Version 4.824 April 2024OmniPlan 4.8 for iPad and iPhone introduces a new app icon and support for Omni Automation "Install Links." Requires iOS/iPadOS 16.
• App Icon: New app icon.
• Omni Automation: Omni Automation now supports “Install Links” for simplified Omni Automation plug-in installation.
• App Lock: Updated App Lock appearance.
• Omni Automation: Omni Automation plug-ins can now be configured in App settings.
• Outline: Custom Data outline columns are now supported.
• Outline: Tapping on an empty outline cell now initiates editing.
• Outline: Fixed a bug that could block editing rows near end of project outline.
• Outline: "Copy" contextual menu item now functions correctly.
• Stability: Updated Omni Automation logic to avoid a JavaScriptCore crash on iOS and iPadOS 17.
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Version 4.5.506 September 2023OmniPlan 4.5.5 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.
• Toolbar — Restored "Set Task Default" option in toolbar Add menu.
• Omni Automation — Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause iCloud plug-ins to fail to display on newer iOS/iPadOS versions.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when calculating resource cost.
• Stability — Addressed a bug that could trigger a crash when autofilling Omni Account credentials via a password manager.
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Version 4.5.413 April 2023OmniPlan 4.5.4 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.
• Calendars — Fixed an error opening projects that include unexpected repeating off-hours.
• Change Tracking — Fixed bugs related to syncing “Adjust assigned amounts” tasks with multiple assigned resources (note, affected tasks will need to be edited before syncing properly).
• Collaboration — Fixed a bug that could cause shared resource loads to fail to immediately publish to other projects.
• Collaboration — Prompt to trust self-signed certificates when configuring a custom WebDAV server has been restored.
• Leveling — Addressed hangs that could occur when leveling some project schedules.
• Split Tasks — Fixed a bug that could cause some split tasks to behave unexpectedly when auto-leveling, resulting in slight schedule shifts and repeated changelog notifications.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when publishing projects with shared resource loads.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur calculating a start date range.
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Version 4.524 October 2022OmniPlan 4.5 adds new toolbar functionality on iPads running iPadOS 16.
• Toolbar — New document toolbar functionality has been introduced on iPads running iPadOS 16 (this functionality is not available on iPhones). Changes include: • Customizable toolbar support. • New optional toolbar buttons for Reschedule, Catch Up, Split Task, Level Resources, Publish/Refresh, and task selection. • Support for new iPadOS 16 document title menu. • Access to options previously only accessible via the document browser toolbar, like the Reference Manual and Settings, via the document toolbar's overflow menu.
• Timeline Scale — Fixed a bug that could cause Gantt timeline scale options to present in incorrect language.
• Stability — Using addAssignment on a task assignment via Omni Automation no longer triggers a crash.
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Version 4.429 March 2022OmniPlan 4.4 improves OmniPlan’s leveling and scheduling logic on all platforms, and introduces localizations on iPad and iPhone. OmniPlan 4 is now localized in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish on all platforms.
• Localizations — OmniPlan is now localized in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.
• Leveling — Leveling now supports assigning a resource group that contains only equipment resources with 0% efficiency (previously this would trigger a “no dependency chain available” violation). This is useful for automatically assigning an available conference room from a resource group of conference rooms, for example.
• Omni Automation — Omni Automation improvements. For more detail, see the Omni Automation Release Notes (available in the Automation API Reference via the Automation menu in the toolbar).
• Leveling — Improved leveling logic related to resource availability.
• Leveling — A warning is now presented when leveling could cause a hammock task to stretch endlessly due to an assigned resource that is also in the dependency chain for the hammock’s end date.
• Leveling — Leveling no longer unassigns resources assigned to manually scheduled tasks.
• Leveling — Fixed a bug that could cause resource start dates to interfere with accurately scheduling tasks set to “Task progress requires: Any of the assigned resources.”
• Leveling — Leveling a “Adjust Assigned Amounts” task that is assigned to multiple resources no longer over assigns units to resources with less than 100% unit availability (previously, OmniPlan split the assigned amount evenly across all assigned resources, regardless of individual resource availability).
• Leveling — Resource leveling no longer gives up on scheduling long sequences of as-late-as-possible tasks that end up determining the project end date in projects scheduled from a fixed start.
• Leveling — Fixed a bug that could cause leveling to repeatedly split and merge partially completed tasks.
• Leveling — ALAP milestones in a forward project now level correctly.
• Multitasking — Changes to sidebar visibility no longer affect all open documents.
• Outline View — Task group expansion state is now restored in Outline View.
• Scheduling — One hour tasks are now scheduled as expected over standard to daylight savings time changeover.
• Scheduling — Hammock task now round to whole days as expected in projects set to daily scheduling granularity.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a hammock task between ASAP & ALAP tasks in some project schedules.
• Violations — A violation is now presented when a resource is over-allocated due to simultaneous manually scheduled tasks.
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Version 4.302 February 2022OmniPlan 4.3 introduces Omni Automation actions for Shortcuts and fixes some issues with renewing an active subscription. This update requires iOS 14 or later.
• Omni Automation — Support for triggering Omni Automation scripts and plug-ins from Shortcuts, using the new Omni Automation Script and Omni Automation Plug-In actions, has been added.
• Documentation — In-app documentation has been updated to reflect recent changes.
• Inspector — Task scheduling options are now labeled correctly in the Task Scheduling Inspector.
• Multitasking — On-screen keyboard now displays more consistently when multiple documents are open.
• Leveling — Partially completed tasks are now handled properly by auto leveling.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when editing in Outline View.
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Version 4.0.105 May 2021OmniPlan 4.0.1 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.
• Reference Manual — The OmniPlan 4 for iOS Reference Manual can now be accessed within the application.
• Default Template — New projects are now created with the “Simple Project” template.
• Inspector — Miscellaneous Inspector appearance, behavior, and layout improvements.
• Outline View — Task group disclosure triangle colors are no longer partially transparent in Outline View.
• View Menu — Improved View menu layout.
• Keyboard — Fixed a bug that could cause keyboard shortcuts to stop functioning after changes are made via the keyboard in the Inspector.
• Layout — Addressed layout issues that could occur throughout app when using some Dynamic Type text sizes.
• Network View — Right arrow key now changes selection as expected.
• Outline View — Outline now scrolls to keep selected row visible when moving rows.
• Outline View — Improved selection preservation.
• Outline View — Up/down keyboard navigation no longer stops responding after a split or recurring task is encountered.
• Outline View — Elapsed duration values can now be entered in Duration outline column.
• Outline View — Improved behavior when navigating through editable cells via keyboard.
• Outline View — Changes made in the Inspector are now immediately reflected in outline columns.
• Outline View — Column selection no longer blocks selecting a row.
• Recurring Tasks — Tapping the minus button when setting duration values for recurring tasks now reduces duration as expected.
• Sync & Sharing [PRO] — OmniPlan now prompts for permission to access your local network the first time a sync action is triggered, improving sync reliability.
• Toolbar — Fixed a bug that could cause the bottom toolbar to remain floating in the middle of the screen after the on-screen keyboard is dismissed.
• Undo — Undo no longer reverts more than one change.
• Performance — Improved Outline View performance.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when creating a new task with a split task segment selected in the outline.
• Stability — Editing the resource Start Date field after changing resource type no longer triggers a crash.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur after signing into an Omni Account.
• Stability — Deleting all tasks in Outline view no longer triggers a crash.
If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! The Omni Group offers free tech support; you can email [email protected], call 1–800–315–6664 or 1–206–523–4152, or tweet @OmniPlan.
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