With development on the next update to our room booking and resource scheduling software, MIDAS nearing completion, we’re shedding a little light here on some of the new and improved features coming in v4.13.
v4.13 includes a sprinkling of small improvements to the already extensive invoicing capabilities of MIDAS. These include…
Option to automatically mark invoices totaling zero as paid
MIDAS already provides options to generate invoices only if the invoice total is non-zero, or generate invoices regardless of the invoice total.
In v4.13 we’re adding an additional setting to control what happens in the event that a zero total invoice is generated. When enabled, any invoice generated that has a total of zero will automatically be marked as “Paid in full”.
You’ll find this new setting via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage MIDAS → Invoicing.
Option to generate an invoice when directly approving booking request
Previously, if you wanted to generate an invoice from a booking request you were about to approve, you would either need to firstly approve it and then separately generate an invoice, or modify the booking request and tick the “Create Invoice” box when approving.
We’re making it even easier in v4.13 to generate an invoice at the same time as approving a booking request. At the bottom of your “Pending Booking Requests” screen, there’s now an “Generate Invoices when approving requests” tick box. Selecting this option before you approve booking requests will automatically generate invoices accordingly.
Note: This option will not be available if your user permissions don’t allow access to the invoicing capabilities of MIDAS.
%PAIDON% Receipt template placeholder variable to denote date invoice was paid in full
We’re also introducing a new placeholder variable for the “Invoice: Receipt” template.
The new %PAIDON% variable will be automatically substituted for the date the corresponding invoice was paid in full on.
Templates (including the “Invoice: Receipt” template) can be viewed and modified via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage MIDAS → Templates.
As you’ll probably be aware, the UK voted on Thursday to leave the European Union. This process is expected to take a number of years to complete. As we are a UK-based business we wanted to take this opportunity to reassure our customers about our position and the impact on MIDAS during this transition.
Development is nearing completion on the next exciting update to our room booking and resource scheduling software, 
In order to take advantage of Desktop Notifications in MIDAS v4.13, the first time a notification is to be shown, your web browser will prompt you to allow desktop notifications for your MIDAS system. Simply click “Allow” to grant permission to MIDAS to show you notifications (you’ll only need to grant this permission once):