Release Notes - 2021

December 2021

Version 4.12

• Donut Chart in Dashboards
  
  
  
• Drag-and-drop sizing and placement of Dashboard Tiles 
  
  
  
  
• Fit to Width sizing option in PDF Reports
  
  
  
• No template account mapping for Intacct (beta) Integration
  

 

November 2021

Version 4.11

• In-Line Notes in Reporting

• Stacked Bar Chart in Dashboards
  

October 2021

Version 4.10

• Hide the graph and/or pick different periodic display options in the Executive Summary report

• Additional options for variance % display in reports

• Surface and change assumptions in a plan module

• Rename report at the time of publishing

• Set the number of hours that should be used for calculation regarding hourly employees

 

September 2021

Version 4.9

• Line Graph Tile in Dashboards
  
• Landscape or Portrait presentation in PDF report exports 
  
• Clone reports to other templates 
  
• Single select Custom Tables 
  

August 2021

Version 4.8

• Select reports for download in PDF reports 
  
• Additional font sizes in Text Page reports
  
• Redesign of Plan Management
  

July 2021

Version 4.7

• Resize column tile height & width in dashboards
• Page alignment options in PDF reports 
  
• Enhancements to the Periodic Growth Standard Driver 
  
• Choose to pro-rate system calculated salaries for staff who have a mid-month start or end date - to enable this option, go to Setup ⚙️> Company and select Yes for Prorate Salaries in the Staffing section
  
• Enhancements to GoogleSheet integration for Custom Tables
  • Choose which Custom Lines should allow actuals imports 
    • To adjust which Custom Lines should allow actuals imports, go to Setup ⚙️> Custom Tables and adjust the Allow Import selection
      
    • Lines that have not had actuals imported to them prior to this release (4.7) automatically default to No
  • Export newly added Custom Lines to the import template after the initial GoogleSheet connection was made
    • To export new lines to the import template, go to Setup ⚙️> Custom Tables and select the Export New Lines to G Sheet button - the number of applicable new lines will be shown numerically within the button
      

June 2021

Version 4.6

• Automatic resizing of Dashboard Tiles to eliminate unused white space
  

May 2021

Version 4.5

Enhancements to Standard Drivers:

• New: Bulk Edit, Clone & Delete

• Enhanced: Growth on Historicals

  • Specify the Start Date to apply a Periodic % or # Increase

  • Additional options for Base to Grow

• Enhanced: Annual Target & Fixed Spread

  • Input Explicit Spend overrides to a line in a linked Custom Table 

April 2021

Version 4.4

• Enhancements to Standard Drivers:
  • New: Standard Drivers are now available for Custom Lines in Custom Tables 
  • New: Amount per Headcount
  • New: % of Another Account
  • Enhanced: Growth on Historicals
    • Apply a historical growth rate the prior year and allocate across the months either evenly or based on prior year seasonality 
    • Option to periodically increase the forecast by x% or $x every y months.This increase can then be applied to the previous month, last year same month or a historical average amount (3 month, 6 month, 12 month trailing average).
  • Enhanced: Annual Target & Fixed Spread 
    • Explicit spend can be applied to specific months - overriding the initial calculated monthly amounts. 
• Other Updates
  • Support of formula bar content for constant values. 
    
  • Standard Drivers can now also be added from the Drivers page.
  • Revamped ⚙️Setup > Actuals page . 

End of March 2021

Version 4.3

This release is focused on Driver Enhancements.  Key features added:

• Standard Drivers
  • New Driver types added for Annual Target, Fixed Spread and Growth on Historicals
  • Legacy Drivers are now referred to as Custom Drivers 

• Bulk Drivers
  • Create multiple drivers in one action
  • "This Account" & "This Department" driver references that automatically update to apply to the account & department where the driver is being added to 
    
    
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• Formula Bar
  
  • Drivers now appear in a fixed bar at the top of the screen in an easy to read format
    
• Various User Interface enhancements
• What's New in Jirav: March 2021 Blog Post

Beginning of March 2021

Version 4.2

Key Features Added:

• Department Picker in Plans
  Position of dropdown moved and labeling added 
  
• Row Highlighting
  Newly added or edited drivers & sub-items in plans highlight upon save
  
• Default view of Plan
  First month of plan is visible by default when viewing a planning a table 
  
• Plan Management Enhancements 
  View important plan dates: Created on, Settings last updated on, Content last changed on, Archived on, Made PoR on
  
• Raise Enhancements
  Raises can now be entered as an Annual $ amount (in addition to a % of salary or Monthly $ amount)
  
• New System KPIs
  COGS Per Employee, Net Income per Employee, COGS as % of Revenue, % COGS by Department, OpEx as % of Total Expense, COGS as % of total Expense
  
  

January 2021

• Collaborative Planning Enhancements
• Task Management
• Setup Menu Flyout 
  

October 2020

October 2020 Product Update 

• Collaborative Planning 
  Collaborate with multiple contributors to create your financial plan by sharing customized plan views by user 
• Assumptions
  Define global key assumptions to drive your plan 
• Income Statement by Department
  New Report Type with Departments in the report columns 
• Report Variance Enhancements
  Configure variance calculation based on Source plan or Compared To plan
• Raises in Staffing
  Plan for raises by employee in the Staffing table
• Driver Based Hire Enhancements
  Plan for driver based hires directly from the Staffing table 
• Table Level Comments
  Add comments to specific tables within a Plan
• New Accounting Integrations
  QuickBooks Desktop & Sage Intacct