# What's New in IceHrm v35: Analytics Dashboards, Smarter Payroll & More

> We're excited to announce a major update to IceHrm Pro with significant new features, UI enhancements, and improvements across multiple modules. This release...

- URL: https://icehrm.com/blog/whats-new-in-icehrm-v35-analytics-dashboards-smarter-payroll-more
- Published: 2025-12-30
- Author: IceHrm
- Topics: New IceHrm Release
- Publisher: IceHrm (https://icehrm.com), HR management software

We're excited to announce a major update to IceHrm Pro with significant new features, UI enhancements, and improvements across multiple modules. This release focuses on providing better insights, streamlined workflows, and a more modern user experience.

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## **New Insights & Analytics Module**

A brand new ****Insights**** module provides comprehensive analytics dashboards for leave, attendance, and timesheet data, giving HR managers and administrators real-time visibility into workforce patterns.

### **Leave Insights**

Get a complete overview of leave patterns across your organization:

-   ****Leave Summary Dashboard**** - View approved, pending, and rejected leave requests at a glance
-   ****Monthly Leave Distribution**** - Visualize leave patterns across months to identify trends
-   ****Weekly Leave Patterns**** - Understand which days of the week see the most leave requests
-   ****Leave by Type Analysis**** - Pie chart breakdown showing distribution across different leave types (Annual, Sick, Casual, etc.)
-   ****Departmental Leave Overview**** - Compare leave utilization across departments

### **Attendance & Timesheet Insights**

Monitor attendance patterns, working hours, and project time tracking in a unified dashboard:

-   ****Attendance Summary**** - Track total hours worked, average hours per day
-   ****Monthly & Weekly Patterns**** - Identify attendance trends over time
-   ****Department-wise Attendance**** - Compare attendance across teams
-   ****Project Time Distribution**** - See how time is allocated across projects
-   ****Employee Time Tracking**** - Monitor individual contributor time logs

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/attendance-insights.jpg)

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## **Redesigned Payroll Configuration Module**

The new ****Payroll Configuration**** module provides a complete payroll management solution with flexible configuration options and automated processing.

### **Key Features**

#### **Payroll Column Configuration**

-   Define custom payroll columns (earnings, deductions, contributions)
-   Built-in code editor for calculation functions with syntax validation
-   Support for predefined calculation types

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/payroll-column-editor.jpg)

#### **Payslip Template Designer**

-   Create custom payslip templates with HTML/CSS
-   Preview templates before deployment
-   Mark legacy templates for deprecation
-   Protection against deleting templates in use

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/payslip-template.jpg)

#### **Payroll Processing**

-   Batch process employee payrolls
-   View payroll data by employee with profile images
-   Generate and manage payslips
-   Delete generated payslips when needed
-   Multi-currency support

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/payroll-processing.jpg)

#### **Employee Payroll Assignments**

-   Redesigned the UI for assigning employees to different payrolls.
-   Ability to run multiple payrolls for different employees.

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/payroll-employees.jpg)

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## Advanced Reports Module

Enhanced reporting capabilities with the new Advanced Reports module, replacing the legacy reports system.

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/reports.jpg)

## **Enhanced Travel Management**

The Travel module has been completely rebuilt, offering a modern interface and new capabilities.

### **New Travel Request Features**

#### **Comprehensive Trip Details**

-   ****Trip Classification****: Domestic, International, or Regional travel
-   ****Detailed Itinerary****: From/To locations with country and city fields

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/travel-request-form.jpg)

#### **Booking Information**

-   Flight/booking confirmation numbers
-   Airline and flight number tracking
-   Accommodation details

#### **Travel Project & Budget Integration**

-   Link travel requests to travel projects
-   Multi-currency budget management
-   Attachment support for receipts and documents

#### **Step-by-Step Request Form**

-   Multi-step modal for creating travel requests
-   Clear separation of mandatory and optional information
-   Location picker with map integration

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## **Project Time Tracking**

Enhanced project management with comprehensive time tracking and team assignment features.

