ManicTime Server Changelog

What's new in ManicTime Server 2024.1.0

Apr 17, 2024
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.4 (Dec 20, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Work free days dates reported an error for some
  • Bug fix: Setup on Docker didn't save ManicTimeServerSettings.json configuration file in correct folder

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.2 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • Bug fix: "Tag time" checking Select all now correctly selects filtered items when filter is applied.

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.1 (Oct 27, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Timesheet export didn't work when team or user was selected
  • Bug fix: Timelines view didn't show screenshots of other users for team content editor
  • Bug fix: Google calendar showed incorrect times

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.0.1 (Oct 19, 2023)

  • Timesheet - columns Timeline and Group were added to Usage report
  • Timesheet - when rounding, you can now also show unrounded values next to rounded
  • Day view - ManicTime now tracks active desktop, which is then displayed on Computer usage timeline
  • Advanced search - Screenshots are now shown when you hover over results in Advanced search
  • Tag editor / Advanced search - When editing multiple tags, if you just edit tag and leave notes empty, notes will be preserved
  • When taking screenshots and ManicTime can't find the window, full screen screenshot is taken. Now if you have screenshot filtering enabled, it will never take full screen screenshot.
  • Statistics - export chart screenshot was not working correctly on bigger than 100% Windows scaling

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.0.1 Beta (Oct 12, 2023)

  • Autotags - similar to autotags on Windows client timeline
  • Jira plugin - tag time with tasks from Jira, then send work time back to Jira
  • Custom web timeline - show custom data from web service on its own timeline
  • Search - Search is now searching all timelines by default
  • Administration, Client settings, Tracking, "Tracking filters" can now be selected from a popup
  • Day view - Tag timeline now also has flat summary in addition to hierarchical summary
  • Timesheet - when rounding, you can now also show unrounded values next to rounded
  • Administration, Allowed tags - Web source input is now on by default and you can use it when allowed tags are set to Manual entry. Any time Web source updates, it will overwrite any manual changes.
  • Personal dashboard - Work history chart now shows week and month icons, indicating if expected work time was met on weekly or monthly basis
  • Tag time - in "Select only untagged time" mode, checkboxes are not shown for activities which occurred during tagged time
  • Archived users are now shown in reports only if there is any data for these users during selected time period
  • Tag time - recent tags showed same tags with different casing. Now only one is shown
  • Administration, Client settings, Tracking - added "Treat microphone as Active" setting

New in ManicTime Server 2023.3.0.0 (Oct 12, 2023)

  • Timesheet - columns Timeline and Group were added to Usage report
  • Timesheet - when rounding, you can now also show unrounded values next to rounded
  • Day view - ManicTime now tracks active desktop, which is then displayed on Computer usage timeline
  • Advanced search - Screenshots are now shown when you hover over results in Advanced search
  • Tag editor / Advanced search - When editing multiple tags, if you just edit tag and leave notes empty, notes will be preserved
  • When taking screenshots and ManicTime can't find the window, full screen screenshot is taken. Now if you have screenshot filtering enabled, it will never take full screen screenshot.
  • Statistics - export chart screenshot was not working correctly on bigger than 100% Windows scaling

New in ManicTime Server 2023.2.5.0 (Sep 11, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Timesheet worked incorrectly if tags started on one day and ended on a different day

New in ManicTime Server 2023.2.4.0 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Untagged time and work history links on My work time screen didn't work
  • Bug fix: Wrong dates on timesheet for some time zones
  • Bug fix: Wrong date format on scheduled timesheet emails
  • Bug fix: Check user on deployment file for local users
  • Other bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 2023.2.1.0 (Jun 29, 2023)

  • Japanese translations updated

New in ManicTime Server 2023.2.0.1 Beta (Jun 14, 2023)

  • Autotags can now be applied to any timeline
  • Start/end fields are now visible on Add tag window even if time was selected before tagging
  • File explorer plugin
  • When screenshots are not being saved for whatever reason, there is a notification at the status bar below

New in ManicTime Server 2023.1.1.0 (Apr 19, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Export on search page did not work
  • Bug fix: Timesheet did not work when Day column was used and Time shift was set
  • Bug fix: When hovering over details data on Day view, tooltip could show incorrect screenshot

