Release Notes: Shop Floor Insight
The following release notes contain updates made to Shop Floor Insight. Listed below are the versions and their new features, improvements, and fixes. Please refer to the following information pertaining to your version of Shop Floor Insight. Upgrade to the current version of the application to access new features, improvements, and fixes.
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Shop Floor Insight Version 7.15
Release Date: January 2026
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3 and newer
- Quality Inspector 7.20 and newer
- Graphical Scheduler 2.0 and newer
- Insight Works Event Library 1.3 and newer
- Insight Works Rule Builder 1.1 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.18 and newer (BC 14 and up)
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Shop Floor employee badge formatting adjusted | Improved printing employee badge reports to prevent page breaks in the middle of a badge. |
| Barcode scanning issue resolved | Improved the use of special characters (e.g., commas) by preventing them from causing issues if they are included as part of a document number is now resolved. |
| User interface improved | Resolved rendering issues related to numerous activities available in the dropdown and long activity descriptions |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Zero Quantity support | When doing consumption, if the value of zero is defaulted in, the system interprets this as a blank value and does not submit a zero value consumption entry to the journal. |
| Default Quality Inspection configuration changes | Updated logic and automated default setup for customers who are using the Quality Inspector product alongside Shop Floor Insight (Legacy vs. Current Quality Inspector mode and an option for customers not using Quality Inspector at all). |
| Shop Floor Interface Application for Warehouse Insight mobile support | Initial release of the Warehouse Insight Application interface for Shop Floor Insight integration. |
| Business Central 27 compatibility | Updated configuration package for changes in Business Central 27. |
| Updates for scanners sending carriage return | Resolved errors that would show when scanners send enter keystrokes after valid Shop Floor Insight barcodes. |
| Search on mobile | Resolved an issue with search behavior on phone/tablets using the Business Central phone/tablet app not finding expected records. |
| Supervisor assignment | Resolved issue with using Assign Production Orders feature with multi-line production orders. Included in release 7.15.9512.2 |
| Resolved Business Central tablet dispatch error | Resolved “The record in table Dispatch already exist” error that occurred when the Business Central tablet mode was used. Included in release 7.15.9519.1 |
| Updated Mobile Phone Role Center | Updated background request behavior to improve reliability behind load balancers. Included in release 7.15.9526.1 |
| Resolved output recording issue | Modified XML to resolve an issue where output could be recorded to the incorrect timecard line in some scenarios Included in release 7.15.9537.2 |
| Updated output configuration messages | Added warning messages to help prevent unexpected configuration settings. Included in release 7.15.9537.2 |
| Added setting to prevent over-output | Added setting to prevent over output. Included in release 7.15.9545.1 |
| Resolved mobile phone mode output issue | Resolved an issue related to outputting to production orders with multiple line items that share the same routing Included in release 7.15.9547.1 |
| Resolved output tracking settings issue | Resolved issue where “SN Manuf. Inbound Setting” without other Serial settings would not allow serial tracking on output. Included in release 7.15.9547.1 |
| Updated time handling for work and machine centers | Updated to ensure no errors occur at runtime due to Seconds-based Units of Measure (UoM) not being processed correctly in Work Centers and Machine Centers in some edge cases. Included in release 7.15.9586.1 |
| Updated English Language Key String File | Removed duplicate key entries to eliminate errors in the log. Included in the Windows service update 7.15.9586.1 only. |
| Work date calculations for edge cases with filler time | Work dates calculated for filler time in UTC+X timezones now correctly resolve to match the rest of the Shop Floor Time Card.
Included in release 7.15.9628.1 |
| Phone interface | Temporarily removed assist edit in phone interface to clock on/off. Clock on by clicking the drill down link instead.
