Similar to the existing “custom booking fields” feature we first introduced back in 2010, which allows administrators to add further bespoke booking fields to their MIDAS booking system in addition of the standard booking fields, the new custom client fields feature provides similar functionality now to your client records.

What’s more, customers running self-hosted MIDAS booking systems can now also attach documents (for instance insurance certificates, signed contracts, etc) directly to client records through the use of custom client fields.

Here’s What’s New & Improved in v4.22:

• New: Custom Client fields
• New: Venue Utilization report based upon venue capacities
• New: “All Days” tick box to allow setting venue rates for all days at once
• New: MIDAS now warns if its database isn’t compatible with current software version
• Improved: Option to split resources into categories when printing bookings as a table
• Improved: Booking Grid View filter setting now persists between session
• Improved: Booking Information Panel can now be scrolled if lengthy notes, etc are present
• Improved: Booking Information Panel now remembers selected tab between sessions
• Improved: Booking Information Panel “Pin” now remembers its state between sessions
• Improved: Default Booking Type field no longer shown on Add/Modify Client dialog if no booking types defined
• Improved: XML settings file migrated to JSON
• Improved: Performance improvements (Pages now load ~200ms faster than before)
• Improved: HiContrast theme
• Improved: Initial page title now indicates friendly database name if only a single database is defined
• Improved: The MIDAS updater now also automatically updates any installed addons
• Improved: Logging for IPv6 and IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses
• Improved: Custom Logo shown when logged in (in bottom left) now auto hides if booking information panel would cover it
• Update: Stripe for SCA regulation (3D Secure support)
• Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.21

How To Get MIDAS v4.22…

Thank you for your continued support of our software, and we hope you’ll enjoy the new features and improvements in MIDAS v4.22!

If you have any questions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you!

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We’re excited to announce that the forthcoming v4.22 update will include the often requested feature of “custom client fields”, including the ability for self-hosted MIDAS customers to attach documents (i.e. insurance certificates, contracts, etc) to client records.

Similar to the “custom booking fields” feature first introduced way back in 2010, which allows administrators to add additional booking fields to their MIDAS system on top of the standard booking fields, the new custom client fields feature will provide similar functionality to client records in your MIDAS database.

Prior to v4.22, the standard client fields in MIDAS were fixed and allowed you to capture the following items of data for each of your clients/customers:

• Client name
• Organization
• E-mail address (or addresses)
• Postal address
• Telephone number
• Fax number (since deprecated as a ‘standard’ field in MIDAS v4.35)
• Mobile/Cell number
• Notes

The introduction of custom client fields gives you even more flexibility! Now you’ll be able to add additional fields to capture other client information that you wish to collect, for example you could add a “Salutation” list field (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Rev, Dr, etc), or a file upload field to capture an insurance document from your clients..

The types of custom client fields that may be added are the same as those available for custom booking fields, namely:

• Checkbox – A “tick box” field
• File – (self-hosted editions only) Allows uploading/attaching of files and documents to client records
• List – A drop-down list of pre-defined items
• Number – A field that will only accept numerical input
• Range – A “slider” control allowing selection of a numeric value within a defined range
• Text – A single-line text field
• Text Area – A multi-line text field
• URL – A navigable web link to an external resource

Both custom booking and custom client fields may be managed via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage MIDAS → Fields

From this screen you’ll also be able to control which client fields (both standard and custom) should be included on printouts, in search results, and on public booking/request screens. You’ll also be able to re-order client fields as well as selectively hide them from individual users too!

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