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Release Update: May 2025
This release introduces the Payment Reports view, which provides complete visibility into invoice payments, along with new Project Cost Centers in Foresight to support multi-department financial planning. Early access to BigTime Copilot, a first look at Client List, a new navigation experience for mobile and desktop round out a release focused on clarity, efficiency, and smarter planning.
What's New -
Payment Reports
Now Available!
Managing receivables just got easier. BigTime’s new Payment Reports view gives AR teams and finance staff a single source of truth for all invoice payments, whether they come through BigTime Wallet, QuickBooks, Sage or are entered manually. It streamlines reconciliation, simplifies reporting, and helps teams better understand client payment behavior.
What’s Included:
All-in-One Payment Visibility: See payments received via BigTime Wallet, QuickBooks, Sage, or manual entry in one centralized report. Payment Insights: Easily assess payment behavior—whether clients paid in full, used AutoPay, or left a balance due at the time of payment. Available for all Customers: Works for every customer using invoicing, not just those using BigTime Wallet. Filter & Explore: Filter by payment status, link directly to invoices, and review fields like remaining balance and amount due at the time of payment. Streamlined Reconciliation: Replaces the need to pull data from multiple locations by combining Report Center insights and Project > Billing > Payment History into a single view.
This marks a significant enhancement for teams managing receivables, offering faster access to complete payment data and laying the groundwork for future insights capabilities.
Learn more in the Knowledge Base:
BigTime Foresight
Project Cost Centers & Upcoming Demand Enhancements
We’re continuing to expand BigTime Foresight’s ability to support smarter planning and analysis across multiple departments. Here’s what’s new, and what’s coming soon to help your teams make more strategic decisions.
Filter Projects by Cost Centers in BigTime Foresight
You can now filter Projects by Cost Centers in BigTime Foresight, making it easier to manage calendars and generate project reports more efficiently! This gives your team deeper insight into how labor is distributed across departments, especially in cases of borrowed labor.
What's included:
Filtering by Project Cost Centers in Project Finances and Project Performance Reports Cost Centers have been added as new columns in the XLS and CSV exports Add Cost Centers as display columns in the Project List view for quick visibility
Demand Board & Demand Report
We’re excited to introduce two powerful features to help you make informed decisions and optimize assignments. These enhancements are designed for Project Managers, Resource Managers, and Executive Leadership for a detailed breakdown of your organization’s demand.
Demand Board - Now Available!
A centralized view of demand status and availability across projects. You’ll be able to quickly see:
Which demands are open or unfulfilled Who is currently assigned to each demand? Who can be assigned to each demand? How close your team is to meeting each project’s demand needs?
Learn more about using the Demand Board
Demand Report - Coming Soon!
A report for analyzing hiring needs and resource gaps:
Instantly identify resource gaps to inform hiring decisions Track progress toward fulfilling demand See all role and skill requirements for your projects in one view
This visibility helps you make better decisions and get a clear picture of how resources are used across the company. The Demand Report will be released later this month.
BigTime Mobile
What’s New in BigTime Mobile:
Streamlined Navigation [iOS & Android]: A new bottom navigation menu brings key actions like Time, Expenses, and Settings within easy reach to reduce taps and optimize workflows.
Learn more in Getting Started with BigTime Mobile
Be sure to download the latest version of the app to explore these updates!
Explore New Navigation
Now in Early Access!
At BigTime, we know your teams do their best work when they can focus, without friction. As our platform has grown to include tools like BigTime Foresight, Wallet, and Active Features management, so has the need for a navigation experience that keeps up.
Over time, BigTime’s navigation evolved organically. While it unlocked powerful capabilities, it also made it harder to find the tools you rely on every day. You told us what you needed: "Help me get where I need to go, faster."
We listened. Starting next week, we’re excited to open up Early Access to our redesigned navigation system. Experience a streamlined layout built to support how you actually work.
What’s New:
Aligned with your workflows: Move smoothly from planning resources to billing clients Centralized Company Settings: Manage your firm from one location Personalized experience: Your name, firm, and tools are front and center Built for what’s next: A solid foundation to support future features in 2025 and beyond
Read more about the New Navigation Experience
New Navigation: Early Access is Now Live 
Be among the first to explore the new navigation experience before it rolls out to all customers later this year. As an early participant, your feedback will directly influence the final design.
Client List
A First Look at What’s Next
We’re excited to introduce Client List, a new central hub for managing client-specific information. Designed to streamline your workflows and create a more unified experience, especially in preparation for our upcoming launch of BigTime Quotes! In this release, the Client List will be made available exclusively to a small group of customers participating in our BigTime Quotes Beta Program. We’re gathering feedback and refining enhancements before rolling it out to all customers later this year.
What’s Next? Deeper improvements to CRM integrations Additional tabs for quick access to Client Projects and Billing History Client-level reporting capabilities Expanded client-level settings Client billing management
This is just the beginning of an even better client management experience. We’re excited to continue building out the Client List based on your feedback!
Learn more about Client List
BigTime Copilot
Early Access Interest List
BigTime Data Hub is our centralized platform that eliminates data silos and unifies information across BigTime and Foresight. As we prepare to launch Data Hub to all customers this summer, we're also excited to introduce Early Access to BigTime Copilot—your firm’s first conversational data analyst, built on the new foundation of Data Hub.
