Summary of New Features by Release
Schedule3W is continually being enhanced. Between each of the version
numbers below are multiple incremental releases (e.g. 4.2.##) leading to
the next minor or major version increment. Users often see the
results of their suggestions within days or weeks. The
subscription approach enables us to release improvements as soon as they pass
quality assurance (i.e. no need to
hold back improvements until they can be released in a group "worth
buying").
If you are looking for a specific feature, and can't find a reference to
it in our flyer or overview, just e-mail info@schedule3w.com. It might be
in the works or even already released.
Improvements since V4.2
(4.2.02)
The blue caption/header of scheduling screens now uses
Loc: and/or Emp: labels to highlight any active Location/Employee
select and shows the name of any Location Group. (4.2.02)
Employee first name is now optional to simplify setting up
a pseudo employee (e.g. Attn in which to record day level
notes). (4.2.02)
New Advanced>Delete All Shifts for a location option in
Edit>Location simplifies switching to Two-Level
Scheduling. Generally Libraries find Two-Level
Scheduling is an excellent choice. (4.2.02) For sites that do command line installs
and then freeze the PC, there is now an auto
registration step as per: http://schedule3w.com/Tips/Install_Silent.htm. (4.2.02)
The Wall Calendar Month report formats now support sites with
Start of Week set to other than Sunday. (4.2.02)
Reports now generate a single summary warning if any cells had to
be truncated due to the 254 character per cell limit in the Crystal
Reports interface. (4.2.01) The Recurring Screen
option to then Clone for SP shift now also is offered when
invoked from the Employee by Week Screen. (4.2.01) The Where working - Time
Period reports now once again support multiple Service Points within
a time period.
V4.2 June 2010
(4.1.15)
Shift Notes on recurring shifts may now be changed directly on
the Recurring Screen. If any future shifts have different notes
than the shift changed, you are now asked whether they also should be
updated (and given the option to copy to clipboard for
manual tailoring later). The Notes Change option in Shift
Information also uses this new approach. (4.1.15)
Totally new Schedule3W installations, to the C: drive, now default
to placing the data files on C:\S3WData\ to simplify any
future move to a networked drive. (4.1.14)
New Wall Calendar Month report formats: Who's working:
Month by Location and Where working: Month by Employee. (4.1.14)
New Help>Latest Version Info menu will open this page so you
can easily see the latest features (subscriptions include free
upgrades!). (4.1.14)
Issue with clicking on calendar in Tools>Holidays and
Staffing Levels, caused by mouse configuration, has been
resolved. (4.1.13)
Employee/Location Scheduling Grids now support displaying a
full month on the screen. To activate, click
[Options] and change # of Days to Show to Auto
Max and # of Days in Grid to Month. (4.1.13)
The automatic saving of the previous location and/or employee of a
shift (i.e. was values in Shift Information) has been
restored. (4.1.13)
New Display Only access! Edit>Staff's
Schedule3W Rights now offers Display only and Display only +
Reports choices. (4.1.12)
All Reports and Favorite Reports now support a footnote.
Great for customizing! (4.1.12)
Where/Who's working: * x 31 days reports now consistently
show time on a second line providing cleaner layout. (4.1.12)
If you need to enter time earned for Holidays, see new overview
using Help>Index enter Holiday and click Paid time
entry. (4.1.12)
Edit>Location will now correctly save the location name when creating
a new Working not assignable to Service Points location. (4.1.11)
Where working: Employee x Week report now has an option to
Show Actual-Std hrs, rather than Actual hrs,
in the Hours column. (4.1.11)
File>Print>Screen for Employee by Week screen now
automatically shows the employee name on shifts of at least 4 hours. (4.1.11)
The colors used in Dates and Times column/row labels are now
explicitly set to eliminate issues due to non standard
Window's color theme choices. (4.1.10)
New Employee Groups feature! Now your Quick Screen
Switch and Favorite Report definitions may designate an
Employee Group. Use Edit>Employee Groups to
create/modify groups. As well as selecting specific employees, Groups
may be based on Home Locations and/or Employee Types so
your groups can be self maintaining. (4.1.10)
Tools>Reports improvements:
- Min # Working reports, in Difference mode, now
show only the days with a difference and run 90%
faster! The Difference mode setting is now saved in favorites.
