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Update – December 2025

All tables have received a makeover and update. As a result, they now work better and more accurately with views.
The menu for managing views has been redesigned.
A view can now be shared. A new user right has been added for this, which can be enabled per user group if required. This right can be found under “Settings” → “Views”.
A column can now be resized to be smaller than the text it contains. There is however, a limit for the minimal size of a column to asure a good working.
In every table, the maximum number of displayed rows can now be set to 10, 25, 50, or 100 rows.
Rows can now be selected across multiple pages in each table, allowing actions such as multi-actions or exporting to Excel.
A new tab has been added to the workorder to display purchase line(s) that are specifically linked to that workorder. This tab is disabled by default and can be enabled via the “Configure input screens” function. This tab is also available in the app.
For a part, a new option is available in the “Warehouse” tab to define a recommended stock level per part–warehouse combination. The recommended stock level is used in purchase advice.
- Example: If the minimum stock is 5 and the current stock is 3, the advice would be to purchase 2 items.
- If the recommended stock is set to 10, the advice becomes to purchase 7 items. This allows you to purchase more than the minimum required stock and reduces how often replenishment is needed before reaching the minimum stock level.
A new field is available in a purchase line: “Adjust purchase price”.
This is a Yes/No field. When set to Yes, the purchase price entered in the purchase line is applied to the part–supplier master data. This makes it easy to register a new purchase price on the part master record.

Update – Weeks 48/49, 2025

All tables have received a makeover and update. They now work better and more accurately with views.
The menu for managing views has been redesigned.
A view can now be shared. A new user right has been added for this, which can be activated per user group if desired. This right can be found under "Settings" → "Views".
A column can now be made smaller than the text inside it. There is now only a minimum limit of 2 characters plus the ascending/descending sort symbol.
Each table now supports displaying 25, 50, or 100 rows.
Rows can now be selected across multiple pages within a table to perform multi-actions or export them to Excel.

Update – November 20, 2025 (2025.11.18.6)

In a part picker, a column displaying the warehouse location(s) can now be enabled. This column is turned off by default.
In the planning board, within the “Planning” view, you can now choose to look ahead 1, 2, 3, or 4 weeks.
Synchronization with your Active Directory via Single Sign-On (SSO) is now active.
From the purchase history, a database part can now be reordered.
In every picker (e.g., object or employee), the cursor now automatically focuses on the search field for easier searching.
From the “Inventory” menu, multiple issues can now be processed from a single issue screen. Click the new “shopping cart” icon in this menu to start multi-issues. You’ll be asked to select the warehouse and part, specify the quantity to issue, and select the destination. A + button allows you to start a new issue immediately. The warehouse and destination from the previous line are carried over automatically.
The French language is now available.
The fields “Lead time” and “Working time” are now available in the checklist, so they can be prefilled and transferred to the workorder(s) created from that checklist.
When using the “Marked as complete” status in a purchase order, remaining purchase quantities are now processed correctly. There is now also an option to cancel the completion (previously, only options to receive or not receive remaining quantities were available). The text in the popup has also been clarified.
The columns “Lead time” and “Working time” are now also available as decimal columns in the workorder overview.
In QR code printing, the “CO” logo is now displayed to make it clearer that the QR code can be scanned with the ControlOffice app.
In the list of purchase lines within a purchase order, a column is now available to display the warehouse location(s). This column can be enabled via the “Configure input screens” function.
Per organization setting, it can now be determined whether the bill of materials should automatically be filled based on part issues and purchases. This setting is enabled by default.
The purchase order status “Ready to order” is now a system status.
A bug in date filters related to time zone differences has been fixed.
A bug related to issuing a part linked to multiple warehouses has been fixed.
A bug related to updating meter readings from the workorder has been fixed.
A bug related to signing and uploading an attachment has been fixed.
An issue in the app where it appeared that only 15 activities were being loaded has been resolved.
A bug in the app where a part issue from a workorder was not saved if a text-based part had been issued has been fixed.