New in ManicTime Server 2023.1.0.1 Beta (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Annual leave
  • Screenshot viewer in new window
  • Tag editor - edit tags for single user
  • Export with details - Start / end, Overtime, Attendance and leave and Active time reports can now be exported with details, which will export data on the page as well as data for each user by days
  • Applications and websites can be filtered
  • Added export for Connected devices in Administration
  • Devices on Tag time now have screenshot icon next to name if device has screenshots
  • In Client settings, it si now possible to also override theme of ManicTime clients
  • Each user can rename her/his own devices in Administration, Connected devices
  • Merge local tag timeline with server timeline - in very rare cases where old clients still have local Tag timeline, you can now merge tag data to server tag timeline in Administration, Connected devices, Merge.

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.8.0 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Approved leaves could not be deleted

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.7.0 (Jan 6, 2023)

  • Bug fix: Shared reports required user to login.

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.6.0 (Jan 5, 2023)

  • Bug fix: In setup, Trial license could not be chosen
  • Bug fix: Excessive logging removed

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.5.0 (Dec 9, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Fixed one more upgrade bug from older versions

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.4.0 (Dec 2, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Fixed upgrade bug from older versions

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.3.0 (Nov 24, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: Settings, Worktime was showing "loading" forever in some cases
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.2.0 (Nov 15, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: Loading Timesheet didn't load columns correctly
  • Bug fix: Query string was cleared with every reload
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.1.0 Beta (Oct 27, 2022)

  • Setup bug fixes
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.2.0.1 Beta (Oct 24, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Leave approvals - new leaves can be approved or declined.
  • Timesheet email report
  • Tag as another user
  • Setup wizard - web based wizard which can be used on Windows or Linux
  • Search page improvements - Show only untagged, Tag selected as
  • Work free days can automatically updates based on country
  • Administration, Client settings now includes an option to prevent users from deleting data and screenshots ("User can delete tracked data and screenshots")
  • Administration, General, set Server time zone

New in ManicTime Server 5.1.4.0 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Export invoice to .pdf did not work on Windows if server was running as a service.

New in ManicTime Server 5.1.3.0 (Aug 27, 2022)

  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.1.2.2 (Jul 26, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: When updating databases from previous verison, update failed in some cases
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.1.1.0 (Jun 28, 2022)

  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.0.4 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Support for PostgreSql v9.2
  • Bug fix: When installing ManicTime Server on Windows with MS SQL as database, setup added additional "=" to connection string

New in ManicTime Server 5.0.3 (Apr 8, 2022)

  • Changes:
  • Faster migration from v4.x
  • Bug fix: Administration, Deployment file with specific user didn't work.

New in ManicTime Server 5.0.2 (Mar 30, 2022)

  • Bug fix: Shared reports didn't work

New in ManicTime Server 5.0.1 (Mar 25, 2022)

  • Screenshots in tooltip are no longer distorted
  • Personal, Leave shows work free days and weekends
  • Personal, Tag time view speed optimizations
  • Tag summary view - indentation fix and Total column added
  • Personal, My work time, Worktime history chart now shows leave days
  • Bug fix: Search did not work on Firefox
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 5.0.0 (Mar 19, 2022)

  • Leave time
  • Search
  • Dark theme
  • Tag summary view
  • Tag view improvements
  • ARM Linux version - you can now run ManicTime Server on ARM device Download ARM version
  • Email translations - emails which are coming from ManicTime server are now translated to the selected language
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.4.0 (Dec 7, 2021)

  • Translations
  • Connections to other services (Zoom, Office 365, Google Calendar)
  • Admin can change email of users
  • On Administration - General you can now choose CSV delimiter (",", ";") for .csv export
  • Start/End report - added Away column
  • Administration - License now shows also the number of licenses
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.6 (Sep 22, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Screenshots in screenshot viewer were not ordered by time
  • Bug fix: Shared reports date was reset on refresh
  • UI bug fix: Edit tags on cloud did not use the whole width of the page

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.5 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Bug fix: web page did not open on Safari
  • Optimized loading of tag combinations from a file

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.4 (Sep 9, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Attendance details view did not correctly sort the date column

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.3 (Aug 25, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Date range selection did not work

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.2 (Aug 13, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Regular users were not allowed to open Timesheet

