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V36.8.4 | Compas Maintenance | Release Notes

🚀What's New in Version 36.8.4?

We are pleased to announce Compas Maintenance Version 36.8.4. This includes a series of enhancements and bug fixes aimed at improving efficacy and functionality.

Disclaimer:

  • All the developments and fixes detailed in the release notes are implemented across all customer environments. However, depending on your company's settings and permissions, certain features may not be accessible or relevant.
  • If new features and tables are introduced for onboard applications, they may be exclusive to the onboard cloud.

🎉Enhancements and New Features

[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)/COMPAS ONBOARD] [SIGN OFF REASON ALIGNED]

  • The ability to see the sign-off reason for an offsigner has been added. This feature can only be accessed by a Master user.
  • As a default option, the sign-off reason added by the office should be auto-populated for the Master in Onboard Cloud and Remote (regardless of the reason inserted from Office).
  • If no reason has been added from the Office, the sign-off reason with the default value will be chosen from the parameter.

Reproduction steps:

To view this new feature, see the following steps.

PART 1

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the System dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Home menu item.
  4. Click the book icon on the relevant vessel entry.
  5. Click on the Planned Events tab.
  6. Add an offsigner crew to the planned event.
  7. Click the âś“ icon. This takes you to the offsigner future movement detail page.
  8. In the Previous movement box, click the Completion reason dropdown menu, and select an option.
  9. Click Save.

PART 2

  1. Log into COMPAS Onboard.
  2. Click on the Crew dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Planned events menu item.
  4. Click the Details paper icon on the relevant vessel entry.
  5. Select the offsigner crew with a promotion.
  6. Click Confirm.
  7. Verify the offsigner crew sign off reason.

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[COMPAS ONBOARD] [CANADIAN CONVENTION UPDATED FOR WORK & REST]

To align with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), where the modified 8-hour rest period provision of the Canada Labour Code has been implemented, various updates have been made to accommodate this requirement (see below).

  • A new parameter has been introduced. This feature can be used to include and exclude Canadian conventions. If the parameter has been enabled, the Canadian convention rules will be visible from the WRH convention page for users to check and uncheck. As a default, this parameter will be disabled for all clients.
  • A new convention rule according to the latest changes for the Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Canada Labour Code has been added.
  • The latest rule on convention has been updated to:

169.2 (1) Every employee is entitled to and shall be granted a rest period of at least eight hours, with at least six of those hours being consecutive, during each 24-hour period in which they work a work period or shift.

  • If this separate convention is enabled, the system calculates WNR based on latest requirements - Letter CSL 2023-019.

Preconditions:

Access to Parameter Page and enable the EnableCanadianRegulations - Work Rest Hours

  1. Search for EnableCanadianRegulations and enable it (Masks: 0 = Disabled; 1 = Enabled) - Work Rest Hours

Reproduction steps:

To view this new feature, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Onboard.
  2. Click on the Work & Rest dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Conventions menu item.
  4. Remove the check on the STCW 2010 Convention (Section A-VIII/1) box.
  5. Add a check in the Canadian Labour Code (Rest period) box.
  6. Click on the Work & Rest dropdown menu.
  7. Click on the Records menu item.
  8. Select 8 rest hours and click Check for NCs.
  9. On the Records page:
    1. Keep 6+2 rest hours and click Check for NCs.
    2. Keep 6+1+1 rest hours and click Check for NCs.
  10. Click on the Conventions menu item.
  11. Remove the check on the Canadian Labour Code (Rest period).
  12. Add a check in the Canadian Marine Regulations (Minimum and Maximum Periods) box.

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[COMPAS ONBOARD] [WRH RECORD PRINT TO REFLECT THE SELECTED CONVENTION]

  • The ability for the WRH Records Printed reports to reflect the selected convention(s) from the convention page, instead of the hardcoded text: ”The following national laws, regulation and/or collective agreements governing limitation on working hours or minimum rest periods apply to this ship: IMO STCW 2010 Manila Conference (Section A-VIII/1)” has been added.
  • If no convention is selected, the entire line is hidden from the reports.

Reproduction steps:

To view this new feature, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Onboard.
  2. Click on the Work & Rest dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Records menu item.
    1. Click Print ILO.
    2. Click Print.
  4. Click on the Work & Rest dropdown menu.
  5. Click on the Summary menu item.
    1. Click Preview.
    2. Click Print.
    3. Click Preview ILO.

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[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [KM ALLOWANCE CONFIGURATION NOT ACCEPTING SAME DATE RANGE WITH MULTIPLE CURRENCIES]

  • When trying to add the KM Allowance configuration with the same date but a different currency, users are unable to save.

  • This means the system was not considering the currency of the KM Allowance claim in the KM Allowance claim calculation.

Reproduction steps:

To view the outcome, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).

  2. Click on the Admin dropdown menu.

  3. Click on the Admin panel menu item.

  4. Under the Payroll heading, click on the Kilometer Allowance menu item.

  5. Click the (+) Add icon to add an entry.

  6. On the Add Kilometer Allowance page, verify the following is present:

    1. "Description" field box

    2. "From Date" & "To Date" have Calendar icon near the field box

    3. "Currency" field consists with DDL

    4. When clicking "Save" button without adding any data in the required fields, it displays notifications such as: "Description is required. Currency is required!"

