AceProject 4.7 is packed with new features, and important improvements to make AceProject an even more usable project management tool.
  • New Project Portfolio – AceProject has a new Portfolio tab, which shows all assigned projects together. Gantt charts, Calendars, and reports can now be produced regardless of project, without requiring access to the Admin tab. The “Administration-Limited Mode” access right was renamed to Portfolio.
  • User Workload report improvements – The User Workload report now highlights over-allocated days when time assigned exceeds what is configured as a typical workday for the user. A default value for the typical workday can be entered at the account level, and adjusted on a user-by-user basis.
  • Custom SMTP Server – Administrators can now configure their own email server to send email notifications. This will help fix email notification delivery issues for many users.
  • Mandatory Task dependencies – Dependencies can now be mandatory or not, allowing a task to be started while its predecessor is not completed.
    • This adds flexibility, especially when unplanned changes occur in a project. AceProject now also proposes start and end dates for a task when creating a dependency.
  • Time sheets are now easier to use and track.
    • Users can now enter time in hh:mm format in their time sheets. The time entered will be converted to decimal format when the time sheet is saved.
    • Weeks can now be created automatically.
    • Date stamps are now kept for the creation date, last update, and approval date for the work item and time sheet.
  • Creating a project from a template is now easier:
    • It’s now possible to reset task statuses when copying an active project, speeding up the project creation process even more.
    • Discussion forums can now be copied over to the new project.
    • It is no longer necessary to have the Project Manager access right on a template to copy it.
  • Changes to AceProject’s look:
    • All icons have been redesigned, for a cleaner, more uniform look throughout the application.
    • We also created a new Mac-style skin.
  • Other Changes
    • Estimated hours for a task can now be divided equally amongst all assigned users. This change affects all existing tasks in the account. The division can be disabled on a task-by-task basis.
    • User preferences have been modified to let Administrators prevent a user from changing his or her email preferences.
    • The Task History terminology has been improved to make it easier to read and understand.
    • International characters are now supported natively in all AceProject packages.
    • Actions such as locking and unlocking documents are now available in the Document Search page.
    • Email notifications can now be disabled when making bulk changes via the Quick Action drop-downs in task lists.
    • Projects, clients, users and the account page now display a date stamp for the last update.
    • Company Name and Company Login Name have been renamed to Account Name and Account ID.
    • It’s now possible to search the client list.
    • Project access rights have been modified: Edit Task Level access rights D3 and D4 have been removed. As a result, the old D3 is now D1 and the old D4 is now D2.