Copilot is a chat-based experience that allows you to ask firm-specific questions, generate on-demand visualizations, and uncover real-time insights. Imagine analyzing your data instantly without downloading stale spreadsheets or digging through fragmented reports.
With Copilot, you’ll be able to ask:
What is my staff utilization by department? Show me my firm's profitability by service line. Which clients pay their invoices the fastest?
This marks the beginning of a new era in data-driven decision making for BigTime customers. With Copilot powered by Data Hub’s new architecture, you can harness your data like never before.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to access Copilot within the BigTime Data Hub. If you’re interested in joining Early Access before it closes, fill out the form below:
Learn more about Data Hub:
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 to all of your reports 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.
Admins can activate the new experience by navigating to:
My Company → My Company → Active Features → Report Center (ON).
Learn more about the new Report Center, explore A New Report Center Walkthrough or Managing and Organizing Reports.
What's Fixed -
This month, we focused on expanding visibility in Foresight, boosting mobile usability, and strengthening core reporting and invoicing tools. Explore the latest platform updates below.
Analytics -
FIXED: Public Timesheet Detail report no longer triggers authorization error.
FIXED: Drill-down links in Time and Expense Details now redirect correctly.
FIXED: Effective Rate field no longer breaks report functionality.
FIXED: Report Archive now displays Created Date in table view.
FIXED: Configurable dashboard tiles delete correctly in new navigation view.
BigTime Foresight -
IMPROVED: Adding a Demand Role column to the Projects Performance report export.
IMPROVED: Adding a Demand Seniority column to the Projects Performance report export.
IMPROVED: Added Cost Centers columns to Project Finances Report export.
IMPROVED: Displayed demand hours over time in Demand Timeline view.
IMPROVED: Color-coded Continuous Availability indicator for easier status visibility.
IMPROVED: Made Certificates an organizational field for easier management.
IMPROVED: Enhanced Demand tracking by assigning Departments, Certificates, and Cost Centers.
IMPROVED: Enabled bulk creation, edit, and delete of Demand within Projects.
IMPROVED: Added customizable column visibility settings to Demand section in Projects.
IMPROVED: Introduced custom fields on Demand.
IMPROVED: Added Project Cost Centers columns to Project Performance Report export.
IMPROVED: Added Cost Centers columns to the Projects list.
IMPROVED: BigTime Foresight Custom Reports now show week start date instead of week number.
IMPROVED: Renamed 'Fulfillment Rate' indicator as 'Availability' indicator in AI-Powered Resourcing.
FIXED: Issues generating data on Foresight's calendars have been resolved.
FIXED: Updated 'Group by Week' in Custom Reports to display first day of week date.
FIXED: US holidays no longer pre-populate for staffers without holiday designation in Foresight.
Integrations -
FIXED: Resolved individual QuickBooks Online sync issues.
FIXED: Payments on imported QuickBooks invoices now sync correctly to BigTime.
Invoicing & Payments -
FIXED: Consolidated invoice PDFs now correctly calculate Prior Billing column.
Mobile -
IMPROVED: [iOS] Updated Home screen background color.
IMPROVED: [iOS] Timer now displays Project selection properly.
IMPROVED: [iOS] Redesigned Timer experience with reset option.
IMPROVED: [iOS] Displayed Project name in the Timer on Home screen.
IMPROVED: [iOS] Introduced new navigation experience.
IMPROVED: [Android] Introduced new navigation experience.
IMPROVED: [iOS & Android] Mobile support added to new intuitive navigation experience.
FIXED: [iOS] Time Entry edits now save correctly.
FIXED: [iOS] Expense edits now save correctly.
FIXED: [Android] Timer can now be reset after creating Time Entries from the Home screen.
Projects & Tasks -
IMPROVED: Client List now includes full view, search, and contact management.
IMPROVED: Staffer access to Client List features can now be managed.
IMPROVED: Client creation and editing available from central Client List view.
FIXED: Unused Client Type values can now be fully removed as expected.
FIXED: Resolved issue preventing export of project list.
Time & Expenses -
IMPROVED: Added user permission for Staff Managers to delete time entries.
FIXED: Exchange rate no longer displays on expenses for non-multi-currency firms.
FIXED: Custom fields now populate correctly in Pending Approvals.
FIXED: Timer preview now accurately reflects recorded time.
Other -
IMPROVED: 'Sales' section added to top-level navigation menu.
IMPROVED: Skills management now available in Company Settings.
IMPROVED: Wallet landing page highlights enhancement available for streamlined cash flow.
IMPROVED: New BigTime Mobile landing page for visibility.
IMPROVED: New BigTime Foresight landing page for upgrade visibility.
IMPROVED: New Expense Tracking landing page when admins deactivate the feature.
IMPROVED: New Time Tracking landing page when admins deactivate the feature.
FIXED: Navigation bar now displays correctly when viewing in full screen.
FIXED: Onboarding tutorial now completes properly in new navigation experience.
FIXED: Bulk select now properly applies to all notifications.
FIXED: Resolved latency affecting New Report Center and New Timers.