned by a particular client. Click here for more details.

E-00001202; E-00001324 (CY88)

Time & Attendance - New items available in the Time & Attendance ‘Expired’ Tab to show the user that has expired a timesheet. Click here for more details.

E-00001201 (CY-85)

Time & Attendance - We have added a new Merge Tag to Timesheet Notifications to provide the ability to insert the Job’s Location. Click here for more details.

E-00001394 (CY-148)

SMS - We have added the ability to set a character limit for SMS message dispatch which will prevent a message from being sent where the limit is reached. Click here for more details.

E-00000832 (CY-89)

Questionnaire - We have added a new Merge Tag for ‘Client Position' to be used where this is preferential to the existing ‘Job Position’ merge tag. Click here for more details.

E-00000670 (CY-87 & CY-84)

Candidate Record - We have added a new field in the Candidate Interview Details section next to the existing ‘Interview Date’, to allow you to enter the ‘Interview Time’ where this is required. We have also added this item to Search Candidate Manage Layout so it can be viewed in the Search Result list. Click here for more details.

E-00000788 (CY-86)

Search Available Candidate - by default, already referred candidates show in this result list. We have added a new criterion to exclude referred candidates for those users that wish to remove referred candidates from the results list. Click here for more details.

E-00000201; E-00000396; E-00000963; E-00001226; E-00001362; E-00001449 (CY83)

Pay Australia > Payee > Superannuation Details > Search Super Fund pop up - We have added the ‘USI’ number to the Super Fund result list to help you differentiate between funds when making a selection from the list. Click here for more details.

E-00001114; E-00001378 (CY-178)

Pay Australia > Pay Process > EFT Pay - We have added some logic to determine the ABA Transaction Code by Payee Tax Type so the correct code is applied to the EFT file. Click here for more details.

E-00000727 (CY-82)

Job Order > Email / SMS Merge Tags - We have changed the Perm Job Merge Tag for ‘Perm Extra Fee’, to reduce the number of decimal values displayed to two (2). Click here for more details.

E-00000682 (CY-79)

Time & Attendance > Timesheet Detail Report - We have added the ‘Cost Centre Code’ and ‘Cost Centre Name’ values to the report to display where a Cost Centre has been assigned to a Job. Click here for more details.

E-00000582; E-00001125; E-00001191 (CY-78)

Rates & Rules > Pay / Bill Agreement Search - we have added in a new criterion to allow you quickly find Agreements that are currently valid. Click here for more details.

E-00000862; E-00001230; E-00001227; E-00001240; E-00001403; E-00001465 (CY-77)

Recruitment Manager > SMS - Response to SMS messages that were sent from Recruitment Manager (which comes through as an email) now include the sender’s mobile phone number. Click here for more details.

E-00001048 (CY-76)

Candidate Record - We have added ‘Creation Source’ to the Record Properties section. Click here for more details.

E-00001091; E-00001375; E-00001417 (CY-75)

Recruitment Manager > Email / SMS - We have added some additional merge tags for Logged in User including mobile number, position, email and address. Click here for more details.

E-00001383

Interpreter Review - New values added to the Interpreter Transaction Reports for PO Number; Client Position and Status. Click here for more details.

E-00001176

Document Designer > Document Formats - New Invoice and Payslip Format Fields for ‘Billing Company Tax Number’. Click here for more details.

Other features in this release:

In addition to the items above, you will also receive improvements briefly described below. 

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Search Timesheet by Timesheet ID and Timesheet Code (v12.15p2)

In Time & Attendance, quickly find timesheets by the Timesheet ID and or Timesheet Code. Read more here.

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Timesheet ID and Timesheet Period in Header (v12.15p2)

In Time & Attendance, you can now see the Timesheet ID and Timesheet Period in the Timesheet Header. Read more here.

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Pay Australia > Payee - Support for Horticulturalists & Shearers tax (v12.17)

Payee, special tax rates for Australian payees who work assignments of no longer than 6 months for the same host employer in the horticultural and shearing industries can now be supported. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payee - Ability to flag a payee subject to Seniors/Pensioners Tax Offset (v12.17)

Australian Payees who are 66 years or older at the end of a financial year who are eligible for a seniors and pensioners tax offset (SAPTO) for that financial year can be flagged for SAPTO. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payee - Ability to flag a payee as subject to Medicare Levy Surcharge (v12.17)

You can now flag an Australian Payee as subject to Medicare levy surcharge (MLS) This prevents the payee from potentially having to pay more tax at the end of the financial year to cover the Medicare levy surcharge. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payee - Support for Seasonal Workers (v12.17)

Australian Payees that are part of the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) can now be supported in FastTrack360. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > WorkCover payments after termination (v12.17)

Australian Payees can now be flagged as being subject to WorkCover payments after termination. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Ability to change calculation method for adjustment pay batches (v12.17)

For Australian Payroll where adjusting prior, closed pay periods, you now have the ability to select if tax calculation method Bi or Bii is used to calculate the tax. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Maintenance > Pay Company - Display of BMS ID (v12.17)

For Australian Payroll, the BMS ID (one of the unique identifiers used in STP reporting) is sometimes useful for troubleshooting purposes. This value is now displayed in the related Pay Company record. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payroll > Changes to STP pre and post submission reports (v12.17)

The reports available for Australian STP pay batch and STP EOFY batch submissions and post submissions have been updated include STP Phase 2 information and to improve the format. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payee - ability to search for Payees with Upward/Downward Tax Variation settings (v12.17)

You can now search for Australian Payees that have been assigned the Upward/Downward Tax Variation settings. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Payee - ability to search for Payees with Contractor Voluntary Withholding Agreement Rate (v12.17)

You can now search for Australian Payees that have the setting for Contractor Voluntary Withholding Agreement Rate (CIR). Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Ability to zero out STP data for all payees of a pay company (v12.17)

STP data for all Australian Payees within a Pay Company can now be zeroed out if, for example, a pay company has been reporting under the wrong ABN/ABN branch number. Read more here.

 

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Pay Australia > Pay Process > EFT Pay - ABA Transaction Code now determined by Payee Tax Type (v12.15p2)

For the Australian Payroll pay process, the file generation process for EFT Pay will now assign an ABA Transaction Code according to the Payee’s Tax Type. Read more here.

 

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AU Allowance Pay Codes > Enhancements to Support STP2 Reporting (v12.17)

Australian Pay Codes of type Allowance have been enhanced to support the ATO reporting requirements for STP 2. Read more here.

 

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AU Pay Codes > Support for Back-to-Work Payments

To support the STP 2 ATO reporting requirements of back to work payments (RTWPs) the AU Pay Code entry screen has been updated. Read more here.

 

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Enhancement to Interpreted Timesheet Search (v12.17)

The limitation to prevent searching for reviewed timesheets with a greater than 12 month Week Ending date range has been lifted where certain criterion is also applied to the search request. Read more here.

 

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Timesheet Transaction Reports Enhancements (v12.15)

Additional data has been added to the timesheet transaction reports and data extracts that can be triggered from the Timesheet Transaction Report menu on the Interpreter Results > Interpreter Review screen. Read more here.

 

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Interpreter Usability Improvements (v12.15)

Changes have been made to the searching functionality in Interpreter > Interpreter Review. Read more here.

 

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Timesheet ID displayed available on Interpreted Timesheets (v12.15)

The unique Timesheet ID will now display on interpreted timesheets and users can now search by Timeheet ID. Read more here.

 

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