This weekend the engineering team upgraded the service to LiquidPlanner 2.0. We encourage everyone to reply to this post or click that “send feedback” link on the top of LiquidPlanner and let us know what you think.

new stuff

• New home page (check out the video)

• New navigation design (simplier, bolder, bluer)

• Workspace chatter (improved commenting support)

• Performance enhancements (are you seeing a difference?)

• Professional Timesheets

• New client and project containers

• Hours as units

• Improved availability profiles

• Projected Completion report

• New Genius Guide

• New affiliate referral program (see settings tab)

• Editable done date (finally)

• Transfer all items from one person to another (see member profiles)

• Improved email integration (see settings)

• Improved actions/right-click menu

• Set a watch on the whole space via right-click

• Ability to turn auto-track on and off (set to OFF on upgrade)

• Plus many small fixes and usability tweaks

This was a huge release, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback about the new features.

Multi-select – It’s finally here! You can now select multiple items at once to edit, move, delete… any ‘like’ action can now be batched and executed across multiple items at a time. Not only does this speed day-to-day operations, but multi-select improves performance on typical planning scenarios by an order of magnitude.

Email integration – It’s easier than ever to add new tasks with our new email integration feature. Copy the container’s email address. Then open a new mail. Enter the task name, owner, and ranged estimate in the Subject line. Notes in the email body will be added under detailed notes; images will be uploaded as attachments.

Right-click – Right click over any work item and a new menu will appear, sort of a cross between the “add” and the “actions” menus. This gives you quick access to the most common operations in LiquidPlanner, like adding or deleting an item, focusing your view, and printing your schedule.

Watch column – Add the “watch” column to give yourself an easy way to watch or un-watch any item with a simple click of your mouse. Just go to the plan tab, select actions >>> advanced actions >>> customize columns. Select watch and click save.

Additionally, we rolled out a big batch of small improvements to the scheduling engine and the printing feature. New and improved sample projects provide insight into optimal workspace architecture, whether you’re getting started or just adding new projects.

Email Notifications, New Dashboard, Scheduling Enhancements

“LiquidPlanner would be perfect if it worked with my email.”

Perhaps you’ve been feeling the same way? Well, the wait is over. We’ve added email notification options so you can find out immediately if there’s been a change to your items. We also give you direct links to your upcoming tasks in email, making it even easier for you to update your progress.

A shiny new dashboard, chock full of useful information.

Tasks listed out by day, new item assignments front and center, links to our new training videos, and the list goes on. We could write more, but you should really see the new dashboard for yourself. We happen to think it’s a huge improvement.

A schedule that works like you do.

Up to now, dependencies or “delayed until” tasks would sometimes create pesky holes in your schedule. We’ve just launched the “flow around” feature, which will automatically move the next-highest priority tasks up to fill the gap. This means you keep moving along your priority list, even if you have to hit pause on a certain task.

What do I do with my job code?

A user requested feature we’ve added is the reference field. You can find this on the description tab of the details pane and you can add it as a column on the “estimate” tab; search will pick it up too. This is a handy way to attach job codes or other external reference IDs to tasks and projects.

You know, I should have made that a project

Another user requested feature we’ve added is the ability to convert a task to a project, making organizing your work a bit easier.

We hope these and our other new features enhance your experience with LiquidPlanner.