Archives: Product Updates
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Hiding Placement Fields
You can now hide/unhide the following Placement fields:
- referralFeeHeader
- referralFeeType
- referralFee
- otherHourlyFee
- otherHourlyFeeComment
“To” Field Populates Email Address
Clicking on “Email 2” or “Email 3” from an Overview card will now open the “Compose Message” screen with the email address pre-populated in the “To” field.
Packets/Documents Permissions Update
The “Add/Remove Packets/Documents” permission has been split into two permissions:
- “Add Documents/Packets”
- “Remove Documents/Packets”
- Current users with the “Add/Remove Packets/Documents” permission will automatically be granted both new permissions.
Packet Email Notifications
When you attach a packet via the Onboarding tab in Bullhorn, it will now send an email notification to the candidate.
Email Notification Enhancement
Notification and signup emails associated with the onboarding workflow will now send in real time.
PTO Information
New employee records added to BBO from Bullhorn’s ATS will now include correct PTO information.
Password Security Update
A new setting will prompt an employee who logs in with an assigned password to reset it with a password of their own choosing that meets password strength requirements. Please contact Support to request this feature.
New Custom Fields Replicated
Data Mirror will now replicate data stored in the following new custom fields:
- customText21-60
- customTextBlock6-10
- customInt4-23
- customFloat4-23
- customDate4-13
Marking Fields as Required
Not filling out a required field on a Custom Object will now cause an error when saving until the information is recorded.
Expiration Date Display
You will now see the expiration date for credentials display accurately regardless of your time zone.
Merge Docs Supported Languages Updated
The Merge Docs tool now supports dual-byte languages like Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
Actions on Activity Center Messages
Taking action on messages in the Activity Center will now launch the corresponding Novo page in Bullhorn instead of the S-Release page.
Web Response No Longer Causes Duplicate Warning
A duplicate warning will no longer appear when adding a Submission for a Candidate with an existing Web Response for the Job.
Date and Time Settings in French
The French configuration of Bullhorn will now display the date correctly on Overview cards as well as the 12 hour clock when selected.
Display Value Showing Correctly
The “employmentType” field will now correctly show the “Display Value” when a Job or Placement is added.
Quickbooks Class on Multi-Rate Placements
Quickbooks class values on multi-rate placements will now save accurately.
Invoices for New Permanent Placements
Approving a permanent placement added to Back Office from the ATS will now correctly generate an invoice.
Case Verification Timeout Extended
The timeout threshold for case verification has been extended to prevent duplicate requests.
Mass Enable SMS
Users can now enable more than 2,000 internal users for the Bullhorn SMS feature.
Assigning Documents to a Placement
A scheduled placement sync will no longer be required prior to assigning documents to a placement record. Administrators will need to review the back office control panel setting Assignments.Push as Approved to make sure placements are added in the appropriate status.
“Submission Added By” Column Available on Placement List
The “Submission Added By” field is now available as a column on the placement list with sorting, filtering, and search functionality. For example, this will allow recruiters to view a list of candidates with active placements they’ve submitted to their account manager in order to manage their reassignments more effectively.
Updated Version of the Open Source Career Portal
Version 2.7.0 of the OSCP includes the following changes:
- Adds configuration options for custom job filtering in the list
- Adds configuration options for displaying privacy policy information in the apply form
- Removes configuration options for Apply with LinkedIn due to LinkedIn deprecating this functionality. Additional LinkedIn options will be communicated in future updates.
- The Job description preview displays accented characters correctly
Recipients Field for Scheduled Reports
The Recipients field will now load when editing a scheduled report regardless of how many recipients are listed.
New Fields Available in Canvas
The following Candidate and Placement fields can now be added to Canvas reports: customText 21-60, customTextBlock 6-10, customInt 4-23, customFloat 4-23, and customDate 4-13.
Cross Join Errors
Reports that reference both the Lead and the Lead Owner will no longer cause errors.
Combination of Decimal Values in Regular and DT Hours Generates Timesheet Error
Employees can save decimal values for both regular and double time without receiving an error on submittal.
