Assignar Pay Product Release – April 27, 2026

TL;DR

• Bulk tag management -- add, remove, and tidy tags across records in one go for faster organisation and cleaner reporting.
• Manually create supplier invoices -- capture missing paperwork on the spot and keep payables moving.
• Order forms in Form Builder -- design richer order workflows with structured fields and smarter validation.
• Payroll gets sharper -- negative allowances now flow through as deductions, with smarter AI-extracted allowance recognition.
• Reporting and exports tightened -- spreadsheet reporting upgrades, expanded Pay Rates reporting, and exports that respect your filters.

What's new

Bulk Tag Management

Stop tagging records one-by-one. Bulk tag management lets you add, remove, and clean up tags across many records at once, so your data stays organised even as your business scales.

What it does:

• Apply or remove tags across many records in a single action
• Standardise tags to keep reporting filters meaningful
• Cuts the time spent on repetitive admin maintenance

Where you'll find it: Anywhere tags appear -- select records and use the new bulk tag controls.

Who benefits: Operations leads and admins maintaining tagging hygiene across large data sets, and reporting users who depend on consistent tags for slicing data.

Manually Create Supplier Invoices

Not every supplier invoice arrives via integration or upload. You can now create supplier invoices manually so missing paperwork no longer stalls payables.

What it does:

• Adds a manual entry path for supplier invoices
• Keeps payables visible and up to date even when documents are delayed
• Reduces email back-and-forth chasing missing copies

Where you'll find it: In the Supplier Invoices module, use the new "Create" action.

Who benefits: Accounts payable, finance, and procurement teams managing suppliers whose paperwork doesn't always land cleanly.

Order Forms in Form Builder

Order workflows shouldn't be free-text guesswork. The Form Builder now supports order forms with structured fields and smarter validation.

What it does:

• Build dedicated order forms with structured field types
• Apply validation so submissions are clean before they reach the office
• Standardises how site teams capture order requests

Where you'll find it: In the Form Builder, create or edit a form with the new order form configuration.

Who benefits: Project managers and procurement coordinators who want consistent order capture from the field, and site supervisors who want fewer follow-up questions on what they submitted.

Schedule of Rates Dockets Filters

Schedule of Rates dockets can pile up fast on a busy project. New filters help you zero in on the dockets that matter right now.

What it does:

• Adds filters to the SOR dockets list
• Helps locate dockets by attributes that matter most to your team
• Speeds up reviews and approvals on busy projects

Where you'll find it: Open the Schedule of Rates dockets tab and apply the new filters.

Who benefits: SOR administrators, project managers, and finance teams reconciling docket-driven billing.

Smarter Search in Submissions

Form submissions are only useful if you can find the right one fast. Improved indexing means search returns the entries you're looking for, faster.

What it does:

• Enhances search indexing across submissions
• Returns relevant entries more quickly
• Reduces time spent scrolling and filtering

Where you'll find it: Use the search bar on the submissions list.

Who benefits: Anyone reviewing forms or timesheets in volume -- payroll admins, project managers, supervisors.

Edit Client Contact Info

Client details change. Now you can update contact information right where you work, without leaving the workflow.

What it does:

• Inline edit of client contact info
• Keeps contact data current across invoices, projects, and quotes
• Avoids juggling browser tabs to make small updates

Where you'll find it: On client records, the contact info fields are now editable.

Who benefits: Sales, project, and finance teams who maintain client relationships and need accurate contact details on outgoing documents.

Template Editor: More Data Sources & Activity Fields

Sharper documents come from sharper data. The Template Editor now supports additional data sources and activity fields, so invoices and reports can pull in exactly what your business needs.

What it does:

• Expands available data sources in the Template Editor
• Adds activity-related fields for richer document content
• Enables more tailored invoices, reports, and export documents

Where you'll find it: Open the Template Editor and use the new data source and activity field options.

Who benefits: Finance teams and document admins building invoice and report templates aligned to specific client or project requirements.

Clearer Purchase Order Errors

When a purchase order fails, you shouldn't have to guess why. Error messages are now human-friendly and tell you what to fix.

What it does:

• Replaces opaque error codes with clear, actionable messaging on PO failures
• Helps users self-correct without raising support tickets
• Reduces wasted time when validation rejects a PO

Where you'll find it: Anywhere purchase orders are created or edited -- the error messaging is updated platform-wide.

Who benefits: Procurement, project, and finance teams who create and process purchase orders day-to-day.

Workflow & reporting improvements

This release lands several refinements across editing, reporting, and payroll review:

• Table fields get easier: Smoother editing and better validation when working with table-style fields.
• Spreadsheet reporting upgrades: A faster, more powerful grid for handling big datasets without slowdowns.
• Pay Rates reporting expanded: Deeper insights into rates across your business for richer analysis.
• Payroll Summary sorting: Organise workers in the Payroll Summary view for quicker reviews and approvals.

Who benefits: Finance, payroll, and reporting teams who work with large grids, multiple rate structures, and detailed payroll reviews.