Update – October 7, 2025

Notifications aimed at a workorder or request can now be defined per type. For example, you can choose to receive notifications only for requests of type "Malfunction".
From the purchase history, purchase lines can now be reordered. Note: this is only possible for purchase lines linked to existing parts, not for text-based parts.
Every list (for example workorders or requests) now includes a refresh button, allowing you to update the data without losing your active filter.
A text part that is purchased in a purchase order with a workorder as its destination is now also displayed under the Parts tab in the workorder.
The "Reported completed by" field in the workorder can once again be filled using the multi-action function.
Views based on free fields now work correctly again.

Update 5th of september 2025

A few fixed to follow up yesterdays release.

Saving a view works as it should be again.
The menu "Setup columns -> Workorders" can be saved again.
Printing items in bulk (for example workorders or requests) works again.

Update 4th of september 2025

Follow-up Work Orders

The process of creating follow-up work orders has been significantly improved:

Create and open a follow-up workorder directly from the ‘Activities’ tab.
In the ‘Activities’ tab, see which task led to which follow-up workorder, including its status.
From a follow-up workorder, view the original work order and tasks, with a clickable link back.
The ability to create a follow-up workorder can now be enabled/disabled via user rights.
The icon for creating follow-up work orders now matches the icon used for converting notifications and planning lines into work orders.
A complete workorder (including tasks) can now be converted into a follow-up work order.
In the ‘Detail’ tab of a work order, a field now shows the origin workorder, with a clickable link.
The origin workorder can also be added as a column in the work order list.

Views & Filters

The views functionality (filters, visible/hidden columns, column widths, and order) has been completely rewritten for better stability and integration with tables.
⚠️ Previously saved views that contained invalid settings may no longer be available after this update (they likely already caused issues before).
Invalid views have been automatically removed.

Platform Upgrade

ControlOffice now runs on .NET 8 (previously .NET 6).

Purchasing & Orders

New menu item: “Purchase History” → shows all completed purchase lines.
- In the next update, it will be possible to re-purchase a line directly from this menu.
New status for purchase orders: “Ready to be sent to supplier”.
- Mainly intended for future SCSN integration to determine which purchase orders may be sent automatically.
Brand and Type columns have been added to purchase order lines (can be enabled via System Management → Configure input screens).
The “Remarks” field in purchase orders is now also available as a column in the Purchasing menu.
The “Supplier’s code” column in the Parts menu can be filtered again.
Menu “Recievement of goods” has been renamed in English to “Goods receipt”.

Forms

From a form, you can now click through to linked workorders and requests.
- A new column (code) has been added for this purpose, which can be enabled via Setup input screens → Forms.
A form linked to a request or work order can be marked as an attachment, making it print together with the requestor workorder slip.
Each form group can now have its own custom print layout, configurable via the form group’s “Report” tab.

Data & Structure

The tree structure can now be exported and re-imported, including modifications.
All checklist types (date-based and reading-based) and planning options “Schematic” and “Execution” can now be exported and imported throught the checklijst menu.

UI & Usability

New field type: Checkbox – can be used in any input screen (e.g., work orders or form groups).
The screen refresh button updated to a rotating circle icon.
Each picker (e.g., for selecting objects or parts) now has the search filter active by default, reducing clicks.
The part picker now displays both code and name, e.g., “SP0001 – Bearing 6206”.
Filtering on negative numbers now works more reliably.
Uploading to the Image field type improved:
- Supports drag & drop.
- Images are automatically optimized to a smaller file size → faster page load.
- Images can be dragged directly from another website into the field in ControlOffice.

Bug Fixes

In some scenarios, a work order would not open correctly from a notification — fixed.
Estimated costs in work orders are now stored correctly again — fixed.

