Release Update: March 2025

BigTime continues to evolve alongside your needs with customer-driven improvements. This month, we’re introducing BigTime Foresight AI-powered Resourcing to help you staff projects more efficiently, streamlined Time & Expense Approvals based on your feedback, a new Help Center, and improvements across the platform.

What's New -

AI-Powered Resourcing

The Fastest Way to Build Your Best Team

Finding the right person for the job shouldn’t be a guessing game. With Foresight AI-powered resourcing, you can instantly match staff to projects based on the factors that matter most to you—availability, skills, profitability, and more.

How It Works:

Set the requirements. Define the demand requirements for your project needs.
Get Instant AI-powered recommendations. Our AI analyzes your staff in seconds and surfaces the best-fit employees.
You make the final call. Stay in control with AI-powered insights to guide your staffing decisions.

Say goodbye to manual searching and second-guessing—AI-powered resourcing helps your organization staff projects faster, smarter, and with greater confidence.

Want to learn more? Read the AI-Powered Resourcing and Demand Matching article.

Time & Expense Approvals
Rapid Enhancements

At BigTime, we don’t just listen to your feedback—we act on it fast. After releasing Time & Expense Approval updates in February, we immediately made further refinements based on your insights.

Here’s What’s New:

Streamlined Subtotals: Experience a clear view of subtotals.

Refined Column Names:  The "Hours Awaiting Approval" column is now simply "Unapproved Hours" for better clarity.

Enhanced Sorting: When the "Billable / Non-Billable" approval setting is active, entries are grouped by Projects, then alphabetically by Staff last name.

Explore these updates in our Timesheet Review and Approval and Expense Review and Approval Knowledge Base articles.

New Report Center
DCAA Compliance

Certified Timesheet Report - Now Available!

Organizations with DCAA Compliance enabled can now seamlessly download a Certified Timesheet Report in the New Report Center. Check out the DCAA Timesheet Audit Trail Reporting article to learn how this report provides essential time and audit-log details, ensuring compliance and accuracy in timesheet verification.

The Legacy Report Center Will Be Retired - Make the Switch Now

If you’re still using the legacy Report Center, now is the time to switch! The New Report Center supports all the features you rely on, plus:

Improved control over reports and folders
Embedded search for faster access
Enhanced organization & management tools

We strongly encourage you to activate and start using the New Report Center in the coming weeks. The legacy Report Center will be phased out later this year, so getting familiar with the new experience now will ensure a smooth transition for your team.

How to activate the New Report Center:
Admins can enable the feature by navigating to:
My Company → My Company → Active Features → Report Center (ON).

To learn more about the new Report Center, read Managing and Organizing Reports in the Knowledge Base.

Explore the New Help Center

We've made it easier than ever to find all of the support and resources you need! The BigTime Help Center has moved to the top of the navigation bar, bringing all our self-service learning resources and live support together in one convenient location.

What’s Inside the New Help Center?

BigTime AI Assistant – 24/7 AI-powered support
Knowledge Base – In-depth help articles
BigTime Academy – Guided video training
Blogs & Webinars – Expert insights and on-demand webinars
Product Announcements – Major updates, new features, and company news
Release Notes & Roadmap – Recent product releases and upcoming plans
Live Chat – Get real-time support (8:30 AM - 5:30PM CST, M-F)
Submit Feedback – Share feature requests and ideas

Now, whether you're looking for quick answers, expert guidance, or live support, everything is just a click away.

Learn more about How to Get Help in BigTime.

What's Fixed -

This month's BigTime update includes key enhancements and fixes, keeping the platform dependable and seamlessly aligned with your workflow.

BigTime AI

IMPROVED: BigTime AI Assistant feedback controls are now persistent.


Invoicing & Payments

FIXED: Task budget completion percentages are updated via the invoicing process.
FIXED: Invoice line item order now saves correctly, if adjusted.
FIXED: Those without permissions cannot add or drop time and recalculate an approved invoice. 
FIXED: Invoice reminder templates are editable.


Reporting & Analytics

IMPROVED: For DCAA-enabled organizations, the Certified Weekly Timesheets report is available in the New Report Center.
FIXED: Allocated Hours and Input Hours are available in the Monthly Allocation Grid report type.
FIXED: Project Budget Amount column now correctly displays report data.


Time & Expenses

IMPROVED: Time approvals label switched from Hours Awaiting Approval to Unapproved Hours.
IMPROVED: Name duplication has been removed from Time and Expense approval subtotal lines. 
FIXED: Billable/Non-Billable Approvals are ordered by Projects, then Staff, on their respective pages.