Preferred name change - Aug 14, 2026

Maintenance release - Aug 13, 2026

• Recruitment module
• Added Faculty Affairs ability to edit all attachments (NHO-2402)
• Reporting module
• Fixed an issue with the Endowed Chair Commitment Report which caused an error when certain params are used (NHO-2394)
• Miscellaneous
• Fixed an issue where Sequoia file import is failing due to long string value (NHO-2403)

Database upgrade - Aug 11, 2026

Maintenance release - July 21, 2026

• Reporting module
• Fixed multiple issues in the Endowed Chair Tracking report (NHO-2363)
• Fixed multiple issues in the Chairable Faculty report (NHO-2364)
• Miscellaneous
• Added support for receiving user info from Sequoia, instead of PeopleSoft (NHO-2269)

Maintenance release - May 28, 2026

• Faculty module
• Updated instructions on academic appoint reappoint/extend popup (NHO-2153)
• Funding Commitment module
• Fixed an issue where Department Finance role encountered an error downloading non-PDF attachments (NHO-2290)
• Fixed an issue where Housing Coordinator keying in Housing Loan line items triggered unnecessary approval flow (NHO-2289)
• Reporting module
• Added to Endowed Chair Tracking Report: Vacant Chair notes column (NHO-2276)
• Search Request module
• Updated letter templates (NHO-2304)
• Miscellaneous
• Fixed multiple issues impacting the salary setting data sync (NHO-2291, NHO-2298)
• Fixed an issue impacting funding sources with type Department, where department name was not selectable (NHO-2274)

Hotfix release - May 15, 2026

• Faculty module
• Fixed an issue where multi-appointment edits are prevented by an internal error (NHO-2293)
• Funding Commitment module
• Fixed an issue where Department Finance role encountered an error downloading non-PDF attachments (NHO-2290)
• Department Finance role is still having difficulty downloading non-PDF attachments.

Hypercare release - Apr 28, 2026

• A&P module
• Added a notification for all new attachment files (NHO-2172)
• Faculty module
• Fixed an issue where some roles such as Planning or Finance teams would encounter an error upon page load (NHO-2158)
• Fixed an issue where search results were not sorting correctly for the Department Faculty Affairs role (NHO-2164)
• Fixed an issue where the reappoint/extend popup could show blank fields (NHO-2167)
• Fixed an issue where users with the Dept Faculty and Dept Finance roles were not seeing some related records links (NHO-2144)
• Fixed an issue where Home Department calculations erroneously included emeritus appointments (NHO-2033)
• Funding Commitment module
• Enhanced PTA feed file integration to handle unknown records such as new award types and new org codes (NHO-2151)
• Enhanced bulk action buttons so that line items selection checkboxes are unchecked after a bulk action (NHO-2169)
• Fixed an issue where Department Finance role is unable to select items in some dropdown menus (NHO-2105)
• Fixed multiple issues related to users with the Dept Finance role using the Bulk Edit PTA action (NHO-2259)
• Fixed an issue where users could get an erroneous unsaved changes warning after bulk line copies (NHO-2135)
• Recruitment module
• Fixed an issue where an error popup appears when browsing from New Recruitment to Inbox/Home (NHO-2249)
• Reporting module
• Fixed an issue where the Department Search Request Summary formatted priority values oddly (NHO-964)
• Fixed an issue where the Quarterly Sabbatical Report was sometimes referencing non-current appointments (NHO-2244)
• Retention module
• Additional fixes for adding department funding sources to a retention (NHO-2180)
• Fixed an issue that triggered errors when adding one-time funding sources before retention open date (NHO-2261)
• Fixed an issue where one-time summer ninths costs could show overlapping text (NHO-2248)
• Search Request module
• Fixed an issue where search binder fails to generate due to long equipment request (NHO-2195)
• Miscellaneous
• Fixed an issue where special characters in attachment filenames could cause difficulty downloading files (NHO-2152)

Hotfix release - Apr 21, 2026

• Retention module
• Fixed an issue where department funding sources could not be added to a retention (NHO-2180)

• Retention module
• Faculty Affairs role is unable to select department name when adding a department funding source to a retention. This will be fixed in an upcoming release. Until then, please contact system admins for a workaround if a department funding source needs to be added.

