Newsletter 12/05/2025

New Version of PlainStaff

A new version of PlainStaff will be available from May 12, 2025 (6.0.0). The user interface has been revised and now offers a better overview and easier usability. In addition, numerous customer requests have been implemented and minor bugs have been fixed. This newsletter provides an overview of the most important changes.

• There is now a collapsible navigation bar on the left and right edges of the screen. This means that when the navigation bars are collapsed, the entire screen is available for content.
• There is a new "Reports" menu in the top navigation, which summarizes all reports and exports from PlainStaff.
• To make space for this menu, the settings have moved under the user profile on the far right. These are still only accessible to admins.
• In the project file, the chart has moved to the right panel, which significantly increases the space for project bookings.
• All forms have been revised and optimized.
• In the calendar, clicking on a task now opens a dialog with details about the task and the option to create a booking directly.
• There is now a new menu item "Customers" in the settings, with which the customers known in the system can be edited.

• The API keys can now be found in the user profile instead of in the settings. This gives every user access to the public API. Users without special rights can only see their own bookings via the API and only create bookings for themselves. If you want to deactivate your employees' access to the API, you can add "REST API" as a blocked application in the employee profile.
• For projects without tasks, planning data such as start and end date or budget can now also be entered directly in the project dialog.
• The layouts for the positions on invoices, activity reports and other documents are now saved per document type. This gives you the option to set a different configuration for your invoices than, for example, for the activity reports.
• It can now be decided in the employee profile, analogous to the time account, whether a vacation account should be maintained for each employee or not. This switch is activated by default for all old and new employees.

We hope that the improvements in PlainStaff are useful and make your work easier. If you have any questions or suggestions, please send us a few lines to sales@plainstaff.com.

Your PlainStaff Team