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What's new in the Shift Log module — every change that makes your day easier, in plain language, not developer-speak.

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September 2026

5
Security

We restore-tested the backups end to end

A backup is worth what has been restored from it — so we did it. From the off-site backup (every 6 hours, to EU storage) we restored the entire database into a separate instance and counted: every table, every row and every user account came back intact. We checked the canonical shift-log PDFs separately: every one of them has its backed-up file, byte-for-byte identical to the original. The data itself restores in seconds. The full recovery time — which includes rebuilding a machine — is still being measured, and we will only state it once we can back it with a number.

  • Every table and every user account came back intact — counted, not assumed
  • Every canonical shift-log PDF is in the backup, byte-identical
  • What we have not measured, we say so — the full recovery time is not established yet

Security & trust

Improvement

Archived PDFs now record HOW their fingerprint is verified

Every archived shift-log and analytics PDF has always carried a fingerprint (hash) that reveals whether the document was altered afterwards. From now on the record also states HOW that fingerprint is to be verified — because they are not all produced the same way. This matters in an audit: the wrong procedure would report a "mismatch" on a perfectly intact document, with nothing to reveal that the fault is in the method, not the document. We classified the existing archive retroactively too — by measurement, not assumption.

  • The record states the verification procedure — no guessing from the file name
  • Where the file alone cannot prove it, we say so instead of reporting a "mismatch"
  • The entire existing archive classified, by measurement

Security & trust

Security

Shift Log — full security review

The shift-log module went through a comprehensive, multi-dimensional security and reliability review. No critical issue surfaced; the items found were fixed and hardened per good practice.

Feature

Translation add-in — the log and report in your colleague’s language

Shifts record in the local language, but the reader does not always speak it. With the translation add-in, an assigned colleague reads the log in their own language (one toggle, with the original reopenable block by block), and the PDF report sent at shift close arrives in the recipient’s language — attached ALONGSIDE the authoritative original, with the email in that language too. Every page marks the translation as “machine translation — not authoritative”; the original is always the source of truth. Numbers, units, equipment tags and names stay untouched; an approvable glossary can be taught for the company’s own terminology. The admin sets the target language and who receives it translated.

  • Read the log in the assigned colleague’s language, the original one click away
  • The shift-close PDF + covering email in the recipient’s language, alongside the authoritative original
  • Names, numbers, units and tags untouched; a glossary can be taught for domain terms
Feature

Data series that roll across shifts — paid add-in

Some plant data has a lifetime that belongs to the process, not the shift: lab results, in-process sampling and batch tracking keep accumulating. The next shift writes into the same series — and sees the history: newest row on top, with its own sampling timestamp and the name of whoever recorded it. Out-of-limit values stand out immediately, and the series downloads to Excel and CSV. You define the columns yourself: label, unit, instrument tag, limits, calculated fields — in the same editor you already use for shift-log elements.

  • The series spans shifts — it does not restart each shift
  • Your own columns: units, limits, calculated fields
  • Download to Excel and CSV, with the filter you see on screen

August 2026

1
Feature

A customizable home page after login

After login you land on an overview home page: the current shift, the diary entry point, the site switcher and your own company content — internal welcome, operational notices, document and intranet links, contacts. Block order, content and page width are configurable in the Console, per site too.

  • Site switcher as a positionable module
  • Operational notices with validity windows
  • Desktop width: diary-aligned or wide

July 2026

21
Feature

Help is live — task by task, step by step

A new, public Help site for the shift log: a concrete task, numbered steps, and what to do when you get stuck. Searchable, in Hungarian and English. Help describes the product — the professional background still lives in the Knowledge Base.

  • Search in both languages
  • Every article states which permission it needs
  • Common error messages come with what to do
Feature

The diary PDF layout is now yours — per plant

You now assemble the body of the diary PDF from blocks: what appears, in what order, in what table. Settings cascade from company to site to plant — you only deviate where the log really differs.

  • Per-plant layout from a shared baseline
  • Computed data points: delta, sum, average
  • Computed values also land in the Excel export
Feature

Calculate with the values logged in the diary

You can define formulas over the diary fields — closing minus opening stock, hourly average, row totals — and the result appears in the PDF and the export just like a hand-entered value.

  • Aggregate table rows into a single value
  • Missing data does not become 0 — it stays empty
  • Preview the whole shift group without saving
Security

Sign-in history per user

Administrators can see when a colleague signed in. In an audit this is the question that had no answer before: “who was logged in when the diary was written?”