- Location/Employee Groups may now also be used with
Schedule by/Summary per reports.
- Summary per Employee
report will now report
on service point hours when a Location Select is entered plus the
#Days column has been corrected.
(4.1.10)
Tools>Staffing Levels improvements:
- You are now automatically prompted for the location desired
(saves invoking Select>Location).
- Maximum # of templates has been expanded to 10 per location.
- Screen design has been tweaked (e.g. Select>Location menu has been
replaced with a [Location] button to save a click).
(4.1.10)
See new overview on setting up Meetings using Schedule3W via
Help>Index and enter Meeting setup.
(4.1.10)
Edit>Location now enforces that Override Sort, if
entered, is unique. Removing duplicate values ensures Schedule by/Summary per
reports don't combine locations.
(4.1.10)
Location Scheduling Grid's avail want/willing and
unavailable row cells now support a right-click menu.
(4.1.10)
Right-click on a shift, selecting Location/Employee by Week,
now uses the shift's date, rather than the start date of the screen, to
determine the week to open.
(4.1.09)
Web Server now stays up even if the disk serving the database
is no longer available. It displays a page telling user to try again
later and to report the problem if it persists.
(4.1.09)
Web Server's Date/Loc display now sorts multiple months
correctly.
(4.1.08)
The number of Favorite reports a scheduler may designate as
My Favorite Reports has been increased from 15 to 35.
(4.1.08)
Quick Screen Switch menu now lists the definitions
associated with buttons last so the most likely used definitions are
first.
(4.1.08)
Corrected issue causing Notes to be deleted when This Day Only
shifts are changed.
(4.1.07)
New Quick Screen Switch feature gives one or two
click access to all your favorite scheduling screen setups. The QSS
icon at the top right of all scheduling screens provides menu access
to all Quick Screen Switch definitions and 4 buttons
provide one click access to your personal favorites. Use
Edit>Quick Screen Switch to create QSSs such as:
- Switch to Location x Day screen for tomorrow for all locations
and all employees.
- Switch to Location x Day screen for current date with all
locations selected, keeping any Employee filter
- Switch to Location x Week screen for all employees for next work
week and be queried as to the Location(s) to load.
- Switch to today and leave all other settings alone.
Not only does this take less clicks, it is even faster as settings
are changed all at once followed by a single screen refresh.
(4.1.07)
Switching from Location by Day now opens the new screen at the
start of that work week (or today) rather than starting at the
displayed date.
(4.1.07)
Select>Location now includes an All Locations choice.
(4.1.07)
Where working- Employee x Week portrait format now provides
time totals to two decimal places (as already done in landscape).
(4.1.07)
A retry option is now shown if an update encounters a locked shift.
(4.1.06)
New Month Rollover now processes every nth week
Unavailable shifts before on-going shifts.
(4.1.05)
Any error generated by changing a shift now displays
expanded information.
(4.1.04)
The algorithm used for locking an employee when adding shifts
is now also used when shift changes are made.
(4.1.04)
Eliminated a case where a shift could be left marked as
on-going when it encountered an existing future on-going shift
with the same frequency.
(4.1.03)
A retry option is now shown if an addition encounters a locked shift.
(4.1.02)
New Fast Date Change drop down menu beside the date button at
top of all scheduling screens gives immediate access to popular dates
like 1st of this week, today, 1st of next week, 1st of next month,
etc.
(4.1.02)
Location by Day screen's Home Location, Name (not working
sorted last) sort is now remembered between sessions (as are the
other sort settings).
(4.1.02)
Employee Scheduling Grid's employee sort is now remembered
across sessions.
(4.1.02)
Employee/Location Scheduling Grids' header information, to
the right of date button, (e.g. week # and rotation, Close buttons)
is now supported on monitors still using 800 x 600 resolution.
(4.1.02)
Message reporting that "another scheduler is currently updating an
employee" now uses a custom format rather than the error
message format.