Included in release: 7.15.9692.1 |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.14
Release Date: June 2025
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3 and newer
- Quality Inspector 7.20 and newer
- Graphical Scheduler 2.0 and newer
- Insight Works Event Library 1.1 and newer
- Insight Works Rule Builder 1.1 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.17 and newer (Business Central 14 and up)
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Improved Auto-split behavior | When using Auto-split with type Capacity selected and using Minutes as the unit of measure, the system does not calculate negative times. |
| SQL Query optimizations for performance | Improved the SQL queries by optimizing performance when calculating posted and unposted timecard line data consistently showing poor response times in telemetry. |
| Business central endpoints errors shown | Business Central endpoints are not accessible errors are now shown and logged in JavaScript instead of failing silently in the back end. |
| Improved service installer | Improved the welcome instructions for the Shop Floor Insight service installer. |
| Installer improvements | Improved the following in the installer:
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Updates
| Update | Description |
| Delete lines after transferring to Service Order copied flag | Shop Floor Insight now clears the Service Order Lines copied flag on time card lines if the user deletes the created service line. This allows the lines to be re-copied from the time card again. |
| Renamed Jobs to Projects | Updated “Jobs” to “Projects” in Shop Floor Insight to reflect the changes Microsoft made in Business Central. |
| New download link for service installer | Added a new download link in the Shop Floor Setup Wizard to download the service installer. |
| Logout issue resolved | Errors on end-shift in the Shop Floor Insight web client no longer cause visualization issues. |
| Client login message issue resolved | The default login message no longer loads the placeholder string in some scenarios. |
| Resolved Business Central 14-specific runtime errors | Resolved an issue with Shop Floor Client Configuration Card fields causing runtime errors on the page due to a Business Central 14-specific issue. |
| Quality Inspector permissions users | Resolved an issue where attempting to create an entry in the Quality Inspectors and Quality Inspector Permissions page would cause an error for USER ID’s longer than 20 characters. |
| Power Automate update for mixed quality inspections | Resolved an issue when using Shop Floor Insight in legacy quality inspections mode, but using Power Automate with the new Quality Inspector at the same time as legacy mode is used.
Included in release 7.14.9365.1 |
| Time card creation | Resolved issue related to manual time card creation due to SaaS update.
Included in release 7.14.9418.1 |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.13
Release Date: February 2025
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3 and newer
- Quality Inspector 7.16 and newer
- Graphical Scheduler 1.8 and newer
- Insight Works Event Library 1.0 and newer
- Insight Works Rule Builder 1.1 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.14 and newer (Business Central 14 and up)
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| API changes to output history | Added output history-related methods for customizations. |
| Shop Floor Insight installer updates | Added automatic SSL binding support to the installer to assist with elimination of manual configuration steps . |
| OdataV4 multi-tenant authentication | OdataV4 and related authentication is now supported in multi-tenant environments. |
| Consumption improvement | Allows you to have duplicate components on a Bill of Materials for Consumption. |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Corrected French translations | Various French translations corrected and updated for multi-language support. |
| SFI-USER role adjusted | The permission sets allow users with the SFI-USER role to properly use phone / tablet mode without additional roles. |
| Phone / Tablet mode clock on functionality | Restored the ability to clock into non-productive activities on the phone / tablet client mode for Business Central. |
| Shift pattern rounding edge cases adjusted | Adjusted the rounding logic for shifts where days overlap at midnight to be correct in all cases |
| Shop Floor Insight blocking workflows issue resolved | Resolved an issue where broken Business Central filters could cause errors on the dispatch screen in the Shop Floor Insight client. |
| API prepareTimeCard event | prepareTimeCard event hooks migrated to be consistently triggered from the Business Central pages |
| Phone / Tablet mode item tracking | Resolved issue allowing users to record item tracking on intermediate operations. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.12
Release Date: August 2024
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3 and newer
- Quality Inspector 7.16 and newer
- Graphical Scheduler 1.8 and newer
- Insight Works Event Library 1.0 and newer
- Insight Works Rule Builder 1.1 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.14 and newer (Business Central 14 and newer)
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Windows service installer improvement | A new windows installer has been made to help improve the overall install experience of the Windows service. |
| Quality inspection data types in non-English languages support | Improved support of recording quality inspections on the Shop Floor in non-English languages. |
| Quality Inspector support | Shop Floor Insight now supports Quality Inspector. |
| Error, caption, and tooltip improvements | Improvement of many error messages, tooltips, and captions. |
| Business Central support | Additional support for newer versions of Business Central. |
| ODATA and WSAK for on-premises | Added support for OData with Web Service Access Key authentication mode to assist with additional integration scenarios for on-premises Business Central Installs |
| Added Integration Test Tool | Added a development tool, Integration Test Tool, to help with customizations and advanced integrations. |
| Switching users improvement | Improved experience when switching users while logged in as another user. |
| OAuth token handling improvement | Improved loading of previous OAuth tokens during service startup in scenarios where a configuration file is invalid. |
| Group client configuration improvement | Improved functionality of choosing a client configuration for a group. |
| Licensing Warning | New Shop Floor employees are now created with the Blocked setting set to ON. A new caption is now available on the Shop Floor Employee card and also on the Shop Floor employee list page. This caption indicates how many Shop Floor licenses are used and how many are available. |
| API Additions | Additional hooks are now available for work instruction generation.