Hypercare release - Apr 7, 2026

• A&P module
• Added A&P effective date in notifications to HR team (NHO-2129)
• Faculty module
• Fixed an issue where emeritus appointment notes were tracked, but not displayed (NHO-2155)
• Fixed an issue where one faculty record had not recorded a starting salary (NHO-2175)
• Funding Commitment module
• Added support for an additional award type, END_FFE_REAL_ESTATE (NHO-2146)
• Enhanced iJournal integration to add extra justification field (NHO-2132)
• Enhanced iJournal integration to better display bulk upload results (NHO-2163)
• Enhanced iJournal integration to set an additional flag on transfers to or from awards outside H&S (NHO-2168)
• Fixed an issue where users with Department Finance Read Only role were unable to run certain advanced searches (NHO-2145)
• Fixed an issue where users with Department Faculty Affairs role were not able to click certain links into Faculty records (NHO-2161)
• Reporting module
• Fixed an issue where Future Reappointments Report did not allow selection of an appointment type parameter (NHO-2134)
• Miscellaneous
• In the Dev and Test environments, users will now see a banner indicating they are in a non-prod environment (NHO-1856)
• Cleaned up multiple entries in sysadmin menus (NHO-646, NHO-602, NHO-601, NHO-600)

Hypercare release - Mar 18, 2026

• Search Request module
• Added email to search request creators for a department when that department's packet is submitted (NHO-2149)
• Changed display of email addresses on search request form (NHO-2150)
• Miscellaneous
• Updated organizational hierarchy (NHO-2112)

Hypercare release - Mar 11, 2026

• A&P module
• Added an effective date field; for an initial appointment, this is populated based on the Recruitment anticipated start date, otherwise it can be keyed in manually by users (NHO-2054)
• Added support to create an initial appointment without a pre-existing Recruitment record (NHO-2053)
• Added support for sysadmins to update A&P recorded dates in case of system errors (NHO-2079)
• Cost Template component (Search Request, Search Auth, Recruitment, Retention)
• Improved tracking of specific departments when the "Department" funding source is selected (NHO-2034)
• Faculty module
• Fixed an issue where some faculty with complex appointments had years in rank calculated incorrectly (NHO-2037)
• Fixed an issue where deleting and recreating initial salary could record an incorrect 100% FTE salary calculation (NHO-2106)
• Fixed an issue in salary logs where the "to" date of entries was not recorded for first-time edits of imported logs (NHO-2024)
• Fixed an issue in salary logs where it was possible to add an entry with effective date prior to start date (NHO-2099)
• Fixed an issue where the New Faculty page would not close and discard changes even after the user selected that option (NHO-1917)
• Fixed an issue where New Parent Extension was not correctly extending tenure clock deadline when the change was made by a non-sysadmin user (NHO-2118)
• Fixed an issue where reappoint/extend button was incorrectly picking up multiple appointment entries with varying dates (NHO-2128)
• Funding Commitment module
• Changed line item hold reasons; removed "Next Year", added "Q1 Review", "Q2 Review" and "Q3 Review" (NHO-2068)
• Added capability for HSDO admin staff to approve commitment line items when they are the designated PTA approver for certain discretionary PTAs (NHO-2133)
• Added sorting of simple search results to sort by commitment ID, newest first (NHO-2065)
• Fixed an issue on imported commitments where adding a new line item can cause other line items, which had been imported with approval complete, to be incorrectly marked as pending approval again (NHO-2119)
• Fixed an issue with manual iJournal transfers where transfer date was rolling back by one day (NHO-2104)
• Fixed an issue where some imported commitments showed lines as pending review, even though they were approved (NHO-1999)
• Fixed an issue where line items with long contingency text were being visually cut off (NHO-2049)
• Fixed an issue where manual iJournal transfers where popup text was incorrect (NHO-2071)
• Fixed an issue where line item detail was showing Benefit Amount twice (NHO-2137)
• Recruitment module
• Fixed an issue where cost tab is blank for a recruitment with primary appointment outside H&S (NHO-2051)
• Reporting module
• Fixed an issue where some user roles encountered an "unable to execute action" error when reloading pages (NHO-1970)
• Search Request module
• Changed permissions to restrict editing of off-cycle search requests (NHO-2122)
• Added a "Search Auth ID" column to multiple views on the search round worksheet, simple search, and advanced search, which will indicate the ID for search requests that have led to authorized searches (NHO-2086)
• Added an "Authorization Details" section to advanced search, which allows searching by the corresponding search authorizations based on search status, offer status, and candidate name (NHO-2087)
• Added support for CSV export to include authorization details field (NHO-2087)
• Fixed an issue where users were getting a permissions error when trying to download search packet cover memos (NHO-2123)
• Fixed an issue where CSV export was not properly filtering by Review Year or Initial Review Year (NHO-2088)
• Miscellaneous
• Added support for opening multiple file attachments at once, in separate browser tabs (NHO-2066, NHO-2121)
• Added support for showing attachment file names in browser tabs (NHO-2113)
• Added support for custom sorting of simple search results; click on column headers, similar to advanced search (NHO-2067)
• Inbox notifications to HSDO Faculty Affairs staff associates for the A&P, Recruitment, and Retention modules are now being filtered by cluster (NHO-2075)
• Fixed an error message in multiple modules that can occur when exporting sorted search results (NHO-2108, NHO-2110)

