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4.8.24 New SMS/Text Message Option

April 28th, 2016 • By: Schedule3W
  • New SMS/Text Msg option is now available. Inexpensive! Try the interface by turning on in Tools>Options>Settings Tab. Contact support for more information and pricing.
  • Web View is now small screen aware and formats display and menus to provide an improved cell phone experience.
  • In Edit>Staff the Schedule3W Rights choice of Own Avail + All Locs has been relabeled Own for locs in Sch tab to clarify that the Location Group specified on this employee’s Scheduler Tab controls the locations this employee may self schedule. Also the Own Avail + designated locations choice is no longer offered as Own for locs in Sch tab is a superior approach.

4.8.21 Improved Report Custom Date Range

March 31st, 2016 • By: Schedule3W
  • Tools>Reports>Custom Date now automatically updates End date if less than current Start Date value.
  • Tools>Send Group msg>E-mails now only shows employees in any active employee select.
  • The screen of Message Box e-mail mode now only stays on top of Schedule3W, rather than all, screens.
  • The “Use Employee Bar color setting when only one location in filter” setting of Location by Week is now preserved across sessions.
  • Edit>Staff, when adding a new employee with Scheduler Rights, no longer generates Error 381 when E-mail Invokes isn’t set.
  • Clicks on the bottom border of Employee Scheduling Grid are now ignored (rather than being processed for the last employee).

4.8.19 Send Group Msg auto [On Screen]

March 9th, 2016 • By: Schedule3W
  • Tools>Group Send Msg now offers to automatically open the On Screen pick screen for fast e-mailing people working at a specific date/time.
  • New Web View 3.6.12 provides expanded logging.

4.8.18 Away Requests: New Update DB + E-Mail mode

February 26th, 2016 • By: Schedule3W
  • New Web View 3.6.11 provides:
    • Away Requests, once 4.8.18+ has been activated as minimum program version, support new Tools>Web Services>[Options] setting to allow user to e-mail the away request in addition to posting it to the pending list in the database.
    • [E-mail] button now utilizes the GMail and Message Box setting in Tools>Options>Settings and Edit>Staff>Scheduler Tabs plus supports a new Email invokes browser/computer level setting in the [Options] area of the web display screen.
    • The Web’s maximum date to show shifts per location (for employees without scheduling rights) now immediately reflects changes entered in Tools>Web Services>Options (or Edit>Data Range).
  • Edit>Staff now allows you to record that an employee’s Cell phone# may be used for SMS/Text messages.
  • You may now set your database to prompt whether a compact/optimization should be done when your database has grown a lot (rather than it just being automatically done). Contact Support for details.

4.8.17 Away Requests for Service Points

February 12th, 2016 • By: Schedule3W
  • The Edit>Away Request>[Process] button will now add requests for Service Points for a specific date/time.
  • New month open/rollover now keeps the web closed for the whole process.
  • Select>Multiple Employees now highlights whether the buttons reset or filter the currently selected employees.