MultiRate Not Syncing to BBO
Multirate placements will now support syncing up to 20 rates to Bullhorn Back Office.
Billing Activity Report
The Billing Activity Report is no longer timing out.
Mini Picker Value Display
Mini picker fields will now display on the record as expected.
Category Missing from Main Lead Package in Canvas
We’ve added “Category” to the Canvas “Lead” package.
Lead Custom Objects in Canvas
Canvas users can now report against Custom Objects on Leads.
Performance Improvements
The November release brings users faster load times for Lists and Notes.
Number Field Formatting
We have enhanced number fields to accept both decimals and commas.
Placement Overview Showing Date of Birth in Unix Time when Field is Confidential
We have resolved an issue where the Candidate Details card on the Placement Overview displays the dateOfBirth field as a string of numbers instead of the standard MM/DD/YYYY format in certain situations.
Overview Displaying Mini Picker Value Not Display Value
We resolved an issue where Mini Picker fields that were setup to allow multiple values were displaying incorrectly.
Lists and Searches Saved as Favorite
Prompt text now wraps properly when saving a search as a Favorite.
Distribution & Task Lists in Bowling Alley Displaying Incorrect Values
The bowling alley will now display the correct value on distribution and task lists.
Diacritic Characters Incorrectly Converted on Publish Job Screen
We resolved an issue where Diacritic and Japanese characters were not being correctly converted on the “Job Publish” page.
File Preview Closing
Long file names will no longer prevent you from closing the file preview.
Fast Find Does Not Ignore Leading or Trailing Spaces
We have resolved an issue where the Fast Find was including extra spaces while searching.
Blacklist and Whitelist Fields Do Not Save on Add/Edit
We have resolved an issue where the blacklist and whitelist fields were not saving entered values.
Unable to View Attachments Added to Appointments
You can now view attachments for existing appointments while editing appointments.
Generated Hyperlink Auto Adds to Clipboard
We enhanced the Generate Hyperlink feature so the link automatically copies to your clipboard.
Admins with Limited Branch Access Cannot Run Some Reports
Administrators who do not belong to all departments can now run reports as expected.
Invoices for certain companies defaulting to due date of Dec 31, 1969
We’ve resolved an issue where invoices intermittently generated incorrect due dates.
Commission Payout List Latency
We’ve made an enhancement to the commission list to enhance load time and performance.
Mapping a Record Without an Address Will Show Your Current Location
We made an enhancement to the mapping feature. Now when mapping a group of records or a single record with an invalid address, the system will load a prompt notifying you of the record or records with an invalid address.
User Filter Not Sticky Across All Sessions
We have enhanced the Planner so that the User filter, Type filter, and View setting is now sticky across sessions.
NPS Survey/GDPR Consent Links Not Generating Correctly
We resolved an issue where NPS Survey Links and GDPR Consent Request Links were not being generated correctly for some of our clients.
LinkedIn Publishing Redirects to "Page Not Found" Error
We resolved an issue where users were receiving an error when attempting to share a Published Job to LinkedIn.
Facebook Social Media Share Link not Generating Correct URLs
We resolved an issue with sharing Published Jobs to Facebook when users were already logged into a Facebook session.
Add Submission Page Use entityTitleMultiple for Job and Candidate
We resolved an issue where the ‘Job’ and ‘Candidate’ field on the Add Submission page were not correctly pulling the pluralized value for ‘Job’ and ‘Candidate’.
Calibri as an Available Font in CKEditor
We have added the option to use the font ‘Calibri’ within our DHTML fields.
Document Editor Breaking Where fileTypeList Exceeds/Has Certain Characters
We resolved an issue with the Document Editor not working as expected for clients that have duplicate file type values in their file type value list (fileTypeList).
Skills and Secondary Skills Fields Use Same Logic
We resolved an issue where reporting against the ‘Secondary Skills’ field was pulling back incorrect data.
Parse as Existing from the Gmail Add-On
You can now use the Parse as Existing function with the Gmail Add-On.
Official Bullhorn Career Portal Plugin for WordPress
We are pleased to announce that Bullhorn now has an official Career Portal plugin for WordPress.
