What's new?

We're always working on making Biings better. This is the place for new features, official announcements, and updates on Biings.

february 24, 2021

Version 3.0

NEW
Complete UI redesign 🥳
NEW
Creation of a new Account page
NEW
Addition of the possibility of exporting the data entered in Biings in CSV format according to GPDR rules
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Added the possibility of exporting the current timeline segment for 12 months
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Addition of the possibility to change the type of absence on current absences
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Added the possibility to link an action to an absence
NEW
Ability Added to attach multiple files per action
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Added New permissions to give administrator roles the ability to manage users and staff contracts
NEW
Ability to assign more than one actor per assecurological action - to symbolize meetings and coordination
NEW
Possibility to download an Excel file summarizing the history of a person's absence over a calendar year
Better
Redesigned profile page, with sorted activities (current, upcoming and previous actions)
Better
Added the ability to edit personal details of a person's profile page
Better
Added the possibility of adding comments to claims
Better
Addition of the option to filter the causes of absence taken into account in the absence analysis report. Allow to permanently bypass the default “all unplanned” setting and choose your own
Fixed
The settings on the Workflow page does not open the modal for any of the enabled notifications
Fixed
Dynamic entry generates an error when creating a new person with a rate less than 10%

January 30, 2021

Version 2.4.339

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New route for indemnity by person - add indemnity line to timeline
Better
Add control to PME for job company
Better
Add policy number in email subject
Better
Add file attachment to claim event
Fixed
Debug if the user has only claim view or manager
Fixed
Debug birthdate in pme
Fixed
Debug permissions for claim attachment
January 28, 2020

Version 2.4.167

NEW
Added compatibility with AXA Insurance
NEW
Added ability to “approve“ an attachement to a Claim
Better
Improved notification timing for medical certificate renewals
Better
Removed access to users without a role
Better
CSV file synchronisation now abords if file is empty
Fixed
Adjusted timelines statistics
Fixed
Fixed a few UI and IE bugs
July 5, 2019

Version 2.4.96

Timelines :
NEW
The validity period of medical certificats is now shown directly below the person's timeline
Profile / Biodata :
NEW
Added more information and details about the person's current job
Better
More detail are now displayed on the activity list
Better
Absences and their claims are now grouped together
January 25, 2019

Version 2.4

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Extended employee profiles with more information on the person's Manager, current job assignements and other personal details
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Ability to mark claims as ”Sent” without having to send it to the insurance
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Added ”Zurich” and ”Generali” as a compatible insurances
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Indemnities: a date range can now be specified for each indemnity record
NEW
Indemnities: ability to link a file to an indemnity record
Better
A few vulnerabilities and security risks. Biings is now stronger and more secure against XSS attacks.
January 10, 2018

Version 2.3.2

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Login screen "Contact support" button can now link you to your company's administrator
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Ability to attach a document to any follow-up action
NEW
Claim reports attachements: option to pick from already uploaded documents
Fixed
Some UI anomalies
December 20, 2017

Version 2.3

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Navigation menu now remembers the currently selected Segment or Person
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Claim Center : browse through all opened claims
NEW
Ability to track indemnities received from your insurance
NEW
Added ”Groupe Mutuel” as a compatible insurance
NEW
Absence departure notification
Better
Reworked My Preferences UI
Better
Reworked settings UI
Fixed
A few spelling mistakes we didn't see before
December 6, 2017

Version 2.2.33

Fixed
Specific email notifications were sometimes not sent
Fixed
Support for non-ISO countries
Fixed
Allow city names longer than 30 characters
Fixed
Vaudoise claim report download issue
Fixed
Data syncers improvements
October 18, 2017

Version 2.2.29

Better
Vaudoise Assurance : now both claim numbers and PDFs can be retrieved directly after the claim is sent
Better
Improved claim reports transfer with Vaudoise Assurances
Fixed
Unnecessary email being sent when a claim report generation fails
Fixed
Fixed a rare case where some users (with previously expired accounts) could not log into Biings
September 28, 2017

Version 2.2.26

NEW
Revamped user management UI with new options to invite users and edit expiry dates
Better
Updated French, English and German translations
Better
Faster absence analysis
Fixed
Various user interface fixes
Fixed
See absence" button issue
Fixed
For some accounts persons were missing in Biings search results (now fixed)
August 24, 2017

Version 2.2.22

NEW
Button to download a PDF version of the absence analysis report
Better
Additional details about the number of missed days in the absence side view (ie. skipped week-ends and public holidays)
Better
CSV exports now also includes planned absences
Better
Faster response time when searching for people
Fixed
Reminders configuration : last person notified was sometimes not considered
Fixed
Email reminders were sometimes sent too early
Fixed
"See absences" button now appears only for real-time reports
July 25, 2017

Version 2.2.19

Better
Claims for the Vaudoise Assurance are now sent in XML
Fixed
Various back-end fixes
July 12, 2017

Version 2.2.18

NEW
Added Italian version of the standard list of Swiss profession (NSP2000)
Better
Global search is faster and more accurate
Better
Claim reports now support last names longer than 25 characters
Fixed
Manager names in filter dropdowns are listed only once (no more duplicates)
Fixed
Other various fixes
March 6, 2017

