V15 is a complete rewrite of our UI/UX and also comes with new functionalities. To help you get started, we’ve included a quick guide on how to access new preview Sandbox environment.

Our Story

The UI/UX was a challenge. We wanted to give it a modern and fresh look, yet not lose on productivity.

Most “good-looking” UIs look good because of use of the white space. Ours being an enterprise app, use of screen real estate was important. And we did a lot of data analysis to see what our users were doing.

A lot of our competitors are kind of lookalikes and we were told to be like them. But when you start using them you could see how much clicking and scrolling you have to do.

As the great man once said - design is not how it looks it is how it works. Yes, we’ve paid attention to aesthetics as that’s the first impression but we think we have done a great job in terms of UX and we’d like you to tell us what you think.

We have also got in some frequently requested capabilities like gantt mode. You have already seen what we are going to get rid of in our earlier post. Please read if you haven’t.

A lot of features have been added that make the product easier to use e.g. a lot of people want to use our task scheduling features - they would want task dates to be changed when user goes on vacation or when predecessor slips but they don’t want to be selecting “50%” or “100%” for users and don’t want the duration, effort and resources to change on their own - they are not that “MS Project” savvy - yes, we have done something for them!

So we hope you like what you see and we’d like to hear what you liked and what you didn’t.

🔷 Fresh UI/UX

Every square inch of the screen will be put to use. We know you want to get in and get out not click and scroll. It’s not a park.

• LHS menu
  We’ve redesigned the LHS main menu. You can now access things in one click - for managers its projects for team its work items. The size of the list is customisable so it's up to you.
  
  
• Project
  
  • • Project gets its own page that gives you a lot of real estate.
    • The overview tab is a dashboard so you can add your own widgets and remove existing widgets
    • The Task Status pie chart is now drill-down enabled - click on a state like Delayed to see delayed tasks.
    • The Open Items is also now clickable so you can easily find the open items in a click.
      Watch the video.
      
      
• Task and App items
  • • Their entire layout has been changed based on the data and usage patterns we analysed. It’s now simpler. The important attributes are brought out while the others are not shown but easily accessible. Saving you the effort of searching for info.
      
      
• Admin
  • • Admin has been completely rewritten. It’s now much easier to find and change stuff. Friendly help text has been added in many places so you easily remember what something does w/o having to revisit documentation.
      
      
• Visual editing of workflow
  • • Custom app workflow editing is now visual making it intuitive.
      Watch the video.
      
      
•  Dark Mode
  • • It’s there! Try it out! User Menu > Theme > Dark Mode
      Watch the video.

🔧 New functionality in task management

• Null dates: Dates can now be null! So if you dont know a date but want to enter the item, that’s fine. No more irritation of asking for a date!
• Getting rid of % for resource allocation - for those who wish to use our scheduling logic but don’t want to specify the “units” for resources, we got you coveted. It’s like automatic transmission for your projects. Just select the Admin > Project Option > Distribute work equally amongst resources flag and we’ll take care of the rest. You also won’t be bothered by the “Fixed Effort/Duration/Units” complexities either.
• Scheduling enhancements for manually scheduled tasks
  You can now enter effort for manually scheduled tasks. You can also handle the following scenarios:
  • • I know the dates and the effort for a task, let Celoxis figure everything else out.
    • I know the dates and how much a resource works daily on a task, let Celoxis figure everything else out.

📊 New functionality in Gantt charts

Gantt has been relooked at fresh.

• Enhanced Toolbar - items in the toolbar makes it so easy..no right clicks.
• Undo (for manual mode) - when you have manual save, you get the undo and redo capabilities.
• Full screen - for maximum usage of screen real estate.
•  Fully collapsible Gantt and Grid - for those who like to just work in the grid, you can collapse the Gantt chart entirely.
• Printing enhancements: Select columns, repeat headers and much more.
• More options:
  • • Enable display of WBS codes,
    • Decide whether you want to see resource names or avatars,
    • Decide whether you want to view resource conflicts icon.
      Watch the video.

🧩 New functionality in Kanban (Card layout) 

• Swimlanes:  horizontal lanes.
• Reordering:  Reorder items to prioritise them.
• More card layout options cards can now be made to look beautiful.
• Checklist you can choose checklist to appear on the card and mark them as complete right from your kanban view.
• Full screen for those who need we offer the fullscreen mode where real estate is maximised and you get a lot of productivity.
  Watch the video.

⚡Faster inline editing

Inline editing is now faster and more intuitive.

⚖️ Automatically distribute task effort equally across assigned resources

When multiple resources are assigned to a task, Celoxis automatically divides the total effort equally among them. This feature ensures a balanced workload without the need for manual adjustment, making task planning and resource allocation more efficient.

✍️ Labels renamed:-

The update to the labels focuses on enhancing clarity while adopting shorter, more intuitive terms.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Team Celoxis.