Hoylu April '25 Product Release

In this release, we’re introducing Project Insights, a major step forward in project-level reporting—plus improvements to workspace creation, account setup, and enhancements that enrich your workspace data. Whether you’re managing multiple buildings, syncing teams, or onboarding new users, this release is designed to make Hoylu work even better for you.

✨ Highlights in this release

• 📊 Project Insights (Trial): Cross-workspace reporting from your project dashboard

• 🔁 Team Sync: Keep teams and labels consistent across all project workspaces

• 🔐 New Signup Flow: Faster and more secure onboarding

• 📝 Auto-Saving Workspace Titles: Simplified workspace creation

• 📘 Workspace Description Panel: Add project metadata and instructions

• 👥 Custom Team Short Names: More flexibility—including emojis!

• 📥 CSV Import of Dependencies: Now supports dependency type + lag

📊 Project Insights (Trial)

Cross-workspace reporting in the project dashboard

Project Insights gives you a unified view of performance across all workspaces in a project. From task status and PPC to variance reasons, you’ll now see everything in one dashboard—no more jumping from workspace to workspace.

• Combined charts update automatically after syncing

• Filters by trade, team, date range, variance reason, and more

• A dynamic task list lets you drill into incomplete or overdue tasks

• Quickly navigate from the dashboard to any individual workspace

💡 Project Insights is currently in trial and available to all existing project users.

🔁 Team Sync for Project Workspaces

Nexus doesn’t just collect data—it also syncs it back. When you sync a workspace, teams, labels, and variance reasons can be reused across the rest of the project.

• Avoid duplicating trade lists or labels

• Resolve naming conflicts and choose whether to merge or separate

• When creating a new workspace, synced teams are already available

🔄 Set it once, reuse it everywhere. Less setup, more consistency.

🔐 New Signup Flow

We’ve made signing up smoother and more secure. New users now validate their email address before account creation, ensuring password recovery will always work.

• Prevents invalid email signups

• Everything handled in one seamless flow

• No more waiting for an email after signing up

✉️ Quicker onboarding and fewer support headaches down the road.

📝 Auto-Saving Workspace Titles

We simplified workspace setup. Titles now auto-save as you type—no need to click "Save" and then "Close."

• Edits are saved instantly

• Workspace info updates in real time

And to help manage performance, we’ve also improved the workspace loading experience:

• Loaded workspaces are now clearly marked in blue

• Removed live previews reduce background resource use

• Switching between workspaces is now much faster

🧹 A cleaner, smoother setup flow—especially when working across multiple workspaces.

📘 Workspace Description Panel & Wizard

You can now add structured, searchable metadata to your workspaces through a new Workspace Description section in the Control Center or template wizard.

• Workspace summary and type

• Custom project IDs

• Links to training, SharePoint, or other resources

• Optional setup wizard for template creators

All of this data is included in future exports, making reporting more meaningful and organized.

🧾 More context, less clutter—especially useful for collaborators.

👥 Custom Team Short Names

Short names for teams are now fully editable—and yes, you can even use emojis 🎨.

• Reuse short names for shifts or roles

• Emojis show up across the application, including in charts

• Improves readability and visual hierarchy

🧩 Customize teams your way, with clearer visual identifiers.

📥 CSV Import of Dependency Types

CSV import now supports additional fields for project planning logic:

• Define dependency types (e.g., FS, SS, FF, etc.)

• Add lag values to reflect real-world delays or buffers

• Works seamlessly with your imported upstream/downstream tasks

📊 More flexible data imports to support advanced scheduling workflows.

🧪 Try Project Insights Today

If Nexus is enabled on your project, you’ll see the Insights panel automatically once you’ve synced your first workspace. Want to remove synced data? No problem—just delete the dashboard scope in Nexus. Your original workspace tasks will remain untouched.

💬 We want your feedback! Let us know what reporting views or chart types you'd like to see next.

Thanks for building with Hoylu 🏗️
As always, we’re committed to making your planning experience faster, smarter, and more collaborative—every step of the way.