What we shipped, in plain language.

The Payslip Service produces a structured payslip for each employee after a payroll run is completed:

• Earnings and deductions breakdown by wage type
• Employer contribution summary (PF, ESI)
• Year-to-date totals and tax summary
• PDF download available from the employee self-service portal
• Bulk payslip email dispatch supported

The FnF Service automates the settlement calculation when an employee exits:

• Pro-rated salary for the partial last month
• Leave encashment calculation (earned leave balance × daily rate)
• Gratuity computation (15/26 formula per Indian Gratuity Act)
• Outstanding loan and advance recovery
• FnF payslip generation and approval workflow integration

The Arrears Service recalculates pay differences when salary revisions are applied retrospectively:

• Detects periods where the employee's compensation changed mid-cycle
• Recomputes gross and net pay for each affected period
• Generates an arrears adjustment record for the current payroll run
• Full audit trail: old pay, new pay, and delta per wage type

Off-Cycle Runs allow ad-hoc payroll processing outside the regular monthly schedule — for advance payments, bonus payouts, interim settlements, and corrections without waiting for the next regular cycle. Off-cycle runs go through the same engine pipeline but are tagged separately in GL posting and disbursement files.

The Bank File Service generates payment instruction files for salary disbursement:

• NEFT/RTGS bulk payment file in standard bank formats
• Per-employee net pay with bank account details
• Deduction payment files for PF, ESI, and PT challan generation
• Downloadable from the Payroll Run detail page after approval

Twelve end-user and administrator help articles added under the HRM – Payroll Engine category:

1. Payroll Engine Overview & Architecture
2. Running the Monthly Payroll Cycle
3. India Country Pack – TDS / Income Tax
4. India Country Pack – Provident Fund (PF / EPF)
5. India Country Pack – ESI (Employee State Insurance)
6. India Country Pack – Professional Tax (PT)
7. Payslip – Viewing, Downloading & Emailing
8. Full & Final Settlement (FnF) Processing
9. Arrears Re-computation Guide
10. Off-Cycle Payroll Runs
11. GL Posting & Journal Entry Configuration
12. Bank File Export & Disbursement

A dedicated Tax Engine model layer stores country-level payroll tax configuration that can be updated by HR administrators without code changes:

• TDS slab tables for old and new tax regimes (annually updatable)
• PF/ESI wage ceiling and rate configuration
• State-wise Professional Tax slab tables
• Standard exemption and deduction limits (80C, 80D, HRA)

The India Country Pack implements all four statutory deduction calculators required for India payroll:

• TDS (Income Tax) — old vs new tax regime, standard deduction, HRA exemption, 80C/80D deductions, surcharge and cess, month-wise TDS equalisation
• Provident Fund (PF / EPF) — employee 12 % + employer 12 % contribution split (EPF + EPS), wage ceiling enforcement, VPF support
• ESI (Employee State Insurance) — employee 0.75 % + employer 3.25 %, gross wage ceiling check, monthly eligibility validation
• Professional Tax (PT) — state-wise slab tables, monthly cap enforcement, exempt category support

Additional country packs can be registered via the pluggable CountryPackRegistry without modifying core engine code.

The Gross Calculator builds a per-employee wage-type breakdown before statutory deductions:

• Reads active IT0008 (Basic Pay) compensation components for the period
• Adds all active IT0014 (Recurring) components matching the payroll frequency
• Adds all IT0015 (Additional) one-time payments scheduled for the period
• Applies attendance-based proration via the Proration Service
• Outputs a gross pay register used by the country pack and payslip generator

The core Payroll Engine orchestrates the full payroll calculation cycle for a Payroll Period:

1. Eligibility check — identifies employees in scope based on assignment and attendance data
2. Gross calculation — builds the pay register from Basic Pay (IT0008), Recurring Payments (IT0014), and Additional Payments (IT0015)
3. Proration — pro-rates salary for mid-period joiners, leavers, and loss-of-pay days
4. Country-pack execution — applies statutory deductions and employer contributions
5. Net pay derivation — gross minus all deductions
6. Payroll result persistence — stores employee-level and summary results

Payroll Runs follow a lifecycle: Draft → Running → Completed → Approved → Disbursed. Re-runs are supported in Draft and Completed states.

After payroll approval, the GL Posting Service automatically creates journal entries in the Financial Accounting module:

• Salary expense lines per wage type and cost centre
• Statutory liability lines (PF payable, ESI payable, TDS payable)
• Net pay payable to employees
• Employer contribution expense lines
• GL account mapping configured via the Payroll Control admin page
• Reversal support for corrective payroll runs

The Made-Up Costing calculator now correctly reads net consumption from the Cut Plan when building the Fabric BOM, rather than gross consumption. This prevents fabric quantity over-estimates in costing sheets.