Included in release 7.12.9018.1 |
| Export time card line dimension | Added ability to export the time card line dimension in the default ADP export codeunit.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Choose lots in consumption | Improved usability of lot choice dropdown when recording multiple lots at the same time in the consumption screen.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Improved performance | Improved performance of calculating hours while rounding time.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
Updates
| Update | Description |
| Resolved usability issue | Fixed issue where a loading icon can spin longer than expected when switching selected lines faster than additional panels load data. |
| Production Order number issue resolved | Production Order number reference corrected on license plate line extension table. |
| Setup Wizard prompting update | Updated Shop Floor Insight setup wizard prompting to work with newer versions of Business Central. |
| Assisted setup wizard location update | Changed location of assisted setup wizard in the assisted setup group. |
| Translation updates | Some translations have been updated for FRC and ESM ( French-Canada, and Spanish-Mexico). |
| API changes for phone and tablet extension | Increased visibility of methods in codeunit 23044147 “SFI Mobile Co-ordinator” to make it easier to extend phone and tablet extension development.
Included in release 7.12.9041.1 |
| API updates | Added the following:
Included in release 7.12.9056.1 |
| Permissions update | Added line rounding rule to permissions, and added read permission to Shop Floor Insight Employee table to the Shop Floor Insight User permission set.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Dispatch List sort | Default dispatch list sorts by starting date.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Remaining Quantity Change | Changed remaining quantity displayed to consider unposted but recorded output.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Installer | Changed default choice to assume SaaS instead of on-premises.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Resolved quality inspections issue with lot and serial | Resolved issue with embedded quality inspection on the output screen when the item was lot and serial tracked.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Resolved display of header values | Resolved display of header values issue when an ad-hoc test and an embedded test were used at the same time.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| API Change | OnBeforeEvaluateBarcodeRuleShopFloorIntegration replaces OnEvaluateBarcodeRuleShopFloorIntegration
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Approvals | Changed behavior of the Approve button on the time card approvals screen to match that of the Approve button on the Time Card page.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
| Resolved expected logout time rounding | Resolved issue with expected logout time calculation when shift details are broken into fragments that cause repeating decimals for attendance time.
Included in release 7.12.9103.2 |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.11
Release Date: January 2023
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.7 and newer
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements and Fixes
| Improvement or Fix | Description |
| Shop Floor screens for native phone app | Introduced Shop Floor screens optimized for the Business Central native phone app. |
| Added handlers for permissions | Added handlers to work around a Business Central v21 scenario where permissions from a recently installed app are not yet applied to the session, causing permission errors until the session has been restarted. |
| Improved handling journal Posting Date | Added changes to improve handling of the output and consumption journal Posting Date when the Shop Floor users are in a different time zone than the Business Central server. The work date on the selected time card line is used. |
| OAuthTokenEarlyExpireTokenSeconds setting introduced | Optional OAuthTokenEarlyExpireTokenSeconds setting introduced to assist installs where server clocks are synchronized differently than Microsoft OAuth servers. |
| Loading work instructions | Resolved error where work instructions did not load in some older Business Central 13 and Business Central 14 installs. This was previously available as an update for on-premise installs. |
| Resolved Divide by zero error | To assist new installs with incomplete Business Central configuration: resolved divide by zero error when the unit cost on a work center has been configured as 0 when adjusting overhead for labor, or indirect cost % for labor. |
| Errors from web service calls invalidate OAuth token | All errors from Business Central web service calls now invalidate an OAuth token, even when the token is still valid. |
| Re-fetch new token on service restart | Installs that frequently change the target environment or tenant of the same service now re-fetch a new token when the service restarts and the previous token was within an allowed expiry range. |
| Consumption workflow for integrations | Introduced consumption workflow event to assist with integrations on consumption behavior, and introduced Consumption Clock On Behavior setting, to mimic the behavior of the Output Clock On Behavior setting, simplifying workflow on the Shop Floor processes, and simplifying customizations that require custom checks. |
