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................................................................................................................................... 16What's New in Version 10.001.2

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......................................................................................................................................................... 31Service Release 10.00.b SB11.2.1.1

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......................................................................................................................................................... 35Service Release 10.00.d SB11.2.3.1



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1 Version 10

What's New in Version 10.10Service Release 10.10.bService Release 10.10.c

What's New in Version 10.00Service Release 10.00.b

Service Release 10.00.b SB1Service Release 10.00.cService Release 10.00.dService Release 10.00.d SB1Service Release 10.00.d SB2Service Release 10.00.d SB3

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1.1 What's New in Version 10.10

General system info

Database Version: 49TimeBox: 10.10.aTimeBox Build Date: 3.2.2017

Index

Support for Spica Zone Touch and Spica Zone Spot in Device Administration PortalIntegration with TBS security systemIntegration with Assa Abloy VisiOnline systemEnhanced communication protocol for Spica Zone devicesOSDP readers support for Spica Zone devicesToggle mode support for Aperio devicesNew Zone Door configurationsTake picture on MA Sigma for alarmsWebTS enhancementsCustom notifications frameworkEnter events action not working for users with the same nameFlexi Time Calculation not showing unpaid timeSetting badge validity period on User edit general view

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Support for Spica Zone Touch and Spica Zone Spot in Device Administration Portal

Spica Zone family has now two new members, Spica Zone Touch and Spica Zone Spot. Thefirst one is a standalone Time&Attendance terminal which can also be treated as a formal

successor of Zone Button terminal. Its main purpose is to collect clocking at the site and send

them to the system. It has integrated Ethernet connectivity and can be powered with PoEenabled switch or with external power adapter connected to the auxiliary power input. TheTouch also allows an extension to access control. In this case, the additional device (ZoneDoor) is needed.

Spica Zone Touch terminal

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The Spot is an innovative, low-cost single-point controller for managing two doors and door-related peripherals (2 readers, 6 inputs and 4 outputs). The device is available in twovariations, PoE-enabled or with 12V external power supply.

Spica Zone Spot device

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Integration with TBS security system

Biometric technology made in Switzerland: Touchless Biometric Systems offers flexible,functional hardware and software for access control and time recording. The Integration isdone on the system level, which means that Time&Space (DAP) is communicating with TBS APIand not with a particular device. TBS devices can operate in online (the device must be fullyonline and a successful clocking causes user’s balance to be shown on the device) or off-line(when a user registers no balance is shown and the devices do not need to be online toregister a clocking) operation mode. Fingerprint template management is done in TBS system.

TBS 3D terminal

http://www.tbs-biometrics.com/software/systemsubsystem/

http://www.tbs-biometrics.com/software/systemsubsystem/

http://www.tbs-biometrics.com/hardware/

http://www.tbs-biometrics.com/hardware/

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Integration with Assa Abloy Visionline system

Visionline is a wireless locking solution that has stand-alone electronic hotel locks operatingin online mode through Radio Frequency (RF-online) that is based on Zigbee high securityopen platform. The Integration is done on the system level, which means that Time&Space(DAP) is communicating with Visionline API, not with a specific device. Visionline devices mustbe fully online to make a clocking. User cards can be encoded in Time&Space or Visiolinesystem.

Visionline system

http://www.assaabloyhospitality.com/en/aah/com/products/system-and-software/visionline/

http://www.assaabloyhospitality.com/en/aah/com/products/system-and-software/visionline/

http://www.assaabloyhospitality.com/en/aah/com/products/locks/

http://www.assaabloyhospitality.com/en/aah/com/products/locks/

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Enhanced communication protocol for Spica Zone devices

Communication protocol for Spica Zone devices (Zone Wing and Zone Spot) in DeviceAdministration Portal has been upgraded to operate more reliably in the most challengingenvironments. We have implemented the following updates:

Access profile checksum - When Reload Profiles action is executed in the system, acheck sum token is stored in system's and device's database. The system afterwardsperiodically checks if these two tokens match. If the token from the device equals thetoken from the database, then the system just checks if there are some unsynchronizedprofile changes for the specific device and executes Update Profiles action. In the casewhen the tokens are not equal then Reload Profiles action is made for the specific deviceand a new token is generated.

