Release naming update
We've changed how Evo releases are named. Previously, an Evo release could be referred to by the month the work was carried out (e.g. the “May release”), even though it was actually applied to customer environments the following month (e.g. June). This mismatch between the name and the actual release date caused confusion.
From this release onwards, Evo releases are named using the format 5.26.7.xxxxx, structured as:
● 5 — main version (Evo)
● 26 — year
● 7 — month of release
● xxxxx — minor/build number
The naming now reflects the month the release actually went live, so the release name and release date are always aligned.
🤓 Note: This release (5.26.7.xxxxx) consolidates work originally scheduled across two development cycles, both being applied to customer systems together in July under the new naming convention.
What's new?
This release introduces the first live, feature-flagged elements of Evo Navigator quick actions, delivers the extensible workflow hooks framework, and includes a range of People Analytics data quality fixes, security hardening, and general bug fixes.
Evo Navigator — quick actions & self-service panels
The foundations for Evo Navigator quick actions are now in place. This functionality is currently behind a feature flag — where this applies to your organisation, you'll be contacted separately with details on how to access and turn this on for your organisation.
Absence request — employees will be able to raise absence requests directly from a new quick action panel.
Address management — employees will be able to view and update their address details via a new self-service panel.
Bank details — employees will be able to update their bank details through a dedicated quick action.
Workflow hooks — absence, address, and bank detail changes can now trigger downstream workflow hooks, configurable by administrators.
📌 Note: These quick actions will appear in the Evo Navigator menu once activated. Full user guides will be provided alongside the activation communication.
Extensible workflow hooks framework
The extensible workflow hooks framework is now live, providing a structured way to trigger downstream actions at key points in HR standard workflows.
A hook configuration screen allows administrators to define and manage hook points.
Full command table and invocation audit trail included.
📌 Note: The hook configuration screen will be available to system administrators once activated. This is the foundation for Quick Objects in Evo Navigator, and full instructions will be provided once activated.
Custom field labels
Administrators can now rename HR field labels throughout SelectHR to match their organisation's own terminology.
This process of changing a field name has now been streamlined into an easy process via the Admin Tool.
Eploy Integration
The integration between SelectHR and the Eploy recruitment platform is now live, replacing the previous Access Recruit integration. This streamlines the flow of recruitment and organisational data between the two systems and significantly reduces manual admin for HR and recruitment teams. The integration includes:
Organisation structure sync — SelectHR's organisational hierarchy automatically synchronises to Eploy, including an initial full sync and ongoing real-time updates as structures change.
Automatic user provisioning — employees are automatically created as users in Eploy with the correct organisational placement, and automatically deactivated when marked as a leaver in SelectHR — removing the need for manual account setup and teardown.
Post integration — approved Posts in SelectHR automatically appear as Job Roles in Eploy, so recruitment stays aligned with your approved establishment without duplicate data entry.
Successful applicant onboarding — when a candidate is successfully hired in Eploy, their personal details, job details, location, hiring manager, and organisational structure flow into SelectHR and pre-populate the onboarding wizard automatically.
For customers hiring in volume, this significantly cuts the administrative time spent on employee provisioning and onboarding, as well as reducing the risk of data inconsistency between systems.
📌 Note: Eploy Integration is released under a feature flag. To learn more about this integration or about Eploy, please contact your Account Manager.
Access Data Transfer Service — platform service admin management interface
A new admin management interface has been introduced for the ADTS platform service, created as part of the Eploy Integration work.
🚀 What's coming
Our Full Living Road Map will be released to the Evo environment in the coming weeks.
Work continues in July, ahead of the August release, on two further pieces of the Eploy Integration:
Document transfer — a workflow stage for manual mapping of documents received via the integration.
Post sync enablement/disablement — enhancements giving administrators control over enabling and disabling Post synchronisation.
As adoption of the new Evo Navigator quick actions grows, we'll also continue to expand the range of self-service actions available. Full release notes and user guides will be provided ahead of future releases.