| Web service filter | Introduced a web service filter to restrict web services that can be used through the service tier. |
| Retry on page web service | Introduced a retry on page web service reads to help with OAuth token becomes invalidated while a page read occurs. |
| Environment naming issue resolved | Fixed scenario where ‘odata’ in the environment name could sometimes introduce issues. |
| Empty language ID and default language | Fixed error where an empty language ID returned by Business Central would not previously trigger a default language to be used for translations. |
| Automatic insert of Shop Floor work centers | Introduced a new behavior to help new installs: if someone clocks records output onto a Shop Floor Work center not previously created, and the service has permission to create the Shop Floor Work Center, it inserts a default configuration record for that Shop Floor Work Center. |
| Validate button visibility | On the time card page, when a person manages another employee, the validate button is now visible matching the behavior of the approval screen. |
| Corrected attendance report | Corrected attendance report in some Role Centers to use the Shop Floor Attendance messages. |
| Simple attendance clock direction | Corrected simple attendance clock forced direction mode. |
| Filter generation excludes invalid data | When an employee has been blanked out, assist filter generation to exclude the invalid data. |
| Report extensibility | Set Extensible to be “true” on most reports when possible. |
| “Continue” workflow response | Corrected behavior where the workflow response “continue” executes subsequent responses before the confirm dialog choice finishes. |
| Resolved error on opening quality inspection panel | Fixed default integration for OData installs getting an error when the quality inspection panel is opened. (SOAP installs may need to alter CustomFormHelper.js and change SetCustomFieldValueODATA to SetCustomFieldErrorCode) |
| Coloring rule application to manual time entry | Fixed error where installs that manually enter time would not have coloring rules applied. |
| End shift workflow response | Workflow response for end shift added. |
| Time card line work date | Corrected behavior where time card line work date can be offset by a day in some time zones when the Business Central service is in UTC. |
| Adjust Shift Breaks Codeunit Name field | Corrected behavior where Adjust Shift Breaks Codeunit Name field can sometimes show the wrong object name. |
| “Time card updated by another user” fix | Fix for some scenarios of “This time card has been updated by another user”. |
| Auto-adjust shift breaks fix | Corrected behavior where auto-adjust shift breaks using breaks in a different day in some time zones when the Business service is in UTC. |
| Exposed page variables on approvals page | Exposed page variables as protected on the approvals page for reseller extensions. |
| OnCheckMissingConsumption event handling | Improved handling of OnCheckMissingConsumption event. |
| Phone interface weekly time summary | Improvements to weekly time summary in Business Central Phone interface.
Included in release 7.11.8420.1 |
| Calculated Time Rounding Rules issue | Addressed issue where Calculated Time Rounding Rules on a shift may not always function as expected.
Included in release 7.11.8432.2 |
| Additional API Changes (7.11.8822.1) | Added OnCustomRecordOutputToLicensePlateFindExistingLine to help with custom output-to-license-plate-modes.
Enum “SFI Output To LP Mode” is now extendable. Added additional validation hooks:
Added hooks to help with changes when ending a shift:
Included in release 7.11.8822.1 |
| Additional API Changes ( 7.11.8816.11) | Made several methods public in codeunit “SFI License Plate Integration” and table “SFI Persistent State” to assist with customizations. Included in release 7.11.8825.1 |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.10
Release Date: June 2022
Compatible With:
- Business Central 13.3-13.x, 14.3-14.x, and 15+
- Insight Works Common 2.6
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements
| Improvement | Description |
| Production Order finish improvement | Added additional checks when a production order is finished. |
| Auto-Finish improvement | Improved handling of auto-finish. |
| Output and Consumption posting date | Improvements working with time zones when setting the posting date for finished goods output and manual material consumption. |
| Custom menu introduction | Initial introduction of custom menus on the Shop Floor for use with integrations. |
| Improved error messages | Improved error messages when integrating and troubleshooting OData and OAuth. |
| Integration improvements | Improved integration opportunities by adding more integration hooks added. |
| Links improvements | Improved handling of links. |
| Setup Wizard improvements | Improved the setup wizard and setup usability for new installs. |
| Quality Inspection on scheduler change | Improved experience when a quality inspection is triggered on a schedule change. |
| Job Price improvements | Improved support for newer Business Central sale price functionality. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.9
Release Date: December 2021
Compatible With:
- Business Central 16.0 and newer
- Insight Works Common 2.5
Licensing Requirements:
Full User, Essential, Premium (for production, order-related data)
Improvements and Fixes
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Record output to a license plate | Built-in ability to record output to a license plate.
