Product Update Category: Bullhorn Version
Encrypted Files
Customer admins can now specify which file types in their database should be encrypted based on the presence of sensitive information. Please contact support to enable file encryption.
Userlist Report
The Userlist Report now generates as expected in S-Release and Novo.
Show Hidden Objects in Canvas
We updated Canvas to allow users to Show Hidden Objects in their report. This is available as an option under Visual Aids.
User phone field available in Canvas
The phone field (including phone 2 and phone3) is now available in the User section of the User Activity Analysis Package.
VMS Timesheet Hours
An update has been made to improve the rounding process used for calculating hours on VMS/Group timesheets.
Document History
The document history now appropriately indicates when a document has been cleared.
Bullhorn Community is Now Available!
The new Bullhorn Community brings together Bullhorn events, the Resource Center, and the Bullhorn Customer Portal into one site. Whether you need to find the latest release notes, search for a support article, or want to find out about the latest free webinar, you can find what you’re looking for by selecting the Help link in the top right of your Bullhorn.
You can also visit http://help.bullhorn.com directly and log in with your Bullhorn login. Please note that we are rolling out access to this site over the entire month of February so you may not have access immediately.
Updated SOAP to Opt New Candidates In of SMS by Default
The SOAP API has been updated so that new candidates who are added to the ATS via SOAP are opted into SMS text messaging by default. Candidates wishing to opt out can send a text message reply to remove themselves from the messaging service.
Ability to Delete Placements with Change Requests
Users can now delete placements that have associated change requests.
Mass Add Note From Record List
Users will no longer experience time outs when mass adding notes from the record lists.
Housing Complex Search on Text Block
We have updated custom text blocks on the Housing Complex entity to support search and filtering in the List View.
Merge PDF Supports Special Characters
Merge PDF now successfully combines documents into a PDF when the document title contains special characters.
Additional Housing Complex Text Fields Added to Canvas
The 15 new custom text fields to the Housing Complex entity are also available in Canvas for reporting.
Updated SEEK Integration to Hide Recruiter’s Information
SEEK integration has been updated so recruiter’s personal data is not published with the job posting.
Additional Text Fields Added to Housing Complex
15 new custom text fields have been added to the Housing Complex entity.
Contacts displaying with Department Dropdown
When selecting a department from the owner drop down on a contact record, all applicable contacts will now display.
Features Supporting General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Requirements
Export Candidate Emails: A new menu action to export candidate emails has been added to easily export all emails sent by the candidate to a CSV.
Anonymization of Candidate Linked Records: When a candidate is anonymized, all linked entities with sensitive data will also be anonymized. This will remove a candidate’s edit history, emails, linked contact (if exists), and associations.
NOTE: These feature will not be turned on automatically; Bullhorn Support will work with customers to activate them.
Replicating Placement workersCompRateID, Placement reportedMargin, and Job workersCompRateID in Data Mirror
Data Mirror now syncs all data from workersCompRateID (Placement), reportedMargin, and workersCompRateID (Job).
Legacy Credentialing fields now searchable
Customers that upgraded from Legacy Credentialing to the new credentialing functionality can now search for legacy credentials.
Bullhorn Back Office (BBO) in Canvas
We’re excited to announce that BBO in Canvas is now generally available. Understand the health of your business and value of your relationships by reporting on key BBO data in the front office via Canvas. You must have both BBO and Canvas to request this feature. If you’re interested, please reach out to Bullhorn Support.
Submit Candidate to Job from Add Candidate Page
The add candidate page now allows you to submit a candidate to a job upon creation.
Skills Display Values Alphabetically on Overview
You will now see skills on the candidate overview in alphabetical order.
Execute REST Form Triggers on Custom Objects
You can now execute REST form triggers when adding or editing Tabbed and Overview Custom Objects.
ID Column Added to Company Jobs Activity
The jobs activity section on company records now displays the job ID. With this addition you will be able to sort, filter, and open records by the job ID.
Added a Country
El Salvador has been added as a value to the Country value list.
Note Formatting Added to Add/Edit Note Templates
Formatting can now be added to Note Templates.
Note: Templates created with formatting in Novo will not be backwards compatible with S-Release.
