MIDAS Implemented Feature Requests
Customer Contributed Suggestions That Have Since Made It Into MIDAS!
Here at MIDAS HQ we regularly receive suggestions for new functionality and features people would like to see in MIDAS, many of which subsequently go on to become an integral part of our scheduling software.On this page we're pleased to share some of the previous customer contribute ideas and suggestions which have since gone on to be implemented.
You can also see, and influence, some of the ideas not yet implemented that we're currently considering over on our Feature Request page.
75Votes | "Colorize" venuesI'd like to be able to assign a color to each venue and have the venue display in that color |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.25! - Learn More |
74Votes | Ability to generate Quotations for prospective bookingsI'd like to be able to generate and send a quotation to a client for a provisional booking, which they could then accept to convert their provisional booking into a confirmed booking and be invoiced accordingly |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.35! - Learn More |
52Votes | Add options for setup/breakdown periods to bookingsIt would be great if there was a way to specify and indicate setup/build periods as well as breakdown periods with bookings |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.23! - Learn More |
47Votes | Unbranded editionCould there be an unbranded "white label" edition of MIDAS that contains no references to "MIDAS", and which I can fully re-brand with my own name/logo instead? |
| Now available as an optional addon - Learn More |
35Votes | Print Individual BookingsI know I can print out a given day's bookings, a client's bookings, or bookings over a date range... but is there a way I can print out specific individual bookings? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.27! - Learn More |
30Votes | Custom Client FieldsI know we can already add custom booking fields, but would it be possible to add custom client fields too? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.22! - Learn More |
27Votes | Attach documents to client recordsCan we have a way of attaching documents (i.e. insurance certificates, contracts, etc) to client records |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.22! - Learn More |
27Votes | Option to invoice for a damage/security deposit in addition to the main booking invoiceIs it possible to generate a separate invoice for a damage/security deposit, in addition to the main invoice for the actual use of the facilities? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.21! - Learn More |
24Votes | Ability to change all references to "venues" to something elseWhilst self-hosted customers can modify language packs to change wording/phrases within MIDAS, cloud-hosted customers can not. For my organization I'd like to rename "venues" to something more suitable like "rooms", or "locations", or "spaces", etc |
| Now available in the optional Custom Branding addon |
23Votes | Weekly ViewMIDAS allows you to view bookings on a daily and monthly basis, but please can we also have a weekly view? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
23Votes | Mobile Device SupportAre there any plans for a dedicated iPhone/Android/Windows Mobile app for MIDAS? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.07! - Learn More |
23Votes | Windows/LDAP Directory integrationSupport for binding the booking system to the Windows/an LDAP Directory for login |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.06! - Learn More |
22Votes | Booking AlternativesIf a desired venue/times are unavailable it would be great if MIDAS could offer some suitable alternatives |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.09! - Learn More |
21Votes | Bulk approve/reject booking requests optionCurrently I have to approve/reject booking requests individually. If I have a lot of requests, I'd like a way to approve/reject these in one go |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.14! - Learn More |
21Votes | Different clients for booking and invoicingThe person that invoices should go to often differs from the person that a booking is for. It would be good if we could specify a different client for which invoices should go to when making a booking for someone |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.10! - Learn More |
21Votes | Choose which email types are BCC'dAt present the global BCC setting only BCC's manually typed emails to a specified address. Automated emails & notifications that are generated by MIDAS itself are not BCC'd. It would be great to define what should be BCC'd and what shouldn't |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.18! - Learn More |
20Votes | Attach Room Layouts/Floor Plans to BookingsCould we have the ability to specify room layouts (boardroom, theatre-style, cabaret, etc), or perhaps be able to attach images/pdf plans of room layouts to bookings? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.07! - Learn More |
20Votes | Allow specifying multiple "Closed From" and "Closed Until" periods for venuesCurrently I can only specify a single "Closed From" and/or "Closed Until" date for each venue. It would be great if I could specify multiple date/periods when my venues should be considered "closed" |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.14! - Learn More |
16Votes | Option to create invoices when Booking Requests are approvedCould an invoice be automatically generated the moment I approve a booking request, so I don't have to generate one later? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.13! - Learn More |
15Votes | I'd like to be able to display a calendar of bookings on my websiteIs there a way I can embed a monthly calendar of events in my main website? |
