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5.2.15 Web Help Quick Links

March 17th, 2019 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.13 improvements:
    • [Help] now starts with Quick Links to each section.
    • [+Shift] now defaults to the date of any single date display being viewed.
    • The confirmation screen of more update modes now supports invoking additional updates to that shift.
    • Support for Remember my name, when username or abbreviation format is used, has been restored.
  • Saving or invoking a favorite report with hardwired custom dates now shows a hint to use a concept date (e.g. This week).

5.2.14 Web View of Working Hours for Schedulers

February 28th, 2019 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.12 improvements:
    • Displays of the schedule for one employee, done by schedulers, now automatically show total working hours over that period.
    • Changes made to ongoing shifts no longer default to This Day Only to ensure user makes an explicit choice.
    • New images are provided for saving predefined displays on your mobile device home screen.
    • [Help] now documents that urls can be saved with a specific end date (e.g. len=30-Apr) in addition to # of days. Great for predefined rest of term displays.
    • The [Tools]>Location Information now places min and max dates in separate columns.

5.2.13 Web Choose Screen Improved for Cell Phones

January 31st, 2019 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.11 improvements:
    • The Choose screen buttons and menus have been tweaked to improve the layout on smart phones and tablets.
    • The [Set Defaults] button has been moved into the Options area beside the [Show Defaults] button.
  • Switching to a Test/Train database via Tools>Options no longer needs to update the user’s registry.

5.2.12 Web View Emp/Loc row labels are live links

January 27th, 2019 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.10 improvements:
    • New shortcut to display the Workweek for an employee or a location: simply click the employee name (i.e. row label) in Employees by Time or location name in Location by Time bar graph display.
    • The confirmation screen for adds and updates now has a [Close&Refresh] button to cause the below display to be immediately refreshed to reflect the change(s).
  • Location x Day screen’s area below the last employee is now labelled as Pick Employees as a reminder of its use for scheduling meetings, entering public holiday time, etc.
  • Who’s working by time period reports now sub-sort employees in a time period (i.e. cell) by their name within the existing shift start-time sort.
  • Employee x Week report no longer occasionally shows one employee out of sequence when name format isn’t Last, First.

5.2.10 New Every 2nd & 3rd Month Frequencies

January 17th, 2019 • By: Schedule3W
  • Two new recurring frequencies are supported (nth weekday of month for every 2nd and 3rd month) once 5.2.10 is Tools>Activated (e.g. 1st Monday of every 2nd month).
  • Reports generated on Train/Test databases now automatically include Train/Test in the report title.
  • Split Shift, when not deleting part of the shift, now supports Until/Ongoing.
  • Web 4.2.9 improvements:
    • The confirmation screen for changes to an employee’s working hours now displays total hours (that week or that pay period) and how that varies from the employee’s standard hours.
    • Options: now includes a control to suppress the default filter of only including service point shifts for Schedule the Assign employees if the employee is working in one of the selected working locations.