eBrigade 6.X — Next-Generation Performance, Reliability, and User Experience
With the 6.X series, eBrigade has reached a new level: compatibility with the latest versions of PHP, a new, smoother user experience, enhanced security, better management of activities, training, absences and expense reports, not to mention an even more advanced integration with information systems (SSO, LDAP, CRM, etc.).
✨ eBrigade 6.3 — even easier and better integrated
An update full of new features to make management easier, improve user experience, and strengthen integrations!
Login, Security & User Accounts
- SSO: New sign-in options based on staff status.
- MFA: complete centralization of the configuration of authentication methods (SMS, e-mail, notifications).
- Communication email address: possibility to use an address different from the login address.
- Account deactivation on request: possibility to configure the cancellation procedure.
- HelloAsso: new authentication flow + automatic link between HelloAsso and eBrigade during registration.
- Personal Import API: Consideration of custom fields when importing personnel.
- Setting a default personal status when creating a new listing.
Personnel Management
- Personal profile:
- Possibility to order custom fields.
- Improved the Training Skills > tab.
- Improved notification preferences.
- Possibility to set up CP and RTT rights directly from the Absences tab.
- Added a more visible “Status” label .
- Sending emails to external staff is now possible.
- Entry of availability: download of the PDF receipt.
- Personal schedule:
- Holidays in color.
- General display improvement.
Memberships, Membership Fees & HelloAsso
- Improved the membership form (layout, new buttons).
- T sent by email at the time of subscription.
- Setting up the default payment method for contributions.
Skills training
- Continuing education : possibility of creating them for a complete hierarchy of skills (e.g. PSE1 + PSE2).
- Skill page:
- Added quick actions (contact, access card, multi-select for message).
- Display of skills on activities now conditioned by the expected skills.
Activities Operations
- Complete activities: The sign-up button clearly mentions this.
- Automatic registration possible for on-call staff.
- Shared activities: Can be associated with specific types of activities.
- Activity settings:
- Reorderable fields.
- Better management of the equipment and vehicles expected.
- Dedicated permissions to delete a report.
- Possibility to restrict certain features according to the functions of the registrants.
- Ability to duplicate multiple parts of an activity when they fall on the same day.
- Documents visible on an activity now configurable.
- Reinforcements: Display the number of people instead of the full list.
- QR Codes: improved settings.
- RSS module: extraction of an activity feed to integrate it on an external site.
Maps, geolocation interventions
- Intervention cards:
- Search by GPS coordinates.
- Retrieving the coordinates of a map point.
- Better trip management.
- Mobile geolocation: Enhanced reliability even when the app remains in the background.
- Mobile notifications: Received links open the associated activity directly.
Documents Communication
- Documents:
- Move to a tree structure rather than a list.
- Setting up the documents visible on each activity.
- Automatic emails: modernized design.
- Mail configuration moved to Mail Settings > for clarity.
- Messages: sent email counter added + button to top up SMS.
- Side menu: possibility to add custom links.
CRM, Finance Logistics
- CRM > Customers: Automatic increment of quote numbers.
- Accounting: harmonization of the colors of the graphs.
- Logistics > Consumables: Improved settings.
Medals, statistics and results
- Medals Module: Wide selection of additional icons for pre-configured medals.
- Statistics: Visual improvements to the charts.
- Annual Reviews: Added new charts and reports by activity types.
Interface User Experience
- Homepage: Faster loading .
- Overrides widget: Improved display.
- Modernized News page .
- Optimized tablet view .
- Organization: Removed alphabetical sorting, now displayed only by hierarchy.
- Generalized drag drop to order elements in the settings pages.
✨ eBrigade 6.2 — The user experience at the heart of the platform
Version 6.2 focuses on ease of use, visual clarity and fine management of organizations, while integrating the latest technical developments.
User Experience Interface
- Numerous graphical improvements for smoother and more modern navigation.
- Significant reduction in page reloads to save time on a daily basis.
- Improved mobile geolocation, including in the background.
- Customizable colors on staff statuses.
- Color-coded to distinguish between primary and secondary skills.
- Automatic display of the organization’s logo on documents (if no letterhead is provided).
- Possibility to upload images of all sizes (banners, logos, visuals, etc.).
