Earlier this month we released the latest update (v4.20) to our MIDAS room booking and resource scheduling software!

For this latest update, our main focus has been on updating and improving some of the visual elements of MIDAS, which you can read about in more depth in our previous post. We’ve also introduced a new addon for Microsoft Teams, as well as making several small improvements to MIDAS and also squashed 17 bugs that were discovered since the previous v4.19 release (don’t worry, no actual living bugs were harmed!).

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.20:

• New: Honeycomb, Squares, and Wood visual themes
• New: Drag & Drop Duplicate/Reschedule touch screen support
• Improved: Visual themes now all include high-resolution SVG icons
• Improved: Browser performance when loading data in the Client tab of the Booking Information Panel
• Improved: After generating invoices from existing bookings, the invoicing screen now refreshes to show newly created invoices
• Improved: Pending Booking Request screen will no longer show booking fields which have been hidden
• Change: Bulk modifying venues no longer bulk modifies venue descriptions
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.19 – see https://bugs.mid.as for details

How To Get MIDAS v4.20…

Thank you for your continued support of our software, and we hope you’ll enjoy the new visual themes and user interface improvements in MIDAS!

Whilst the UK have been basking in a prolonged heatwave, and preoccupied by the excitement of major sporting events such as the World Cup, Wimbledon, and the Formula One British Grand Prix, we’ve been beavering away on the next update to MIDAS, our popular web based room booking and resource scheduling software.

Today, we’re excited to announce that the latest update to MIDAS (v4.19) is now available!

As our customers have come to expect from our regular releases, this latest update boasts a variety of new and improved features, many of which are as a result of customer feedback.

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.19:

• New: “per person” venue rate – set hire charges based on number of attendees
• New: MIDAS now detects email addresses in Booking Notes & custom booking fields and offers them as additional recipients of booking confirmations
• New: “Most Used By” venue report showing who uses each venue the most
• New: %USER% and %USER_FIRSTNAME% variables available in email templates
• New: “View Only” option for “Can use invoicing” user permission
• New: Setting to specify that all outgoing email should appear sent from a single email address
• Improved: Simplified password reset process
• Improved: Individual client statistics now include indication of client’s most used venue
• Improved: Venue column width in booking grid now automatically increases in size if you add a venue with a longer name than current set column width
• Improved: Exporting invoice summaries in Excel format now formats “Invoice Dates” as Excel dates
• Improved: Buttons added to the final public booking/request screens to make another booking/request
• Improved: Remove Obsolete Bookings tool can now be limited to a specific booking type
• Improved: MIDAS will indicate if there are no venues assigned to the currently displayed venue group in the booking grid
• Improved: Unticking the “Calculate Totals?” box on a create/modify invoice screen now allows tax amount and grand totals to become editable
• Change: Client’s Invoices data in the Booking Information Panel now lists invoices in descending order (previously ascending)
• Security enhancements
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.18 – see https://bugs.mid.as for details

How To Get MIDAS v4.19…

Thank you for your continued support of our software, and we hope you’ll enjoy the new and improved features that MIDAS v4.19 has to offer!

Over the past few months we’ve been busy working on the next update to our Web Based Room Booking and Resource Scheduling software MIDAS, and we’re very excited to announce that this latest update (v4.18) is now available!

As you’ve come to expect from our regular releases, this latest update includes a variety of new and improved features, many of which are based on direct customer feedback!

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.18:

• New: Custom “Checkbox” (tick box) booking field
• New: Export data in native Excel format (.xlsx)
• New: Statistics can now be exported in Excel format (.xlsx)
• Improved: Now possible to modify/remove venues in bulk
• Improved: Choose which types of emails are BCC’d
• Improved: Fields set to show on blocks/tooltips can now optionally include the name of the field as well
• Improved: Deleting bookings via the grid now highlights booking whilst delete confirmation dialog is shown
• Improved: Watch notification text now distinguishes between bookings added and booking requests approved
• Improved: Manage Addons page now cached for a short while to improve frequent successive page loads
• Improved: Logging of imports, merges, and database clean-ups to the Recent Activity Log
• Improved: Security Audit checks for left over installation/test files
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.17 – see https://bugs.mid.as for details

How To Get MIDAS v4.18…

We hope you’ll enjoy all the new and improved features that MIDAS v4.18 has to offer!

In other news…

MIDAS was recently tested and reviewed by FinancesOnline.com. FinancesOnline is a respected global Business-to-Business Directory of SaaS (Software As A Service) solutions, each of which have been independently reviewed by experts. We’re delighted that FinancesOnline have awarded MIDAS both their “Great User Experience” and “Rising Star” awards!

You can read their full and independent review of MIDAS here.

About these awards…
FinancesOnline recognizes software solutions that provide exceptional ease of use and an intuitive interface with its “Great User Experience” award in their appointment booking software category. Meanwhile, the “Rising Star” award certifies software products that have proven reliable and effective for users. MIDAS is also recommended in the platform’s “What is appointment scheduling software?” guide. These recognitions are complemented by the high 98 percent user satisfaction rating gathered by their Customer Satisfaction Algorithm, which aggregates the feedback and reviews of users across the web.

A very Happy Christmas from MIDAS HQ!

Whilst many businesses shut down over the Christmas period, we also appreciate that many of our customer’s businesses remain open this time of year. That’s why our Priority Support remains available across the festive season to those customers with active Annual Support subscriptions!

We’re also excited to announce our latest update to MIDAS, v4.17 is now available!

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.17:

• New: Custom resource categories
• New: Ability to set a default booking type
• New: Ability to control which booking types are available on public booking/request screens
• New: Optional “Custom Links” addon
• New: Option to exclude tentative bookings on the Advanced Print Settings dialog
• Improved: Booking watch notifications under My Messages can now be clicked to jump to triggering booking
• Improved: Invoice summary screen now indicates recently overdue invoices
• Improved: The Pending Booking Requests screen now indicates the number of venues you’re assigned to be a manager of
• Improved: Print Client’s Bookings dialog now retains options for next time
• Improved: Clicking on variables from the list on the Manage Template screen now inserts variable at current caret position in template code (previously inserted at the end)
• Optimization: Code optimization
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.16

How To Get MIDAS v4.17…

We’ve plenty more exciting updates in the pipeline for 2018, so watch this space!

In the meantime, whatever you’re up to this festive season, we wish you a very happy and peaceful time with friends, family, and loved ones.