OpenProject 15.2: Set reminders for work packages
We are very happy to announce the release of OpenProject 15.2. With this update, users are now able to set reminders for work packages to never forget about a task again. Another great features are:
- Export timesheets as PDF
- Add a lag to Predecessor/Successor relations
- Create a new folder directly when using file storages integrations
- Group and order by for custom fields of type hierarchy
- Popover on user information on hover
… as well as a continued update of page headers and subheaders.
In this blog article, we’ll examine the feature of setting reminders for work packages along with the feature of exporting time tracked in work packages now as PDF. To learn more about the other features and bug fixes included in version 15.2, please check out our release notes.
Set reminders for work packages
With OpenProject 15.2, you can stay on top of your tasks with the new Reminder feature. Need a nudge about a work package at a later time? Simply open the work package, click the new Reminder icon, and set the date and time for your reminder. When the moment comes, you’ll receive a notification in your notification center, ensuring you never miss a critical task.
Simply click on the Reminder icon and specify when you would like to be notified:
We expect this feature to help many users to organize themselves even better and to keep the notification center free of outdated reminders. Maybe it has happened to you that you don’t mark notifications as read because you want to edit or view the corresponding work package later. However, this causes your notification center inbox to grow over time and become more and more cluttered.
In addition, it can often happen in your daily work that you have a work package open which you would like to look at again later – today, or days or weeks later. This is especially true in management positions if you want to monitor the progress of a task.
With the new reminder feature, you can now focus on your most urgent work and let OpenProject remind you of the work packages that will become relevant at a later point in time.
Export timesheets as PDF
Time tracking - and reporting in a nicely styled document – grows more and more important for many companies and freelancers. Until now, you could export your OpenProject timesheets to Excel.
With OpenProject 15.2, exporting time reports just got more flexible! You can now also generate PDF timesheets in the Time and Costs module. Simply set up your report filters, click the Export PDF timesheet button, and download a polished, easy-to-share PDF report.
Importante
Please note that for now, the PDF export focuses exclusively on time entries and does not include cost data.
Here’s an example:
… And this is how the generated PDF will look like:
OpenProject 15.2: Migration, Installation, Updates and Support
Follow the upgrade guide for the packaged installation or Docker installation to update your OpenProject installation to OpenProject 15.2. We update your hosted OpenProject environments (Enterprise cloud) today, January 22, 2025.
You will find more information about all new features and changes in our Release notes or in the OpenProject Documentation.
If you need support, you can post your questions in the Community Forum, or if you are eligible for Enterprise support, please contact us and we are happy to support you personally.
- New to OpenProject? To test all features of OpenProject 15.2 right away, create a 14 days free trial instance for our OpenProject Enterprise cloud.
- Prefer to run OpenProject 15.2 in your own infrastructure? Here you can find the Installation guidelines for OpenProject.
- Want to upgrade from a Community version to try out the Enterprise add-ons? Get a 14 days free trial token to test the Enterprise add-ons.
Créditos
A very special thank you goes to the City of Cologne and ZenDiS for sponsoring parts of this release. Your support, alongside the efforts of our amazing Community, helps drive these innovations.
Also, a big thanks to our Community members for reporting bugs and helping us identify and provide fixes. Special thanks for reporting and finding bugs go to Stefan Weiberg.
Last but not least, we are very grateful for our very engaged translation contributors on Crowdin, who translated quite a few OpenProject strings! This release we would like to highlight
- atifahnordin, for an outstanding number of translations into Malay.
- Vlastislav Dockal, for a great number of translations into Czech.
- Alin Marcu, for a great number of translations into Romanian.
- Yuliia Pavliuk, for a great number of translations into Ukrainian.
Would you like to help out with translations yourself? Then take a look at our translation guide and find out exactly how you can contribute. It is very much appreciated!
As always, we welcome any feedback on this release. 💙
