# Atollon Innovations (week 52) ### New Features #### Tasks - **Create tasks faster:** “Add task” is now **“New task”**, with a **Quick task** option for rapid entry. - **Unified add/edit dialog:** A clearer task creation and editing flow in one place, helping users capture work immediately. - **Better categorization:** Improved **Status** and **Work Type** options make task lists easier to organize and prioritize. [![new-task.png](https://help.atollon.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/scaled-1680-/0kPLigLacAKuA4nX-new-task.png)](https://help.atollon.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/0kPLigLacAKuA4nX-new-task.png) #### Billing / Service Reporting - **Barcode scanning for material entry:** Add items by scanning a barcode/QR code, reducing manual typing and helping prevent errors. [![barcode-scan.png](https://help.atollon.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/scaled-1680-/2jdxWQrS1EQcERCt-barcode-scan.png)](https://help.atollon.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/2jdxWQrS1EQcERCt-barcode-scan.png) #### Products & Inventory - **Component Categories support:** Products and items can include component category information, improving classification of complex products and assemblies. - **Better handling of shared product references:** Improved support for scenarios where the same product reference is shared across multiple manufacturers/distributors. #### Folders & Data Capture - **New folder creation forms:** Additional “create folder” flows (e.g., company/person/user/simple) support faster and more consistent data entry. ### Enhancements #### Calendar - **Smoother on tablets and phones:** Calendar and event details adapt better to your device, improving usability on iPad and other tablets. - **Expanded translations:** Calendar labels (months, weekdays, key details) improved across supported languages. #### Communication - **Easier replies:** Refined messaging navigation and reply flows, including Reply / Reply All where available. - **Faster searching:** Improved message list searching (including sender search) to find communication history more quickly. - **More consistent layout:** Message lists and conversation views behave better on smaller screens. #### Invoicing & Billing - **More complete invoices from items:** Invoice generation fills key header fields more reliably (e.g., payment details, due date, provider address selection), reducing manual corrections. - **Better accounting alignment:** Taxation date can follow the activity’s final date, improving accuracy when invoicing completed work. - **Improved account selection:** Invoice-from-items uses the most relevant account information when available, supporting cleaner finance workflows. #### Projects & Filtering - **More precise project searching:** Advanced project lists can filter by additional form fields, helping users find projects using business-specific attributes. - **More relevant context selection:** Improvements to folder/project filtering make it easier to locate the correct context in activity-driven workflows. #### Time Sheets & Reporting - **Richer time reporting:** Time sheet reporting includes additional context and status details for clearer analysis and management reporting. - **Better invoice-linked time handling:** Improved consistency when time sheets are associated with invoices. #### Finder - **More stable navigation:** Better handling of selected items and parent information keeps navigation consistent when switching records. - **Improved scrolling and responsiveness:** Finder behavior was tuned for daily work, especially on tablets. #### Contacts - **More reliable pickers:** Contact and user dropdowns handle empty/partial data more gracefully, improving selection and filtering. #### Access & Security (User-facing) - **Session visibility:** Users can view their own active sessions, supporting transparency and basic account safety checks. ### Bug Fixes #### Invoicing & Financial Accuracy - Fixed rounding and total calculation issues when creating invoices from items (including VAT totals) for more reliable financial outputs. - Fixed cases where key invoice fields could be missing or inconsistent in invoice-from-items flows. #### Communication - Fixed selection issues that could cause the wrong conversation/item to appear in some cases. #### Finder - Fixed edge cases where navigation state could become inconsistent after changing items or moving through hierarchy. #### Contacts - Fixed edge-case validation issues in company–person relationships that could impact “primary contact” behavior. - Improved reliability of mass-mail sending after database upgrades. #### Projects & Activities - Fixed saving/display of master project name in certain create/update flows. - Fixed template-based pricing defaults in folder/project creation, reducing incorrect initial values. - Fixed an issue that could block activity deletion in specific team-assignment scenarios. #### Login & Forms - Improved login stability in white-label scenarios, reducing the chance of duplicate login processing. - Fixed issues with empty values in dropdowns that could lead to incorrect selections or confusing behavior. ## Lagoon Desktop App — Release Notes **Latest Updates (2025)** ### New Features #### Billing & Invoicing - **Barcode column on billing items** Billing item lists can now display a **Barcode** column, making it easier to identify items and align billing with warehouse or service data. - **Create invoice from service activity** You can now generate invoices at the activity level, simplifying the path from work performed to billing. - **Ship-to address on all invoice documents** All invoice types now support a dedicated **Ship To** address, incl. Estimates and Orders. #### Estimates, Orders & Invoices - **Additional header text fields** Estimates, orders, and invoices now support **optional custom text fields in the header**, allowing clearer communication of notes, terms, or special conditions. #### Products - **Component categories for products** Products can now include **component categories**, helping structure complex products and improving clarity when working with related or nested items. ### Enhancements #### Pricing & Financial Accuracy - **Improved unit price calculations** Fixed rounding and formatting issues to ensure **accurate pricing**, even for values with thousands separators or complex decimal logic. - **Exchange rate change confirmation** Users are now clearly prompted to confirm when an **exchange rate change** affects a deal, reducing unintended pricing changes. #### Projects & Structure - **Improved master–slave project creation** Creating projects from master templates is now more reliable, with clearer handling of master vs. simple project creation and correct linkage. - **Master project visibility** Project lists can now display the **Master Project** reference, making relationships between projects easier to understand. #### Forms & Layout - **More flexible form layouts** Designers can now remove padding in selected form layouts, allowing more compact and visually controlled forms. - **Improved captions and labels** Form captions are clearer and more consistent, improving readability across complex forms. #### Communication & Signatures - **Enhanced signature settings** Email and document signatures now support additional configuration options, including secondary titles. - **Corrected reply behavior** Fixed an issue where sender and recipient fields could be swapped when replying to messages. #### Localization & Platform Support - **Updated Czech translations** Improved Czech localization for better clarity and consistency. - **Updated timestamp service** Improved reliability of timestamping services, including better support for macOS. ### Bug Fixes - Fixed sorting and searching issues in **context documents**. - Resolved missing or incorrect captions in form controls. - Fixed pricing calculation inconsistencies on product and item detail screens. - Improved stability and correctness when converting emails into projects. - General fixes and refinements for smoother daily use of the desktop application.