Payroll enhancements

Two payroll-specific improvements help you handle complex awards and AI-extracted rules with less friction:

• Negative allowances as deductions: Handle complex award scenarios where allowances reduce pay without manual workarounds.
• Smarter allowance recognition: Normalised AI-extracted allowance rules produce cleaner payroll setup with fewer manual corrections.

Who benefits: Payroll administrators and finance teams setting up or auditing allowance rules across awards and EBAs.

Fixes and polish

Small fixes, big day-to-day impact:

• Precise rounding for dollar amounts: Totals you can trust, with consistent rounding across the platform.
• Exports respect your filters: No more "current page only" surprises -- exports now reflect the full filtered set.
• Accurate timesheet import progress: Progress indicators stay truthful and no longer overshoot 100%.
• Correct access for transactions & order actuals: Permissions now show the right data to the right people.
• No more errors when sorting Roles: Smoother admin setup with sorting that doesn't break.
• Report column picker behaves: Form submission columns now render correctly in the column picker.

Documentation update

• Docket location in Pay is now clearly documented so teams know exactly where to find and file dockets.

Security & reliability

Ongoing error handling and maintenance work makes the app faster and reduces risk. No action needed.

Why it matters for construction teams

For payroll administrators: Negative allowances flowing through as deductions removes one of the most painful manual workarounds for complex awards. Smarter allowance recognition cuts the corrections you make on AI-extracted rules. Precise rounding and Payroll Summary sorting make end-of-cycle reviews faster and more confident.

For finance and procurement teams: Manually creating supplier invoices keeps payables current even when paperwork lags. Clearer purchase order errors mean fewer support tickets and faster self-correction. Expanded Template Editor data sources let invoices and reports speak in your client's language.

For project managers and supervisors: Order forms in the Form Builder turn ad-hoc requests into structured, validated submissions. Schedule of Rates dockets filters and smarter submissions search mean less scrolling, more reviewing.

For site teams: Order forms with structured fields make submitting an order faster and more accurate -- fewer follow-up questions from the office.

For everyone: Bulk tag management saves real admin hours, exports respecting filters means no more "wait, that's not what I wanted," and access fixes on transactions and order actuals mean people see what they should -- nothing more, nothing less.

Real-world impact:

• Faster payables: Manually create supplier invoices keeps cash flow visible without waiting on paperwork
• Cleaner data: Bulk tag management standardises tags across thousands of records in minutes
• Fewer support tickets: Clear PO error messages let teams self-correct
• Truer payroll: Negative allowances and smarter allowance recognition cut manual corrections
• Sharper documents: Expanded Template Editor sources mean invoices and reports match what the client wants to see
• Better focus: SOR dockets filters and improved submissions search trim minutes off every review

Getting started

Bulk Tag Management:

Open any tagged module, select records, and use the new bulk tag controls to add or remove tags. No setup required.

Manually Create Supplier Invoices:

Open the Supplier Invoices module and use the new "Create" action. Standard supplier invoice permissions apply.

Order Forms in Form Builder:

In the Form Builder, create a new form and choose the order form configuration. Form Builder permissions required.

Schedule of Rates Dockets Filters:

Navigate to the Schedule of Rates module, open the dockets tab, and use the new filter controls.

Smarter Search in Submissions:

Available automatically -- use the search bar on the submissions list and enjoy faster, more relevant results.

Edit Client Contact Info:

Open any client record and edit contact info inline. Standard client management permissions apply.

Template Editor Updates:

Open the Template Editor to access the new data sources and activity fields. Template editing permissions required.

Clearer Purchase Order Errors:

Active automatically across the platform. No setup needed.

Payroll Enhancements (Negative Allowances, Smarter Recognition):

Available in the Payroll Rules and allowance configuration areas. Existing rules continue to apply; new behaviours come into effect as you configure them.

Workflow, Reporting, Fixes & Polish:

All active automatically for every account. No setup required.

Release details

Rollout: All features, improvements, and fixes in this release are available to all Assignar Pay accounts immediately. New payroll behaviours (negative allowances, allowance recognition) take effect as you configure or re-extract allowance rules -- existing setups keep working unchanged.

Changelog

Added:

• Bulk tag management across records
• Manual creation of supplier invoices
• Order forms in the Form Builder with structured fields and validation
• Schedule of Rates dockets filters
• Edit client contact info inline
• Additional data sources and activity fields in the Template Editor
• Negative allowances flow through as deductions
• Smarter, normalised AI-extracted allowance recognition

Improved:

• Search indexing in submissions for faster, more relevant results
• Purchase order error messages -- now human-friendly and actionable
• Table field editing and validation
• Spreadsheet reporting grid for large datasets
• Pay Rates reporting with expanded coverage
• Payroll Summary sorting
• Documentation: docket location in Pay

Fixed:

• Rounding precision for dollar amounts
• Exports now respect applied filters instead of current page only
• Timesheet import progress indicator no longer exceeds 100%
• Access permissions for transactions and order actuals
• Errors when sorting Roles
• Form submission columns rendering in the report column picker