Release notes

Towards the new user interface

OCCURS NOW

• Vispertti joins the Beta user interface: Vispertti, the AI assistant familiar from our Help pages, now also supports users in their daily tasks in the renewed user interface.
• Development idea process: We are currently focusing on a major user interface renewal. We are not bringing new development ideas into the current user interface right now, but critical errors are still fixed as a priority. Please continue to submit development ideas from the classic user interface: Profile menu > Send feedback.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Billing and project management: We are currently working on billing functions, invoice administration and the first version of the project plan.
• Feedback on the Beta user interface: We hope to receive active feedback from Beta users to develop Severa in the future. Share your opinion via the Rate Beta button in the Beta view.
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

New features & updates

TERM UPDATES

• We have harmonised our terminology in the English user interface: Case is now Project and Account is Customer.
• In the Finnish user interface, Työn vastuuhenkilö (person responsible for the work) will from now on be called Project manager.
• The change mainly affects columns in reporting.

PROJECT MEMBER permission level CHANGES

• The changes apply only to the Project member permission level in the Projects section.
• From now on, a project manager assigned to a project who has this permission level can view the financial information of their own projects (price lists, forecasts, billing) more clearly.
• Editing the project’s price list or forecasts is currently not possible with this permission level.
• Viewing quotes and revenue allocation requires at least the Project manager permission level.
• Read more about permission levels: Permissions in detail

Towards the new user interface

OCCURS NOW

• New content in Beta: Billing and Projects sections now released!
• Billing: The goal of the renewed invoice administration is to make the invoicing process even smoother and more efficient. The renewal brings long-awaited improvements to invoice management and accuracy.
• Projects: The goal of the renewed project management is to make the project lifecycle smoother and provide real-time visibility into project progress.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Severa AI: We are developing an AI-based feature for the Beta user interface that will assist time entry users in their daily tasks.
• Renewed reporting: We will develop reporting and the reporting experience in the next phase of the user interface renewal.
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

New features & updates

TEAM PRODUCTIVITY

• We have added new values to team productivity reporting (Users report) to clarify the overall picture of project billing and its distribution between employees.
• We have released new values Share of billing in time frame / Employee user’s margin in time frame / Employee user’s sales margin in time frame.
• Read more about the new values and Team productivity reporting: Team productivity

Towards the new user interface

OCCURS NOW

• Severa AI: We are currently developing an AI-based feature for the Beta user interface that will assist time entry users in their daily tasks.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Renewed reporting: We are currently developing an AI-based feature for the Beta user interface that will assist time entry users in their daily tasks. We are currently testing different AI functionalities internally. We will inform you about the release later.
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

New features & updates

Updates to report values

• In project analysis reports, it is possible to filter out empty rows by using the Remove empty rows filter.
• The Remove empty rows filter has now been released with language translations.
• The filter is available in the Case analysis report in the Other filters section. You can find the filter in the filter menu under the name “Remove empty rows”.

Towards the new user interface

Occurs now

• Severa AI: We are currently testing different AI functionalities internally. We will inform you about the release later.
• Renewed reporting: We will develop reporting and the reporting experience in the next phase of the user interface renewal.
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

Be part of the development

• Would you like to be involved in developing the Severa of the future?
• As a member of the user panel, you can share your views directly with product development and participate in, for example, interviews, testing and workshops.
• Join via the link: Join the user panel

New features & updates

NOTES NOW AVAILABLE IN REPORTING

• Notes are entries similar to activities that can be logged in the Sales tab’s Activities section on projects, sales cases and customer cards.
• Notes reporting is now available in Severa!
• Create a report of your notes from the left side navigation under the Reports section via Report creation, and select one of the following report options:
  • Select the main level Sales > Notes if you want to report notes logged on sales cases.
  • Select the main level Projects > Notes if you want to report notes logged on projects.
  • Select the main level Customers > Notes if you want to report notes logged on customer cards.

