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      Release 9.16 October 17, 2025

      New Features

      • Enhanced Should Start or Finish Report Filters: We've introduced interactive filters to the Should Start or Finish Report, enhancing the ability to analyze activity timelines. Here's how it works:

          • Clicking the number in the center of the donut charts at the top of the report page displays the total number of activities that should have started or finished within the selected period.

          • In Custom Reports, the Should Have Started and Should Have Finished charts now support cross-filtering. For example, when viewing the Should Have Started chart, users can filter to include activities that should have finished, and vice versa.

        • Benefit: These filters provide greater flexibility, enabling users to gain deeper insights into project schedules and manage activities more effectively.

      • Importing Custom Fields as Activity Codes: We’re excited to announce that SmartPM now supports importing custom fields from Microsoft Project (MPP) files as activity codes. Only fields defined with a lookup table will be imported; all other field types will be ignored. These activity codes can be used for filtering, grouping, modeling, and our upcoming Trade Analysis feature, providing greater flexibility in managing your project data.

        Requirements for Importing Custom Fields

        To ensure successful import, the custom fields in your MPP file must meet the following criteria:

        • Lookup Table Requirement: The custom field must be defined with a lookup table to provide predefined choices, ensuring it is not a free-text field.

        • Unique Naming: Each item in the lookup table must have a unique name. Duplicate names will cause the import to fail.

      Bug Fixes

      • Quality Profile Selector: Resolved an issue preventing users from selecting a new default quality profile on the Project Quality Report page.

      • Schedule Summary Report Printing: Fixed a bug that caused the Schedule Summary Report to fail when printing on ARCH paper sizes.

      • Company Dashboard Filtering: Corrected an issue where completed projects were incorrectly excluded when applying the slot type filter on the Company Dashboard.

      • WBS/Activity Code Selector: Fixed a bug in the WBS/Activity Code selector that occurred during model creation, ensuring proper functionality.