Security permissions
- New Single Sign-On module for seamless integration with the IS.
- Removal of the old “blocked” access right in favor of a clearer “Blocked” user status .
- New permission dedicated to receiving emails.
- Specific authorization to receive notifications related to expense reports.
- New permission to validate overrides.
Communication notifications
- Retention of the history of emails sent via eBrigade.
- Advanced personalization of automatic email content.
- Automatic reminder email for vehicle technical inspections.
- New SMS module allowing the sending of messages of more than 160 characters.
- Support of the EmailiT service for sending emails.
Activities CRM
- Create invoices without associated activity (customer direct billing).
- New page listing activities by customer, for a better CRM vision.
- New feature permissions to edit activity statistics.
- Added a button to recalculate the statistics of an activity.
- Possibility of adding customizable constraints on the training courses (number of trainers, duration, etc.).
- Management of rooms by type of activity (assignment and availability).
Expense reports vehicles
- Implementation of a configurable mileage allowance quota.
- Automatic reminder email for technical inspections.
- Dedicated authorization for notifications related to expense reports.
Personal HR
- Possibility to define the order in which categories are displayed on the personal card.
- Addition of a secondary status on personal files (multi-positioning).
- Display of a multi-criteria list of absences for better HR monitoring.
Mapping Data
- Import of GPX/KML tracks on the operational map (restitution of routes and zones).
Technical features
- Full PHP 8.4 support, for up-to-date performance and security.
- Automatic update of modules every night.
- Updated the iCalCreator library (v2.41.49).
- Possibility to force the uniqueness of email addresses to avoid duplicates.
🎥 eBrigade 6.1 — Engagement, Ergonomics and Productivity
Version 6.1 increases user engagement, further modernizes the interface and improves the management of working hours, absences and accounting.
User Experience Interface
- Possibility to add a video on the login page (presentation, instructions, internal communication).
- Numerous graphical improvements.
- Reduced page reloads for smoother navigation.
- Overall security and performance improvements.
Emails communication
- Personalization of the content of automatic emails sent by eBrigade.
- New page listing blocked users.
- Improved help and support module, with in-house user support.
Working hours and absences
- Improvements on working hours and absences.
- Consideration of working and working days in the calculation of absences.
- Names of the availability periods now configurable.
- Optimized display of the distribution of skills on people registered for an activity.
Management configuration
- Ability to choose the name of the person in charge of technical support.
- Addition of membership types/membership fees.
- Added a color selection for skills.
- Addition of advanced settings on QR Codes (equipment, clothing, vehicles, etc.).
- Role can be added directly from the personal file.
- Improved multilingual management in a single database.
- Ability to create a material item directly from a batch.
Documents taxation
- New automatic document: Tax receipt.
- FPDF updated to version 1.86.
APIs Integrations
- Improved APIs for importing and updating staff.
- New page showing the interventions on a map.
Accounting
- Accounting module: improvement of the income statement.
- Ability to export accounting data in Excel.
🚀 eBrigade 6.0 — New technical basis advanced training control
With version 6.0, eBrigade is upgrading to the latest web technologies and strengthening the management of training, absences, approvals and reporting.
Technical foundations
- Support for PHP 8.3, for more performance and security.
- jQuery updated to version 3.7.1.
- Font Awesome updated to version 6.4.2.
- Added Tiny-HTML-Minifier (v2.2) to optimize the HTML code.
- Numerous graphical improvements, for a more modern interface.
Statistics Reporting
- New Statistics and Report menus.
- New permissions to access reporting and export data.
- New API for exporting registrations.
Training Compliance
- Improvements in working hours and absences.
- Compliance control of training : constraints on trainers, duration, age of trainees, etc.
- Ability to block changes for a training activity.
- Addition of a QR Code certifying the conformity of diplomas.
- Added Marianne font to diplomas.
- Improvement of the awarding of diplomas following training.
Approvals HR
- Management of approvals with configurable values.
- Display of the number of assigned day/night shifts in the staff selector.
- Configurable RTT period.
- Configurable annual expense report limit.
- Possibility of mass dismissal of staff.
Notifications Activities
- Notification on demand if registration changes to an activity.
New modules
- Form
- Room management
- Logistics maintenance
- Medals
- Stripe → Billing
- LDAP
- Suppliers
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