(4.1.01)
When adding new shifts the Recurring Screen now includes up
to 4 user defined Quick Fill buttons. With one click you can
now tick Ongoing, select Every 4th week and even press [OK].
Three buttons are automatically provided. Use
Edit>Recurring Quick Fill to add or change Quick Fill
definitions and to designate which are invoked by your four buttons.
(4.1.01)
Delete and, when changing, Recurring screens now
include two one click buttons to pick This day only or
All and automatically press [OK].
(4.1.01)
The Employee sort selected in Location by Day screen no
longer changes the sort of various Employee lists.
V4.1 January 2010
(4.0.16)
The header of scheduling screens now display:
- The week number relative to the current week
- The Rotation week if activated in Tools>Options>Staff
Hours Tab
(4.0.16)
When Location or Employee by Week views include both today and
earlier dates, the screen now remains white and the date box goes pink
to highlight when a shift on a past date is being adjusted.
(4.0.16)
The database optimization/compact that occurs when
a database structure error is encountered is now preceded by a
message box that lists any other users in the database. (4.0.15)
The database optimization/compact that occurs when
the database's size significantly increases now has an introduction screen
with a defer option. (4.0.15)
Eliminated New month open/rollover Error 91 that occurred in
databases with no recurring shifts with an explicit end date. (4.0.14)
Now easier and faster to enter shifts like work 3 Fridays and on
the 4th week a Saturday or reference desk 2-3pm every Monday
except a meeting the 2nd Monday of every month as:
- New shifts (and increasing Until date) now present
any conflicts in a single Shift Conflict Screen.
- The new Shift Conflict screen supports additional options of
first deleting the conflicting shifts or simply cancelling.
- The Fast Entry/Clone screen now allows user to continue
even though there is a conflict on the starting date.
See Help>Index enter Frequency and click Entry of Custom(4.0.14)
Edit>Report Time Periods may now be updated by those with
Scheduler rights (as well as DB Administrators). (4.0.13)
Users logged into the server hosting Schedule3W's Web Services,
without write permission to the registry, no longer receive a 26001
warning message when opening Schedule3W. (4.0.12)
Schedule3W now supports a silent command line install for upgrades.
Sites may use this with a Group Policy to automate rollout of
updates! See the download instruction page for more information. (4.0.12)
Delete confirmation prompt in Edit>Location now includes
counts of past and future shifts. (4.0.12)
Employee Quickview now shows Working shifts below
Service Point shifts. (4.0.11)
The messages generated by Monthly Rollover have been further
tailored for display in a spreadsheet. (4.0.10)
Monthly Rollover improvements:
- Conflicts, if any, now are reported at the end in a spreadsheet.
- Conflicts, if due to a less frequent shift (e.g. existing 2nd Monday
of month shift), are now silently skipped, and, otherwise,
are automatically cancelled.
(4.0.10)
Scheduling an employee marked as not qualified to work in the first
location in the filter no longer generates an error 91. (4.0.10)
Changes to Lunch Rule durations now are immediately
implemented. (4.0.09)
The Shift Information screen's option to
change Until date now handles cancelling due to conflicts. (4.0.08)
The Conflict screen of New Month Rollover no longer generates
Error 5 if [Cancel] is clicked. (4.0.07)
Change Location of an assignable location shift to a
location that doesn't allow service points (e.g. vacation) now
correctly handles This day only setting when deleting
any overlapping service points. (4.0.07)
Location/Employee Scheduling Grids now also defer refreshing
the background bar screen for changes to Employee or Location
filters until the grid is closed. (4.0.06)
Resizing of Employee/Location Scheduling Grids, when
Employee and/or Location filter change, has been improved. (4.0.06)
The Where/Who's Working report cells are now able to include more
shifts/notes. (4.0.05)
The Open a new month rollover is now at least 50% faster. (4.0.05)
Two report problems (introduced in the optimization of 3.8.17) have
been corrected:
- The Min # Working reports no longer generate a subscript out
of range when there are less than 24 periods in the Row Period
definition
- The Where working - Employee x Time Period reports, once
again, automatically show only the Service point in a time period
when it matches the assignable time.
