2 minute read time · Updated January 26, 2021 · First published June 7, 2020
We’re making some improvements to Statistics and Reporting for v4.25. These include…
Filter Options
To declutter the Statistics & Reporting screen, the display of filters – such as date range selection – can now be toggled. There’s a new “Filter” button at the top of Statistics screens:
Advance Filter Options may be accessed via the new “Filter” button
Clicking this button will toggle the display of applicable filters for the current report:
Advanced Filters shown for Booking Statistics report
Filter Venue Statistics By Booking Type
Previously, Venue Statistics report generation was for all venues, or for an individual venue. Now, it’s possible to further filter Venue Statistics by Booking Type too.
Identify Clients Who Are Also Users
When viewing Statistics for an individual client, MIDAS will now indicate whether that client also has a user account in the system.
Export Statistics
Since v4.18, it’s been possible to export Statistics and Reports in Excel format (.xlsx). This feature was available to all users who had access to the Statistics screen (via the “Can Use Statistics” User Permission).
As we’re introducing a dedicated “Can Import / Export” user permission for v4.25, the ability to export Statistics and Reports will now only be available to users who are allowed to export data.
These are just a few of the new and improved features for MIDAS v4.25. Please see this post for details of other new features you’ll find in v4.25.
2 minute read time · Updated March 12, 2024 · First published June 6, 2020
We believe in giving your clients control over the automated email notifications and reminders they may receive from your MIDAS system. To that end, we’re making some improvements in this area for v4.25.
Improved Client Email Notification Settings
Previously, each client in MIDAS could be set to receive the following email notifications:
None – Client isn’t sent any automated reminders.
Bookings – Client is sent automated reminders about their upcoming bookings.
Invoices – Client is sent automated reminders about their upcoming invoices.
Bookings + Invoices – Client is sent automated reminders about their upcoming bookings and upcoming invoices.
Automated client email notification from your MIDAS system included an unsubscribe link. This allowed clients to opt out of receiving further automated notifications from your MIDAS system. Effectively, the client’s “E-Mail Reminders” setting reverts back to “None”.
For v4.25, we’re extending the automated client notification email options. These now include:
Improved Client Email Reminder/Notification Options in v4.25
Bookings (Upcoming) – Client is sent automated reminders about their upcoming bookings.
Bookings (Recently Ended) – Client is sent automated follow-up emails after their bookings.
Invoices (Upcoming) – Client is sent automated reminders about their upcoming invoices.
Invoices (Overdue) – Client is sent automated reminders about their overdue invoices.
Clients can also unsubscribe from each notification type, rather than blanket unsubscribing from all notifications.
Easier For Clients To Unsubscribe From Notifications
MIDAS v4.25 now includes a “List-Unsubscribe” header in automated email notifications to your clients. This can make it even easier for them to opt-out of receiving further automated notifications from your MIDAS system.
Email software which support the “List-Unsubscribe” header may show a bar/banner at the top of emails, which users can click to opt-out of similar emails.
These are just a few of the new and improved features for MIDAS v4.25. Please see this post for details of other new features you’ll find in v4.25.
1 minute read time · Updated June 1, 2020 · First published June 5, 2020
If you have dozens of venues in your MIDAS system, wouldn’t it be useful to color-code each in the booking grid for easy identification?
The ability to “Colorize Venues” is an often voted for Feature Request, and so we’re implementing this for v4.25.
“Colorized” venues in the Booking Grid
It’s long been our intention to do this, but our desired way to do so has until recently not been fully supported by all browsers. Now, browser support is at a stage where we can confidently implement this option.
Each individual venue in MIDAS can now be assigned its own color. The “row” in the booking grid for that venue will then appear “highlighted” in its assigned color.
A color may be assigned to each venue via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage Venues → [Select Venue(s)] → Colorize.
These are just a few of the new and improved features for MIDAS v4.25. Please see this post for details of other new features you’ll find in v4.25.
3 minute read time · Updated January 26, 2021 · First published June 4, 2020
For v4.25, we’ve made a some improvements to user management. These include..
New “Can Search” Permission
We’ve added a new “Can Search” user permission allowing administrators to control which users can access the Search features within MIDAS.
New “Can Import / Export” Permission
We’ve also added a new “Can Import / Export” user permission allowing administrators to control which users can import and/or export data. As well as simple Yes/No options, this setting also includes “Export Only” and “Import Only” options too.
Re-Show The Quick Tour Upon A User’s Next Login
Re-enable the Quick Tour option on any user account. The next time the user logs in, they’ll be presented with the option of a quick tour of the user interface. For more information please see this post.
Support For Users On Unstable Connections
One of the security features we built into MIDAS automatically logs out a user’s session if it detects their IP address has changed. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we found many more users were working remotely from home. Often their home internet connections were unstable, or their ISPs were under heavy load as a result of increased demand. Consequently, some users were finding that their IP address was frequently changing. In some cases, this was happening every couple of minutes! Due to the security restrictions we built into our software, this meant they were being frequently logged out of their MIDAS system.
So for v4.25, we’ve introduced a new “User is on an unstable connection” setting. With this setting enabled on a give user account, MIDAS will ignore any IP address changes whilst the user is logged in. This means that even if their IP address changes, they will remain logged into MIDAS.
This setting, disabled by default, should only be temporarily enabled for users who are experiencing frequent log outs due to a fluctuating IP address.
Optionally Add New Users As Clients
Whenever an administrator adds a new user to their MIDAS system, a corresponding entry is automatically made in the client database for the individual. This is because it is generally assumed that there will be instances when a user adds a booking for themselves.
However, following customer feedback, we’ve now made automatically adding a new user as a client optional. Now, when a new user is added, an “Also add user as a client” box is shown. If this box is unselected, the new user will be added without an associated entry made in the client database.
Easily Toggle “View Access” settings
The “View Access” options allows an administrator to control which venue groups (and therefore venues) a user has access to. By default users have access to all venue groups, but there may be instances when you wish to restrict this. If you have a long list of venue groups, it can be tedious to manually check/uncheck lots of groups. As such we’ve added a way to “toggle” all currently selected groups. Simply click/tap on the “View Access” label, and all checked groups will become unchecked, and vice versa.
Easily toggle selected “View Access” options for a user by clicking/tapping “View Access”
These are just a few of the new and improved features for MIDAS v4.25. Please see this post for details of other new features you’ll find in v4.25.
You can also ask questions and discuss the new features of v4.25 over on Reddit.