“Enter Valid Email” Pops Up When Emailing Someone with a Valid Email Address
When emailing a record from the list view, the “Enter valid email” pop up will only appear if a record doesn’t have a valid email address.
Email Preview Slideout Close Button Does Not Display
The preview slideout close button now appears when viewing emails with longer subjects.
Error When Opening Records from List After Loading More Than 300 Records
You may now opening a record after scrolling down a list and loading more than 300 records without error.
Placement billingUserID Field Errors When Saving Empty Value
Users can now save a placement with a blank billingUserID field.
Read Only SMS Opt In field
Novo users with Bullhorn SMS can no longer edit the SMS Opt In field to ensure message recipients are in control of their SMS opt in status.
Packet grouping respected in Employee Portal
Documents grouped in a packet that are assigned by an administrator will display grouped together on the Employee Portal.
Onboarding Dashboard no longer displays Users without document instances
Only users with documents will appear in the onboarding dashboard.
Document Editor display for submitted documents
The problem with duplicated and misaligned fields in the edit view for submitted documents has been fixed.
Document Editor popup fixes
The document editor will now close and indicate a successfully saved new document.
Manager Password Updates
Managers will no longer receive an error after updating their password successfully.
Bullhorn Back Office Data in Canvas
We’re excited to announce that BBO in Canvas is now generally available!
Understand the health of your business and the value of your relationships by reporting on key BBO data in the front office via Canvas. Anyone with Canvas access will now have direct access to actual timesheet, margin, and invoice data
You must have both Bullhorn Back Office and Canvas to use this feature. If you are interested in learning more about these products, please reach out to your account executive.
Incorrect Searching on User Name in Tools > Users
Searching for users with names ending in Z or 9 will now work as expected.
Tearsheet list Displaying Deleted and Archived Candidate Record
Tearsheet lists will no longer display candidate records that are deleted or archived.
Placement Change Request transactionID visible
Placement Change Request events now display the transactionID in the event response body of an API call.
REST API – Job and Candidates Association Fix for Placement Files Added
Files added to a placement record via REST will also be added to the relevant job order.
REST API – Categories display in List view when record is added
The category field value for a record added via REST is now searchable and viewable in the list view display.
Encrypted field icons
Encrypted fields are now identified by a lock icon so you can easily distinguish which fields are encrypted and may store sensitive information.
Lead clientUserID Adding to Edit History
Data Mirror will now show changes to a Lead’s clientUserID on the edit history.
Credential Filtering & Sort Partial Matches
Credentialing filters have been enhanced so that partial matches will return when searching.
Note > About Entity Title Update
Entity titles, such as Candidate or Lead, will now display correctly in the Note > About field.
Introducing: Field Interactions
Field interactions allow you to extend the functionality of your Bullhorn Novo application. For example, you can have additional fields appear automatically upon adding certain contacts to a job.
Your own developers can build field interactions using our REST API. If you’re interested in talking with your developer about how to implement field interactions, have your developer review the GitHub documentation for specifics on how to use this new feature.
If you don’t have a developer, our Professional Services team is able to review your needs and provide a quote. To begin the quoting process, please contact Bullhorn Support.
Merge Docs Support
Merge Docs can now be generated using Novo.
Field Maps for Submissions
If you have access to field maps, you can now edit Job Submission field maps.
isPublic Field Displayed Integers Instead of Values
When adding, editing, and viewing the isPublic field users would see integer values of -1,0, and 1. This has been resolved and you will now see Not Published, Published – Submitted, and Published – Approved.
Published Contact Information on Edit Tab Didn’t Show Current Value
An issue where viewing the responseUserID field on the edit tab was displaying the wrong information has been resolved.
Overview Card Candidate Status Changes
Updating a placement’s candidate status from the candidate card on the overview will now apply that change as expected.
Appointment File Names Rendering Correctly
When sending an appointment, the attachment file names are no longer displaying %20 in place of spaces.
Candidate Comments Added to Preview Slideout
You can now view information from the candidate “comments” field on the preview slideout. Now, when previewing a candidate from the submission workflow, you will be able to quickly see the information without needing to open the candidate record.
Job Description Card
You now have the ability to add a new “Job Description” card onto your record overview. This card will display information from the record’s “description” field.