Towards the new user interface

OCCURS NOW

• Severa AI: Severa AI has now been released! Speed up your work day processes and let Severa AI log, for example, project work hours on your behalf. Learn more about the feature in our Help pages: Severa AI
• Renewed reporting: First contact with the renewed reporting – viewing list reports is now possible in Severa Beta. View your own and shared list reports and explore the new visual reporting view. For the time being, report editing must be done in Severa’s Classic view, i.e. the traditional view.
• Project gantt view: You can now view your project’s project plan also in the gantt view in addition to the list view. The gantt view makes the project plan more visual and makes work planning and scheduling easier. You can find the new gantt view on the project’s Project plan tab.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Project gantt view: We are currently preparing the release of a common gantt view for all projects. The gantt view provides a broad and comprehensive picture of the progress of your projects and makes work planning and scheduling easier.
• Changing the project’s customer: We are preparing to release more familiar project management elements to Severa Beta, such as changing the project’s customer.
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

New features & updates

DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER can be defined for PROJECTS

• We have renewed the structure of the project team and introduced a new field in the user interface: Deputy project manager.
• With the Deputy project manager information, you can easily define a substitute for the actual project manager without having to change the permissions of the user acting as a substitute.
• The Deputy project manager inherits the permissions for the selected project from the project manager’s details.
• Read more about the feature: Creating a project

MASS UPDATE OF FORECASTS

• We have made the process of managing project forecasts more efficient by introducing a mass update function for project forecasts in the user interface.
• Update project forecasts in bulk either from Projects > Summary view or via Reports > Report creation > Projects > Cases list report by selecting the desired projects and choosing the action Update forecast for them.

POWEROFFICE INTEGRATION

• We are preparing the release of new features for the PowerOffice integration, such as transferring time entries. We will inform you about the release later.

Towards the new user interface

OCCURS NOW

• New project management features: During the summer, we released new project management features to Severa Beta:
  • Deputy project manager: With the Deputy project manager information, you can easily define a substitute for the actual project manager without having to change the permissions of the user acting as a substitute. The Deputy project manager inherits the permissions for the selected project from the project manager’s details. The feature can be found in the project card’s Summary view in the Team & timeline section.
  • Single project gantt view: You can now view the project plan in the form of a gantt view also for a single project on the Project plan tab.
  • Change the project’s customer: We have now brought a familiar feature also to Beta, where you can change the project’s customer – provided that no invoices or quotes have yet been created for the project. The feature can be found under the three-dot action menu in the upper right corner of the project.
• Add instalments from the work hour entry view: You can now log instalments for projects via the Hours section at the same time as you log project work hours.

WHAT’S NEXT

• Reporting development continues: We will continue to develop the renewed reporting and its features.
• Changes to the product communication tool: We are currently implementing a new product communication tool that enables in-app communication within the product. We will release renewed guidance flows during the autumn. We will provide more information later.
• Severa AI experiences and further development: Severa AI has been in a trial phase with our pilot customers, and we are collecting usage experiences for further development. Share your opinion with us via the Rate Beta button in Severa Beta!
• Read more about the user interface renewal: Severa Beta Experience

New features & updates

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING CHANGES TO MICROSOFT EXCHANGE CALENDAR SYNCHRONIZATION

• Severa’s Microsoft calendar synchronization has so far been implemented with EWS technology (Exchange Web Services), which is an old interface. Microsoft has announced that as of 1 October 2026, EWS will be disabled by default in all Exchange Online environments where it has not been specifically kept active. Read the official announcement about the change in Microsoft’s Community service: Microsoft Community
• To continue using Microsoft calendar synchronization, the admin user of the company’s Microsoft environment must complete the actions below by 31 August 2026.
• Read about your company’s options on our Help pages: Announcement about changes to Microsoft calendar synchronization

Changes to the product communication tool

• We are currently implementing a new product communication tool that enables in-app communication within the product. We will release renewed guidance flows during the autumn. We will provide more information later.
• Read more: Announcement about a new sub-processor