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BCP - Release Notes - 2024

Written by Paul Gorman

Updated at February 26th, 2025

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Release # Date Item Description
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9392 AAP Reports have been modified and all checklist style reports now show the full report name header on each page. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9393 An alternate detailed view of the Incumbency vs Estimated Availability report is now available through Manage Reports. This version, by default, will include all protected classes, employment and availability percentages, and the Shortfall total. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9396 An option has been added to the Compensation Reports were differences of more than 5% can be highlighted on the final report. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9406 Summary style reports have been modified and column totals will now only appear on reports with matching protected class data. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9444 The AAP Reports export feature has been updated and now includes a new option, under Global Settings, that will add report bookmarks to the PDF file. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024 9510 Correction of a reported issue where in isolated situations the Personnel Activity by Plans graph was not consistently appearing upon page load. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024   Overall AAP Report connection settings between balanceAAP and BCP have been updated to ensure all report information matches between the two systems. 
2024.12.354.8 12/19/2024   General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal.
2024.11.319.1 11/14/2024 9878 Correction of an issue where plans that contained advanced Reporting Assignments may have been displaying incorrect plan totals on the Data Visualization page and within select reports. 
2024.11.319.1 11/14/2024 9928 The Document Center has been updated to correct a reported issue where select users were unable to submit files. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 8654 The Overview DataViz page has been enhanced and will now display the month and year next to the plan name when similar plans are selected. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 8815 Correction of a reported formatting issue on the Individuals with Disabilities Utilization Goals report. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 8833 The Individuals with Disabilities section has been updated to ensure consistent results when compared to the balanceAAP counterpart. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9151 Correction of a reported issue where the Incumbency vs Estimated Availability report was not correctly displaying data when run in an Update Plan. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9310 The bulk action options, on the Manage Users page, has been updated to improve performance and reliability. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9327 Correction of a reported issue where the Document Center was allowing uploads without full sender detail. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9619 balanceAAP Update Plans have been modified and will now display compensation reports. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9642 Annotated Employee reports have been updated to ensure report headers and details match their balanceAAP counterpart. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9680 Correction of a reported issue where the Protected Veteran Benchmark was not being calculated properly in all situations. 
2024.11.312.3 11/7/2024 9719 Correction of a reported error that occurred when logging into the Berkshire Client Portal using Single Sign-On and Multi-Factor Authentication. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 9452 An adjustment was made to the BCP Service Deliverables to correct a reported issue where in isolation situations downloading files was producing an error. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 9468 The Employment tab within the Data Visualizations has been adjusted to ensure consistency in all situations for the Employment by Plan charts. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 9509 BCP client roles were modified to ensure all users have accurate permissions for each action on the Personnel Activity tab within the Data Visualization sections. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 9542 The individual BCP user password reset process has been modified to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 9547 The Annotated Employee reports have been corrected to ensure accurate reporting in all plan data situations. 
2024.10.277.4 10/3/2024 - General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal
2024.9.256.3 9/12/2024 9329 Correction of a reported issue where Client Admin users were unable to grant support access to the Berkshire Product Support team. 
2024.9.256.3 9/12/2024 9338 Correction of a reported issue where in isolated situations newly created users were not given proper access to their requested BCP client. 
2024.9.249.2 9/5/2024 9289 The Document Center email notifications have been updated to ensure all email communications are current and up to date. 
2024.9.249.2 9/5/2024 9319 Correction of a reported issue where in limited situations the Data Visualization pages, within the Berkshire Client Portal, were not consistently displaying data after the plan's Level of Analysis value was changed. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 6504 Correction of a reported issue where Archived balanceAAP plans were still appearing in BCP after the Archive date had passed. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 7775 The Incumbency vs Estimated Availability section of the Plan Summary report has been updated to fully match all individual settings of the Incumbency vs Estimated Availability report. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8026 Correction of a reported issue in Manage Users where individual plans cannot be selected if the list is filtered by Plan Code. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8183 Users will now receive an on-screen warning when they attempt to upload duplicate files within the same Document Center upload. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8208 When enabled, the Single Sign-On identifier now appears in the user's Basic Information section within the BCP Manage User section. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8408 Plan Summary reports were failing to export in select situations due to similar Establishment Names causing an error when building the Excel report. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8437 Correction of a reported issue where the Job Group links within the Applicant Flow DataViz page were not properly formatted. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8490 The My Profile page has been updated to properly display the user's name after a profile adjustment has been made. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8526 The Document Center file history has been enhanced and will now display all historical entries for each uploaded file. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8528 The Recipient drop-down list within the BCP Document Center has been updated to always reflect the most up to date list of available Berkshire consultants. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8540 The Pie and Bar Charts for Top 5 Disposition Code data on the Applicant Flow tab have been modified and now both reflect the same sort order. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8541 The Job Groups Met by Plan chart on the IWD Data Visualization page has been updated and now calculates the total against plan employment. 