List Search on Distribution Lists Properly Indexing
An issue has been identified where search results were not displaying correctly on distributions lists. This issue has been resolved and all matching results now display as expected.
HTML Tags Shown in Email Notifications
An issue has been identified wherein notifications with HTML formatting would display markup in the email. This issue has been resolved and email notifications will no longer show HTML tags.
Internal Commissions Not Automatically Created When Adding a Placement
An issue has been identified where commissions were not automatically populating for placements. This issue has bee resolved and commissions will now automatically populate as usual.
Picker Value List Being Cut Off
Picker value lists were being cut off when the field was placed near the top or bottom of the form. This issue has been resolved and the field can be placed near the top or bottom of the form and the picker will be visible.
Cannot Add All System Fields as Columns to Tearsheet
An issue has been identified wherein users could not add columns to the Tearsheet layout. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, users will be able to add columns to the Tearsheet layout normally.
Feature Enhancement
Description of feature/bug fix.
Timesheet Deletion
Certain users were unable to delete timesheets, this has been resolved.
Invoice Breakdown Button
The invoice breakdown button wasn’t responding, this has been resolved.
Email from Submission List
Certain users were unable to send emails using the Submission list. Everyone will now be able to send emails using the Submission list for any Submissions they are allowed to view.
Unable to Select Disabled Users on Placement Commissions Tab
We resolved an issue where if you attempted to add commissions to a disabled user, you would be unable to select them from the picker.
Mappings Records in Entity Lists
When selecting the Map action in the entity lists, the resulting map would only display one record per location. We’ve updated this feature to allow multiple records to display per location.
New Currency Formats Added
We’ve added new currencies for use with money fields:
- Polish Zloty (PLN)
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
- Singapore Dollar (SGD)
- Hungarian Forint (HUF)
- Danish Krone (DKK)
- Swedish Krona (SEK)
- Norwegian Krone (NOK)
- South African Rand (ZAR)
Certain Users Unable To Mark Files As Private
For certain users marking a file as private would result in an error and the file would remain public. This has been resolved and all users can now mark files as private.
Custom Object Searches on Tracks as Entities
If you use tracks as entities, you can now use the list search to find information saved in custom objects that appear on contact, company or job records.
Entity Titles Fix
Some customers were experiencing timeouts when attempting to open the entity title menu. These timeouts have now been resolved.
Credentialing Entity Titles
Credentialing users will now see title changes apply wherever Credentialing is mentioned within Bullhorn.
Advanced Credential Searches
Candidate and Placement searches now have an Advanced Credential Searching option to allow you to find records with specific credentials or types of credentials, or that are missing credentials.
(Requires Credentialing – please contact support if you are interested in learning more/enabling credentialing functionality)
Timesheet creation on Placement end date
An issue has been identified wherein a timesheet could not be created on a placement’s end date. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, timesheets can be created on a placement’s end date.
Required Onboarding Fields for Administrators
An issue has been identified wherein required fields for administrators were not always enforced on Onboarding documents. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the administrator required fields will highlight in red and must be completed before approval.
Invoice Line Item Rounding Issue
An issue has been identified wherein rounding for line items on invoices was not occurring consistently across areas of the application. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, rounding for line items on invoices will be consistent.
Candidate tearsheets now loading as expected
An issue has been identified wherein candidate tearsheets were timing out and/or loading very slowly. They now load as expected. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the candidate tearsheets will load normally.
SMS Opt In field properly updating
An issue has been identified wherein the smsOptIn field was not being updated when message recipients were opting out of SMS service. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the smsOptIn field will update when message recipients opt out.
Placement Overview Honors View Layout by Respective Entities
An issue has been identified wherein view layouts for Placements II-V were not pulling from the respective entities. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the field maps will be based on the Placement track number.
SalesDuel Tournaments in TV Mode Refresh to 0 Points
An issue has been identified wherein SalesDuel tournaments in TV mode would display stats at 0 points when auto refreshing. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, tournaments in TV mode will reflect accurate points on auto refresh.
Housing Complexes and Units Lists
Sorting has been removed as an option from list columns based on customTextBlock fields. This is not supported in other lists and was generating errors.
Job Posting Start Date Based on Local Time
An issue has been identified wherein the Job Start Date was defaulting to current EST time, not the user’s local time. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the Start Date will be stored correctly as the local time.