Update 1th of July 2025

The derived fields function has received a makeover. Most derived fields have now been added as system fields, making their behavior more stable and reducing the likelihood of errors related to column functionality.
The next step will be the release of an update to improve the filter and view functions as well.
Meters with a large amount of historical data are now handled and processed more efficiently, resolving previous saving issues.
When copying a workorder, the employee performing the copy is no longer added to the work order (as an assigned employee), if this behavior is disabled in the organization settings.
In the purchasing advice, it is once again possible to search and filter by the main supplier.
An issue where deleting a list from an input screen sometimes failed has now been resolved.
The time display under System Management → Working Hours in Planning Board has been improved.
In some cases, the screen was not refreshed after executing a multi-action — this has now been fixed.
When duplicating a workorder, the associated relation is now also copied.
The requirement for filling in a memo field has been improved. In some cases, the validation did not work correctly — this has now been addressed.
Opening a cost booking from a work order did not display the linked relation, even though it had been saved and was visible from the Costbooking menu — this issue has now been resolved.

Update June 12th 2025

Value lists can now be imported via System Management under ‘Value Lists’.
When selecting a warehouse during a part issuance, the warehouse location of that part in the selected warehouse is now displayed.
In the planning board, if a work order has been started for the selected view/week, the lead time is now displayed more clearly. As a result, work orders with a planned date prior to the selected view are now also visible.
A bug that allowed stock corrections to not be made to zero has been resolved.
The display of an annual checklist setting in the detail screen is now shown correctly again.
A notification can now be removed from a work order. The link between the notification and the work order will be removed, while the notification itself will remain.
Meters with a large amount of history are now handled and processed more efficiently, resolving previous saving issues.
The column ‘Reported Ready By’ can now be searched in the filter in the work order overview.
Hour registrations and project links from a work order are now handled more reliably.

We are also actively working on optimizing several parts of the software and database. Among others, the view, filter, and column functions are being thoroughly improved. Additionally, table structures are being updated and ASP.NET Core is being upgraded. These changes will be rolled out in phases over the coming month(s).

Update 13 May 2025

Under 'Objects', parts lists can now also be exported and re-imported.
Various improvements have been made to the parts and objects import functions.
The time difference when automatically creating work orders from checklists has been resolved.
A bug regarding the user-employee relationship has been resolved.

Update April 28, 2025

A problem with forwarding notifications to a work order has been resolved.
Some users had issues with booking hours, which has been fixed.
The control asking whether you wanted to save changes after leaving a screen without closing it was too strict, this has been corrected.

Update April 23, 2025

The menu at the top right (when clicking on your user) has been updated; the knowledge base is now included as a link.
In the employee picker, you can now choose to display a column with "first name + last name" or a column with "last name + first name." Both can also be shown.
A bug where the part code wasn't displayed correctly when creating a purchase line has been resolved.

Update April 22, 2025

Passwords now expire every 365 days by default instead of every 90 days.
Files can now be uploaded in bulk via 'File Management' and linked to, for example, work orders and objects via an Excel import.
The 'Supplier' column in the parts overview now displays the name of the default supplier linked to the part.
Form groups can now be linked to a checklist; each new work order created from the checklist will automatically have a new form attached.
The part release from 'Issue' or 'Stock' has been updated, requiring fewer clicks to make a release.
Adding a purchase line to a purchase order has been split; there is now a separate + button to add a text part and a database part.
Employees not in your cluster are now hidden by default.
Rules can now be exported to Excel from the 'Purchase Advice' menu.
The 'Form type' column is now searchable as a filter.
The translation (English and German) in the 'Organization' menu has been improved.
Images can now be printed in an object print.
Emails with notifications regarding imports have been improved and clarified.
The total hours booked for an employee on a given day are now correctly displayed in hour bookings.
A bug with deleting fields from a form has been fixed.
The 'Date' column is again filterable in the 'Hour bookings' menu.
A bug in the multi-action button to add employees to a work order has been resolved.
A spelling error in notifications related to 'email' has been fixed.