Faster access profile reloads - The way how access profiles are sent to the device hasbeen changed. Now the profiles are grouped in sets, rather than being sent individuallyfor each badge. Since the set size is customizable, we can optimize the systemperformance according to the environment specifics.

This functionality also requires an appropriate update on the hardware side, Zone Wingapplication ver. 2.40 or higher is required.

OSDP readers support for Spica Zone Wing

Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP™) is a communications protocol that allowsperipheral devices such as card readers and biometric readers to interface with control panelsor other security management systems. Each Zone Door unit can drive up to 4 OSDP readers,which are connected to RS485 pins. The new protocol also offers advanced reader'smonitoring possibilities, such as offline reader alarm and tamper alarm. This functionality alsorequires an appropriate update on the hardware side, Zone Wing application ver. 2.40 andZone Door FW ver. 1.3.0 or higher is required.

OSDP logo

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Toggle mode support for Aperio devices

Toggle mode can now be enabled on Aperio based outputs in Device Administration Portal.Furthermore, the functionality can be limited with one or several access schedules.

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New Zone Door configurations

Two additional Zone Door configuration schemes have been added to DAP: 1 reader/5inputs/5 outputs and 1 reader/6 inputs/4 outputs. This functionality also requires anappropriate update on the hardware side, Zone Wing application ver. 2.40 or higher isrequired.

New Zone Door configurations

Take picture on MA Sigma for alarms

Picture taking functionality on MA Sigma has been expanded for two alarms, Unauthorizedaccess attempt and Unsuccessful user authentication. Captured picture for a specific alarmscan be viewed in alarm notification dialogue on Live View or Alarm/Event Log view.

Picture preview for alarm event

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WebTS enhancements

When adding events using daily calculation dialogue, the default option for date rangeparameter (all days, only workdays, workdays and Saturdays and the number of days withplanned hours) can now be changed using WebTS configuration file.

Data range parameter on add event dialogue

Users and employees view has a new option for finding users. The search can be doneaccording to user's name or ID.

New search option

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Holiday bonus information is now available on the Person/days view in case that a holidaybonus option is enabled on the schedule.

Holiday bonus information on Person/days view

Custom notifications framework

Notification options in the system have been redesigned. Now it is also possible to senddifferent types of notifications along with email notifications. For example, in a case of alarmor offline device event, a text message can be generated and stored in the database. Servicefor sending these messages out of the system will be implemented as custom solutionproject.

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Enter events action not working for users with the same name

Enter/delete events action which is available on Time views did not work properly if there wasmore than one user with the same first and last name. In this case, event changes whereapplied only for the first user with the same personal information.

Flexi Time Calculation not showing unpaid time

Unpaid time which was caused by Flexi break rule was not included in Flexi Time Calculationreport.

Setting badge validity period on User edit general view

When setting a badge validity period on the General tab on User edit view, the period couldget mixed up if Previous/Next action was used for the user selection.

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1.1.1 Service Release 10.10.b

General system info

Database Version: 49TimeBox: 10.10.bTimeBox Build Date: 12.5.2017

Index

DAP - MATT reader configurationTime API - Update of employee requestTime - Reference ID on legacy reportsDAP - Memory leak in Device Communicator

DAP - MATT reader configuration

If a user edited reader configuration on MATT device, then the property for showing extendedinformation on clocking changed to disabled in the database. This resulted in missing clockinginformation after the registration on the terminal.

Time API - Update of employee request

Request for managing employees in Time API was expanded with an information aboutassigned working scheme type (WorkingSchemeType: 1 - Paid; 2 - Flexi; 3 - Industrial).