Hypercare release - Feb 19, 2026

• Faculty module
• Improved spacing and sorting of entries such as credit adjustments on sabbaticals/leave tab (NHO-2063, NHO-2085, NHO-2041, NHO-2072)
• Fixed an issue where CSV export was blank for Term and Term Type (NHO-2036)
• Fixed an issue where creating a new faculty record would trigger a superfluous "exit info update" email to admin staff (NHO-2061)
• Fixed an issue where salary promises from a Recruitment were being listed in the wrong section of the salary log (NHO-2028)
• Funding Commitment module
• Updated text of popup that appears when setting iJournal transfer info manually (NHO-2071)
• Recruitment module
• Fixed an issue where cost template years were not updating based on projected start date changes (NHO-2062)
• Fixed an internal issue where resetting costs would break data associations needed by the Salary Setting data bridge (NHO-2084)
• Reporting module
• Fixed an issue with the Billet Roster report that was causing duplicated records (NHO-2096)
• Miscellaneous
• Removed several dev-only features from sysadmin menus (NHO-599)
• Updated non-prod sanitization process to include mailing list entries (no ticket)

Hypercare release - Feb 10, 2026

• Faculty module
• Fixed multiple issues that impact sabbatical accrual calculations. All of these issues had manual workarounds that were deployed for go-live. After we deploy these code fixes, we will undo our manual adjustments and reconcile all sabbatical grids to ensure that they match expected values. (NHO-2042)
• Funding Commitment module
• Added a Bulk PTA Edit feature to enable better workflow for setting PTAs across multiple line items (NHO-2074)
• Fixed an issue where the Bulk Oracle Import button is not available for HSDO Finance users (NHO-2081)
• Fixed an issue where some historic line items were incorrectly flagged as pending review (NHO-1999)

New Handson Launch - Jan 27, 2026

• Wednesday, January 21st: Handson Classic will become unavailable at 5pm.
• Monday, January 26th: New Handson will become available to a small pilot group of test users.
• Tuesday, January 27th: New Handson will become available to all users.

• Faculty module
• Added a data model association from Salary Cost to Salary Adjustment (NHO-2005)
• Fixed an issue where a new emeritus appointment effective Jan 1^st was not showing up (NHO-2011)