Updates to Live Chat and Help Buttons
We’ve enhanced the Help button in Bullhorn to house your chat and documentation needs.
– Live chat enabled users will see a dropdown option on Help
– When chat agents are not available, clicking chat option opens bullhorn.com/technical-support
– Users without Live chat will still be able to click the Help button for the customer portal access relevant to their edition
Credentialing – Grouped Requirements
We have enhanced Credentialing to include grouping of requirements to better expedite the requirement assignment process and make template management easier for users.
Credentialing – Date picker updated to offer series of "Next" options
We updated the date picker to have a series of Next X Days options.
Bullhorn Planner Open Beta (All Editions)
We are excited to announce an open beta for our Planner tool! The feature will allow users to see a snapshot of their upcoming appointments in Bullhorn. Please contact Bullhorn Support to learn more and enable this feature.
SMS Successfully Sends with £
An issue has been identified wherein SMS was failing to send when the £ character was included in the text. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, SMS messages will send as expected.
Inconsistent Behavior for Timed-Out Sessions
An issue has been identified wherein there was inconsistent behavior on timed-out sessions. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, users will always be brought to the Login page when their session expires and the user performs an action in the system.
Opportunity Cards Count
An issue has been identified wherein opportunities by owner and opportunities by department dashboard cards did not display the same number of opportunities as shown on the list view. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the opportunities by owner and opportunities by department dashboard cards will display the number of opportunities shown on the list view.
Notes created from Outbound Emails not visible on Notes tab and not searchable
An issue has been identified wherein notes generated through outbound emails were not searchable and not visible on the Notes tab. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the notes generated through outbound emails should be found and visible on the Notes tab.
User Activity Report Successfully Returns Results for Bullhorn Mobile
An issue has been identified wherein the User Activity report was not returning results when the criteria contained Bullhorn Mobile. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the User Activity Report will return results appropriately.
Job Publishing URL Shortening
An issue has been identified wherein shortening URLs using the is.gd structure for Indeed were resulting in errors. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the XML feed for Indeed will use the full career portal URLs.
Submission Update Events
An issue has been identified wherein Transaction IDs were not being generated with submission update data events in some cases. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, Transaction ID’s will be generated as expected.
Notes created from Outbound Emails not visible on Notes tab and not searchable
An issue has been identified wherein notes generated through outbound emails were not searchable and not visible on the Notes tab. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the notes generated through outbound emails should be found and visible on the Notes tab.
Attach Resume File Button is Responsive on iPhone
An issue has been identified wherein the Attach File button was unresponsive on the iPhone when in Safari and Chrome browsers. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, the Attach File button will work for iPhones in Safari and Chrome.
Onboarding Table Display Issue
An issue has been identified wherein a read-only Onboarding table was displaying on employees and placements in Bullhorn Back Office for customers without Onboarding. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, customers without Onboarding will no longer see the read-only table.
Errors Impeding Functionality
An issue has been identified wherein errors were impeding functionality on candidate or placement records. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, candidate and placement records will open without this error.
Duplicate Audit Trail Entries for Documents and Packets
An issue has been identified wherein duplicate audit trail entries were appearing when a document or packet was assigned. This issue has been resolved and upon receiving the latest release, single audit trail entries will record as expected.
Lockout Mechanism for Repeated Client Admin Refreshes
A new restriction has been put in place for repeated forced refreshes of placements from Back Office and Onboarding. After the limit of five forced refreshes occurs, you will receive an alert pop-up indicating the limit is reached. Background refreshes will continue as scheduled, and forced refreshes may begin again after the restricted time limit of one hour has passed.
Onboarding Attachments from ATS/CRM
Customers using Bullhorn ATS/CRM and Onboarding are now able to add attachments to Onboarding documents from Bullhorn ATS/CRM. After assigning a document to a candidate or placement, an “Add Attachment” link will appear, enabling you to add any necessary attachments. With the proper permissions, the attachments are available for preview as well.
Attachments Now Included with PDF Flowback
You are now able to include attachments when flowing approved PDFs from Onboarding to candidate and placement file tabs in the Bullhorn ATS. Previously, only approved PDFs were able to be flowed back. For existing flowback users, there is now an option to include attachments as separate files with your approved PDFs.