Time - Reference ID on legacy reports

Legacy time reports (Violations, Presence, Absence, Working plan and Leaves) now by defaulthave information about reference ID

DAP - Memory leak in Device Communicator service

When MATT device was in the online state, the memory consumption of Device Communicatorservice was constantly growing.

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1.1.2 Service Release 10.10.c

General system info

Database Version: 49TimeBox: 10.10.cTimeBox Build Date: 7.12.2017

Index

Double event Period Unpaid Time Approval when inserted within Midnight Wrap hoursWrong calculation if event has set Virtualization to Default timeMultiplied messages in Live log in Device Administration PortalChanging device status in Device Administration PortalInfo event triggered access event on Spica Zone Touch deviceAnalytics Data Generator calculation issues

Double event Period Unpaid Time Approval when inserted within Midnight Wrap hours

In cases when having a Flexi schedule with option Midnight Wrap enabled and interventionPeriod Unpaid Time Approval was inserted within Midnight Wrap hours, it could happen thatthe event was also shown on the day before. The calculation data were not affected by thisissue.

Wrong calculation if event has set Virtualization to Default time

In a case when a Flexi schedule's Paid Time period was over midnight and Default Time was not,virtualization to Default time was not calculated correctly.

Multiplied messages in Live log in Device Administration Portal

It could happen that messages in the Live log were multiplied when DAP's services wererestarted.

Changing device status in Device Administration Portal

If device's status was in Online/Offline mode and the device was not accessible on thenetwork, the status change to Disabled resulted in being stuck in Disabling mode. Now thedevice is placed in Disabled status after 15 seconds if something goes wrong when disablingthe communication.

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Info event triggered access event on Spica Zone Touch device

If a user clocked Info event on Zone Touch device is was treated as an event with the verifyaccess property.

Analytics Data Generator calculation issues

Calculation results in Analytics Data Generator were compromised when the followingsituation appeared:

If user's status was set to Inactive in Time&Space Manager then the existing calculationresults were deleted. If user's calculation was not up to date and new calendar event was added to thesystem then valid_to property for the affected users was not properly updated.

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1.2 What's New in Version 10.00

General system info

Database Version: 46TimeBox: 10.00.aTimeBox Build Date: 20.5.2016

Index

Support for Morpho Sigma Lite and Android Time Terminal in Device Administration PortalSimplification of profile managementBadge taggingDetailed user and registration rejection information in Visual Space ManagerSpace API - Integration ReadyAccess Control Agent redesignNotification Service redesignSimplification of templates management in Biometric Administration PortalNew Zone Door SW schemasCustom language support on terminals in Device Administration PortalEnhanced Data SecurityBadge validityExpanded number of additional fields Improved editing of multiple usersImproved generation of Category report

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Support for Morpho Sigma Lite and Android Time Terminal in Device Administration Portal

List of supported devices in Device Administration Portal has been expanded once again, thistime with Morpho Sigma Lite and Android Time Terminal.

Designed for physical access control applications, MorphoAccess® SIGMA Lite Series terminalsfeature a compact, attractive design, coupled with high reliability and security. The first designfeatures a LED indicator to assist users in the access control process, whereas the secondmodel offers enhanced interactivity with colour touchscreen.

Sigma Lite and Sigma Lite+

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Android Time Terminal is designed for Android based device, called Famoco FX. The integrationbrings several advantages to Time&Space users:

Affordable and mobile friendly solution for Time&Attendance,On-line and off-line mode operational modes,Spica like user's experience,Default event plus 4 buttons with 4 events interface for selecting events.

Famoco device

http://www.famoco.com/

http://www.famoco.com/

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Simplification of profile management

With new installations this feature is enabled by default, which means that all user'sadditional badges will have the same access profile as of primary badge. This dramaticallyreduces needed the time required for the access profile administration, since all changes ofaccess profile on primary badge will be automatically affected on all user's additional badges.