Update March 5, 2025

It is now possible to print a QR code for a meter. You can select the meter(s) and then click the corresponding QR code icon in the toolbar, or open the meter and click the QR code icon there. The label formatting can be adjusted via the organization settings.
The display issue for an attachment name has been fixed.
A bug related to password recovery has been resolved.

Update March 2, 2025

Import modules have been adjusted to reduce the likelihood of errors. Improved error messages have also been added.
A new function under 'System Management' and 'Design' called 'Configure Pickers' has been added.
Through this function, pickers used to add an object or relation to a work order can be adjusted so the necessary columns for making a good selection are available.
Column names in 'Configure Forms' that determine whether a column is visible in the app or not have been renamed to avoid confusion.
Bulk document uploads have been improved, and up to 2 GB of data can now be uploaded at once.
To solve an error related to column searching, special characters are no longer allowed in the field name. However, labels displayed to users can still contain special characters.
An issue with entering information into a memo block in the app has been resolved.
A bug causing a work order opened from a project not to show the complete work order has been fixed.
A bug with checklists set to 'Every weekday' has been resolved.
A bug in the relation importer has been fixed.
A bug related to a user's default user group has been fixed.
Mandatory fields are now more strictly enforced.
The buttons to expand or collapse the full tree structure are working again.

Update January 18, 2025

Each detail screen now has a 'Refresh' button in the top-right corner. This can be used, for example, to refresh a work order with new data.
The plan board now shows the description of the work order.
The import module for parts has been renewed. There is now one module to import both parts, part warehouses, and part suppliers.
There is now a better and more polished handling of navigating to items where you don't have permissions.
Checklists that need to be automatically processed are now always processed, even if the previous work order is not yet completed.
A bug with weekly checklists on Saturdays has been fixed.
A new menu option has been added under system management to set up possible notification channels.
Sorting by columns has been improved in various places, including on the main supplier in purchase advice.
Several new columns have been added.
A meter reading can now be entered with up to two decimal places.
In the PWA app, the styling of a notification and work order has been adjusted.
Column titles in the PWA app now match the names in ControlOffice.
The PWA app no longer displays HTML formatting in the work performed.
For objects, parts, and forms, all free fields are now available as columns to be added via the 'Configure Columns' function.
A potential error when importing objects has been fixed.

Update 6 December 2024

Data imports (e.g., objects and parts) now happen in the background. Once the import is initiated by the user, it is processed in the background. Notifications are provided to choose to receive an email when the import starts and another email once the import is completed (either successful or unsuccessful). In case there are errors in the import, this will be mentioned in the email.
In the ‘Parts’ menu, both parts, warehouses, and suppliers can now be imported from a single import. This will eventually replace the three separate import modules to simplify the process.
In a purchase line, if the destination is ‘Stock’ and the part is linked to one warehouse, that warehouse is automatically filled in.
Meter readings exported to Excel now correctly handle decimal places.
A new column has been added in the work order overview, which contains information about the latest chat message, including the date/time, employee, and chat content.
The image upload function has been thoroughly reviewed, ensuring that uploading images now works under all circumstances.
Various bugs have been fixed.