2024.8.242.4 8/29/2024 8772 Footnotes for the Individuals with Disabilities reports, within the BCP, have been updated to reflect the most recent regulations. 
2024.7.207.3 7/25/2024 8562 Correction of a reported issue where plans, that contained duplicate job group descriptions, were not displaying the full job group list in the Overview Summary and showed an incorrect job group total on the Overview Data Visualization tab. 
2024.7.207.3 7/25/2024 8582 Correction of a reported issue where in isolated situations,  the Protected Veteran Benchmark met icon was not being displayed. 
2024.7.207.3 7/25/2024 8662 The Adverse Impact Data Visualization tab has been updated to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.7.193.5 7/11/2024 8390 The Berkshire Document Center has been updated to provide Client Admin users with the ability to view all documents within their account. 
2024.7.193.5 7/11/2024 8475 Correction of a reported issue where the Berkshire Client Portal email notifications did not display the proper images. 
2024.7.193.5 7/11/2024 8480 Manage Users has been updated to ensure all client user roles have the required Berkshire Client Portal permissions. 
2024.6.177.4 6/25/2024 8152 The Applicant Flow DataViz section has been updated to resolve a reported discrepancy with the Top 5 Disposition Code charts when viewed by job group and job code. 
2024.6.177.4 6/25/2024 8345 Correction of a reported issue where in limited situations the Berkshire Client Portal email messages did not display the proper logo. 
2024.6.177.4 6/25/2024 8353 The on-screen messaging, within the Berkshire Client Portal Document Center, has been enhanced to more accurately reflect a user's permission level when viewing uploaded files. 
2024.6.169.4 6/17/2024 8284 The New Plans Assigned email, sent from the Berkshire Client Portal, has been updated to resolve a reported plan link error. 
2024.6.163.1 6/11/2024 8219 Correction of an issue where the requisition number format, within the balanceAAP applicant data table, was preventing plans from being published successfully to the Berkshire Client Portal. 
2024.6.163.1 6/11/2024 8232 Correction of a reported issue where in isolated situations the balanceAAP Narratives were not being fully published. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 7006 The Plan and Overview Summaries have been updated to display a progress bar when the reports are being exported from the DataViz Overview  and AAP Summaries page. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 7523 The Document Center file uploader has been enhanced to improve performance and prevent upload failures when upload subject line contained invalid characters. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 7696 The DataViz plan selector has been updated to correct a situation where users have not had a plan automatically selected after logging in to view their recently published plan. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 7717 The Veteran Benchmarks for Hiring Analysis report settings have been corrected to providers users with the ability to run the report by plan or by job group. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 7976 The Overall Summaries report has been updated to resolve an export failure that occurs in limited situations when the number of hires exceeds the report threshold. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024 8156 Correction of an issue where Adverse Impact reports, run by Job Code, are not displaying the correct information when the Adverse Impact reports are set to be filtered by individual Job Groups. 
2024.6.159.1 6/6/2024   General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal.
2024.5.130.7 5/9/2024 7834 The Plan and Overview Summaries have been updated to ensure the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark formatting is consistent. 
2024.5.130.7 5/9/2024 7835 The reported issue with the inability to disable and reenable the IWD and Protected Veterans sections within the Plan Summaries has been resolved. 
2024.5.130.7 5/9/2024 7864 Correction of a reported issue where the Plan Summaries section icons were incorrectly  displayed for sections without data. 
2024.5.130.7 5/9/2024   General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal.
2024.4.116.11 4/25/2024 7750 The Plan Publish feature was modified to accommodate larger Adverse Impact selection ratios where applicable. 
2024.4.116.11 4/25/2024 7751 Correction of a reported issue where Berkshire Client Portal users were unable to send an email to Product Support through the help menu. 
2024.4.116.11 4/25/2024 7766 The client Admin role has been updated and Berkshire Client Portal users with the proper permissions can now change user roles, within their account, when needed. 
2024.4.116.11 4/25/2024 - General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal
2024.4.109.4 4/18/2024 7612 The Overall Summaries report has been updated to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.4.109.4 4/18/2024 7700 Berkshire Client Portal has been updated to better account for and report on plan feeders  which originate outside of the main plan. 