Simplification of profile management

Badge tagging

Badge entity can now have an additional property, called tag. The tag can be used to groupsimilar badges by some custom made property, like badge type.

Tag property on Badge edit dialogue

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Detailed user and registration rejection information in Visual Space Manager

Visual Space Manager now displays detailed user data when clicked on the user picture orname in the pop-out registration window. Additional access data information is now alsoavailable in the pop-out registration window showing the reason why user's registrationattempt was rejected.

User's details

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Additional access data information

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Simplification of templates management in Biometric Administration Portal

When having systems with different template verification methods, it's now easier to managethe templates with Biometric Administration Portal. On the Upload All dialogue, a user canfilter out templates by using tag property and then upload only badges with the selected tagon a specific device. Furthermore last set authentication mode is now remembered for Sigmadevices and can be reused on.

Expanded options on Upload All dialogue

New Zone Door SW schemes

Number of available Zone Door software configuration schemes has been increased to four.We have added two new schemes which offer the following configuration: 1 reader/8inputs/2 outputs and 10 inputs/4 outputs.

Zone Door configuration for 10 inputs/4 outputs

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Custom language support on terminals in Device Administration Portal

Each terminal with GUI can now have its own display language defined in DeviceAdministration Portal.

Display language property on Zone Button

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Badge validity

Badge validity can now also be determined with Valid From parameter.

Valid From property on Badge edit dialogue

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Enhanced Data Security

Protection of data integrity is especially important when collecting personal data. The accessto Time&Space data have been restricted and is now available solely through the Time&SpaceSDK. This means, that events (time or space) which will be entered directly into database willnot be taken into account in the system.

Enhanced Data Security

Space API - Integration Ready

Updated Space API will enable third-party developers to also manage access profilemanagement such as user's badges, manage assigned badges, manage badge validity, etc.,along with the existing functionality. The API offers RESTful commands for completefunctionality, while requests and responses are formatted as JSON. To make it secure, theclient must authenticate itself with a token before accessing the API.

Updated Space API

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Access Control Agent redesign

Access Control Agent is a windows service that manages access rights based on predefinedrules. By default it comes with two plug-ins: Whole Day Absence Restriction and PeriodicActivation Plug-in. First plug-in revokes user's access permissions on the days with whole dayleave event, while the second one is used for periodical execution of the defined plug-ins. Allthis functionality is now available as standalone module and it's compatible with DeviceAdministration Portal and Event Collector.

Access Control Agent

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Notification Service redesign

Notification Service is a windows service that sends notifications from Time&Space system. Bydefault it comes with plug-in for sending notification using emails. The email plug-in now alsosupports SSL/TLS connections, both implicit SSL (port 465) as well as explicit SSL (port 587)servers. Since the new service is plug-in based, a third party developers can make a customplug-in to further handle notification messages that are saved in the database.

Notification Service

Expanded number of additional fields

The number of additional fields on the user has been expanded from 5 to 10. Fields 1 to 8 canstore up to 50 characters, while fields 9 and 10 can save up to 750 characters.

Additional fields on user edit dialogue

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Improvements for search by employees/hosts/visitors in WebTS

Search by employees/hosts/visitors in WebTS has been made more useful, because now thesearch displays only records containing the entered string.

Improved editing of multiple users

Now it is possible to update all personal and additional fields when editing multiple users.

Improved generation of Category report

If system was having a large number of categories, Category report was taking a long time tobe generated.

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1.2.1 Service Release 10.00.b

General system info


Index

Inactive employees do not affect PIF licenseCustom sorting on Time schedules viewDatabase upgrade failed for older systemsRunning balance info missing on DOG20 terminalsReconfiguration of MA Sigma without embedded readerNotification Service failed to update handled info on Oracle databaseCustom database destination folder in TSSetupLast year vacation information not available in Analytics Data Generator, Time APIMissing events in demo database

Inactive employees do not affect PIF license

Inactive employees no longer influence PIF users license in the system.

