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.

We love bringing new and improved features to MIDAS throughout the course of the year, and our latest update v4.16 is no exception!

If you frequent our website, blog, or social media channels, you’ll likely already be aware of some of the exciting improvements we’ve been busy working on for this update, but we’re now excited to announce the release of MIDAS v4.16!

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.16:

• New: Optional Quick Tour of the user interface upon each user’s first login
• New: Advanced Print Filter
• New: Advanced Invoice Generation Filter
• New: “Can Manage Addons” user permission
• New: Option to honor user’s Do Not Track browser preference
• New: Support for importing bookings containing resources
• New: Merge Venues tool
• New: Custom “Range” (slider) booking field
• New: Option to automatically combine similar emails to reduce outgoing email volume
• Improved: Filter invoices to show those more than 7, 14, or 30 days overdue
• Improved: CSV import support
• Improved: MIDAS now indicates if you’ve been automatically logged out due to your IP address changing
• Improved: Now possible to limit resource category when printing bookings with resources in “grid” layout
• Improved: “My Messages” notifications received from other users can now be clicked to compose quicker replies
• Improved: Search results display when searching documentation
• Improved: Recent Activity Log now records changes to Day Notes
• Improved: LDAP logging
• Optimization: Performance improvements and code optimization
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.15

How To Get MIDAS v4.16…

We love hearing from our customers, so let us know what features you’d like to see in future updates to our software by voting on our feature request page!

With Easter over for another year (and with what seems like enough chocolate to keep us going until the next!), we’re excited to announce the availability of MIDAS v4.15, our powerful web based room booking and resource scheduling software.

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.15

• New: Public “Book Online” feature
• New: Booking “Spacing” settings – maintain fixed “gaps” between bookings
• New: Un-Invoiced Bookings Report
• New: “Individual/Manual” or “Automatic/From Group” venue selection settings for Public Bookings/Requests
• New: Password reset link validity setting
• Improved: Repetitive dates generator now includes an “on the last…” option
• Improved: Limit the number of bookings users can add to each calendar week
• Improved: Booking Type Discounts can now accept absolute amounts as well as percentages
• Improved: Booking approval entries in the Recent Activity log can now be clicked to jump to date of booking
• Improved: Approved/Rejected Booking Requests now also log requested venue in Recent Activity log
• Improved: User filter on Recent Activity Log now sorts alphabetically
• Improved: Focusing on venue rate input auto-selects current value
• Improved: Renaming/Removing a custom field will update/remove associated %CUSTOM..% variables in templates
• Improved: Filename when “saving” (printing) an invoice/receipt as a .pdf file now defaults to invoice number
• Security enhancements
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.14

How To Get MIDAS v4.15…

If you have any questions about MIDAS, why not drop us an email, or reach out to us through social media – We’d love to hear from you!