Schedule3W

Schedule3W Releases

5.0.06 Send Depersonalized Database

2017-04-19
  • Web Update now provides a search box approach for picking an employee (faster and easier to use than the prior drop down menu).
  • Help>E-mail Support now offers to create a depersonalized zip of the database for sending to Schedule3W (i.e. only employee abbreviation is retained in employee table).

5.0.05 Web Update [+Shift] Available Button

2017-04-08
  • Database View: Shifts now supports generating Primepoint Payroll import format.
  • Web Update [+Shift] screen now includes an [Available] button in Location First mode and changing screen's start time now automatically changes end time to maintain the duration.
  • Edit>Staff>[New] now offers to clone the existing employee's [Emp/Loc] Assignment Groups in addition to Ratings.

5.0.04 Web Update Demo Group Members

2017-03-28
  • Web Update demo mode now flags the names of demo group members in Employee by displays to simplify access.

5.0.03 Improved Visual Cues

2017-03-23
  • Improved Visual cues make it clearer that one is working in the current week or in the future (e.g. Location by Day screen is now light green for today, bolder week#, etc.).
  • The [+Shift] screen in Web Update for Schedulers now offers a choice between an Employee or a Location focus.

5.0.02 Away Request and In/Out modules Improvements

2017-03-15
  • Improvements made to Sign In/Out module:
    • The In/Out menu, when viewing the Approve screen, now has an Exit Approve Screen choice which switches to Location x Day for today.
    • Missed sign outs are automatically recorded for the end of that day.
    • The Approve screen has improved support for Selected>Locations.
    • The Approve screen is faster and uses a fixed row height regardless of whether one location is selected or duties were shown.
  • Edit>Away Requests>[Process] button now better supports away requests for Service Point locations and for single level databases. An occasional issue with part day vacations shortening any duty location shift has been corrected.
  • Web Update for Schedulers module now includes:
    • Tick option to have a change notice email automatically open (just like the desktop client does).
    • An Available Employee button in the Change Employee screen.
    • Some small look/feel changes.

5.0.01 Web Update: Change Start/End Times

2017-01-30
  • Web Update now supports changing shift Start/End Times.

5.0.00 Web Update Modules

2017-01-24
  • Two new Web Update modules for adding/changing shifts in a Web browser. Cell phones and tablets supported! Contact us for details, pricing and how to trial. More webification of desktop scheduling functionality coming soon (prioritized based on user feedback).
    • Web Update for Schedulers allows Schedulers to Add, Delete and Change Employee/Location of a shift.
    • Web Update for Employees allows designated employees to update their own shifts in designated locations within a specified date range. For instance some employees could be given permission to schedule their own Meeting shifts and part-timers Unavailable to work periods.

4.8.43 Easier to Copy PDFs from Cloud Server

2017-01-10
  • Edit>Away Request>[Process] now supports entering a note to be added to all the created shifts.
  • New [Copy PDF] button in Tools>Reports reduces the steps to Paste a copy of a report/schedule elsewhere (e.g. when moving from a cloud server)

4.8.42 Away Request Note in Email

2016-12-22
  • Edit>Away Request>[Email] now automatically includes, in the email that opens, any Away Request external note.
  • Web View now gives a friendly message if you click a shift that was deleted after the display was generated.

4.8.41 CSV in Less Steps

2016-12-20
  • New Tools>Reports>Format Tab>[Advanced] button option to generate Just CSV output for Who's and Where working reports in less steps and without Crystal's 255 character limit per cell.
  • The Recurring Screen of Change Employee now provides separate controls for whether to EMail/Text the prior and/or new employee.

4.8.39 Auto Cleanup of Installs List

2016-11-21
  • New Month Open/Rollover now automatically removes the Install record of any Schedule3W not used for 12 months (use Tools > Maintenance > Show Tab > [Installs] to view or cleanup sooner).

4.8.38 Fast Entry Preserves Tailored Times

2016-08-24
  • Fast Entry screen now preserves any tailored shift times when a Location is selected.

4.8.36 Web Login by Username & Password Reset

2016-08-10
  • New Web View 3.8.13 now supports Login by entering Username (activate in Tools>Web>[Options]) and a Forgot my password link for set/resetting the employee's personal password.
  • Who’s working: Month by Location report now provides option to intermix locations in a single calendar. Good for smaller libraries showing who's working by date.
  • Tools>Report>[PDF] button now uses the report title as the filename (and default for any Save As).

4.8.35 Additional Fields in Database View: Shifts

2016-08-01
  • Report Database View: Shifts now includes additional Employee fields of Type, Home Location and Employee# to help those doing analysis in a spreadsheet or providing backup for payroll. Also the Type of Location field now shows more detail and the several ID fields now use the more compact abbreviation form.
  • New Web View 3.8.11 only enables special rights in My Schedule3W mode if the Scheduler has a personal password.

4.8.34 Web View Supports Less Employees Control

2016-07-24
  • New Web View 3.8.9 supports the new Less Employees control of Edit>Employee Group.

4.8.33 Multiple Webs on One: Messages Updated

2016-07-20
  • The Multiple Webs on One Server option has some message text upgraded.

4.8.32 New Employee Group Less Control

2016-07-18
  • New Less Employees control enables defining an Employee Group as those in specified Home Locations (optionally with specified Employee Types) less a specific list of employees.

4.8.31 New Hosted Web View Option

2016-07-12
  • New Hosted Web View option supports having just your Web hosted on a Schedule3W (or other) cloud server outside your network.This provides employees external web access for sites whose firewall policy prevents access to the internal web server.
  • The last showing shift of an on-going set (e.g. 13 months in future) now supports This day only changes.

4.8.30 Location by Day: Auto Department Employee Filter

2016-06-16
  • Location by Day right-click Display>Sort by>Working * formats, when an employee select is active, now only shows employees, with a home location not in the location filter, if they are working in one of selected Working (assignable to Service Points locations (i.e. substitutes only show if working that day in your department).
  • New Web View 3.8.3 features:
    • Web View's iCal Help page has been updated to better highlight the number of days to be auto sync'd and the URL to copy.
    • The Login page now ignores any leading/trailing blanks.

4.8.29 Staff Levels Blue/Red Bar

2016-05-31
  • The Staffing Level bar (at the bottom of Location by Week/Day screens when only one location is selected) now reflects the difference between actual and desired when first opened and after Select>Location (in addition to after Select>Multiple Locations).
  • Edit>Location> right-click Advanced>Delete Shifts for a Working assignable to service points location now correctly deletes associated Service Point shifts.

4.8.27 New One Click PDF button

2016-05-26
  • New [PDF] button in Tools>Reports and Edit>Staff>Analysis generates a PDF with one click and saves even more steps for sites using a web based e-mail package. It also simplifies keeping a report open while making updates.
  • Edit>Away>[Process] now also automatically enters the requested location (e.g. Vacation) in place of Service Point shifts of staff with Scheduling Approach of Assign Directly.
  • Web View now automatically resizes Table displays when a mobile device is changed between portrait and landscape mode.