Custom sorting on Time schedules view

Sort of schedules on Time schedules view is now user based. This means that sorting optionscan be set for every OS user differently on the client side. Selected sorting is also applied inthe Schedule combo box on Add event dialogue. On the server side this functionality alsoapplies, but the sort is than the same for all users in WebTS.

Database upgrade failed for older systems

Database upgrade process failed when upgrading from Time&Space ver. 8.00 or lower. Theworkaround was to upgrade first to ver. 8.20 and then to ver. 10.00.

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Running balance info missing on DOG20 terminals

Running balance info was missing on DOG20 terminals if a user clocked time&attendanceevent.

Reconfiguration of MA Sigma without embedded reader

Reconfiguration of MA Sigma without embedded reader failed in Device Administration Portal,because of too small timeout for the operation. Now the timeout is linked with long delayparameter which is set on connection details.

Notification Service failed to update handled info on Oracle database

Notification Service failed to update handled and handle date property on email notificationmessages. This issue appeared only if Oracle database was used.

Custom database destination folder in TSSetup

Custom database destination folder option was not working properly if set in Advanced modeduring database set up in TSSetup wizard.

Last year vacation information not available in Analytics Data Generator, Time API

Last year vacation information was not properly calculated in Analytics Data Generator orTime API module.

Missing events in sample database

Events in the future were not shown in sample database due to inadequate upgradeprocedure.

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Service Release 10.00.b SB11.2.1.1

General system info


Index

Pulling of off-line events from MA Sigma

Pulling of off-line events from MA Sigma

In some situations pulling of off-line events from MA Sigma did not work properly.

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1.2.2 Service Release 10.00.c

General system info

Database Version: 47TimeBox: 10.00.cTimeBox Build Date: 10.11.2016

Index

Notification Service - SSL encryptionTime reports - Grouping by organizational unitsTime reports - Violation reportTime API - Employee activation propertyAnalytics Data Generator - Violation of core timeTime&Space Milestone Plug-in - Windows authentication

Notification Service - SSL encryption

Email messages generated by Approval Workflow were not encoded properly in some emailclients (Lotus Notes, Gmail) if the SSL encryption in Notification Service was set to SSL/TLS(explicit or implicit mode).

Time reports - Grouping by organizational units

Grouping by organizational units on a daily or summary report was not working properly.

Time reports - Violation report

Daily report with a violation parameters selected was not working properly.

Time API - Employee activation parameter

Activation or deactivation of an employee using Time API was not working.

Analytics Data Generator - Violation of core time

Violation of a core time was not calculated correctly by Analytics Data Generator.

Time&Space Milestone Plug-in - Windows authentication

Time&Space Milestone Plug-in was unable to communicate with Space API when a user

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logged into XProtect Management Application used Windows authentication.

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1.2.3 Service Release 10.00.d

General system info

Database Version: 47TimeBox: 10.00.dTimeBox Build Date: 22.11.2016

Index

Enhanced Space API loggingManage visitor shortcutsMissing time&attendance clockingsEncoding 26 bit iClass cards on Aperio locks

Enhanced Space API logging

Space API log has been expanded with records of a user based actions (e.g. update/reloadprofiles, update alarms etc.).

Manage visitor shortcuts

The select visitor dialogue in Time&Space Manager has gained two new shortcuts, Add andedit visitor. With them, Front Space operator can manage visitors without switching back tothe Users view.

Missing time&attendance clockings

In some Time&Space 8.50 and 10.00 versions (see below for the complete list), there was apossibility that some time clockings made on terminals were missing due to a flaw in the autocorrection algorithm of the Device Administration Portal.

We were able to recreate the above problem when following these steps:

1. User has made a time clocking on a device which was operating in off-line mode andtherefore clocking was not immediately sent to Time&Space system.2. Afterwards the same user made another time clocking on a different device which wasoperating either in:

on-line mode or off-line mode, but only if its operating mode was changed to on-line while the first devicewas still in off-line mode.

