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5.2.09 New Day Profile Fields in Available Staff

December 10th, 2018 • By: Schedule3W
  • The Available Staff popup screen, for Service Point locations, now includes for each employee the following for the day being scheduled: Duration Working, On Desk and Unassigned hours.
  • Edit>Employee Group now includes an [Info] button that displays the member details of the currently highlighted Employee Group.
  • In Tools>Reports, Database View: Location Information has replaced the Location Information report.
  • Login and Password change screens in desktop and Web modules now warn if Caps Lock is on.
  • Web 4.2.8 now allows schedulers to view the full range of dates.

5.2.08 Office 365 Web Email Now Supported

November 2nd, 2018 • By: Schedule3W
  • Office 365 Web is now supported for email. Available in Tools>Options>Settings (once 5.2.08 has been activated as the minimum version) and immediately in the Web 4.2.7 Options menu.
  • AutoSched 2.1.16 now auto aligns the first shift of a period to fill to end on the hour and supports locations with a default shift duration of one hour being splitable if longer.
  • Select>Employee Group now includes an [Info] button that displays the member details of the currently highlighted Employee Group.

5.2.07 Auto Login by IP# to Web View Guest

October 18th, 2018 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.6 improvements:
    • Authentication by IP# now supports auto login to the Guest account.
    • The new Wall Calendar displays: Weeks for Locations and Weeks for Employees are now faster (25% in Chrome and 10% in IE11).
    • The [Help] sections relating to Away Requests have been clarified.

5.2.06 Schedule Solo Database Access

October 14th, 2018 • By: Schedule3W
  • New Tools>Maintenance>Solo option to schedule solo access to the database to perform maintenance tasks and automatically remind/logout other users. Available once 5.2.06+ is activated as the “Minimum Schedule3W version for your database“.
  • New [Copy for GPO] button in Tools>Maintenance>Show>[Installs] provides the list of system names for setting up a Group Policy to automatically upgrade those PCs to a new Schedule3W version. See download page for details.
  • Web 4.2.5 improvements:
    • [Who's away] and any subsequent [Request away] are once again buttons rather than Display menu entries.
    • The Employee x Time bar graph display now supports sorting Employees by their Working Location sub sorted by PIC rank.
    • To allow date range to be entered first, the end date menu always shows. It has a grey background if the currently selected display is for only one day.
    • Clicking My away requests in the display menu now immediately displays the user’s away requests ending today or later with a [Show all] button to include past ones.

5.2.05 Web View Faster, New Wall Calendar Format

September 13th, 2018 • By: Schedule3W
  • Web 4.2.4 adds:
    • Two new Wall Calendar displays: Weeks for Locations and Weeks for Employees.
    • The Employee x Time bar graph display now supports sorting Employees by their Working Location.
    • Displays are typically 20% faster.
  • SMS (aka Text Message) module has improved error reporting.