Update 15 November 2024

File management has been improved. Data loads faster, icons are displayed for each file, and changes between ControlOffice and the hard disk are processed better.
A new user permission for notifications, work orders, and hour bookings called ‘Open All’ has been added. Without this permission, the user can only see their own items, such as their own notifications.
The plan board now shows a clearer separation between employees and objects in various views.
The plan board now has fixed widths for items to be displayed more clearly.
Filtering by cluster is now available in the plan board.
Week numbers are now shown in the plan board.
In the ‘Planning’ view of the plan board, it is now possible to display outside of a full month, with a date selection button available.
The extended search filter now allows date fields to be set to fixed search periods such as ‘today’, ‘yesterday’, ‘next week’, or ‘previous month’. Use the commands below to set this in the ‘Value’ field. Place the text between square brackets.
[gisteren] (or yesterday, gestern)
[vandaag] (or today, heute)
[morgen] (or tomorrow, morgen)
[vorige_week] (or last_week, letze_woche)
[deze_week] (or this_week, diese_woche)
[volgende_week] (or next_week, naechste_woche)
[vorige_maand] (or last_month, letzten_monat)
[deze_maand] (or this_month, diesen_monat)
[volgende_maand] (or next_month, naechsten_monat)
From the purchase advice, it is now possible to click on a line to decide whether the purchase line should be added to a new or existing purchase order.
Imports now display a clearer loading screen.
When creating a user, you will now be asked upon saving whether the user should also be a staff member. If yes, a staff member will be automatically created.
Checklists with the ‘Execution’ schedule can now be exported and imported.
Tasks in checklists can now be exported and imported.
The schedule (object-checklist) in checklists can now be exported and imported.
Each background task (e.g., automatically sending checklists) now requires a user/staff member.
The user/staff member linked to this process is also the one assigned as the requester of the task (e.g., the requester of the work order).
An export can now be made from the ‘Stock’ menu, allowing inventory adjustments and re-importing.
The minimum stock, warehouse, and location can also be changed here.
Columns have been added in various places.
Various bugs have been fixed.

Update 19 August 2024

In the purchase advice, clicking on a line now lets you choose to order from a different supplier than the primary supplier.
Under ‘System Management’ and ‘Warehouses’, there is now an option to merge warehouses. You can choose an ‘Origin Warehouse’ and a ‘Destination Warehouse’.
All parts linked to the ‘Origin Warehouse’ are then linked to the destination warehouse, retaining their stock and minimum stock.
Columns have been added in various places.
Login time has been sped up.
Notifications can now include attachments (work order, notification, or purchase order).
The ‘Warning Period’ field in notifications is now hidden, only appearing when the selected notification type can contain a deadline.
A button has been added to the work order overview to quickly assign staff to multiple work orders.
Various permissions have been renamed for better functionality.
Several click-through options have been added.
The default prints in notifications, work orders, and purchase orders now include the number.
The bug preventing photo uploads has been fixed, along with the bug where the day/hour/minute fields couldn’t be filled in, and a bug related to displaying the correct inventory in ‘Parts’.
Changes have been made to improve the width and order of columns saved in views.

Update 21 July 2024

The API has received new endpoints for improved app performance.
In the purchase advice, a column now shows from which work orders the ‘Planned’ is taken and in which purchase orders the quantity is calculated under ‘Ordered’.
The functionality of views has been improved, and column order and settings are better remembered.
The minimum order quantity from a part is now considered in a purchase line.
In the purchase advice, clicking on a line now allows a choice to deviate from the default supplier when converting the advice to a purchase line.

Update 13 July 2024

There are now 31 different notifications available to keep you informed via email about actions in ControlOffice, such as when a work order or notification is marked as completed or when a planning item enters the plan zone or exceeds the planned date. These can now be set up under ‘System Management’ and ‘Notification Settings’.
Background processes can now be set up to automatically perform actions, such as automatically creating work orders from preventive planning. These can be configured under ‘System Management’ and ‘Background Processes’.
The API has been updated and improved.
Columns have been added in various places, including the warehouse location in the goods receipt overview.
A better error message is displayed when uploading a file larger than 30MB.
Service accounts can now be created under ‘Users’.
The admin can now overwrite user passwords.
A problem where a staff member sometimes appeared twice on a work order has been resolved.
The date is now displayed correctly when printing via the ‘screen print’ icon.

Update 30 May 2024

The filter at the top right of each search now only activates after pressing the ‘enter’ key.
All icons have been updated for better distinction between the ‘Create Work Order’ and ‘Create and Open Work Order’ buttons. Barcode icons for label printing have also been replaced with QR code icons.
A bug that occurred when editing hour bookings has been fixed.
Creating a user group now works as expected.
A search filter has been added to the bill of materials.
The buttons in the plan board have been adjusted to open views.
The plan board now has an option to create work orders directly.
Various preparations have been made for the rollout of the Alerter function in July.