Schedule3W

Schedule3W Releases

4.7.40 PIC Rank in Location by Day and Reports

2015-07-31
  • The employee PIC Rank may now be used as a Sort By in the Location by Day screen and in the Where Working: Employee x * reports.
  • Edit>Location now has a More Info button to provide a one click equivalent of right-click > Location Information (great way to see a count of past/future shifts).
  • Edit>Away>[Options] screen can now be opened by schedulers on a display only basis.
  • The For Upgrade Planning Screen now allows deletes of past Installs (saves invoking Tools > Maintenance > Show Tab > [Installs] as a later step).
  • The Login screen now displays the database organization name as a help for IT supporting multiple databases.
  • Location by Day screen is now immediately resorted when Display Options > Sort By > Name Format is changed.
  • Several small issues in the Employee by Week screen with using Quick Screen Switch (QSS) buttons have been eliminated.
  • Tools>Maintenance>Compact has been restored as per before 4.7.17.

4.7.39 Expanded Messages

2015-07-15
  • The Pick Location screen now automatically includes the name of the current employee in the screen header.
  • The Recurring Screen now highlights to a greater extent when one is adding/editing a public holiday shift.
  • The Service Points Over message from Delete or Shortening start/end now include details of the first service point and a tip re the [Future] button.
  • Edit>Location now allows a new service point location to be created with an Only if working in location set (previously this could only be set after the service point was created).

4.7.37 Report Improvements

2015-06-18
  • Where working: Employee by * days reports now sort employees using the selected name format.
  • Database View: Employee x Location and Employee Hours Proof summary reports now automatically include any shifts for historical employees.

4.7.35 New Multiple Webs On One System Option

2015-06-09
  • New for organizations with multiple Schedule3W databases: optional feature to host multiple Schedule3 Web Servers on a single system.

4.7.32 Message Box Instead of E-mail Option

2015-04-30
  • New option to open a message box instead of an e-mail for sites with PCs that don't support the mailto: standard invocation (e.g. only have Web mail). Use the new Tools>Options>Setting Tab to activate this option so users can easily copy message text into their Web mail.
  • New Web View overview/training PowerPoint. Contact support for a copy.
  • Employee by Week now repeats the employee name at the bottom of the screen.
  • Bar Scheduling Screens open about 20% faster.

4.7.27 Employee/Resource Groups and Equipment/Room Booking

2015-03-18
  • Select>Employee/Resource Group's automatic filtering, when scheduling resources (e.g. equipment, rooms, etc.), has been improved.
  • The option to delete employees, disabled in 4.7.19, has been restored.

4.7.26 Updated Command Line Install Tip

2015-03-16
  • Overview of how easy it is to upgrade Schedule3W using a command line approach has been updated (see link on download page). In summary, a site with multiple installs can just download the MSI to a networked folder and then, on each PC, click Windows Icon, paste the following (with s:\s3wdata replaced with the path to the MSI's network folder) into the Search programs and files box and press [enter]:
    • msiexec /i "s:\s3wdata\Schedule3W_Setup_4726.msi" /qb /l*v "%temp%\s3wlog.log" AGREE="yes"
  • Corrected a recently introduced Location by Day Sort by issue when Employee Group is changed.

4.7.25 Faster Shift Drag

2015-03-11
  • Dragging a shift, with lots of prior occurrences, is now faster.

4.7.24 'Sort By' Labels in ESG and Location by Day

2015-03-05
  • Employee Scheduling Grid and Location by Day Screen now automatically display the applicable label when sorted by Home location or by Type.

4.7.23 Custom Web Screen/Tab Titles

2015-02-25
  • Saved Web URLs may now specify a custom screen/tab title using the new title= parameter.
  • Employee by Week now has a faster refresh.

4.7.22 Faster Location by Day

2015-02-23
  • Location by Day is now faster at switching to different day.