Under high concurrency, the application was exhausting the PostgreSQL connection pool, causing connection overflow errors for some requests. The connection pool settings and tenant database router have been tuned to prevent overflow under normal and peak load.

A regression that caused a validation error when saving Sales Orders under certain field combinations has been corrected. All save paths now complete successfully.

Several field mapping issues on the Delivery → Invoice conversion page have been fixed, ensuring that line quantities, prices, and references carry over correctly without manual editing.

The Support Desk section of the Help Documentation centre has been reorganised and expanded with clearer article structure, improved navigation, and updated content reflecting the latest UI.

All static assets are now served with content-hash suffixes (e.g., main.a3f9c2.js), enabling aggressive long-term browser caching while guaranteeing instant updates on every deployment. A version tag is also displayed in the base template footer for quick environment verification.

The AI-assisted Customer PO → Sales Order extraction workflow has been improved to handle a wider range of PO document formats and field mappings, reducing manual correction effort after extraction.

The Real Estate Management (REM) module now has an improved React UI with full CRUD functionality for property listings, unit management, tenant assignments, and lease tracking.

The TC approval workflow has been refined for a more intuitive experience:

• Breadcrumb navigation updated across all TC workflow pages
• Overview screen redesigned for faster status visibility
• Internal workflow state transitions hardened against edge cases

Multiple quality-of-life improvements across CRM transactional documents:

• Sales Order and Delivery line-item forms updated with additional fields
• Task Templates linked to Sales Orders for automated task generation
• Materials Management (MM) and Purchase Order/Quote fields synchronised

Administrators can now trigger AI-assisted data seeding for Hierarchy Items (cost centres, profit centres, org units, etc.) from the Data Configuration screen. The AI generates a contextually relevant hierarchy structure based on the tenant industry profile, dramatically reducing initial setup effort.

Automated email notifications added to each stage of the TC costing approval workflow via Zeptomail:

• TC User receives confirmation on submission
• TC Manager and Commercial Head receive approval-request emails
• Rejection and re-submission emails included
• Asynchronous delivery supported via WORKFLOW_USE_CELERY_EMAIL

Common reference data (currencies, countries, units of measure, tax codes, and other master tables) can now be seeded automatically via the updated management command, reducing manual setup time for new tenant onboarding.

A dedicated Category management page has been added to the Project Management module, allowing project categories to be created, edited, and organised from the UI without requiring admin access.

The POS module now has a fully functional React UI including:

• Product search and cart management
• Payment processing screen with tender types
• Receipt generation and reprint
• Day-end cash reconciliation
• Resolved merger conflicts with Project Management module code

Phase 2 of the Business Network module is now live, extending the supplier registration and buyer onboarding capabilities introduced in Phase 1.

• Enhanced supplier-portal registration and dashboard views
• Expanded buyer-side discovery and onboarding workflows
• Additional API endpoints for network graph data

Users with appropriate permissions can now delete Sales Orders and Delivery records directly from the list and detail views, with confirmation dialogs to prevent accidental deletion.

Employee Compensation records assign an individual employee to a position in the pay scale (Plan / Band / Step / Zone) for a validity period. A change reason (New Hire, Promotion, Annual Review, Transfer, Correction) is captured for every new record, creating a complete audit trail.

• Equivalent to Infotype 0008 – Basic Pay
• Capacity Utilisation % supports part-time pro-rating
• Child Compensation Components table stores individual wage-type amounts (Basic Salary, HRA, Transport, etc.) per employee
• Time-delimited: each record has Valid From / Valid To; history is preserved by creating new records rather than editing old ones

Ten end-user help articles added to the Help Documentation centre under the new HRM – Payroll Configuration category:

1. Module Overview & Terminology Reference
2. Compensation Plan – Creating Your Pay Framework
3. Compensation Zone – Geographic Pay Differentiation
4. Compensation Band & Step – Job Classification and Seniority
5. Compensation Grid – The Pay Scale Matrix
6. Employee Compensation (Basic Pay) – Assigning an Employee
7. Recurring Payments – Ongoing Allowances and Deductions
8. Additional Payments – One-Time and Ad-Hoc Pay
9. Employee Remuneration Info (IT2010) – Time-Based Pay Entries
10. Administrator Configuration Guide

The Compensation Grid stores the actual salary amount at every Plan × Band × Step × Zone intersection. Each cell specifies an amount, amount type (Monthly/Annual/Hourly/Daily), and an effectiveness period — enabling annual pay revisions with full history.