Version 2.2

NEW
Brand new back-end architecture 🤓
NEW
Individual Profile: Activity Journal, for a quick access to any collaborator's biodata
NEW
Individual Profile: Ability to add an assecurologic action in the future
NEW
Report filtering option: Filter by Manager
NEW
Report: Support for custom filters (for client specific criterias)
NEW
Report: Support for custom filters (for client specific criterias)
NEW
New API, with OAuth 2 support
Better
Reorganized HR Settings pages and presentation
Better
Greatly improved reminders settings (support infinite fallbacks configuration)
Better
Various UI and visual refinments
Fixed
Report: Report cards ordering (cards positions are now memorized)
November 14, 2016

Version 2.1

Report:
NEW
Automatic naming when based on age, seniority, gender or occupancy
NEW
Link to quickly display the timelines of the current report
NEW
Quick search for each filter drop-down list
Timelines:
NEW
Rearranged navigation and display options (now with tabs)
NEW
Drop-down menu to choose which group of persons to display – with option to select only the employees of his own team
NEW
Ability to navigate directly on a specific date – with a quick link to today's date
NEW
Added CSV-file link to download all displayed absences (from the submenu in the tab bar)
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Date bar is now always visible (even when scrolling down)
NEW
Job titles are now displayed under each person's name
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Visual clue for linked absences
NEW
Top menu link renamed to "Absences"
Other improvments:
NEW
Notifications list with recommended action and ability to delete a notification
NEW
General renaming and reorganization of several follow-up actions and actor types
NEW
Extended use of Gravatar throughout the app
NEW
Revamped login page
Better
Miscellaneous visual fixes and improvements (especially new buttons)
Better
Server-side stability and performance improvements
June 16, 2016

Version 2.0

NEW
Complete UI redesign 😎
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Absence indicators with cases per person, absent FTE, cases history for all 6 categories and daily work-overload
NEW
Revamped Timlines interface with infinite time navigation
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Absence creation mode (click and slide on the timeline to quickly add an absence)
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Support for half-day absence – absence can now start or end at noon (with additional morning and evening options)
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Improved absence rates computation with holidays support and editable variables (holiday allowance, week-ends, hours per week)
NEW
Person profile with dedicated timeline and claim tabs
NEW
New Assecurologic module : manage and monitor each long term absence with predifined actions and actor types
NEW
HR Knowledge Base with advices on how to conduct talks
NEW
New Insurance Policies settings panel
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Additional filter options in analysis reports including rate, age, seniority and gender
NEW
Improved notification system with support for retroactive modification
NEW
Improved permissions and role management
NEW
Added ”Vaudoise Assurances” to the list of compatible insurances
NEW
Language prefence can now be set per user (rather than for the entire application)
NEW
Many UI and performance improvements
May 18, 2015

Version 1.4

NEW
Multiple groups and jobs filtering : several groups and/or jobs can be selected at the same time
NEW
Dynamic timelines: the length of each timeline is now adapted according the collaborator contract (start and end dates)
NEW
Added ”Nationale Suisse” to the list of compatible insurances
NEW
Ability to see a summary before sending a claim report to the insurance
NEW
Case-history chart options to show each of the 6 length-categories
NEW
Button to download the data (absences) of a particular analysis/filter
NEW
XML data-interface support
NEW
Fixed incorrect total number of days for timelines with linked absences
Fixed
Various UI bugfixes
March 25, 2015

Version 1.3

NEW
Ability to fill and send an insurance claim report to a set of XML-ready insurances
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New alert (online or email) for absences that need to be claimed to the insurance
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Option to "save for later" any insurance claim form
NEW
Claim history of each collaborator
NEW
Added ”Allianz” to the list of compatible insurances
NEW
Ability to link several absences together
NEW
New indicator showing short/long-term repartition of on-going absences (within the current filter)
NEW
Added Gravatar photo for connected user (with auto-generated pattern for non-Gravatar users)
Better
Various bugfix and improvements
December 5, 2014

Version 1.2

NEW
Revamped diagnostic report
NEW
New timeline UI
NEW
Ability to filter by jobs and by date
NEW
Additional timelines sorting options
NEW
Revamped settings panel
Better
Improved card management
Better
Refined controls for access permissions
Better
Performance and security improvements
July 10, 2014

Version 1.1

NEW
Talk-alerts for return, appraisal and HR talks
NEW
Email notifications for talk-alerts
NEW
Cards positions are now saved
Fixed
Absence bubble display problem in timelines
Fixed
Various visual corrections and fixes
January 6, 2014

Version 1.0 (Beta)

NEW
Absence diagnostic report according to ismat methods and principles
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History chart for each absence category
NEW
Chart showing absence repartition for each contract rate
NEW
Absence timeline for each collaborator
NEW
Manage all collaborator absences
NEW
Ability to add/edit Roles and their permissions
NEW
Ability to add/edit absence cause
NEW
CSV files data-interface support

Biings was founded on October 17, 2013
Back then the company was called ”Forsys Interactive“ ;-)

In 2011 we started thinking about a new kind of absence management software that would put social climat and people first.