4.7.21 LDAP Authentication for Desktop Logins

2015-02-17
  • The authentication using LDAP option now allows schedulers to log into Schedule3W desktop using their domain/network password. Contact Support for details.

4.7.20 Web Bar Graphs Readability Improvements

2015-02-10
  • Web 3.5.12 has improved the readability of the Bar Graph formats by supporting the foreground (i.e. text) color specified for a location, increasing default font size and using a lighter blue for the background of row and column labels.
  • Multi-concurrent user systems now correctly show who is logged in. If you have Schedule3W installed on a Citrix or MS Terminal Server system, designate that computer as Multi-concurrent user in Tools>Maintenance>Show Tab>Installs Button.

4.7.19 New Shift Change Log

2015-02-04
  • New Shift Change Log automatically tracks shift deletes and changes to shift employee, location and time. For details on the Change Log and how to view, click Help>Index and enter Change Log.
  • The Shift tool tip now shows the full external note (rather than just the first 20 characters).
  • Web 3.5.9 provides a more robust automatic recovery from being disconnected from the server hosting the Schedule3W data files.
  • Tools>Maintenance>Test tab>[Db Structure] button now automatically reports if the database is missing any indexes that are important for performance.

4.7.18 Minimum version 4.3.15 Activated

2015-02-04
  • Version 4.3.15, from August 2011, is now the oldest version of Schedule3W allowed to open the database. To check if your site is using earlier versions: click Tools>Maintenance>Show Tab>Installs Button.

4.7.17 Option to Delete a Rotation Week

2015-01-08
  • New extra cost option available to delete a week and shift back the schedule. This allows organizations with a 2 or 4 week rotation to vary who works holiday weekends. Contact support for more information.
  • Web View's Help screen now automatically includes expanded technical information when invoked by users with Scheduling rights.
  • Testing/Training databases now check just users accessing that copy to determine if operations that require exclusive database access (e.g. Tools>Activate) can proceed.

4.7.16 New Web Employee/Location Menu Reset Buttons

2014-12-17
  • New Web View 3.5.7 features:
    • New reset icons beside the Employee and Location select menus so either may be restored to your default with one click.
    • Newly added to the Tools area at bottom of screen is a [Show defaults] button that displays your current defaults and provides a clear option.
    • Part day Away Requests now work for databases that schedule later than 11pm.
    • Important: If upgrading Schedule3W on the Web Server from before version 4.7.11, do the extra one-time step detailed on the download page.
  • Report Database View: Shifts now includes two additional columns for recurring shifts (i.e. Sets): frequency and until date.

4.7.15 LDAP Domain Web Login Option

2014-12-04
  • New Web View 3.5.3 features:
    • New inexpensive LDAP/HTTPS option allows staff to log into Schedule3W Web using their domain/network username and password. Contact Support for details.
    • New Tools area at bottom of screen. First tool added is a Location Information table that shows the min/max date range and any notes for each location.
    • Help has been tweaked.
    • Spacing and wrapping in drop down menus has been improved.
  • Bookings may now be changed to a different resource (e.g. change the room) by either right-click>Change Resource or by dragging. Likewise now shifts for any type of location may be changed from one Assign Directly employee to another.
  • Time Period reports now support Advanced Shift Selects (i.e. [AdvSelect] button).
  • Help now includes the tip that Time Period reports will automatically exclude shifts completely outside the defined time periods. This simplifies printing/e-mailing Evening Schedules.

4.7.14 Edit>Staff Rights for Restricted Schedulers

2014-11-18
  • Schedulers restricted to just specific locations now may be given rights to Edit>Staff and related modules (previously they automatically were processed as Scheduler (No Edit>Staff)).

4.7.13 Maintenance Release

2014-11-04
  • Two recently introduced issues, Web View showing some html and Away Request's [Process] button leaving some service points, have been corrected.

4.7.12 Web Server Instructions

2014-10-31
  • Web Server upgrade instructions now include an extra step for sites upgrading from before 4.7.11.