Greater Control Over BCC’d Email

2 minute read time · Updated March 12, 2024

The first big update of 2018 for our MIDAS web based room booking and resource scheduling system is nearly ready, and includes a number of user-requested features and improvements.

Now, MIDAS has included a “BCC outgoing email to” setting for quite some time now. This setting allows you to enter an e-mail address to which e-mail (excluding generated notifications) sent by your users through MIDAS will be BCC’d (Blind Carbon Copied) to.

It’s a useful setting, as it allows administrators to keep track of outgoing e-mails, or for archiving purposes.

However, the setting has caused confusion for some customers who instead expected this setting to send a copy of EVERY single outgoing email (including system-generated notifications) to the defined email address, rather than its intended use of only BCC’ing emails that are not generated notifications (for example, if a user emails a client through the in-built email function).

Therefore, to add greater flexibility for those customers who have requested it, we’ve expanded the email BCC capabilities of MIDAS for v4.18.

Choosing which emails to BCC

You’ll now be able to select which “types” of outgoing emails from your MIDAS system you’d like to be BCC’d to a pre-defined address:

The types of outgoing email you can choose to be BCC’d include:

Generic
Bookings:
- Booking Cancellation
- Booking Confirmation
- Booking Reminder
Booking Requests:
- Booking Request Approved
- Booking Request Approved (with changes)
- Booking Request Rejected
- Booking Request Submitted
Invoices:
- Invoice (Cancellation)
- Invoice (Regular)
- Invoice Overdue
- Invoice Reminder
- Receipt

We do however suggest that you think very carefully as to which types of emails you select to be BCC’d. For larger MIDAS systems this could result in a significantly higher volume of outgoing email traffic.

For this reason, the extended BCC email options for our “cloud-hosted” customers are limited to only be available if your MIDAS system is configured to send outgoing email via an external SMTP server/relay. If your cloud-hosted MIDAS system is configured to send email via the internal “Sendmail” option, extended BCC email options will be unavailable to you. This restriction does not apply to self-hosted MIDAS systems.

Click here to continue reading about some of the other new & improved features coming in MIDAS v4.18!

Tags: bcc, email, v4.18

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Bulk Modify Venues

1 minute read time · Updated January 20, 2023

One of these concerns the setting up and modification of venues within the system. Whilst setting up your venues is typically a one-time task, if you’re setting up a large number of venues it can become a little mundane having to set hours of operation, rates, groups, managers, blocking rules, alternative venues, etc for each venue individually – especially if the settings are the same across multiple venues.

That’s why in v4.18, we’ve made it easier to make “bulk” changes to multiple venues at once, which we’re sure will be a real time saver!

Bulk Modify/Remove Venues — Bulk Modify or Remove Venues

On the “Manage Venues” screen, multiple venues can now be selected simultaneously from the “All Venues” list to the left. Any changes then made in the “Venue Details” section to the right will be applied to all selected venues.

Furthermore, you’ll also be able to remove venues in bulk (rather than one at a time)

Click here to continue reading about some of the other new & improved features coming in MIDAS v4.18!

Tags: bulk modify, v4.18, venues

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New Custom “Checkbox” (tick box) Booking Field

2 minute read time · Updated March 18, 2024

MIDAS booking systems incorporate a set of basic booking fields enabled by default. These allow you to capture the type of booking, the number of attendees, resources, and booking notes. That’s in addition to the space being booked (the “venue”), the date/time, and client details.

These booking fields can be re-ordered as well as made optional or required. They may also be selectively hidden from individual users.

MIDAS also offers even more flexible control by allowing you to add your own “custom” booking fields as well!

A variety of different custom booking field types may be added to MIDAS, including:

Single-line text Field
Multi-line text Field
Number Field
List Field
URL Field
File Upload Field (Self-Hosted Editions Only)

Last year, we expanded the types of custom booking fields available. This included the addition of a new “Range” (or “slider”) custom booking field type.

For MIDAS v4.18, we’re adding a further custom booking field type to the available range, with the introduction of a custom “Checkbox” (tick box) booking field type:

Custom Checkbox/Tickbox Booking Field — Custom Checkbox (Tickbox) Booking Field

When adding a new “Checkbox” custom booking field to MIDAS, you’ll be able to title it, specify whether the box should be “checked” (ticked) by default, and also whether the checkbox is required to be checked/ticked in order to proceed in adding/modifying/requesting the booking.

This new custom booking field and associated options will certainly find uses in a variety of applications. For example, it will now be easy for MIDAS users to ensure that their hirers/customers have accepted any Terms & Conditions of Hire, etc before making their request/booking.

Click here to continue reading about some of the other new & improved features in MIDAS v4.18!

Tags: custom booking fields, v4.18

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Re-Launching our Affiliate Program

3 minute read time · Updated January 26, 2021

You could earn over $2,000 for every new customer you refer to MIDAS!

A large portion of our customers discover MIDAS as a direct result of the positive experiences of our web based room booking and resource scheduling software and unrivaled customer support to match.

Other customers find us through search engines, or through referral links.

Way back in 2011, we launched our own “Affiliate Program“, with the aim of showing our appreciation to those who refer new customers to us through commission payments.

Now, at the start of a new year, we’re relaunching our Affiliate Program with a whole host of improvements!

What is a MIDAS Affiliate?

An Affiliate is someone who promotes our room booking and resource scheduling software through referral links to our site and in return is rewarded by earning a commission from every referral that results in a new sale.

Can anyone become an Affiliate?

Yes! Whether you’re an existing MIDAS customer or not, as long as you have a PayPal account (into which your commissions will be paid), anyone may become an Affiliate and start earning commission. Not yet with PayPal? No Problem! Get a FREE PayPal account now!

Alternatively, if you are an existing MIDAS customer, you can opt to take your referral commissions as account credits instead, which reduce future Annual Support Subscription renewal costs, license upgrades, or addons for your MIDAS system.

How does it work?

Once your application has been approved, you will be assigned a unique “Affiliate ID” which you can include in all your links back to our site. We’ll even provide you with a range of text and image links to choose from, or you can use your own! Our website tracks visits that have originated via your affiliate links, and if someone you refer then goes on to purchase a cloud-hosted or self-hosted edition of MIDAS within 60 days, you will earn a commission!

Total Referrals	Commission Rate	You Could Earn Up To*
1 – 2	5%	$377 USD per referral
3 – 5	10%	$755 USD per referral
6 – 10	15%	$1,132 USD per referral
11 – 15	20%	$1,510 USD per referral
16+	30%	$2,265 USD per referral

^*Actual referral earnings are dependent upon MIDAS edition & associated options purchased by those you refer to our site, and may also vary day to day due to fluctuations in global currency exchange rates. Maximum referral commission amounts show are indicative only and were correct at time of publication

Can I track my referrals?

Yes, we’ll send you a monthly report by email detailing the number of referrals you’ve accumulated so far, and how many of these referrals have led to actual sales!

It’s absolutely FREE to join… so Apply Now!

Full Terms & Conditions may be found here

Tags: affiliates

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