(4.0.05)
Web View's Now option now uses current minute value for
listing currently active shifts. (4.0.05)
Standard error message box now includes a Copy to clipboard
button to make it easy to forward an error. (4.0.05)
The Employee/Location Scheduling Grids' Shift List screen now
includes shifts that start at midnight. (4.0.05)
Corrected issue introduced in v4.0.03 of Change Location for a Direct Assign
employee sometimes generating Error 91. (4.0.03)
The Location Popup, when adding a new shift by drawing, is now
instanteous regardless of the number of locations. (4.0.03)
Tools>Options>Database tab is no longer sensitive to trailing
spaces entered on file path. Important workaround: in older versions
only use Browse button. (4.0.02)
Change Location of an assignable location shift to a
location that doesn't allow service points (e.g. vacation) now offers to
delete the service points (i.e. the scheduler no longer has to delete
them first) and changes to Vacation and Sick now offer Until
option. (4.0.02) Speed improvements:
- Change Location/Employee options are now 40%
to 80% faster.
- Delete, dragging a shift or dragging the ends of a
shift are now 30% to 90% faster.
- Location/Employee Scheduling Grids are now faster
as the background bar screen is only updated when the grid is
closed.
(4.0.02)
New E-mail button on Shift Information opens a draft
e-mail to current employee about that shift. (4.0.02)
Web Server Options screen now includes 21 day choice in its
Days in Future/Past menus. (4.0.02)
The Employee by Week screen now may be opened by double
clicking the employee name in Location by Day and
Location Scheduling Grid screens. (4.0.02)
New Export option in the Employee/Location menus of
Edit>Staff/Location. (4.0.02)
Assign Location no longer incorrectly offers Until/All as an
option for This day only shifts and now activates a Clone
screen to save a click. (4.0.02)
Assign Location & Replace option has been removed as rarely
used with revised vacation/sick model implemented several years ago. (4.0.02)
Available Staff screen now correctly shows total hours in
weeks that include one and two digit dates (problem introduced
in 3.8.14). (4.0.02)
Changing the day of week of a shift by dragging in
Location/Employee by week screens forward, past the day of week of the
current maximum scheduling date, no longer generates an
ok/cancel message for the last date. (4.0.01)
The recently introduced problem of Clone for an SP shift option
causing an error 35787 has been corrected. (4.0.01)
Web Server now handles hand entered URLs with incorrect sort-by
parameter.
V4.0 July 2009
(3.8.17) Restored Service Point shift scheduling
on PCs with regionalization set to English(Australia). (3.8.17)
Setting a day as a holiday now also removes all This day
only shifts (in addition to recurring shifts on that day). (3.8.16)
Where/Who's working reports now display 15%
(on small databases) to 70% (on larger databases) faster. (3.8.14)
Available Staff Screen now displays 50% (on small databases)
to 95% (on larger databases) faster. (3.8.14)
Web View now includes your Location Groups as choices
in the location select list. (3.8.14)
The Where/Who's working: date x time period by * reports now
use correct date sort and the 12 column mode now supports color
in the 11th and 12th columns. (3.8.13)
Any site defined Avail/Open Employee rows in Location Scheduling Grid
(e.g. Avail Day) now also display 75% faster. (3.8.12)
Employee and Location Scheduling Grids now display 75%
to 90% faster. (3.8.12)
Web View has exciting new features allowing users to:
- Specify that only shifts active now show
- Revise display parameters on the results screen
- Format shifts by date (in addition to by Location or Employee)
(3.8.12) The
iCalendar feature of Web Services now exports
working assignable to service points shifts flagged to
import into Outlook as free time so Outlook's schedule
meeting option can be used. There is now a link to a tips page
detailing how to create a Generate iCalendar shortcut and how
to easily import into Outlook a 2nd time. (3.8.12)
Multiple named Time Period Set definitions are now supported.
