What's new in Hive
New features and improvements in Hive: the product updates and release notes from the Hive team.
Export Value for Total Hours Resources are now decimals
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To make Hive more consistent with other apps, the 'Total hours' in the resourcing exports will now use the decimal format. For example, 1hr and 30 min ---> 1.5 in your file export. Hive Resourcing View Resourcing Export View To easily export all information from resourcing, find
New Help navigation in-app
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Welcome to our new, streamlined Help section! In the app, you'll now be able to access this Help dropdown via the blue "?" From there, you'll have a variety of options catered to specific requests and any product questions you might have. Here's a bit more information on what you
Formula custom fields 🛠️🛠️
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We're bringing the best parts of Excel to Hive with the latest (and greatest) custom fields update. Users will now be able use custom field formulas in Hive itself, without exporting data to Excel or other tools. For example, if you have two existing custom fields ('Cost per pers
Include custom fields in Forms
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To prevent duplicative work, we've added the ability to include a custom field on a Form itself. This will enable teams to map Forms to custom fields and streamline any information that is submitted. To enable custom fields, all you'll have to do is drag the new custom field item
Filter Summary View by project-level custom fields
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Custom fields are now a master filter in Summary Views, allowing users to pull together a comprehensive view of projects by custom field. To bring in projects via custom field, visit "Edit View" in your Summary View, and scroll to "Select custom field." From there, you can choose
Resourcing and timesheet export - date changes
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To streamline data export and make it easier for teams to import Hive data into other programs, we've changed the date format in Timesheets and Resourcing to "YYYY/MM/DD."
"Edit view" in Summary View moved
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To make it easier for teams to quickly edit their Summary Views, we've changed the location of "Edit view." It'll now exist under the three "More" dots for efficient change-making.
Include project custom fields in Timesheet export
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For timesheet exports, we will now include all project custom fields, which will help streamline documentation and cohesively track project data. Timesheet exports are helpful when team leads or managers want to understand the exact breakdown of their teammates time or billable h
"Changes requested" in My Action View
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When an approver requests changes in the approval process, the action card will now denote 'Changes Requested' in My Action View. This will help draw attention to the pending approval for the purpose of prioritizing daily work. Thank you to Christina from Terakeet for requesting
Filter panel hot-key
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Short and sweet - if you want to access the Filter panel in Hive, all you have to do is press "F." Yes, that's it.
Material costs in project budget & overview changes
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With this update, we're bringing a more comprehensive dynamic budget overview into Hive at a project level. Now, users will be able to add not only staff hours, but also other discretionary funds such as travel and consultant costs into the project budget. To access and add mater
Account for holidays in resourcing utilization
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For teams reporting on utilization and resourcing at a high level, it's imperative to have time and allocation properly tracked. To aid in this tracking and reduce manual updates, we've now set resourcing utilization to account for all holidays when calculating resourcing percent
Reminder button for internal approvers
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We've heard from Hive users around the world that they love the "Reminder" button for external approvers -- it helps them remind clients of outstanding items without having to send a manual email or chat. Because of the use of this feature, we've extended the capability to also s
Lock a portfolio view
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With this update, admins and project owners will be able to lock portfolio views, which makes them uneditable and unshareable by team members. This will help team leads and managers gather and disperse high-level information that they want to keep uniform and unchanged. If a port
Quick-edit an Action card
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We're all about speed and ease at Hive, so we've added the ability to right-click on an action card and make several easy edits. Once you right-click, you'll be able to: Add time to the action card Open the action card in a new tab Send the action card to the bottom of your list
