Sage Timeslips Release Notes

• To see a list of enhancements and fixes from older releases, see Archived Service Release Notes
• To download the latest Sage Timeslips Premium Service Release, see Sage Timeslips: Download Portal

Other information and support and assistance

• Obtain support assistance using Support Chat.
• Search 24/7 for helpful hints and frequently asked questions on the Sage Timeslips Knowledgebase.
• View our customer forum where users help each other on our Sage Timeslips - Community Hub.
• Submit product improvement ideas on our Product Enhancement/Suggestion page.

March 2022 — Build 30.0.3.71

Enhancements

• Increase font size in Slip, A/R, Client Funds, Client, Timekeeper, Task, and Expense lists. (Ref: 117627).
  • To increase the font on slip or transactions lists.
    1. Open the list.
    2. Click List Appearance Options from the toolbar.
    3. Switch to the Colors and Appearance tab.
  • To increase the font size on a name list.
    1. Open the list.
    2. Click List Appearance Options from the toolbar.
    3. Switch to the Appearance tab.
• Flat fee analysis fields are available for user-defined client reports (Ref: 117628).
  • Select Reports, Client, then use the Flat Fee Analysis fields to build custom calculations. These fields show how billing arrangements affect a client’s next bill. They also match many totals on the Fees, Costs, and Fees and Costs pages in Billing Assistant.
• Default Rate now appears at the top of Client Information, Rates page (Ref: 117629).
  • Select Names, Client Info, open a client, then edit rates more intuitively.
• Choose LawPay, CPACharge, or ClientPay brand in AffiniPay Integration (Ref: 117630).
  • Select Setup, AffiniPay Integration, then select your service for familiar branding.

Problem fixes

• Timeslips had problems reading and verifying entitlement changes for some customers (Ref: 43745).
• API-linked applications, like Amicus, had trouble reading activity names (Ref: 43746).
• LawPay (AffiniPay) authorization failed due to deprecated Internet Explorer compatibility (Ref: 43747).

November 2022 — Build 30.0.4.84

Problem fixes

• Customers who connect Timeslips Premium with TAL Pro cash accounting, negative adjustment arrangements created unbalanced general ledger entries
   (Ref: 198908).
• After undoing fully paid bills, Data Verification incorrectly reported accounts receivable balances needed updates (Ref: 195662).
• Updated icons, splash screens, and error messages to reflect current theming and scenarios (Ref: 195667/195674).

September 2023 — Build 30.0.5.96

Enhancements

• Send bills, reprints, statements, and receipts by email using 64-bit Outlook (Ref: 228397).
  • In Timeslips, press F1 and look up email bills in the Help Index for more information.
• Show slip descriptions within rows in the Time and Expense Slip List (Ref: 227955)
  • Select Slips, Time and Expense Slips, List Appearance Options, then mark Show description on its own row.
• View Time and Expense Slip List by day, week, or month for all timekeepers (Ref: 227956).
  • To use these views, select Slips, Time and Expense Slips. Then change the View By field at the top of the list.
• Change View By at the top to By Day, By Week, or By Month (Ref: 199291).
  • To edit bill layouts, select Bills, Bill and Statement Layouts and double-click on a bill layout.
• Filter statements by balance due or overdue balance due thresholds (Ref: 226650).
  • To print statements, select Bills, Generate Statements.
• Aged WIP with Contact Info report includes a Slip Type filter (Ref: 227958).
  • Print via Reports, Client, then filter for Fees WIP or Costs WIP.
• Print a detailed report from Billing Troubleshooter (Ref: 196632).
  • Select Bills, Troubleshooter, then click Print when items appear.
• See assigned Bill Layout and Email Template names in Billing Assistant (Ref: 199290).
  • Select Bills, Billing Assistant, then view Layout/Template on Overview.

Problem fixes

• Timeslips Administrator didn’t open in Admin mode, misreporting Diagnose This Computer status (Ref: 201358).
• Opening Time and Expense Slip List displayed SQL errors in databases with many slips (Ref: 202014).
• After undoing bill approval, some bills or Billing Assistant showed incorrect balances. The client balance due remains correct (Ref: 218271).
• Long abbreviation tokens overlapped on the Abbreviation Listing report (Ref: 227959).