• Equivalent to Pay Scale Matrix (T510)
• Optional Wage Type FK allows component-level breakdown (Basic, HRA, Transport…)
• Composite unique constraint: Plan + Band + Step + Zone + WageType + Effective From
• Cross-FK validation: Band, Step, and Zone must all belong to the selected Plan

Recurring Payments capture pay components that are automatically included in every payroll run for the validity period — monthly car allowances, loan EMI deductions, meal subsidies, and similar ongoing items that are not part of the basic pay structure.

• Equivalent to Infotype 0014 – Recurring Payments/Deductions
• Payment Frequency: Monthly, Semi-Monthly, Bi-Weekly, Weekly, Quarterly, Annual
• Deduction Type: Pre-Tax or Post-Tax, for accurate tax treatment
• First/Last Payment Date scheduling for finite-term allowances (e.g., a loan that ends after 24 instalments)
• Reference Number field for loan account numbers and policy references

Additional Payments record non-recurring pay items processed in a specific payroll period — bonuses, sign-on awards, festive allowances, salary arrears, advances, relocation payments, and gratuity.

• Equivalent to Infotype 0015 – Additional Payments
• Payment Reason classification: Bonus, Incentive, Arrears, Advance, Relocation, Sign-On, Festival, Gratuity, Correction, Other
• Payroll Period field (YYYY-MM) for targeting a specific period independent of the payment date
• Reference Number for approval number or HR ticket cross-reference

Define distinct pay frameworks (e.g., Management, Factory Workers, Union) using the new Compensation Plan model. Each plan has a lifecycle status (Draft → Active → Frozen → Archived), a home currency, and a validity period.

• Equivalent to Pay Scale Type (T510)
• Status control prevents accidental assignment to inactive plans
• Admin page includes inline tables for Zones and Bands

Compensation Zones allow the same plan to pay different amounts based on the employee's work location (e.g., Metro, Tier-2, Rural, Overseas). An optional Cost of Living Factor provides an informational multiplier for benchmarking.

• Equivalent to Pay Scale Area
• Zone codes are unique within a plan
• At least one zone is required per plan

Compensation Bands classify jobs by level (Band A – Junior, Band B – Professional, Band C – Senior). Each Band carries an optional link to an Organisation Management Job Grade for cross-module consistency.

Compensation Steps represent seniority progression within a Band (Step 1 – Entry, Step 2 – Developing, Step 3 – Expert). Steps support auto-advance eligibility (configurable in months) for future payroll automation.

• Bands equivalent to Pay Scale Group; Steps equivalent to Pay Scale Level
• Steps are managed inline on the Band admin page
• Min. years of experience field aids HR decision-making at promotion time

Several frontend pages were not correctly enforcing RBAC permissions after the HasModuleAccess refactor. Affected pages now correctly hide or disable actions based on the user's assigned roles.

Single Sign-On authentication flow corrected for the Help Documentation and Support Desk portals. Users are now redirected correctly after SSO login without connection errors.

Fixed an issue where certain tenant app registrations were failing silently during onboarding. Registration now completes reliably and triggers the correct post-registration hooks.

Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order conversion refined: improved serializer field mapping, updated PO print template with cleaner layout and accurate line-item totals.

Opportunity list grid updated with additional columns, improved filtering options, and better status visualisation.

Sales Order entry page redesigned with improved field layout. Delivery dialog enhanced with additional fields. Invoice detail page updated with enriched line-item display. Country master data page simplified for faster lookups.

Four new permissions added: rim.view_graph, rim.add_graph, rim.change_graph, rim.delete_graph. Three pre-built roles: RIM Viewer, RIM Analyst, RIM Admin.

Dedicated Nodes and Relationships tabs with Syncfusion Grid for creating, editing, and deleting graph data outside the canvas. Each node can be linked to an ERP record via External Ref Type/ID.

Interactive graph canvas powered by React Flow. Add nodes (PERSON, EMPLOYEE, VENDOR, CUSTOMER, BANK_ACCOUNT, ASSET, DEPARTMENT, ROLE, DEVICE, LOCATION, SUPPLIER, DOCUMENT) and connect them with 14 directional/bidirectional relationship types.

• Graph Traversal – Walk the graph from any start node up to configurable depth (1–10 hops)
• Cycle Detection – Automatically detects circular relationships (shell-company fraud, collusive approval loops)
• Shortest Path – API-level shortest path between any two entities
• Layouts – Top-Bottom (org/family) and Left-Right (supply chain/timeline) via Dagre layout engine
• Save Positions – Persist node positions to the database for consistent views
• Mini Map & Zoom Controls – Navigate large graphs efficiently

Comprehensive end-user documentation added to the Help centre: Quick Start, Node Types, Edge Types, Canvas Navigation, Traversal, four use-case walkthroughs (Family Tree, Fraud Detection, Org Hierarchy, Supply Chain), Shortest Path, Cycle Detection, Layouts, and Administrator Configuration Guide.

