Employees can now record time against Programme tasks without being individually assigned to each task.

• Enable Timesheet recording for selected departments in Programme Settings → Manage Programmes → Edit.
• Employees belonging to the selected departments can record time against the Programme's tasks, provided they have access to the Project.
• Task assignments remain unchanged.

This reduces the need to assign every employee to every task in advance and makes Timesheet recording easier for teams working across shared tasks.

Advanced Widgets can now compare a current value against a target and display the result as a number, percentage and progress bar. You can also combine Project, Quote and item-level criteria to calculate values based on the data relevant to your business.

For example, a Procurement Manager can compare the number of ordered Quote Items against all relevant Quote Items to see how effectively procurement is progressing.

• Display current and target values, such as 1200 / 1500 (80%).
• Filter data by Project, Quote and Quote Item criteria, including Ordered Quantity.
• Compare Project-level results with wider company figures.
• Build widgets that show ordered items, items still to be ordered or financial progress.

This gives teams a clearer view of progress against their targets directly on Project Dashboards.

⚒️ Activation required by Archdesk Administrator. Advanced Widget criteria, calculations and target values need to be configured.

Assets can now be assigned to Projects, making it easier to track which Assets belong to each Project.

• Assign a Project to an Asset using a custom input.
• Display assigned Assets with their Categories in Asset List and Asset Schedule widgets on Project Dashboards.
• Filter and organise Asset data using Project information.
• Update Asset custom inputs automatically through Workflows.

This gives teams better visibility of their Assets at Project level and supports automated processes such as transferring Assets between sites.

⚒️ Activation required by Archdesk Administrator. 

The Delivery Phone Number on a Purchase Order can now be populated automatically from the related Project or other available details, such as a site contact or site manager.

This reduces manual entry and helps ensure the correct delivery contact information is available on Purchase Orders.

⚒️ Activation required by Archdesk Administrator. The source of the Delivery Phone Number needs to be configured.

Documents can now be sent for external approval automatically through Workflows.

• Send an approval email when the configured Workflow runs.
• Include a link that takes the external approver directly to the Document's approval view.

This reduces manual follow-up and helps external approval processes move faster.

⚒️ Activation required by Archdesk Administrator. The Workflow action and email configuration need to be set up.

Sum widgets can now calculate totals using custom financial inputs, not just standard amount fields.

For example, Sum Invoice Amounts can calculate the total of a custom Invoice input such as Valuation Total, rather than the system-standard Invoice Net amount.

The same capability is available for other financial Sum widgets covering Invoices, Purchase Orders, Quotes, Quote Variations and Tenders, including their relevant item-level widgets.

This makes financial dashboards more flexible and helps teams report on the values that matter to their business.

Note: Custom financial inputs are not converted between currencies.

⚒️ Activation required by Archdesk Administrator. In the widget configuration, set Amount to calculate to the required custom financial input.

You can now add an optional Reason when approving, abstaining from or stepping back in a Document approval process.

• Add a comment to explain your decision.
• Review the Reason in the approval stage details and Document logs.
• Find the Reason in the Document Approval History PDF.

This makes approval decisions more transparent and keeps their context available for future reference.

Archdesk is now available in Portuguese.

How to use:

1. Go to Settings & Preferences
2. Open Locale settings
3. Select your preferred Language from the list

For Portuguese language, dates and times use the formats dd/MM/yyyy and HH:mm.

As translations are automated, if you notice anything that could be improved or translated more accurately, please don’t hesitate to contact us via the ServiceDesk channel.

The Schedule List widgets now use Scheduled instead of Active, aligning the status name with the Schedule module.

Project Controls now uses Progress instead of Schedule Completion, making the terminology consistent across Project Controls, exports and widgets.

A new Planned Progress column lets you compare the expected progress of a task with its actual progress.

• Progress: shows the actual progress aggregated from all tasks assigned to the relevant CBS.
• Planned Progress: calculates progress based on the number of calendar days elapsed between the task's Start Date and End Date.

The calculation includes weekends and holidays, counts both the first and last day, and excludes cancelled tasks.

This helps you identify tasks that may be ahead of or behind their planned schedule.