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3. In this situation time clockings from the second device were transmitted first to theTime&Space system.4. When the first device came back on-line, its clockings could be misidentified as correctionsof already stored clockings from the second device and therefore some of them could be lost.

This issue is present in Time&Space versions:

• 8.50.e,• 8.50.g ,• 10.00.a,• 10.00.b,• 10.00.c.

This issue is resolved with Time&Space versions:

• 8.50.h,• 10.00.d and newer,• 10.10.a and newer.

Encoding 26 bit iClass cards on Aperio locks

Encoding of 26 bit iClass cards on Aperio locks did not work properly.

Service Release 10.00.d SB11.2.3.1

General system info


Index

Event order on detailed daily calculation viewCommunication issues with Space API from a clientEnter events action not working for users with the same nameFlexi Time Calculation not showing unpaid timeSetting badge validity period on User edit general viewInvalid date and time format in case of Serbian Cyrilic/Bosnian/United Stated regionalsettings on Windows 10Limitation by access schedule per Sigma Lite readerEdit user view on failed if Windows DPI was set to larger than default

Event order on detailed daily calculation view

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Running order of events on the detailed daily calculation view was not correct (the manualevent was positioned before authentic) when there were a least one manual and oneauthentic time event in the same minute. This issue appeared only on the system usingMSSQL database.

This issue is present in Time&Space versions:

10.00.a,10.00.b,10.00.c,10.00.d

This issue is resolved with Time&Space versions:

• 10.00.d SB1 and newer,• 10.10.a and newer.

Communication issues with Space API from a client

It could happen that the communication with Space API failed in Time&Space Manager whenthe manager was installed on a client workstation.

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Enter events action not working for users with the same name

Enter/delete events action which is available on Time views did not work properly if therewere more than one user with the same first and last name. In this case, event changeswhere applied only for the first user with the same personal information.

Flexi Time Calculation not showing unpaid time

Unpaid time which was caused by Flexi break rule was not included in Flexi Time Calculationreport.

Setting badge validity period on User edit general view

When setting a badge validity period on the General tab on User edit view, the period couldget mixed up if Previous/Next action was used for the user selection.

Invalid date and time format in case of Serbian Cyrilic/Bosnian/United Stated regionalsettings on Windows 10

If regional setting on Windows 10 were set to Serbian Cyrilic/Bosnian/United Stated, then auser got an error when setting Valid From/To parameter on the Edit badge dialogue.

Limitation by access schedule per Sigma Lite reader

Limitation by one access schedule per Sigma Lite/Sigma Lite + reader was not properlyvalidated in Time&Space Manager.

Edit user view on failed if Windows DPI was set to larger than default

Edit user/edit badge dialogue was not properly displayed if the size of text in OS was set tomore than 150% of the original size.

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General system info


Index

Schedule restriction on Roster viewSpace API - AssignedBadgeProfile request

Schedule restriction on Roster view

Schedule restriction by organisational hierarchy did not work well on the Roster view inWebTS if an operator was limited by specific organisation unit.

Space API - AssignedBadgeProfile request

When PUT method was used on AssignedBadgeProfile request, the request also created anew access group instead of just updating the existing one.

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General system info


Index

Incorrect schedule presentation and violation calculation on daily calculation dialogueTime API performance issue in Spica Mobile Time

Incorrect schedule presentation and violation calculation on daily calculation dialogue

If the Flexi schedule was set to be valid over midnight (e.g. Default time 13:00 - 02:00) andthe end of core time parameter (e.g. Core time 14:00 - 23:00) was set before midnight thenthe graphical presentation of schedule on the daily calculation dialogue was not correct. Thegraphic representing the core time was missing and violation parameter showed incorrectvalue.

Time API performance issue in Spica Mobile Time

In a case of the large database (5,000 users or more), Time API had a problem with servingthe data to Spica Mobile Time client.

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