April 2024 — Build 30.0.6.111

Enhancements

• Show dollar signs and commas on slip and transaction lists and totals (Ref: 236410).
  • From Time and Expense Slip List, click List Appearance Options, Colors and Appearance, then configure symbols and separators.
• We’ve updated the entries available under the Help, Sage Support menu (Ref: 230889).

Problem fixes

• When using the fee allocation system to credit timekeepers, Timeslips didn’t update the Fee Allocation tab correctly. This occurred when you disable the client project feature (Ref: 241388).
• Timeslips didn’t prevent users from updating the date on billed funds transactions (Ref: 240581).
• Timeslips didn't assign licenses correctly for users accessing Timeslips Premium through Remote Desktop or Terminal Services. This occurred with Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 (Ref: 237870).
• If you renamed Timeslip.exe, opening Help, About Sage Timeslips Premium didn't show all options correctly (Ref: 213735).

January 2025 — Build 30.0.7.157

Enhancements

• Connect the desktop application to the web-based Timeslips Go, replacing eCenter (Ref: 195676).
  • Timekeepers track time and expenses from a browser on workstations or phones.
  • Visit our Community Hub for further information. 

Problem fixes

• Rich text characters prevented transfers from Timeslips Go (Ref: 285850).
  • The desktop now imports carriage returns, extended apostrophes, and extended quotes correctly.
• Fixed broken links to the Resource Center (Ref: 287796).
• Improved Timeslips Go transfer speed from minutes to seconds (Ref: 287795).

September 2025 — Build 30.0.8.176

Enhancements

• Import payment details with Transactions, Import Payments to streamline batch entry (Ref: 244714).
• Increase abbreviation token length to 15 characters for complex tokens (Ref: 353416).
• Update the Sage Timeslips Go dashboard (Ref: 343253).
  • The dashboard now uses a smaller footprint to fit better on smaller screens.
  • Some options are now available through right-click, so you can access them even when they aren’t onscreen.
  • We've improved descriptions for some transfer notifications and error conditions.
• Downloading slips from Timeslips Go by date (Ref: 254297).
  • Two new options allow you to download Timeslips Go slips within a specified date range: Download completed slips by date and Download all slips by date.

Problem fixes

• Extended characters in slip descriptions transferred incorrectly; transfers now preserve them (Ref: 347372).
• Transfers failed when new logins hadn’t signed in; transfers now continue (Ref: 347406).
• Billing rates didn’t transfer for new or updated timekeepers; updating email now forces transfer (Ref: 347407).
• Editing slips sometimes produced blank Billing Status with enforced defaults in Timeslips Go (Ref: 352376).
• Incorrect labels appeared for some address fields; country code detection is more robust (Ref: 298281).
• Time Sheet Slip Entry didn’t remember the nickname view; it now remembers (Ref: 347835).
• Applying abbreviations in Time Sheet Slip Entry didn’t work; it now applies correctly (Ref: 347836).

October 2025 — Build 30.0.9.196

Enhancements

• Transfer clients and references created in Timeslips Go to Timeslips Premium (Ref: 346834/352118).
• Enforce required references on slips per client settings Timeslips Premium (Ref: 250938).
  • This setting now transfers to Timeslips Go. Enter a reference to save a slip when enabling this setting is for the client.
  • If you already use the required references in Timeslips Premium, transfer those settings to Timeslips Go. Perform these steps after you install the Service Release.
    • Select Special, Timeslips Go in Timeslips Premium to open the Sage Timeslips Go dashboard. 
    • Right-click on the dashboard and choose Force Required References on Next Transfer.
    • Mark the Only update names and settings option at the bottom of the dashboard.
    • Click Transfer to transfer the settings. 

• The updated Timeslips Go dashboard shows items ready to download on the right (Ref: 356426).
  • The Clients section on the dashboard now shows Clients and References created in Timeslips Go. These items are ready for download into Timeslips Premium.
  • Moved support options like Reset Database and Force Required References... to the right-click menu. This will keep them out of the way of your day-to-day processes. 

Problem fixes

• Manual Check for updates now reports status or links to the latest release (Ref: 243497).
• Automatic update checks now run per preference and shows a download link in the application (Ref: 356494).
• Updated the Help menu. Select Help, Online Community for current information (Ref: 355215).

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