Revised Purchase Order PDF template with improved typography and clause rendering. Admin UI updated with inline PR-to-PO action and custom template tags for currency/date formatting.

Create reusable task templates to standardise recurring project structures. Templates can be applied to new projects to auto-populate tasks, saving setup time and enforcing best practices.

• Grid view with Syncfusion Grid (filter, sort, export)
• Pivot analysis view for template usage analytics
• Full CRUD from the Task Management sidebar

Nine new help articles added to the Help Documentation centre covering Contract Management: clause library, templates, digital signatures, PO T&C assembly, and administrator guides.

Define granular task definitions within a project and wire them together with predecessor/successor dependencies.

• Dependency grid shows blocking relationships at a glance
• Pivot view for cross-project dependency analysis
• Unplanned Task Form updated for new definition model

Resolved edge cases where the signature stamp was misaligned on multi-page PDFs and where certificate loading failed for certain key formats. Stamp now consistently appears on the last page.

Purchase Order PDF now pulls T&C clauses from the Contract Management clause library (when configured) rather than plain text. Clauses are auto-numbered and variable-substituted. Falls back to the legacy plain-text terms_conditions field if no clause library is configured.

Six new permissions: cm.view_contract, cm.add_contract, cm.change_contract, cm.delete_contract, cm.approve_contract, cm.manage_signing.

Sign Purchase Orders and contract PDFs with a visible signature stamp overlay (name, timestamp, certificate fingerprint). Signed PDFs are verifiable — any tampering after signing invalidates the signature. Uses reportlab for stamp rendering and PyPDF2 for PDF merging.

Generate RSA-2048 signing certificates per user directly from the Digital Signature page. Certificates are encrypted with AES-GCM and stored securely. Each certificate records the issuer, validity period, and fingerprint.

Build contract templates by selecting and ordering clauses from the library. Create contracts from templates with auto-numbered clauses, variable substitution, and lifecycle management (DRAFT → ACTIVE → EXPIRED).

A default Purchase Order T&C template is seeded automatically on installation.

Centralised library of reusable legal clauses organised into categories (Payment, Delivery, Warranty, Confidentiality, Dispute Resolution, etc.). Each clause supports:

• Version history with change tracking
• Variable substitution (e.g. {{payment_days}}, {{governing_law}})
• Applicability rules (by document type and industry)
• Seed command: 21 standard clauses across 10 categories

Four new permissions added to the setup_rbac command: srm.view_rfq, srm.add_rfq, srm.change_rfq, srm.delete_rfq.

End-to-end RFQ workflow integrated into the SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) module:

• Create RFQ – Add line items and attach target suppliers
• Send to Suppliers – Dispatch RFQ to one or more suppliers with a single action
• Record Quotes – Capture supplier responses with unit prices, lead times, and validity dates
• Comparison View – Side-by-side quote comparison across all responding suppliers
• Award & Convert – Award to selected supplier and convert directly to a Purchase Order

Lifecycle: DRAFT → SENT → QUOTES_RECEIVED → COMPARING → AWARDED → CONVERTED

Travel Management pages updated with improved form layouts, better status indicators, and streamlined claim submission flow. UOM and Payment Terms master data pages fixed for duplicate record creation edge cases.

10 new permissions: travel.view_request, travel.add_request, travel.approve_request, travel.view_claim, travel.add_claim, travel.approve_claim, travel.manage_advance, travel.manage_booking, travel.view_reports, travel.admin.

Travel spend analysis with breakdown by employee, department, destination, and travel type. Export to Excel via Syncfusion Grid.

Record and track travel bookings (flights, hotels, transport) against approved travel requests. Booking details feed into the claim settlement for accurate reconciliation.

Submit itemised expense claims after travel with receipt upload. System automatically calculates the settlement amount (claim − advance). Claims go through approval before reimbursement is processed.

Request and track travel advances linked to approved travel requests. Finance team can approve, disburse, and reconcile advances against submitted claims.

Employees can raise travel requests with purpose, destination, travel dates, estimated cost, and preferred mode. Requests flow through a configurable approval chain before travel is authorised.

Product Changelog App

  A comprehensive changelog system for tracking and displaying product releases, features, improvements, and fixes in the Biztimize ERP application.

Features

• Release Management: Track releases by version, date, and environment (DEV/QAS/PRD)
• Change Categorization: Organize changes into NEW, IMPROVED, FIXED, SECURITY, and DEPRECATED
• Multi-Module Support: Tag changes by module (CRM, Finance, HR, Inventory, etc.)
• Multi-Tenant: Support for global and tenant-specific changes
• Rich Content: CKEditor5 for rich text descriptions, images, videos, and documentation links
• Breaking Changes: Flag breaking changes that require attention
• Public/Private Releases: Control visibility of releases