  7. Complete the required fields.

  8. Click Save.

  9. Add one more Kilometer Allowance with same date range but a different currency.

The ability to save the Kilometer Allowance configuration with the same date but different currency now applies correctly.

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[COMPAS] [SYSTEM INCORRECTLY AUTO-CREATES 2 FUTURE ONBOARD MOVEMENTS]

  • The system was automatically creating 2 future onboard movements, one not being applicable for that crew.
  • The system now auto-creates only the applicable future onboard movement. For instance, if the crew is Canadian, this means only the future movement “Onboard C” should be auto created.

Preconditions:

Checkbox will appear only if all these 4 conditions are true:

  • At least one on signer present
  • Trust master flag enabled
  • Auto commit enabled
  • Crew transfer Compas parameter configured and enabled

Onboard web settings:

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Parameter:

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Check movement Type for Onboard applicability for a certain Crew.

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Note: You can create multiple Onboard movements.

 

🛠️Bug Fixes

[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [WRONG CALCULATION OF KM ALLOWANCE CLAIM AMOUNT]

  • Issue:
    • Inability to view the calculation of KM Allowance claim amounts in the respective currencies.
  • Outcome:
    • This issue has been fixed.

Reproduction steps:

To view this new feature, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Crew dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Personal details dropdown menu.

  4. Click on the Reports dropdown menu.

  5. Click on the Crew by owner pool menu item.

  6. Enter required filters.

  7. Click on the required user CID.

  8. Click on the Payroll tab.

  9. Click on the Claims column.

  10. Click the (+) Add icon to add an entry.

  11. Complete the fields as required and in the Category dropdown menu, select Kilometer Allowance.

  12. Click Save.

  13. The Currency column appears in the entry list.

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[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [BUDGET COST CALCULATION ISSUE]

  • Issue:
    • When trying to search for a vessel and clicking on the “View” button, an error appears.
  • Outcome:
    • This issue has been fixed.

Reproduction steps:

To view the outcome, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Vessels dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Budget dropdown menu.
  4. Click on the Cost Overview dropdown menu.
  5. Click on the Cost Calculation menu item.
  6. In the Month, Year, and Vessel dropdown menus, select the relevant option.
  7. Click View.

The relevant vessel should appear correctly without an error appearing.

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[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [POST EXTERNAL CERTIFICATE VIA API DOES NOT APPEAR IN COMPAS]

  • Issue:
    • When updating a person’s qualification through the API endpoint "/process/crew/externalCertificates", the system is not comparing the crew ID received in the JSON result to insert or update to the correct crew profile.
  • Outcome:
    • This issue has been fixed.

Preconditions:

  1. Map the certificate to Compas certificate, see below.
    1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
    2. Click on the Admin dropdown menu.
    3. Click on the Admin panel menu item.
    4. Under the General heading, click External Certificate mapping. (For New Certificate added via API.)

Note: Added External Certificate via API should map the code to show in Crew Profile documents/Flag docs.

  1. Postman compas API "/process/crew/externalCertificates".

Reproduction steps:

PART 1

  1. Open Postman Compas API “/process/crew/externalCertificates" for a crew.
  2. Update Api JSON parameters for Crew New Cert and send.

PART 2

To view the outcome, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Admin dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Admin panel menu item.
  4. Under the General heading, click External Certificate mapping.

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[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [PAYROLL IMPORTER DOES NOT FUNCTION CONSISTENTLY]

  • Issue:
    • The importers were not performing consistently, causing users to add the unprocessed files manually (to keep financial activity up to date).
  • Outcome:
    • This issue has been fixed.

Reproduction steps:

PART 1

To view the outcome, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Payroll dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Payroll overview menu item.
  4. Search for the required vessel from the list and click the Generate Wage Variable Report icon. The WageVariable.xls file begins to download.
  5. Complete the required fields in the excel sheet and save the file.
  6. Send the excel template to the configured importer mail id.

PART 2

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Payroll dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Payroll importer menu item.

The imported data now shows correctly.

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[COMPAS CLOUD (OFFICE)] [E-APPRAISAL IMPORTER WAS NOT IMPORTING INTO COMPAS CORRECTLY]

  • Issue:
    • As a Master user, the completed e-appraisal template attachment was not importing into Compas Office.
  • Outcome:
    • This issue has been fixed.

Reproduction steps:

PART 1

To view the outcome, see the following steps.

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Crew dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the Personal details dropdown menu.
  4. Click on the Reports dropdown menu.
  5. Click on the Crew by owner pool menu item.
  6. Enter required filters.
  7. Click on the required user CID.
  8. Click on the Evaluations tab.
  9. Click Zero Harm Appraisal.
  10. Click the + icon.
  11. In the Evaluation Type dropdown menu, select an option.
  12. In the Movement Type table, click the + icon.
  13. Click OK.
  14. In the Current Stage column, click on the Excel icon. The file begins to download.
  15. Complete the required fields in the excel sheet and save the file.
  16. Send the excel template to the configured importer mail id.

PART 2

  1. Log into COMPAS Cloud (Office).
  2. Click on the Crew dropdown menu.
  3. Click on the E-Appraisals dropdown menu.
  4. Click on the Reports dropdown menu.
  5. Click on the E-Appraisals Importer menu item.

The imported data is now present on the E-Appraisals Importer page.

Summary

We appreciate your continued partnership and welcome any feedback you have on this latest update. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to reach out to our support team.

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