  • Visible only with a dedicated permission
  • Entries cannot be modified
Improvement

The diary PDF is finally readable on a phone

The PDF preview now opens inside the app: scrollable and zoomable on a phone. Previously some phones showed only an empty frame.

Feature

Multiple sites within one organisation

One organisation can run several sites, each with its own plants, shift pattern and diary. Roles carry site access: everyone sees what concerns them.

  • Separate diary and reports per site
  • The role decides which sites someone sees
  • Settings cascade to sites and plants
Security

Locking out a departing colleague

A departing colleague’s account can be deactivated in one click: they can no longer sign in, but their logs, reported events and audit trail are kept — nothing is deleted.

  • Log authorship stays traceable years later
  • The account can be restored at any time
  • Both lockout and restore leave an audit trail
Feature

Invitation tracking and last sign-in

The Users tab now lists the invitations you sent with their status — Pending, Registered or Revoked — and a pending invitation can be resent or revoked.

  • Resend an invitation e-mail that got lost or went to spam
  • Viewing the roster is a separate, delegatable permission
  • “Last signed in” column — behind its own permission, for security use
Improvement

The full story of each maintenance job

Priority, assignee and target date on each job; per-shift comments build into a chain, and clicking a row opens an editor with every field and the full history.

  • Priority, assignee, due date — overdue is highlighted
  • A comment chain from shift to shift
  • Deleted work isn’t lost: it stays searchable, with the reason
Feature

History of carried-over items

Carried-over tasks and maintenance jobs now carry a “history” button: a timeline showing, shift by shift, what state the item was in and what was noted about it.

Feature

Maintenance work on the shift log

Record the maintenance work done or under way during the shift right on the log — and anything not closed carries over to the next shift by itself, until it is finished.

  • Open work carries over to the next shift
  • Your own status list: you decide what counts as closed
  • Its own report tab, with CSV/Excel export
Feature

Your own event types

Rename, colour, reorder and switch the log’s event types on or off; with several plants you can set which type is available at which plant.

Improvement

Clearer standing orders and tasks

Task status is one click along a progress track, the list brings high priority to the top, and the log shows who acknowledged a standing order, and when.

  • Four states: not started → in progress → done → not completed
  • “Nth shift” badge: see how long an item has been rolling
  • A standing order with no end date: “Valid until revoked”
Feature

Protected shift closing and post-close history

A log can only be closed by hand near the end of the shift, so it can’t be finalized mid-shift by accident; and any changes made after closing — who changed what and when — are tracked on a separate history timeline.

  • Configurable lock window (30 minutes by default)
  • Follows your shift schedule and timezone
  • Post-close edits shown on a dedicated history
Improvement

Seamless typing on mobile

The live log now auto-saves in the background, so the keyboard no longer drops mid-typing on iPhone and iPad — you can keep writing without interruption.

Feature

Automatic shift-log PDF

Every closed shift now produces a tamper-proof PDF report — saved to the server automatically and available to download or preview any time.

  • Generated automatically at shift end
  • Download and preview from the archive
  • Optionally emailed to your contacts
Improvement

Cleaner archive and read-only mode

Archived logs are read-only until you explicitly edit them; closing a log simply finalizes it.

Feature

Shift attendance and worker roster

Record exactly who worked each shift, picked from a managed roster of workers (name and position).

Feature

Record events on the shift log

Log incidents, near-misses, quality deviations and maintenance-triggering events right on the log — with severity and an open→investigating→closed lifecycle.

Feature

Build your own log

A drag-and-drop builder lets you design your log's sections and fields — text, numbers, lists, tables, images — or start from ready-made templates.

  • 12 field types, responsive layout
  • Template gallery from reference logs
Feature

Manage multiple plants

One organization can run several plants — switch between them, with per-plant permissions and per-plant log setup.

June 2026

4
Feature

Export your data

Turn any datapoint into a CSV/Excel report with a point-and-click builder; saved definitions re-run with one click.

Feature

Automatic shift logs

The system opens and closes shift logs automatically from your schedule and timezone — no manual start.

Security

Corrections leave an audit trail

Authorized roles can correct a log, but every change is recorded — nothing can be rewritten silently.

Improvement

Make it yours: logo, color, language

Custom logo, brand color, shift types and timezone per organization; interface language in Hungarian or English.

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