This month our team has had a productive February, delivering a number of updates and improvements across the platform that help to improve the functionality and the use of Opsyte. These release notes outline everything shipped this month, giving you a clear picture of what's new and improved. Everything you'll find in these notes reflects our ongoing commitment to supporting the hospitality industry with software that works as hard as you do.

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The holiday accrual display toggle, which allows you to switch between days and hours, will now retain your selected format when navigating between dates. This means you no longer need to manually reselect the format each time you switch to a different date, giving the user a more consistent and seamless experience.

The Snapshot email has undergone a number of updates to improve both it's appearance and accuracy. The summary boxes have been updated from purple to green, bringing the email in line with Opsyte's brand colour scheme for a more consistent look and feel.

The overall layout has also been improved - the email is now wider, giving the content more room to breathe, and the tables have been realigned for a cleaner, easier to read format.

Additionally, corrections have been made to ensure the data displayed within the tables is more accurate and reliable. If you missed out on previous month's Release Notes, we have now incorporated AI insights into the Snapshot, providing users with smarter, more actionable information at a glance.

We've introduced improvements to make department cost tracking more visible and actionable within the rota. Department total cost and percentage of forecast are now displayed directly alongside each department name, making it easier to assess performance at a glance without navigating away. Users can also set percentage thresholds per department, with clear visual alerts when those limits are exceeded, helping to quickly identify potential overspend.

By collapsing all departments, operators can instantly see which areas are over target and prioritise adjustments more efficiently. Percentage allocations can be configured either directly within the rota next to each department or via dedicated fields in the rota settings, offering flexibility in the setup. Together with existing rota graphs, these enhancements enable managers to open the rota and immediately understand where costs are too high, making it simpler to scale back shifts while maintaining a functional and effective schedule.

We've improved how deposit deletions are handled to ensure more accurate and balanced cash reporting. Deposits can now be fully reversed directly from the Cashup page, rather than simply removed. Previously, deleting a deposit would create a variance in the cashup; with this update, reversing a deposit automatically adjusts the figures so everything remains balanced. This provides a clearer audit trail and gives operators greater confidence when correcting mistakes or making adjustments.

We've introduced improved transparency around holiday bookings by displaying each employee's average hours per holiday day directly on their holiday page at the time of booking in the app. This ensures employees can clearly see how their holiday entitlement is calculated without needing to check with a manager. By making this information readily accessible, it reduces back and forth communication and helps employees make more informed booking decisions with greater confidence.

We've improved Right To Work expiry notifications to give both employees and managers more time to take action. Previously, notifications were sent just 24 hours before expiry, which could be easily missed due to holidays, sickness, or time off. The default notice period has now been extended to 7 days, providing a more practical window to respond. In addition, the Send TrustID button will now be automatically displayed when an employee is within 7 days of their RTW expiry date, making it quicker and easier to initiate the renewal process when it's needed most.