The designated time period set is now saved with Favorite Report
definitions. Great for organizations with different time period
needs by location or day of week! (3.8.11)
Creating and modifying shifts (i.e. time between clicking OK and
screen refresh) is now faster by 25% (on smaller databases) to 50%
(on larger databases)!. (3.8.11)
Employee and Location Scheduling Grids now support the
mouse scroll wheel. (3.8.11)
Your Schedule3W database's structure is now automatically optimized
whenever the database has grown by both 25% and 2mb and at least 3 days
have gone by since last optmization (rather than just monthly). (3.8.11)
Schedule3W now automatically repairs databases that report
a -2147467259 Unrecognized database format error. (3.8.11)
Database view: Headers report now includes creation and last
modification dates. (3.8.11)
Tool>Options>Diagnostics Tab's Export button has been removed
as a more powerful export option is provided by Database view:
Shifts and to support the new Detailed timers option. (3.8.10)
Foundation now included to enforce future option allowing
you to control minimum version of Schedule3W that may access your
database. (3.8.09)
Corrected handling of recurring frequency of monthly every nth
dayofweek (e.g. monthly every 3rd Monday) when being extended
automatically via open new month rollover and manually via
changing until in Shift Information. (3.8.07)
The Location by Day screen's Sort by control now
includes 3 additional sort options providing control as to whether
staff not working are listed intermixed or after
staff that are working. Also, this Sort by control is now
maintained separately from that used by the Employee Scheduling
Grid. (3.8.07)
The Location by Day screen now provides a tool
tip for employee names of their Type and Home Location abbreviation. (3.8.07)
The open a new month rollover has been optimized so it is
almost as fast as prior to 3.7.18 when additional validation was added. (3.8.07)
The applicable Schedule by and Summary reports now
use Override Location Sort. (3.8.07)
Tools>Reports no longer generates error 91 if user clicks All
Reports, Manage, a favorite name and then Ok&Run. (3.8.07)
Who's working Time Period x Week by Location now shows the
Location name, rather than the date, in the paragraph header. (3.8.04)
The four Where/Who's working: * x time period reports now support a
12 time period format (in addition to the prior 10 period format). Just
press [Time Period] and define the extra periods! (3.8.04)
Location by day screen now allows you to control whether
unscheduled staff appear via a right-click Show Unscheduled
Staff menu. Choices are
Never, When viewing All Locations(the old automatic
choice) and Whose Home Dept is a Selected Location (new
default). (3.8.04)
DB View: Shifts report now uses 24hr time format to
simplify sorting in Excel and its Save CSV option now includes
column headers and asks whether the generated CSV should be
immediately opened or e-mailed. (3.8.04) Favorite reports may now be
deleted or renamed by the creator in addition to users with DBAdmin
rights. (3.8.04) Favorite reports saved with
a custom date range starting with today no longer generate
error 13. (3.8.04) Favorite reports now support
saving selects containing only a single location and/or employee
(in addition to multiple). (3.8.03)
In Tools>Reports: Manage no longer causes an error 35600 if
the active Favorite is deleted. (3.8.02)
The Database View: Shifts and Headers reports now have
a Save to csv option. Great for exporting shifts to
Excel! (3.8.01)
New favorite reports makes running a regular report
as easy as: click the favorite and click [Show]! Features include:
- Full configurations are saved (e.g. all options, dynamic date
periods such as next week, employee/location selects, etc)!
A future release will support multiple row and column Time Period definitions.
- New My Favorites area so all schedulers can track
which favorites they use.
- New Edit>Favorite Report screen to manage favorites
including seeing who created, when and who last changed, renaming
and optionally adding instructions to each favorite (e.g. when to run,
where to save as a PDF, etc.).
- Starting set of nine Favorites to use and/or change as
desired.
(3.8.01)
New installations will benefit from an improved Setup Wizard
which includes the option to automatically create an expanded
set of predefined locations for libraries. (3.8.01)
Faster date change button refresh when switching from Location by
Day to Location by Week. (3.8.01)
The Tools>Holiday Definition screen now has clarified text and
an expanded change confirmation prompt. (3.8.01)
The Tools>Staffing Level screen now allows templates to be
renamed via right-click Rename (as well as via clicking) and
assigns a different default color for each additional template. (3.8.01)
The Tools>Maintenance screen's Test tab now includes a
Test Internet connection option. (3.8.01)
The open a new month rollover screen no longer has a screen
close option as processing continues to completion. (3.8.01)
If the day being viewed/scheduled is a holiday, the date at the top
of the screen is now yellow (the grids have a yellow
column header). (3.8.01)
The text in the standard error screen may now be copied with a
mouse as easier to forward than copying a screen image.