Custom Fields on Candidates and Placements
Administrators now have the ability to configure additional custom fields on the Candidate and/or Placement records. The fields can be configured to appear on record overview, edit, and lists.
Advanced Note Searching Open Beta
We are excited to announce the open beta for Advanced Note Searching! The Advanced Note Searching feature puts all of your note-related fields in one place to make them easier to find when performing searches. If you would like to use this functionality, please contact Bullhorn Support.
System Setting “linkedUserActivityView”
Novo users who use the ‘linkedUserActivityView’ system setting will now see the Interviews, Submissions, Client Submissions, and Placements on the Submission tab that reference the linked record.
Create Standard Resume Action for Localized Users
Non English users will now be able to use the ‘Create Standard Resume’ action if they have the Document Editor enabled.
Job “reportToUserID” Field Not Correctly Displayed
We have resolved a display issue where the job contact value would be shown when the “reportsTo” field was configured to appear on the tearsheet table.
“To” Field is Not Populated When Clicking Email Hyperlink from Task Slideout
We have resolved an issue where when clicking on the candidate and/or contact email address from the task slideout, the “To” field on the compose a message screen would not populate with the record.
Tasks Do Not Display on the Lead/Opportunity Activity Tab
We have resolved an issue where when expanding the task table on a Lead/Opportunity with tasks, the user would not be able to see which tasks referenced the record.
System Setting “commissionRecipientRecruiting” Not Honored When Creating Placements
We have resolved an issue where when creating a placement the commission’s recruiter assignment would always be the candidate owner regardless of the setting value. Now, the recruiter assignment will be the candidate owner or candidate submitter based on the value set in the system setting.
Placement Start Date and End Date not Respecting Date Format
We have resolved an issue where when the placement start date and/or end date was configured to appear on the find results page, the date format would always appear as MM/DD/YYYY. Now, the date format will respect the locale setting.
Submission History Incorrect when Viewing Record from the Placement Table
We have resolved an issue where the incorrect submission history would appear on the preview pane tab when viewing a candidate or job record from the submission workflow placement table.
Page Interaction Enhancement
We’ve extended page interaction support to the sendout/client submission workflow in Novo.
Opportunity Note Workflow Not Triggering
We have resolved an issue where when using custom workflow steps on the opportunity record, workflow steps which are configured to add a note are not active once a note of that note action has been created.
Cannot Send Onboarding Docs from the Submission Tab
We now support sending Onboarding Documents through the Submission Tab on a Job record.
“Minutes Spent” Value is Not Saved on Add/Edit Note
We have resolved an issue where the notes “Minutes Spent” value would not be saved when entering data on the Add/Edit form.
Note “Date Added” Empty when Adding a Note from the List Slideout
We have resolved an issue where when notes are created from list actions, those users with the ability to edit the note “Date Added” field would not see the field default with the current date and time. Now, the date and time will be pre-filled when the Add Note slideout is opened from list actions.
Social Sharing Options on Publish Screen Do Not Generate Job URLs
We resolved an issue where a Job link was not being created when sharing a Published Job to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Contact Status History Labeled “Company History”
We resolved an issue where ‘Status History’ on a Contact record was incorrectly labeled.
‘Log as Client Submission’ Creating Multiple Client Submissions
We resolved an issue where composing an email and setting “Log as Client Submission” to yes created duplicate submissions on the job record.
Secondary Address Displays as [object Object] when Viewing the Field on Cards
We have resolved an issue where the secondary address field would display as [object Object] when the field is configured to appear on record overview cards.
Placement Recent Notes Card Passing in Contact to the “About” Field
We have resolved an issue where when adding a note to a placement via the recent notes card, the placement’s contact would be passed into the “About” field on Add Note and the candidate would not be referenced. Now, we will pass in the placement’s candidate to the “About” field.
Unable to Add Multiple Candidates to a Tearsheet via API
We have resolved an issue where when multiple records were added to the tearsheet open window call, we would only add the first record to the tearsheet. Now, all records will be added to the selected tearsheet.