Requires the license plating module to be purchased to use. Documentation: Output to License Plate |
| Partial barcodes | Introduced an ability to use partial barcodes, allowing a barcode to be printed on the part and be used at different scanning stations. |
| Business Central Workflows | Basic integration with Business Central workflows allowing some easier customizations to be done without code, including custom action barcodes. |
| Automatic clock on and off | Added automatic clock on and off features.
Documentation: Configure Output Clock on Behavior |
| Additional default output quantity options. | Added a default quantity of one to simplify certain manufacturing operations. |
| Business Central Updates | Additional changes to support Business Central v19. |
| Rounding | Improved rounding for high precision times. |
| Shop Floor Client Usability improvements | Improved some error messages, support for multiple line clock-on batch scenarios, improved document links, and work instructions. |
| Integration improvements | Improved integration opportunities by adding more integration hooks added. |
| Warehouse Insight barcode support. | Improvement allowing Warehouse Insight to scan a Shop Floor Insight production order routing barcode to find the associated item and for Shop Floor Insight to find a production order routing line based on an item barcode in Warehouse Insight. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.8
Release Date: October 2021
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Application Insights | Improved supportability by leveraging new Application Insights feature. |
| Rounding | Improved Rounding support. |
| OAuth and OData support | Improved authentication options to support new OAuth flow. |
| Negative Consumption | Improved usability by allowing negative consumption. |
| Scheduler | Graphical Scheduler in Business Central replaces the previously dedicated Scheduler in Business Central. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.7
Release Date: October 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Family order improvements | Improvements with family order support. |
| Employee Assignment improvements | Improvements with employee assignment filtering. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.6
Release Date: August 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Facial Recognition Improvements | Improvements in facial recognition system, working with newer media system. |
| Rounding | Introduced line rounding to help reduce the number of more specific rounding customizations. |
| Flowfield improvements | Improvements on several Flowfields. |
| Work Instructions | Improvements in reporting of quantities in work instructions. |
| Additional Integration | More integration opportunities by adding more events. |
| Rounding | Introduced line rounding to help reduce the number of more specific rounding customizations. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.5
Release Date: March 2020
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Updated Styles | Updating the Shop Floor Client to have a more modern style. |
| Usability Improvements | Numerous usability improvements. |
| Searching | Additional fields searched for dispatch. |
| Rounding | Replaced ’round time as time is entered’ with more configurable and specific line rounding rules. |
| Many small improvements | Improvements to character sizes, scheduler improvements, caption improvements, headline improvements. |
| Lot and Serial improvements | Improvements to lot and serial tracking changes and their impacts with quality inspections, output, and consumption. |
| Additional Integrations | More integration opportunities by adding more events. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.4
Release Date: December 2019
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Improvements on work center scanning | Improved ability to change a work center for a clocked-in line with a barcode. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.3
Release Date: October 2019
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Improvements on work center scanning | Improved ability to change a work center for a clocked-in line with a barcode. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
| Additional Integrations | More integration opportunities by adding more events. |
| Job Consumption | Improved job consumption experience. |
| Scheduler improvements | Improved overall scheduler experience. |
| Additional regions | Over 19 regions added for worldwide support. |
| Machine Absences | Added abilities to record machine absences in the Shop Floor client scheduler. |
| Essentials experience | Improved install experience for installs using Essentials instead of Premium. |
| Non productive codes | Added menus and improved experience to choose non-productive and compatible activity codes without a barcode. |
Shop Floor Insight Version 7.2
Release Date: July 2019
| New Feature, Improvement, or Fix | Description |
| Rework improvements | Improved rework scanning experience. |
| Business Central Compatibility Improvements | Improvements to work with changes to Business Central. |
| Time Zone offsets | Time zone offsets added to work with SaaS and special deployment scenarios. |
| Usability improvements | Improvements in captions and menu layouts. |
| Grace time | Increased configuration on grace time to allow for non-synchronized clock deployments. |
| Performance | Improved posting performance and error recovery. |
| Shift Rounding | Additional shift rounding improvements. |
| Payroll Export Improvements | Functional improvements to ADP CSV Export. |
| Additional Integrations | More integration opportunities by adding more events. |