V3.8 January 2009
Highlights of the many features added:
(3.7.20)
One less click on all recurring screens! The Until and
On-going options have been moved up to replace the Recurring
option. (3.7.14)
Available Staff popup screen is now subsorted within
Assignment Group Priority by an availability score (e.g.
people flagged as want to work will list first within that
priority). (3.7.12)
Direct assign employees (i.e. all employees in a one
level database) now, like Schedule then assign employees,
have a separate subtotal of time spent at locations with a subtype
Service Point (on desk). Great for instantly seeing employee's
time in a group of locations. (3.7.11)
Where working- Employee x Time Period and Who's working-
Location x Time Period reports now provide a []Page per day. (3.7.10)
Employee Quick View screen now, in addition to showing
an employee's schedule for a week, also provides for each
location:
hours, shifts and days worked for the week being viewed, for that month
and for the prior month. (3.7.09)
The Available Staff popup, when scheduling a service point in
a two level database, now shows each employee's current working
location. This simplifies picking from people working that area
without having to invoke a filter. (3.7.09)
The Employee/Location Relationship screen's global update
option has expanded tips. (3.7.08)
The Available Staff popup now provides how many hours each
employee has been scheduled to work this week at the service point being
scheduled (in addition to on desk hours this week). This
helps fairly assign a high stress location! (3.7.07)
Employees now may load their schedules into most calendar programs
(including Outlook) using Web View's new
ICalendar feature. The employee displays his/her schedule,
clicks the ICal icon and follows the simple instructions. (3.7.03) Now you can schedule staff
to work and assign them to a service point in one step! On the
Recurring Screen simply tick the new Then Clone for an SP
shift option.
V3.7 June 2008
Highlights of the many features added:
(3.6.23) You may now define Location
Groups. Great time saver! (3.6.18) The end on date for
recurring shifts is now changeable in Shift Information. (3.6.18) The Scheduling Grids,
selection by Home Location and Emp/Loc screen are all
faster! (3.6.18) The right-click on a
shift menu now includes the option to switch to
Location by Day or Week for the shift's location and to
Employee by Week. Great for drilling down! (3.6.18) The
Who's/Where working by week/14 days reports now support an
option to suppress the date in the column header (i.e. only show day of
week). This is used by sites (e.g. universities) that publish a
standard schedule for a term. (3.6.17) Web View now may be
flagged to be automatically started using Window's Services. (3.6.15)
Edit>Staff now supports defining multiple Lunch Rules to
automatically deduct lunch from shift duration (e.g.
automatically deduct 30 minutes from shifts 4 to 6 hours long and
40 minutes from shifts 6 hours or longer). (3.6.10) If you didn't initially setup
Employee/Location relationships (e.g. Jane can't work at
Reference), it is
now much quicker to do so using new global set feature in the
Emp/Loc screen. (3.6.5)
Service Points are now differentiated as on desk or off
desk so reports and displays now show on desk, rather than
at service point totals. (3.6.5) Web View now
includes a link for adding the current web display to your Bookmarks or
saving as a shortcut. (3.6.5) The prior location and prior
employee of any shift are now automatically maintained in explicit
database fields (rather than as was comments in notes). (3.6.5) When changing a shift, notes may
now be directly changed on the Recurring screen for any This
day only shifts. (3.6.5) Tools>Reports
now displays a Printer Options screen (e.g. to switch printers or turn
on color setting).
V3.6 December 2007
Highlights of the many features added:
(3.5.68)
Edit>Location now restricts new, edit and delete options to
users with Schedule3W Rights set to DBAdministrator. (3.5.65)
Summary per employee per location and Summary per location
per employee reports now have a number of days column in addition
to number of hours. (3.5.64)
New Delete over Range of days added, with option to include all
locations. Simplifies adding vacations! (3.5.64)
New Until option for all change shift options. (3.5.62)
Employee/Location Scheduling Grids now use the same
filters active in Location by week/day screens.