Product fixes
This release also includes the following fixes and enhancements:
Access Ref | Details | Summary of Fix or Change | Area of SelectHR |
2265491 | Clicking the document icon in listings produced an error instead of downloading the file, affecting Mail Merge, Onboarding Documents, and Recruitment Applications. | Resolved. Document icon downloads now work correctly for both v4.0 and SelectHR Evo customers. | Document Store |
2287585 | HR Policies list showing 0/0 in the Policy Read column instead of the actual read confirmation count. | Corrected the data retrieval issue so the policy read count displays accurately. | HR Policies |
2280779 | System Parameters Extra Detail view not filtering expired key levels (levels 2 and 3), causing duplicate holiday entitlement and usage values. | Fixed the view to respect expiry dates on organisational key levels. Holiday remaining values will now be accurate. | Holiday / System Parameters |
1870884 | Soft-deleting an open-ended absence left it without an end date, causing performance issues in some reports and listings. | Deleted open-ended absences are now given an end date automatically. | Absence |
1862282 | Internal system fields and tables (e.g. absence processing timestamps, workflow/session tables) were being audited unnecessarily, creating overhead and noise in audit reports. | Removed audit tracking from fields and tables that do not require change tracking. Audit log volume reduced. | Audit / System Parameters |
2051993 | The Employee Directory area was displaying the Gender field, exposing sensitive personal data. | Gender field removed from the Employee Directory. | Employee Directory |
2049359 | Career and pay history was slow to load for customers upgraded from previous versions due to an expensive query. | Query replaced with a more efficient one. Load times significantly improved for affected customers. | Career & Pay History |
2186499 | Gender Identity field on the Employee Details form was incorrectly flagged as mandatory, blocking saves for employees who had not populated it. | Field is no longer mandatory. Existing records unaffected. | Employee Details |
1850513 | All absences in the Workspace and Evo Team Calendar were displaying as greyed out and marked RESTRICTED, regardless of user access rights. | Resolved. Absences now display correctly based on user permissions. | Team Calendar |
1658525 | Month and date range navigation arrows on the Team Calendar were not functioning when accessed via the Access Evo app on legacy mobile. | Navigation arrows now work correctly on legacy mobile via the Evo app. | Team Calendar – Mobile |
2255434 | Adding users to any group membership was timing out and failing to complete. | Query optimised. Group membership updates now complete successfully. | User / Group Management |
2272166 | Following a recent SelectHR Evo patch, changes were not being sent through to SelectPay as expected. | Integration regression resolved. SelectPay integration operates as expected. Customers should verify changes made during the affected period. | SelectPay Integration |
2008979 | A recursive managing post relationship in Post Management was causing listing views and badge counts to break. | Recursive post relationship handled correctly. Listings and badge counts now display accurately. | Post Management |
2009407 | New Employee Wizard was assigning a disabled default menu set, preventing newly created employees from logging in. | Wizard now assigns an active menu set. Affected employees should be reviewed. | New Employee Wizard |
1908407 | Users were unable to log in when a system-generated IntercomID already existed for a duplicate email address. | Login now proceeds correctly in these scenarios. | User Management / Login |
2030281 | Payslip downloads on the SelectHR Evo mobile app were failing with an 'unable to open the downloaded file' error. | File handling corrected. Payslip downloads now complete successfully on mobile. | Evo Mobile – Payslips |
2278792 | SelectHR was not appearing as an available product within the Access Evo app. | SelectHR now appears correctly in the Evo app product listing. | Evo App |
1700162 | AllStatistics update was only triggering on absence changes, rather than across all applicable events. | AllStatistics now updates correctly across all applicable change events. | Absence / Statistics |
2291569 | Image icons were displaying as broken on the first page of the Copy/New Job and Pay Wizard. | Asset path corrected. Icons now display correctly. | Job & Pay Wizard |
2330043 | SHR Evo mobile app showed an empty payslip list for employees with missing Pay History rows. | Resolved. Payslip list now displays correctly for affected employees. | Evo Mobile – Payslips |
2287686 | SHR Evo Native Mobile App — entering decimal values for hours on an absence request was broken. | Resolved. Decimal hour entry on absence requests now works correctly. | Absence – Mobile |
2382421 | P11D Car Benefit calculations were using 24/25 tax rates instead of the updated 25/26 rates. | Rates corrected. P11D Car Benefit now calculates using the correct 25/26 rates. | Payroll / P11D |
2406778 | Emails sent via modern authentication were being sent without their intended formatting. | Formatting issue resolved. Emails sent via modern authentication now render as intended. | Email / Authentication |
People Analytics (Visier)
Access Ref | Details | Summary of Fix or Change | Area of SelectHR |
2018575 | Nightly Visier sync could fail to include certain employees, exit records, or org hierarchy changes. Employees without an approved starter appointment were silently excluded. | Upload logic corrected to include all employees, leavers, and org changes. Gaps in Visier data should resolve after the next nightly sync. | People Analytics (Visier) |
1640954 | People Analytics navigation menu not displaying correctly for standard users in SelectHR Evo. | Permission/rendering issue resolved. Navigation menu displays correctly for standard users. | People Analytics (Visier) |
2283542 | Disability Status filter in People Analytics returning an incorrect option, affecting filter accuracy. | Invalid disability status value removed. Filters now return accurate results. | People Analytics (Visier) |
2283831 | Absence hours showing incorrect values in People Analytics for some customers. | Data mapping corrected in the Visier sync. Accurate figures will appear after the next nightly sync. | People Analytics (Visier) |
2180828 | Employees who had left were showing with an 'Unknown' status in People Analytics for affected customers (e.g. Express Solicitors). | Leaver status mapping corrected. Leavers now display with the correct status in People Analytics. | People Analytics (Visier) |
Security Updates
Access Ref | Details | Summary of Fix or Change | Area of SelectHR |
1249078 | Forgotten Password workflow on the Recruitment portal was being blocked, preventing users from resetting their passwords. | Security configuration corrected. Password reset workflow now operates as expected. | Recruitment Portal |
2255518 | Hyperlink navigation in SelectHR forms was using unencrypted HTTP connections. A logic error was also causing some URLs to have a protocol prefix incorrectly applied. | Hyperlinks now default to HTTPS. URLs with an existing valid scheme are no longer double-prefixed. | Forms – Hyperlink Navigation |
2115444 / 2255983 / 2261675 / 2288381 / 2310915 / 2310927 / 2242046 | This release includes a number of security improvements identified through our internal vulnerability scanning process, covering dependency updates, legacy and unused code, and platform hardening — the majority with no customer-facing impact. | Two fixes relate to active areas of the product and have been resolved as part of this release. | Security / Multiple Areas |
2403490 | Saving Active Directory mappings could fail due to an assembly version mismatch in a system dependency. | Dependency issue resolved. AD mapping changes now save correctly. | Admin / Identity |
How to access this update
The July 2026 Release 5.26.7.3409 update for SelectHR Evo introduces the foundations that will unlock the first phase of the Access Evo Navigator quick actions and beyond.
Test systems: 24 July 2026
Live systems: 30 - 31 July 2026 21:00 - 06:00