Unifocus Release Notes
This page includes release notes for Unifocus software products released in 2026. All releases are organized by date. For release notes published throughout 2025, see Unifocus Release Notes - 2025.
Customer Education
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System Maintenance
The Unifocus IT team performs system maintenance from 18:00 (6:00 PM) to 20:00 (8:00 PM) Central on the second and third Saturday of each month. During this window, some of our applications and services might be slow or unavailable. For more information, see https://status.unifocus.com.
Updated colors and fonts in software screens
Unifocus is currently updating software screens with new colors and fonts to better reflect our brand identity. These improved screens will be released incrementally over the next few months.
Release summaries
The following table includes summaries of each release. For complete release notes, select the date in the Release date column.
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Workforce ManagementProducts and categories: Configuration, Labor. Release summary:
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Workforce ManagementProducts and categories: Configuration, Labor, Time & Attendance. Release summary:
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Coming soon
See Coming soon for miscellaneous prerelease notes for upcoming releases.
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NextGen
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Export button in the Schedule Audits dialog box.
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Maintenance Dashboard analytics for assets and preventive maintenance.
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Multi-property analytics in Housekeeping, Service, Glitch, Labor, and Time & Attendance software.
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Property benchmarking analytics.
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Streamlined configuration.
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Dual pay group support.
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Enhanced labor work rule configuration to support additional labor rule requirements.
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Forecasting and scheduling improvements.
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Budgeting performance improvements.
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Housekeeping and Inspection scheduling optimization.
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Automated Service work order configuration and improved workflows.
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User interface and navigation improvements to the sign-in screens, the Welcome Page, and the application framework:
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Unified framework for all Unifocus software will enable quick access to all products from the main menu.
Releases
January 14, 2026
Note: The release notes in the following table describe improvements, new features, and fixed issues that are scheduled for release on January 14, 2026. The content of this release is subject to potential changes before that date.
| Product/ Category |
Type | Description |
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| Configuration | Improvement |
Audit details improved for labor standard changesAudit information for changes made on the Labor Standards screen has been enhanced to provide clearer and more useful details. These improvements make it easier to understand what was changed and help users better review and track updates to labor standards. |
| Labor | Improvement |
Column label updated on the Edit Rooms Forecast screenThe Prior Week column on the Edit Rooms Forecast screen has been renamed to Prior Day to clarify that the value shown in this column represents the day immediately before the start date of the forecast period. |
January 7, 2026
| Product/ Category |
Type | Description |
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| Administration | Improvement |
Enhancements to employee reconcile: pay group audit trailThis release introduces improvements to the Employee Reconcile process in the Employee Maintenance, specifically around managing and auditing changes to employee Pay Groups. New Pay Group Changes tabTo improve visibility and auditability of these updates, a new Pay Group Changes tab has been added to the Employee Reconcile screen. This tab appears during the reconcile process and displays a list of employees whose pay group was changed because of reconciliation. The tab includes the following columns:
If no changes are detected, the message "No records to show" will appear. These enhancements provide administrators with greater transparency and control during the employee data reconciliation process. |
| Labor | New Feature |
Viewing scheduled shifts associated with eventsIn the Events screen, you can now view scheduled shifts that are linked to events. When an event is selected, a new View Shifts option opens a details pane showing all scheduled shifts associated with that event. You can access this pane either by selecting the View Shifts button at the top of the screen or by right-clicking the event and choosing View Shifts from the menu. For each associated shift, the pane displays:
Shifts are displayed one day at a time, with a date selector to review different days. From the pane, you can also remove an event association from a scheduled shift as needed. |
| Time & Attendance | Improvement |
Column sorting added to Review Time Card auditsYou can now sort the table on the Audits tab of the Review Time Card screen. Column sorting (A–Z) allows you to organize audit entries more easily and quickly find specific changes or actions. |
| Time & Attendance | Improvement |
Split-second timestamps in Review Time Card auditsThe Audits tab on the Review Time Card screen now displays timestamps with split-second precision. To help distinguish actions performed nearly simultaneously, the Changed on column includes milliseconds formatted to three decimal places. Example:
This enhancement improves audit accuracy and makes it easier to determine the exact sequence of time card changes. |
| Configuration | Fixed Issue |
Missed break earnings now appear as rule‑triggered earnings on time cardsIn some instances of previous releases, when the Only allow earning once per day checkbox was selected in a Missing Break Post Punch work rule, missed break earnings could appear as manually added on an employee's Review Time Card screens. This issue occurred even though the earning was generated by the work rule after the employee responded to the missed break prompt. The software has been updated so that missed break earnings generated by the work rule now appear with the correct rule‑triggered indicator on the Review Time Card screen. |
| Time & Attendance | Fixed Issue |
Effective Rule Set heading now appears correctlyIn some instances of previous releases of the Review Time Card screen, the Effective Rule Set column heading was missing from the View Effective Work Rules dialog box. The software has been updated to resolve this issue. |