### **Project Detail View**

A new ****Project Detail View**** replaces the table with rich project information:

-   ****Project Summary Statistics****
-   Total hours logged
-   Approved hours vs pending hours
-   Number of team members

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/project-detail-view-1.jpg)

### **Time Tracking Charts**

-   ****Time by Employee Chart****: Horizontal grouped bar chart showing total, approved, and pending hours per employee
-   ****Monthly Time Breakdown****: Track project hours over time with monthly distribution

### **Team Management**

-   ****Assigned Employees Panel****: View all employees assigned to a project
-   ****Add/Remove Employees****: Quickly add or remove team members from projects
-   ****Employee Status Tracking****: See start dates and current assignment status

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## **Employee Profile Enhancements**

### **Profile Images Everywhere**

Employee profile images are now displayed across all modules for better visual identification:

-   Leave request lists
-   Attendance records
-   Performance reviews
-   Training sessions
-   Expense reports
-   Overtime requests
-   Travel requests
-   Salary information
-   Document lists
-   Forms and feedback

### **Employee Profile Tabs**

New tabs added to the employee profile view:

-   ****Leave Tab****: View employee's leave history and balances
-   ****Attendance Tab****: Quick access to attendance records

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/employee-profile-tabs.jpg)

### **Resigned Employees**

-   Renamed "Deactivate" to "Resigned" for clearer terminology
-   Added ability to view resigned employees with dedicated filter
-   Better handling of employee status transitions

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## **Performance Management Improvements**

### **Bulk Performance Review Creation**

Create performance reviews for multiple employees at once:

-   Select multiple employees from a list
-   Set common review parameters
-   Automatically create individual review records
-   Status defaults to "Pending" for new reviews

### **Feedback Request Enhancements**

-   Create feedback requests in bulk
-   Feedback requests only available for pending reviews
-   Default status set to "Pending" for new feedback requests
-   Improved self-feedback UI

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## **Sandwich Leave Support**

New ****Sandwich Leave**** feature for handling leaves that fall between holidays and weekends.

### **Configuration**

-   Mark specific leave types as "Sandwich Leave" using a simple toggle switch
-   When enabled, leaves of this type are always counted as full days
-   Useful for unpaid leave policies where organizations want to count leaves between non-working days

### **How It Works**

When an employee takes leave on a Friday and Monday (with Saturday/Sunday in between):

-   Regular leave: Only Friday and Monday counted (2 days)
-   Sandwich leave: Friday through Monday counted (4 days)

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## **Settings Module Redesign**

The Settings module has been completely redesigned for better usability.

### **Search Settings**

New search functionality allows you to quickly find settings by name or description.

### **Organized Display**

-   Settings are now ordered logically within each category
-   Improved setting descriptions
-   Hidden deprecated settings
-   Tabs only show if they have visible settings

### **Visual Improvements**

-   Switch components for Yes/No settings
-   Better form layouts
-   Multi-select fields with improved UI
-   File upload settings with preview

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/settings-display.jpg)

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## **UI/UX Improvements**

### **Modernized Modals**

-   Replaced browser modals with modern modals
-   Consistent modal behavior across the application
-   Loading states on save buttons
-   Better error handling and display

### **Menu Improvements**

-   Updated menu names for clarity
-   Highlighted first-level menus
-   Removed animating icons for cleaner look
-   Updated icons across modules

### **Modernized Modules**

The following modules have been modernized for better performance:

-   User Leave Module
-   Dependent Module
-   Emergency Contacts Module
-   Qualifications Module
-   Travel Module (Admin & User)

### **Company Overview Module**

New module providing organizational overview and statistics.

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2025/12/company-overview.jpg)

## **Bug Fixes**

This release includes numerous bug fixes:

-   ****Fixed**** loading save button in step form modals
-   ****Fixed**** loading button state when entry saving fails
-   ****Fixed**** subordinate travel requests display
-   ****Fixed**** location field in travel user module
-   ****Fixed**** location component layout issues
-   ****Fixed**** double chart rendering in insights
-   ****Fixed**** advance attendance view display
-   ****Fixed**** first profile load issue
-   ****Fixed**** reports module issues
-   ****Fixed**** "switched to" styling issues
-   ****Fixed**** form fields with display:none rendering
-   ****Improved**** cache fallback when memcache is not available

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## **Module Cleanup**

As part of ongoing platform improvements, the following legacy modules have been removed:

-   Legacy Charts Module (replaced by Insights)
-   Legacy Leave Charts Module (replaced by Insights)
-   Legacy Data Module
-   Legacy Clients Module (merged into Projects)
-   Legacy Report Files Module (replaced by Advanced Reports)

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## **Upgrade Notes**

### **Database Migrations**

This release includes migrations for:

-   Sandwich leave column on LeaveTypes table
-   Settings order and description updates
-   Payslip template additions
-   Module cleanup

### **Breaking Changes**

None. All changes are backward compatible.

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## **Coming Soon**

Stay tuned for upcoming features:

-   Mobile app improvements
-   Enhanced API capabilities
-   More analytics dashboards
-   Workflow automation