OrgPlus Enterprise 3.0 Features
OrgPlus Enterprise 3.0 has many new features and enhancements. Here are some highlights:
- Improved Administration Interface
OrgPlus Enterprise administration is now more powerful. New features include group definition, index definition and profile definition. All views within a domain can now share defined profiles, indexes and groups.
- Deeper SAP Integration
OrgPlus Enterprise continues to be leader in SAP Integration. OrgPlus Enterprise can read data directly from SAP using SAP's HR-OCI (Organisational Charting Interface). OrgPlus also supports single sign on from SAP Enterprise Portal. OrgPlus Enterprise 3.0 can now query SAP for Position to Position hierarchies in addition to the existing support for OrgUnit to OrgUnit hierarchies.
SAP integration features include XI data sources, enhanced SAP Enterprise Portal integration (SAP UI themes), Business Package certification and "Powered by NetWeaver" certification. - Enhanced PowerPoint Publish
Charts can now be published to PowerPoint as single page presentation or in book format. A published PowerPoint book can include a cover page, table of contents and an index. You can also specify a PowerPoint template when publishing charts to PowerPoint. - Enhanced PDF Publish
Charts can now be published to PDF as single page presentation or in book format. A published PDF book can include a cover page, table of contents and an index.
- Multi-record Boxes
Charts can now include boxes that contain more than one record. For example, the sales team reporting to a manager can be represented in a single box. - Enhanced Formulas
OrgPlus Enterprise now includes a more sophisticated engine for handling calculations. - Hotspots
OrgPlus Enterprise now lets you define any area within a box as a hotspot. When the user moves the cursor over a hotspot within a box a profile is dynamically displayed. - Improved Charting
OrgPlus now allows you to set the background colour and border style for any cell within a box. Field labels in boxes can now be placed anywhere in a box (above, below, left or right of the corresponding field). OrgPlus also allows you to create fixed size boxes and fixed size columns within boxes. - Improved Duplicate Record Handling
Chart boxes can now include a list of alternate managers for any employee that has more than one manager. Navigate directly to a specific occurrence of an employee that appears multiple times in a chart. Alternate managers can also be displayed in a callout. When you click on the callout icon, a callout displaying the alternate managers to whom the employee reports is shown. - myTree
End users can now view a myTree panel. The mytree panel is a customised org tree that is dynamically generated for each end user. For example, an HR Professional can view a tree that contains only individuals and branches for which they are responsible. - Enhanced Directory
OrgPlus Enterprise now supports directories that are not based on hierarchical information (for example, conferences rooms or company facilities). You can also search for orphan records (employees and branches that are not included in the org chart). - Automatic Branch Style Optimisation
OrgPlus Enterprise can now be configured to automatically optimise branch styles. End users can select different branch styles to achieve optimal chart layout when viewing, publishing or printing charts. - OrgPlus 7 Desktop Template Compatibility
OrgPlus Enterprise can now load templates created with OrgPlus 7. - Multi-level Administration
OrgPlus Enterprise now supports two types of administrators. Chart administrators and System administrators. Chart administrators cannot modify system and security parameters but can add and modify presentation elements including charts, profiles, indexes and directories. - Email Alerts
OrgPlus Enterprise can now be configured to send administrators email alerts whenever scheduled data refreshes fail. Alert emails can also include data refresh warning messages. - Domains with Orphans Records
Domains can be configured to include orphans records (records that are not part of the hierarchy) which allows end users and administrators to search and chart records or islands (a branch that is not included in the main hierarchy) that are part of the organisation but not included in the hierarchy. Orphan can be included when exporting data to the OrgPlus Enterprise Modeler or to OrgPlus Desktop applications. - Domains without Hierarchy
Domains that do not include hierarchies can be created (i.e. a list of Branch Offices, Cost Centers or Conference Rooms). - Automatic Co-Manager Detection
OrgPlus Enterprise can be configured to automatically detect co-managers and then set the branch style accordingly. - Enhanced Bookmarks
Bookmarks can now be reordered by end users.