Easier filtering across Hive
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Our filter makeover is nearly finished. With this update, filtering across projects and views will all have our updated filter sidebar. This will make it easier to quickly slot in the filters in one clean view, cutting down on time spent sorting your tasks and projects. To access
Quick-add actions in sorted or filtered Table View
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If you're working in a filtered or sorted table view, we've made it easier to add additional tasks without resetting your filters. To quick-add actions from a sorted or filtered table view, you can utilize the "+New" button to create an action. We will save your place in the filt
Expanded date range for action card templates
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With this change, we've made it possible for teams to plan even further out in advance with our action card templates. Instead of being confined to a set time limit for action and subaction planning, users will be able to set timeframes of up to 999 days in either direction. Than
Allocate different hours for each day in an estimate
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One of our most requested features is live - setting different hour amounts for each day in a task estimate. For example, if there's a task that is a week long, teams wanted to be able to estimate X hours for Monday, X hours for Tuesday, etc., rather than it spreading the hours e
Select & move multiple actions in Gantt
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For users that work heavily in Gantt, we heard your feedback that moving multiple items at once would be most helpful. With this update, our drag-and-drop functionality in Gantt has now been extended to include selection of several actions. Now, when you user selects multiple act
Track time on behalf of another user
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With this new update, users will be able to track time on behalf of other users as well as external users. This will be helpful when team members are out of office, working as external contributors, or simply forget to track their own time. To track time for a teammate, you'll ha
Ability to resource % allocation
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With this resourcing update, we've made it possible to resource your team by percentage instead of hours only. Teams have let us know that resourcing based on percentage allocation helps alleviate some of the stress that comes with strict time-tracking, and can help with overall
Multi-select in forms dropdown
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With this latest forms update, users will now have the ability to multi-select items in any dropdown questions. This is helpful for teams that want to pass along multi-pronged answers via one question instead of creating separate questions or forms for different answers. To make
Add agile estimates to action cards
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We know you've been waiting for this one! As of today, we've added the ability to include agile estimates in Fibonacci format on all action cards. This functionality will act as an App in Hive, so to enable it, you'll need to visit your Hive App section and turn it on. Once Agile
Show all levels of subactions in Kanban
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If you've got a parent action with several subactions, it is helpful to see the full set of subactions in Kanban view. This helps teams visualize progress of a whole action as opposed to just the parent and one subaction. To enable this feature, visit your project settings, and s
Dynamic user fields in Forms
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Forms are a much-loved part of Hive (we use them all the time at Hive HQ), and we heard from internal and external users that making a user selection dynamic in forms would streamline workflow. With that feedback, we made an addition to the dynamic fields in forms -- users will n
Right click to add time in My Actions
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With one of many upcoming My Actions updates, we're enabling users to right click to add time to actions in My Actions view. It's as easy as right clicking on a task and selecting "Add Time" from the dropdown. From there, you'll be taken to the time-tracking modal, where you can
Recurring actions time enhancements
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We've now made it easier to specify when exactly a recurring action will be scheduled for. The new dropdown will allow users to quickly specify the following: Action reoccurs weekly on date of assignment Action reoccurs monthly at same time of assignment Action reoccurs yearly at
Bolded custom fields
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With this update, we've bolded the custom field names in action cards to help teams easily navigate through the card and identify these special fields. This small functionality change will make it easier to scan through action cards and hone in on the necessary custom fields for
Resourcing filter updates!