2024.4.109.4 4/18/2024 7727 In response to the recent change of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Hiring Benchmark, all AAP Reports, which display this value, have been updated to ensure the correct percentage is used after a plan is created and published. 
2024.4.102.6 4/11/2024   General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 6224 The Berkshire Client Portal has been enhanced and now contains the ability to post global System Alerts for all clients and users. Additionally, individual users can update their profile and elect to have these System Alerts sent via email. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 6698 The Berkshire Client Portal has been enhanced to better accommodate AAP Update Plans. Changes includes the removal of the DataViz Goals section when only Update Plans are selected, DataViz column and tile headers will be updated when Update Plans are selected, and the Reports and Summaries sections will be changed accordingly. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 6852 The Plan Summaries report now displays a message within each section to indicate no results, when appropriate.
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 7426 Updates were made to the Plan Summaries report in the Berkshire Client Portal to ensure the Adverse Impact Action Type entries are in the same order when compared to the balanceAAP Plan Summary. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 7485 Users will now be presented with a message when viewing the Reports page if no plans are available. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 7510 The Plan Summaries report has been updated to correct an issue where the report's tabs were not consistently linked to the list of available plans. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 7537 The Document Center Upload page has been modified to reflect the current list of Berkshire recipients.
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024 7594 Correction of a file upload error that occurred in the Service Deliverables section in select situations. 
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024   General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal
2024.4.095.6 4/4/2024   The Berkshire Document Center has been updated to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.3.074.2 3/14/2024 7122 The Job Group Analysis Summary report was updated to remove unused column totals. 
2024.3.074.2 3/14/2024 7220 BCP plan publish process was modified to correct a report error which occurred in limited situations. 
2024.3.064.10 3/4/2024 6933 The Overall Summaries report was updated to correct an error that occurred in limited situations when run by Sub Plans. 
2024.3.064.10 3/4/2024 7077 The Utilization Summary tab, in the Overall Summaries report, was updated to ensure all protected classes, with placement goals, are correctly listed. 
2024.3.064.10 3/4/2024 7078 Adverse Impact Data Visualization page totals were modified to ensure consistency with all selected Action Types and the Overall Summaries report. 
2024.3.064.10 3/4/2024 7079 Correction of an issue where Berkshire Client Portal users received an error when attempting to upload a file through the Document Center. 
2024.3.064.10 3/4/2024 7104 The Placement Goals report was updated so that all columns utilize the same data format. 
2024.2.060.3 2/29/2024 - The Berkshire Document Center has been updated to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.2.060.3 2/29/2024 - General system updates have been made to improve the overall performance and usability of the Berkshire Client Portal
2024.2.053.3 2/22/2024 6898 The Manage Users page has been modified to display a confirmation message for all user profile changes. 
2024.2.053.3 2/22/2024 6906 Correction of a reported issue where users in the Client Admin profile were receiving an error when Multi-Factor Authentication was activated. 
2024.2.053.3 2/22/2024 - The Berkshire Document Center has been updated to improve performance and efficiency. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 5935 Plan Summary reports have been enhanced and now have the option to include or exclude the Minorities/Non-Minorities totals in the Adverse Impact section. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6248 The Manage Users page now displays a confirmation message when user bulk actions are completed. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6329 Users can now be added to the Berkshire Client Portal through the balanceAAP Publish Plan Users Settings tab. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6438 Individual Plan Identifier values can now be used as a search option when setting plan permissions in the Manage User page. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6686 Correction of a reported issue where individuals using the Add All option, when selecting plans, can add a plan more than once. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6689 The Applicant Flow tab has been modified to correct a reported issue where the Top 5 Disposition Code bar graphs were not consistently filtering on individual disposition codes. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6787 Plan Summary reports have been updated to match individual AAP Report settings. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 6790 The Plan Summary default settings for new BCP user have been modified to match Berkshire recommendations. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 - Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) has been added to the Berkshire Client Portal  and can be activated through the Manage Security page. 
2024.2.046.12 2/15/2024 - Single Sign On has been added to the Berkshire Client Portal  and can be activated through the Manage Security  page. 
2024.2.043.4 2/12/2024 6748 Correction of the Contact Support request error. 
2024.2.043.4 2/12/2024 6772 Document Centerwas updated to provide email notifications to all relevant users. 
2024.2.043.4 2/12/2024 6792 Berkshire Product Support contact information was updated. 
2024.1.025.4 1/25/2024 6358 Correction of a file download error that
2024.1.025.4 1/25/2024 6497 Berkshire Client Portal AAP Reports were modified to resolve an issue where duplicates job groups were appearing in isolated Adverse Impact reports. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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