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2025 New Features

Software Spotlight

A month-by-month breakdown of all the new TASS and Orbit features released in 2025.

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January Features

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webBook End-of-Life

As per our notifications in 2024, webBook is now End-of-Life and has been disabled. All functionality previously provided in webBook is now available through the Staff Portal's Assessment module.

Access icons for webBook have been removed from TASS.web and the Staff Portal. If users attempt to access the program via bookmarked URLs, they will be redirected to a modified login screen informing users to utilise the new functionality in the Staff Portal.

webBook will continue to be accessible on earlier versions of TASS but will not be suitable for academic reporting in 2025. As support for webBook will end in May 2025, click the link below to access resources to assist you in making the switch.

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Accounts Payable API Endpoint

This release includes a new 'setGLCredit' endpoint to the Accounts Payable API. This allows third-party applications to enter and apply Credits for Supplier Transactions in TASS.web. Schools utilising alternative accounts payable solutions will no longer need to double-handle credit notes.

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Payroll and Online Timesheet Entries

Online Timesheets can now be viewed in TASS.web after finalising a Pay Run. When an employee's payment is associated with a Timesheet, a link will appear to open the corresponding Timesheet. This will provide Payroll Officers with greater transparency when it comes to payroll transactions that have originated from the Staff Portal's Online Timesheet feature.

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Parent Statement Layout Options

The 'SmartaPay Layout' option has been removed from the layout options when generating Parent Statements. The SmartaPay layout is outdated and no longer supported by TASS.

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Academic Reporting Legacy Programs

As a part of webBook's End-of-Life, the 'Objective/Results Comments' and 'Result Based Comment Translations' programs in TASS.web have been removed. The functionality these products offered can now be found on the 'Result Based Comments' tab in the Assessment Setup program in TASS.web.

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Student Note Category-Based Permissions

Access to Student Note Categories can now be regulated in TASS.web with the introduction of User Permission Security Points for each Student Note Category defined by your school. This functionality is an extension of what is available for the Staff Portal.

Student Note Category permissions can be assigned to individual users or role groups. After installing this update, users with exisiting access to Student 'Notes' tabs and 'Confidential Notes' table will automatically be granted access to all permissions points, which aligns with exisiting functionality. Please review and adjust permissions as necessary following the update.

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Staff Orbit - Update Details

Staff members now have a streamlined and convenient way to manage their personal information directly through the Staff Orbit app. With just a few taps, employees can easily access and update their details, including home address, next of kin information, and bank account details.

After making changes, the app automatically submits the updated information for review and approval, ensuring everything is handled efficiently and securely.

To learn more about these new features and the other items included in this release, view the full release notes via the button below!