We have a new update available to our MIDAS booking software. This update includes improvements to custom fields, booking requests, printing, privacy, and more.

Here’s what new and improved in v4.37…

Quickly Process Multiple Booking Requests

Until now, booking requests could only be approved one by one, or every request could be “bulk” approved at once. For v4.37, we’ve introduced selective approval which saves time by allowing multiple booking requests to be approved in a single one action – Read more…

Custom Field Improvements

Custom “Text Areas” can now have a height set, and be set to be resizable too. Additionally, custom file upload fields can be configured to either view or save/download attached files – Read more…

Invoicing Improvements

Updating an invoice’s internal notes is now recorded in the Recent Activity audit log. Also, manual quotation payments for tentative bookings can now also update the booking’s type – Read more…

Better Support for “Shared” email addresses

If you have individuals using the public booking/request features of your MIDAS system, and they’re making bookings/requests on behalf of multiple organizations but using their personal email address for each, then v4.37 has improved support for such “shared” email addresses – Read more…

Day Notes can now appear on booking printouts

Notes that are attached to specific calendar dates in your booking system can now be set to be included on booking printouts – Read more…

Deprecating some outdated settings

We’ve removed the “SSL Access” setting, and changed the “Allowed IP Range” setting to now only be available in cloud-hosted edition – Read more…

Other Improvements

This latest version of MIDAS also includes stability and performance improvements, theme/UI updates, and fixes for several issues that have been detected or reported since the previous release (v4.36) – View the complete v4.37 changelog….

How To Get MIDAS v4.37…

Last month we released a new update to our MIDAS room booking and resource scheduling software.

For this latest update we made a host of improvements to the user interface, including most notably a new “Default” theme.

The New Default Theme

MIDAS includes a number of pre-built visual themes, which an administrator can select for use throughout the software. Additionally, an administrator may optionally allow users to select their preferred theme upon login.

Our recent research showed that around 72% of MIDAS systems are set to use the “Default” theme. Surprisingly though, the second most popular theme is the “HiContrast” theme. Whilst the design intent behind the “HiContrast” theme was to provide greater accessibility to those with additional visual need, we know many customers actually choose this theme as they find the default theme “too blue”!

We’ve listened, and as such, for v4.36 we’ve developed a new toned-down “Default” theme that’s a lot less “intense” blue than before:

We feel this new “Default” theme is easier on the eye and looks more professional. It provides a new alternative to those using the “HiContrast” primarily for a more simple/basic “look” to their MIDAS system.

You can view this new “Default” theme (or any of the other included themes) right now over in our public demo!

If you still like the previous “Default” blue-themed theme better, don’t worry! It’s still available in v4.36, but is now called “MIDAS (Blue)”.

We’ve also made a numerous other improvements to the user interface across all included themes. Some text and headings are now larger than before, dialogs are clearer, there’s increased spacing between certain elements, and some interactive buttons are now larger and more prominent too.

Other notable improvements in v4.36:

Receive Watch notifications on invoice payments

You can now setup a Watch notification to be alerted whenever customers pay their MIDAS generated invoices – Read more…

One-Stop Database Cleanup tool

MIDAS includes a number of “Database Tools” to help you remove obsolete data and keep your database running efficiently.

For v4.36, we’ve added a new “One-Stop Cleanup” tool which collectively runs several database tools. Performing a “One-Stop Cleanup” will:

• Remove bookings that occurred more 5 years ago
• Remove invoices that were paid more than 5 years ago
• Remove clients with no bookings in the past 2 years
• Remove users who have not logged in for more than 1 year
• Optimize the database

Improved Device Detection

For increased security, whenever you login from a new or unfamiliar device, MIDAS can send you an email alert with details of the browser, device, and location (with our optional Geolocation addon) that’s just logged in.

Until now, MIDAS has been unable to distinguish between certain operating system versions. For example, Windows 10 and Windows 11, or MacOS Ventura and Sonoma. This is due to recent privacy changes in browsers, which no longer natively report the specific version of the operating system they’re running on.

We’ve made improvements to device detection for MIDAS v4.36, so unfamiliar login notifications (if enabled) will now provide more accurate information as to the operating system of the new device which has logged into your account.

Improved Filtering

We’ve added additional “does not start/end with” advanced filtering options when printing in v4.36.

You can now also apply apply filters when exporting bookings.

The new version of MIDAS also includes stability and performance improvements, and fixes for several issues that have been detected or reported since the release of v4.35. View the v4.36 changelog.

How To Get MIDAS v4.36…

We’re excited to announce that the latest update to our MIDAS room booking and resource scheduling software is now available.

Many of the new and improved features we add to our software come as a direct result of customer feedback, so please read on to find out what’s new in this feature-rich update, and how you can obtain it…

Highlights of MIDAS v4.30 include:

• New: Review previously sent internal messages
• New: Option to prompt for detailed client entry when adding bookings for new clients
• New: Option to export invoices to Zoho Invoice
• New: Email compatibility mode setting for improved rendering of invoices on older email clients
• New: Option to auto-approve booking requests based upon their booking type
• New: “Unfinalize” Invoices tool
• New: Remove Obsolete Invoices tool
• New: Maximum bookings allowed per user per calendar month/year options
• New: “Default Time Interval” option of 60 minutes to only allow booking to the nearest hour
• Improved: A third field can now be set to show on taller booking blocks (when the venue height setting is at least 40 pixels)
• Improved: Expiration of tentative bookings is now recorded in the Recent Activity Log
• Improved: A date range can now be specified when exporting invoices
• Improved: Resource Popularity report can now be filtered by resource category
• Improved: Manually creating a new invoice defaults to the globally defined tax rate
• Optimization: Code optimization
• Optimization: Database query optimization
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.29

How To Get MIDAS v4.30…

Merry Christmas! Even though 2021 has been another challenging year for many, we hope you’ve all been able to enjoy a better Christmas this year compared to the previous one.

Over the festive period, we released a new update to MIDAS, which we’re pleased to share details of with you here on our blog.

Highlights of MIDAS v4.29 include:

• New: Two additional “Can Make Bookings” user permission options to restrict the user to only be able to book/request for themselves
• New: “Mark as read” option for messages, reminders, and watch notifications in the Notification Center
• New: Support for specifying a Reply-To email header
• Improved: Additional Date Format settings to include named day of the week
• Improved: Additional logout inactivity settings (5, 15, and 20 minute options)
• Improved: Quickly reply to internal messages
• Improved: Printing a monthly calendar no longer displays scrollbars in date cells
• Improved: Display of multiple lengthy resource category names
• Improved: Loading indicator shown during more navigation actions
• Improved: Warning if trying to create an additional database with the same name as an existing database
• Improved: Auto approved booking requests now logged in Recent Activity Log
• Optimization: Code optimization
• Optimization: Database query optimization
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.28

How To Get MIDAS v4.29…