OrgPlus Enterprise 2.X Features
OrgPlus Enterprise 2.X releases contained many powerful features and enhancements. Here are some highlights:- Dotted-line Reporting
In many companies, a single individual may appear in an organisational chart multiple times. Individuals of this type have dotted-line reporting relationships to one or more managers. OrgPlus Enterprise enables you to easily navigate through all occurrences of a dotted-line report. - Chart Org Unit
OrgPlus Enterprise now enables you to chart an entire Org Unit for any given employee. For example, you can chart the entire Engineering department no matter which employee within that department is selected. - Chain of Command
The Chain of Command option enables you to view all the supervisors for the displayed chart. When the Chain of Command toolbar button is selected, all supervisors (direct and indirect) for the current top position are displayed. OrgPlus Enterprise also allows you to control how many levels are shown when displaying the chain of command for any chart. - LDAP Support
LDAP data sources are now supported. OrgPlus Enterprise also supports additional configuration parameters for LDAP (Active Directory) connections. This helps to ensure connectivity even in the more complex network environments. - Advanced Search
With the advanced search functionality you can specify multiple criteria when searching your corporate directory. - Dynamic Role Switching
OrgPlus Enterprise now allows users with access to restricted data to dynamically switch their role to the default role. This allows these users to collabourate with co-workers without having to log in using a different account. - Enhanced Data Export
All data export functions (Send to Excel, Save as OPX, Send to PDF, and Send to PowerPoint) have been enhanced to give users greater control over the exported content. Also users can now export data from the corporate directory and OrgTree modules. - Enhanced Role Determination
The role for each user can be determined by applying a "role rule" to the data record that corresponds to the current user. A "role rule" is attached to a specific data source and consists of one or more conditions. For example, if the data record corresponding to the current user indicates that the user is member of the HR team, then that user can automatically be assigned the HR Administrator role. - Additional Data Sources and Security Adapters
OrgPlus Enterprise 2.X supports an ever-growing list of data source and security adapters. Supported adapters include Excel, OLE DB, SAP, Kronos, PeopleSoft, SQL Server, LDAP, Active Directory and OrgPlus Desktop (OPX). - Enhanced Field Level Security
A role may limit what fields a user is allowed to view on a box by box basis. For example, an HR administrator in England may be limited to viewing personal information of only English employees. - Structural Security
A role may limit what part of the organisational structure a user is allowed to view. For example, if a company is composed of three divisions: automotive, aerospace, and electronics, members of the automotive division may be limited to viewing the organisational structure of only the automotive division. - SSL Support
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the standard security technology for creating an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. The SSL link ensures that all data passed between a web server and your browser remains private and secure. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers. - Merged Data Sources
OrgPlus Enterprise now allows you to combine hierarchies from different data sources into a single organisational chart. - Mapped Fields
OrgPlus Enterprise now supports mapped fields. Mapped fields enable administrators to map a field to a set of pictures. For example, you can map location (US, France) to a picture of a country flag and then display that flag in your chart boxes. - Merged Fields
OrgPlus Enterprise now supports merged fields. Merged fields are typically used to create composite fields from one or more fields (Full name from Last, First and Middle name fields). Merged fields also allow you to create context sensitive hyperlinks in your chart boxes. - Kronos Integration
OrgPlus Enterprise can be integrated with Kronos Workforce Central. - Improved Password Handling
"Forgot password" support as well as reset password on first usage. - Text File Data Sources
OrgPlus Enterprise now allows you to specify a text file as a data source. - Improved PeopleSoft Security Integration
Authenticate users using PeopleSoft username and passwords. - Support for the latest Microsoft Tools
OrgPlus Enterprise is now compatible with SQL Server 2005 and .NET 2.0. - Improved Application Security
OrgPlus Enterprise is now more secure. Security enhancements included encrypted database connections (SQL Server) and encryption of all configuration files. - Improved Charting
Support for co-manager styles. Hyperlinks now support target specification (open in a new window, target window, or existing window). - Improved IIS Integration
OrgPlus Enterprise has improved interaction with IIS resulting in better performance and faster recovery from server reboots and IIS process cycling. - FireFox and Safari Support
OrgPlus Enterprise can now be accessed via Safari and Firefox internet browsers. Macintosh users and Linux users can now access OrgPlus Enterprise. - OrgPlus Enterprise Modeler
You can now create and edit scenarios directly in your browser using the OrgPlus Enterprise Modeler. - Improved Refresh
Flat file (Excel or text file) based data sources can be set to automatically refresh whenever the contents of the file are changed. - Improved Single Sign On Support
The generic SSO adapter supports encryption. - Improved SAP Integration
OrgPlus Enterprise works seamlessly with the latest releases of SAP including mySAP ERP 2005. - Web Farm Support (OrgPlus Enterprise High Availability)
OrgPlus Enterprise can now be run in web farm behind a load balancer. Contact sales@orgplus.co.uk for more information on OrgPlus Enterprise HA. - Enhanced Master Page
OrgPlus Enterprise now gives you more control over the placement of chart titles and corporate logos. Handling of titles and logos with respect to printing and export to PDF and PowerPoint has also been improved. - Themes and Customisation
You can now set the colour scheme within OrgPlus Enterprise to match your corporate colour scheme. You can also customise strings and hide user interface elements. This is especially useful when integrating OrgPlus Enterprise into other web applications and corporate portals.