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Welcome to our new Resourcing Filter experience. It's updated, streamline, and better than ever before. With all filters available on the right-hand side of the resourcing panel, you'll be able to easily locate and segment out items with a few clicks, without it eating into the t
@Action to notify all following action
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We heard from our customers that our new @project notification feature was extremely helpful for keeping team members notified about important changes or comments. This prompted us to create an action card specific notification, which allows you to notify all action card follower
Retrieve task history via API
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With Hive's latest API update, users can now retrieve Action Card history via API with the route actions/:actionId/action-history. This will make it easier for teams to extract all data related to an action card when pulling data from the API, as opposed to just the card's curren
Restore subactions from trash bin
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Hive's Trash Bin has been a big hit with teams around the world, and we've just enhanced its functionality to have the ability to restore subactions, in addition to parent actions. When you delete a subaction, they'll now be sent into the "Actions" portion of the trash bin. To br
Assign form submissions to multiple users
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With this latest update, form settings will allow submissions to be assigned to multiple users. This will allow teams with more complex form fills and dynamic fields to assign the submissions to the right people across their team. To access this feature, scroll to the bottom of y
Ability to mass follow or unfollow action cards
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We've just made bulk editing in Table View easier than ever! With this update, users will be able to mass follow or unfollow action cards with a few clicks. To do this, you'll just need to right click after selecting all actions that you want to follow or unfollow. From there, yo
Ability to hide Hive Apps on action cards
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Not every user in every project needs all Hive Apps enabled on their action cards. With this update, users will be able to designate which apps they'd like to show on their action cards when they create or edit the project. To edit which apps are visible, simple go to your edit p
Manually resend approval request email
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With this update, users will be able to manually resend a request for approval email to an external user with a few clicks. Previously, the emails would be generated one time to users, but sometimes they fell through the cracks. Now, you'll be able to remind approvers of their ou
Ability to add subaction assignees when "Scheduling Meeting"
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Earlier this year, we added a "Schedule meeting" button to the bottom of our action cards. When you press this button, you've been able to quick-create a meeting invitation pre-loaded with information from the action card. With this update to our schedule meeting feature, users w
Customization of Project Navigator columns
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We've updated Project Navigator to be a fully customizable experience for each user. The next time you navigate to your Project Navigator, you'll will receive a new pop-up that will allow you to choose which columns are relevant to you. These customization choices will not affect
Color-coded rows in Table View
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With this update, task rows in Table View that are incomplete, overdue, or complete will be color coded and completely filled with their respective colors. This will help to quickly alert team members to pressing or completed items. Thanks to Tony at American Outdoor Brands, Kris
Right click to add time to action card
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Instead of opening up each individual task, users will now able to quickly go through actions in Status View, Team View, or Label View and allocate time with one click. To add time to these action cards, simply right click on the card (or double tap your trackpad), and you'll be
Retroactively update custom bill rates
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One of our most requested updates ever on our Forum is now live! With this update, you'll be able to retroactively update bill rates. This will make it so that teams can edit, correct, or update any past resourcing bill rates without having to completely re-do how their time was
Pop-up when tagging OOO teammate
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Next time you tag a teammate on a card that is OOO, you'll receive a pop-up that lets you know they are out of office. This will help keep project timelines intact and work streamlined by clearly communicating each individual's status and schedule. To ensure that people receive t
Alphabetized custom fields in Action Card
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With this latest update, custom fields will now be sorted alphabetically in your action cards! This will help teams quickly access the field input they want to select, instead of sifting through the drop-down endlessly. Note: If custom fields are integers, they'll still remain nu
Allow links as proofing source
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With this update, users will be able to proof links as opposed to just files. This will be especially helpful for teams looking to proof webpages, which will be captured and uploaded as a PDF into Hive for editing. Additionally, Adobe XD links can be input into Hive for seamless
Separate sound settings for chat and action assignments
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With this update, we've changed the sound settings structure for chat pings and action assignments in Hive. This will make it easier to distinguish when you've got a new message versus just an assigned action, as the latter might not be as pressing. To customize your notification
Filter out blocked actions in Table View
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Many Hive customers have requested the ability to filter out blocked actions in Table View -- these are the actions that are dependent on other tasks that have yet to be completed. Specifically, centralized teams needed an easy way to eliminate the work that is not yet critical.
Ability to export only parent actions
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With this update, we've included the ability to ONLY export parent actions when you export a project in Hive. This will help teams that are using exports as a way to report on high-level project activity. To activate this setting, proceed to export your project via the "More" thr
Show task hierarchy on export
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When exporting a timeline to excel, users will now be able to adjust settings so that task hierarchy is always visible. Previously, the export would just send out a flat list of tasks. Now, if you check "Show action hierarchy in export," you'll see the full task hierarchy in the
Resourcing assignment to match zoom level
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To help teams that use resourcing heavily, we've changed the way users quick-add resourcing assignments. Previously, when users double clicked a cell to create a resource assignment, the default would select a 1 day duration (Note: You have to double-click the expanded cell under
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