Improved Statistics and Reports

2 minute read time · Updated January 6, 2023

We’re improving the statistics/reports that MIDAS can generate for you in v4.06 with three exciting new additions:

Venue Utilization Statistics

The new Venue Utilization report shows you the amount of usage that each venue has over a period of time. It will tell you for how many hours each venue is booked out of the total amount of hours available (taking into account the venue’s hours of operation too!), and give you a percentage utilization figure too!

Resource Statistics

The brand new Resource Statistics section generates a report into your resources (equipment, consumables, and staffing) over a period of time. It provides details of the number of each resource in use during that period, and an estimate of the income potential from each. In addition, the report indicates the current totals of all resources (as well as unique resources) in your MIDAS, and also provides an insight into the most “watched” resources.

Individual Client Statistics

Improvements to Client reports now mean that with v4.06 you can see detailed reports for each individual client. These reports show when the client was added to the system, how many bookings and invoices they have, the dates/times of their first, previous, next and last bookings (which can be clicked to jump directly to those bookings). The report also calculates the total combined length of all the client’s bookings, as well as the average length of their bookings

Tags: reporting, statistics, v4.06

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New Flexible Venue Rates

2 minute read time · Updated January 6, 2023

We’re introducing even more flexibility when it comes to setting your venue rates in MIDAS v4.06!

Currently, you can already set up hourly/daily rates for each of your rooms, and have different rates depending upon the day of the week.

In MIDAS v4.06, we’ve extended this to also allow you to define rates based upon the length of the booking as well!

For example, you can now set up a venue’s rates so that bookings lasting say less than 4 hours could be charged and invoiced at a higher rate than those lasting more than 4 hours.

You can also now define rates as “per booking” as well as “per hour” and “per day”. The new “per booking” option charges a fixed set amount for bookings.

So, as per the above screenshot, let’s say you define the following rates for “Meeting Room 1”:

$100 per hour for bookings lasting 1+ hours
$80 per hour for bookings lasting 4+ hours
$450 per booking for bookings lasting 6+ hours

Bookings for “Meeting Room 1” would then be charged as follows:

Length of Booking	Total Charge
1h	$100 ($100 x 1)
2h	$200 ($100 x 2)
3h	$300 ($100 x 3)
4h	$320 ($80 x 4)
5h	$400 ($80 x 5)
6h	$450 ($450)
7h	$450 ($450)
8h	$450 ($450)

We believe this additional flexibility when it comes to charging and invoicing for use of your venues will be great benefit to our customers. Of course, for those who don’t require this level of flexibility, MIDAS can be simply set to charge a single rate for “all bookings”:

Tags: invoicing, v4.06, venue rates

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Active Directory Integration

2 minute read time · Updated January 19, 2023

Room Scheduling Software with Active Directory Integration The most popular suggestion on our Feature Request page in recent times has been a desire for integration between MIDAS and an Active Directory allowing single sign-on to MIDAS using a user’s current system credentials.

We have been working to bring such integration to MIDAS for some time, and we are now pleased to announce that integration with an Active Directory will be possible starting with our forthcoming update to MIDAS, v4.06.

So, instead of a user having to log in twice (once to their computer, and then again when they open MIDAS), MIDAS can instead authenticate against your organization’s Active Directory, meaning users logged onto your network can simply open MIDAS and be seamlessly logged in each time!

Please Note: Active Directory integration will only be available if you’re running MIDAS on your own server (our “self-hosted” edition), and your MIDAS is licensed for “Unlimited” users.

We’re currently looking for beta testes who meet the above requirements (i.e. currently running a “self hosted” MIDAS with “Unlimited” users) who would be interested in testing integration between MIDAS and their Active Directory. If this is you, please contact us for more information.

Also, if you’re interested in Active Directory integration when it becomes publicly available with MIDAS v4.06, you can get a head start by making sure your infrastructure is ready with our Active Directory Integration Test Tool and by referring to the dedicated Active Directory Integration Documentation.

Tags: active directory, LDAP, single sign on, v4.06

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Love MIDAS? – Spread the love this Valentines Day!

1 minute read time · Updated February 12, 2025

Love is in the air! Yes, it’s nearly that time of year again – Valentines Day!

…and whether you’re currently considering MIDAS for your organization’s room and resource scheduling needs, or you’re an existing customer, we want to share the love with you!

That’s why for a limited time we’re offering 20% off new purchases of MIDAS, and for our existing customers; 20% off your next Annual Support Subscription renewal!

To take advantage of this limited offer, simply do the following this Valentines weekend:

Follow us on Twitter @mid_as
Tweet the world and tell them why you love MIDAS using the hashtag #loveMIDAS
We’ll then send you a Direct Message through Twitter containing a special code you can use to get 20% off your purchase or next renewal!

Why not also check out some of the love our existing customers have for MIDAS here

So, tell us, do you #loveMIDAS this Valentines Day too!?

Tags: discount

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