(3.5.59) The starting day of your
work week may now be other than Sunday (update in Tools >
Options > Staffed hours). (3.5.56)
New Compact tab in Tools > Maintenance allows
you to compress your database if it has significantly grown since
the automatic "end of month" compact. (3.5.56)
New version 2.0 of the optional Web View released:
- new option for you to control number of days, or to date,
shifts may be
displayed in the future and in the past.
- new automatic detection if port# is already in use by
another program.
- new calendar interface to allow start and end dates to be easily
selected.
- new option to select multiple locations and/or multiple employees.
(3.5.54) Optimization made scheduling
screens and the Who's and Where
Working reports over 50% faster. (3.5.36) Now you can drag and
drop shifts between employees in the Location by Day
screen and between dates/times in Location by Week screen. (3.5.28) In Location Scheduling Grid
define your own Who's available
rows (e.g. whose available 1-5pm) by clicking Option and
the label Avail/Open. (3.5.19) New Employee
Status of Historical
automatically deletes future shifts (but keeps history). (3.5.17)
New Employee Type field. (3.5.10)
New Delete Tab in Tools > Maintenance for
database administrators to delete shifts before a specified
date. (3.5.07) Optionally, show the location's background color in
Where working: Time period reports. (3.5.04) Specific employees
now may be permitted to schedule own availability and even
designated or all locations.
V3.5 May 2006
Multiple concurrent user
licenses User login, with optional
passwords, provides user level session defaults and
modification history More Schedule formats
including Time Periods as rows, option to include
shift notes, more sort options, full name option and choice
of text size and font Designate favorite reports for
easy future access Optional web server supports
alternate port#s and All Locations mode Fast Entry is now even
faster due to the new per location shift start time and duration Employee/Location
Relationship screen also may be accessed from the
Location Screen and supports designating whether each
employee is part of the primary, secondary or tertiary group to
staff this location
V3.4 October 2005
Scheduling across midnight Location by
Day displays total hours at service points & working Delete supports a range
of shifts Six new reporting
date range shortcuts Easier to read
Where/Who's working reports Lots of additional reporting
options
Changes since
can be highlighted in reports Web View option to
access live schedule
V3.3 February
2005
Two new wysiwyg scheduling
screens Location by Day screen
is easier to read Shift Information
screen now allows changing Start or End time Find replacements faster with
new e-mail available employees option New option to select
employees by Home location Expanded Help>Quick tips
V3.2
November 2004
Schedule multiple employees in one operation New Where working report: Employee by Time Period New Who's working report: Location by Week New Schedule Grid By Employee 31 days report New Help>E-mail support menu to mail support, optionally
with database Option to report on assignable locations with service point
time removed Schedule>Employee by Week screen now loads twice as fast
V3.1
September 2004
New Schedule Grid by Time Period report 10 times faster Available Staff Pop-up screen Faster staff entry through automatic cloning Standard shift option in Fast Entry screen New live database view report New total hours column in Schedule Grid by Employee report Easier navigation via New tool bar and day/week buttons 8 times faster refresh of the By Week screen
V3.0
August 2004
two level scheduling (work 9-5, at ref.
desk 10-12 & 2-4) 8 times faster refresh of the By Week
screen fast entry form mode clone existing shift option who's working where at-a-glance report number of people per location by hour report
V2.2
April 2004
easier faster entry of employee availability faster changing staff assigned to a shift integrated record sick and replace sick day pattern review screen one click to answer vacation used question one click to e-mail a shift change more reports with more control
V2.1
May 2003
schedule multiple locations at once alternating shifts (every 3rd Saturday) add action notes to shifts employees' location skill levels more reports with more control new start-up wizard network drive installs
V2.0
January 2003
week at a glance scheduling all popular date formats supported easily e-mail employee schedules more reports with more control actual & projected hours & cost easier, faster staff schedule entry
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