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.2 (Aug 13, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Regular users were not allowed to open Timesheet

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.1 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • Bug fix:
  • Installer did not work if the ManicTime Server databases where already created

New in ManicTime Server 4.3.0 (Aug 6, 2021)

  • Invoices
  • Client settings by client
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.8 (Jul 26, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Shared reports were not working properly after an upgrade in some cases

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.7 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Shared reports didn't open
  • Translations updated

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.6 (Jun 19, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Timesheet UI bug fixes
  • Bug fix: Timesheet error when saving timesheet with specific user selected
  • Bug fix: Screenshot viewer poped up if you pressed 's' in notes field
  • Bug fix: Click on Untagged time on My worktime page did not navigate to correct date

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.5 (May 13, 2021)

  • Bug fix: Password reset email in login page for ManicTime users was not sent.
  • Bug fix: Team picker, added horizontal scroller for long team names
  • Bug fix: This, previous week range picker uses First day of week setting
  • Bug fix: Screenshot viewer, shortcut key 's' opened viewer multiple times.
  • Bug fix: Screenshot viewer, 'Download' button translation.

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.4 (Apr 23, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: ManicTime users stayed on login page after successful authentication if there was no return url. Now they are redirected to the root after login
  • Bug fix: Email for reset password was not working for ManicTime users

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.3 (Mar 18, 2021)

  • Translations can be changed in Administration, General
  • Bug fix: Administration, Worktime, Custom worktime, selection box for users could show empty rows if user did not have first and last name

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.2 (Feb 11, 2021)

  • Timelines, added Total for all Summary groups below the timeline
  • Bug fix: tag picker showed . for capped "Allowed tags"
  • Bug fix: export on Productivity page did not work
  • Bug fix: attendance, usage and some other links to details did not work correctly in v4.2.1

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.1 (Feb 3, 2021)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: Timesheet, dates could be offset by one day in some time zones

New in ManicTime Server 4.2.0.3 (Feb 2, 2021)

  • Screenshot viewer
  • Capped server tags
  • Translations - we added support for translations. Currently there is only English, but if you want to translate it to your language, please let us know.
  • Content editor role can now make changes to server tags
  • Bug fix: Administration, Worktime, Custom worktime settings did not work
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.1.2.0 (Nov 16, 2020)

  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.1.1.0 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • Day view, tag timeline export is now the same as on the client
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.1.0.0 (Oct 2, 2020)

  • Managing ManicTime clients from ManicTime Server
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.0.3.0 (Sep 18, 2020)

  • Bug fix: "No permissions" permission did not work correctly
  • Tag time view, check all now works over filtered data
  • Bug fix: Translations did not work, if ManicTimeServer was started from a non-home directory
  • Bug fix: Tag time view, retains the same view if date is changed
  • Bug fix: Export did not work on Daily status
  • On Tag view, timeline details loads on scroll
  • Bug fix: Add tag, tags which start with colon (:), are now escaped
  • Bug fix: Shared report links were not correct on cloud

New in ManicTime Server 4.0.2.0 (Jun 12, 2020)

  • If some required libs are missing on Linux, it now shows help text
  • Start/End report now incudes Active time column
  • Bug fix: Total hours page did not work
  • Bug fix: Deployment file didn't include username

New in ManicTime Server 4.0.1.0 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • Beta release to Production release
  • Bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 4.0.0.2 Beta (May 18, 2020)

  • New user interface
  • Performance improvements
  • Better tagging user interface

New in ManicTime Server 3.8.1.0 (Jun 17, 2019)

  • Bug fix: Device or system name can contain characters, which http headers don't support. All ManicTime-Env headers are now decoded.

New in ManicTime Server 3.8.0.0 (Jun 12, 2019)

  • ManicTimeServer on Windows now uses .Net Core: ManicTimeServer for Linux and Mac used .Net core from the first version, but on Windows it still worked on .Net Framework. From this release on, ManicTime Server will work on .Net core on all platforms.
  • Bug fix: work free days changes were not used until server was restarted
  • Bug fix: "Beat best" and "Beat avg." on Personal dashboard did not work correctly when "Worktime > Active time" was based on Tags
  • Bug fix: details export included icon
  • Other bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 3.7.5.2 (Aug 20, 2018)