Custom Object Localization Support
Admin users who have multiple private labels can configure their custom object names via the Entity Titles menu or entityTitle system setting. You can also customize Attribute labels and values via Field Mappings. If you choose not to customize these settings, they will continue to display as configured by Bullhorn Support.
Hardcoded Use of “List” for Entity Lists
We changed the way we word ‘Lists’ in the Bowling Alley for our Non-English clients. Instead of ‘Entity_List’ it will now use the ‘Many’ value for the entity as the label. For example ‘Candidate List’ will now be labelled ‘Candidates’.
Improve Performance of File Tab
The Files tab will now load much faster on records with a large number of associated files.
Unable to Filter Tearsheets by Owner When Name Includes an Apostrophe
We resolved an issue where users were unable to filter the Tearsheet list by owner if the Owner’s name contained an apostrophe.
Additional Fields Added to Placement View Layout
Administrators can add the following fields to the Placement “Details” card:
- customTextBlock 1-5
- correlatedCustomTextBlock 1-3
- approvingUserID
- backupApprovingUserID
- bonusPackage
- housingStatus
- invoiceGroup
- optionsPackage
- otExemption
- projectCodeList
- referralFeeType
- taxRate
- taxState
- terminationReason
Entity Pickers Get Cut Off at Top of Page
We resolved an issue where pickers were sometimes being cut off by the page header.
Links to Candidates and Internal Users in the “Referred By” Field Display Error When Clicked
We have resolved an issue where when the associated record in the “Referred By” field on the overview is clicked, it would display an error. Now it will open to the associated record’s overview, or show as plain text if the association is an internal user.
Adding/Editing Leads Does Not Send Notifications
We have resolved an issue where email notifications were not being sent when adding an internal user or distribution list to the email notification pickers on Lead add/edit pages.
Update to Entity Label Word Order
We changed the Bowling Alley labels for ‘Add Entity’ for our German and Dutch users to now be labelled ‘Entity add’ which is the correct phrasing for those languages.
Menu Items Do Not Respect entityTitle PLAs Consistently
We now support localization for the following menu items for our non English clients: ‘Reference Questions’, ‘Message Templates’, ‘Contact Support’, ‘Customer Community’, ‘Request Training’, and ‘Service Status’.
Date Fields Not Respecting Format
We resolved an issue with the Date Pickers where it would not correctly recognize values manually entered as dd/mm/yyyy for clients outside of the US.
Records Overlap When Viewing More than 15 Items Per Page
We have resolved a display issue where records returned would overlap on the results page when a search returned more that 15 items.
Manage Distribution List Action Not Indexing
We have resolved an issue where a record added to a distribution list via the “Manage Distribution List” action would not appear in the matching results when performing an additional criteria search on the distribution list field on the entity list.
“Leads by Owner” Card
We have resolved an issue where the custom date range on the “Leads by Owner” card was not including records added on the “End” date.
Appointment Reminder User Preference Not Respected
We have resolved an issue where the reminder preference was not being respected when set to “Never.”
Approver Portal Display
When accessing the approver portal via email notification, the page header will display the correct company name.
Duplicate Invoice Attachments
Attachments will no longer be duplicated on approved invoices associated to group timesheets.
Signup Emails for New Administrator Users
We will now send signup emails to new administrator users when SSO from the Bullhorn ATS is not in use.
Audit Trail Logging for Email
Changes made to email address values in the ATS will now be reflected in the BBO audit trail.
ATS Secondary Address
When a customer maps candidate secondary address from ATS to BBO, the correct address values will now display.
Update Owner/Department When New Assessment is Sent
We resolved an issue with the Prophecy integration where sending an assessment through Bullhorn was not updating the owner and department on the Prophecy side. We will now update the Owner and Department when sending an assessment to ensure the user sending the assessment will receive an email notification from Prophecy when the assessment is completed.
Change When Candidate is Created
We made an enhancement to the Prophecy integration where the Candidate record will no longer be created in the Prophecy system when you click on the Prophecy tab in Bullhorn but instead when the Candidate is sent an assessment.