  • Bug fix: Required worktime on Personal dashboard did not work correctly when Tag usage was used
  • Bug fix: Export on Apps, Web sites and Docs did not work
  • Bug fix: Logging fixes

New in ManicTime Server 3.7.4.0 (Jun 8, 2018)

  • Bug fix: Administration, Connected devices didn't show any data when more than 100 users are on the server (new bug in v3.7 because of server screenshots)
  • Bug fix: Administration, Create deployment file showed an error with empty license

New in ManicTime Server 3.7.2.0 Beta (May 9, 2018)

  • Updated to .Net core 2.1 RC1
  • Bug fix: Settings -> Worktime displayed an error on save, if Server tags were undefined
  • Bug fix: Shared reports, chart did not display correct data when Time shift was used

New in ManicTime Server 3.7.1.2 Beta (Apr 26, 2018)

  • Updated to .Net core 2.1 Preview 2
  • Check all checkbox on timeline details view
  • Bug fix: Server logging fixes (Windows specific log messages showed up in Linux/Mac logs, correct OS version log entry at start...)
  • Bug fix: Copy to clipboard stopped working on newer browsers
  • Bug fix: Mail settings on Linux/Mac didn't work
  • Bug fix: Screenshots settings returned and error with Linux/Mac paths

New in ManicTime Server 3.7.0.5 Beta (Mar 26, 2018)

  • Linux and Mac version
  • Screenshots (requires ManicTime v4.1 or later)
  • Productivity timeline

New in ManicTime Server 3.6.6.0 (Aug 16, 2017)

  • Bug fix: SQLite date problems with Arabic settings
  • Bug fix: Other MS Sql related bug fixes

New in ManicTime Server 3.6.4.0 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Bug fix: When using Windows authentication with https on some systems with specific Windows patches installed, ManicTime Server didn't work correctly
  • Bug fix: When using SQLite for database, sometimes ManicTime Server locked up when viewing Applications Details view

New in ManicTime Server 3.6.3.0 (Jun 7, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Up to this version, Https was required in the wizard, if you chose to use ManicTime Server users. If you did not have a certificate, wizard generated a self-signed certificate. A bunch of users had a problem using it, so we removed the self-signed option. You can now use the server without SSL, but please know that this is not a secure option and you should buy a certificate especially if you are going to use ManicTime Server over the Internet.
  • Bug fix: When Active time was calculated from tags, and tags overlapped, there was a possiblity that Active time was not correctly calculated.
  • Bug fix: When using PostgreSql Application details view was not working.

New in ManicTime Server 3.6.2.2 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Tag picker
  • Bug fix: Is loading notification on Timeline page

New in ManicTime Server 3.6.1.0 (Apr 21, 2017)

  • CHANGES:
  • Bug fix: Timeline details view, times were not in correct time zone
  • Bug fix: Zoom on Personal-Day view was not visible, before server tag timeline was created

New in ManicTime Server 2.3.1.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Tags report
  • Names from Active Directory
  • Details report
  • Use decimal hour format for statistics
  • Bug fix: Day start shift was not working correctly

New in ManicTime Server 2.2.1.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Changes
  • Bug fix: Timesheet, Copy to clipboard
  • Bug fix: Timesheet, Copy to clipboard and Export to csv was not immediately recognized by Excel.
  • Delete all inactive timelines link in Admin -> Timelines section (timelines become inactive if the same database is published to the server from a different computer)

New in ManicTime Server 2.2.0.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Server timesheet
  • New server role: Content reader

New in ManicTime Server 2.1.0.0 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Changes:
  • Server statistics
  • Server admin settings

New in ManicTime Server 1.2.2.0 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Server crashed, if server tags text was longer than 4k

New in ManicTime Server 1.2.1.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Deploy ManicTime with preconfigured settings, 'Publish interval' setting added

New in ManicTime Server 1.2.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Changes to new install and upgrade
  • Changes to permissions
  • Changes to server web site

New in ManicTime Server 1.1.3.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Upgrading the database would fail with "The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value"

New in ManicTime Server 1.1.2.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Some clients received Unauthorized response from the server

New in ManicTime Server 1.1.1.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Bug fix: Changing tag order in the client was not saved to the server

New in ManicTime Server 1.1.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Compatible with ManicTime v2.1
  • A few bugs fixed