| Now available for MIDAS v4.03+ - Learn More |
15Votes | Booking RemindersCould MIDAS have the option to automatically send email booking reminders to people a certain number of days/hours in advance of their booking taking place? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.07! - Learn More |
14Votes | Multiple email recipientsCan we have the ability to send emails from MIDAS to more than one person at a time? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.09! - Learn More |
13Votes | Automated Post-Booking Follow-Up/Feedback Emails To ClientUsing the "Scheduled Tasks" features, MIDAS can automatically send booking reminders before bookings take place. Could there also be a way to automatically send follow-up emails after a client's booking has taken place (i.e. to ask them for feedback on their experience, etc) |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.24! - Learn More |
12Votes | Draggable Existing BookingsWould it be possible to be able to drag an existing booking to a new location in the booking grid? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! - Learn More |
11Votes | Option to invoice "cancellation fees" if a client cancels their bookingIs it possible to generate an invoice for a percentage of the total hire cost if a client cancels their booking less than x days before the booking was die to take place |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.08! |
11Votes | API accessCan we have an API for MIDAS that we can interface with? |
| Now available for MIDAS v4.03+ - Learn More |
11Votes | Booking Cancellation NotificationsThere's already an option to send a Booking Confirmation email when a booking is added for a client - could there also be an option to send a "Booking Cancellation" email when a booking is deleted? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.11! - Learn More |
8Votes | Limit the number of bookings users can make per dayCan there be a setting to restrict the total number of bookings certain users can add to each calendar date? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.11! - Learn More |
8Votes | Maintain a line of credit for clientsI'd like a way to keep a line of "credit" for clients, which could then be applied to their next invoice, etc |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.12! - Learn More |
7Votes | Print the Booking GridBooking printouts contain too much information. Please can we have a way of printing out the actual booking grid? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
7Votes | Export InvoicesI'd like to be able to export invoices for use in other applications i.e. QuickBooks |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.01! - Learn More |
7Votes | Booking Request approval from different administrators depending upon venue requestedCould Booking Requests be filtered to different administrators depending upon which venue has been requested? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
7Votes | Setting to enforce a Maximum/Minimum booking durationI'd like to be able to prevent users from making excessively long or short bookings. It would be great if there was a way to enforce a minimum and/or maximum booking duration |
| The ability to enforce maximum booking length is included as of MIDAS v4.11 - Learn More |
7Votes | Indicate booking cost in Booking Confirmation NotificationsIt would be great if there was the ability to include cost of the booking in its Booking Confirmation email notification to the client |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.12 - Learn More |
6Votes | Merge Two ClientsIs it possible to "merge" two existing clients and their respective bookings into one? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.06! |
6Votes | Tax exempt resourcesI know I can already make certain clients tax exempt, but I have certain resources which I'd like to make tax exempt too - is this possible? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.25! - Read more |
5Votes | Take into account any pending requests when checking availabilityCan we have an option for MIDAS to return "Unavailable" if a booking that's to be added clashes with any current pending booking requests (that have yet to be approved)? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.04! |
5Votes | Auto-Approve Booking Requests based upon their typeMIDAS v4.27 introduced the ability to have booking requests auto-approved from certain email addresses. Could we also have an option to have requests for certain booking types to be auto-approved? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.30! - Learn More |
4Votes | Set Operating Hours for every day/venue in one goIs it possible to "copy" a venue's Hours of Operation to another day and/or another venue? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.01! |
3Votes | Retrospectively generate invoices for existing bookingsCan I have a function that will automatically generate a combined invoice for each client's bookings over a specific date range |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
3Votes | "Silently" approve/reject Booking RequestsI'd like to be able to approve and reject booking requests without an email notification being sent to the original requester |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.02! |
3Votes | Show multiple fields on booking blocksI'd like to show more than one booking field on individual "blocks" in the booking grid (currently only one field can be displayed on these blocks) |
| Now included in MIDAS v4.03! |
3Votes | RSS FeedsCould MIDAS generate RSS feeds for my bookings? |
| Now available for MIDAS v4.03+ - Learn More |
3Votes | Venue-specific resourcesAt present, resources are available to all venues. I have some resources that are only applicable to certain venues. It would be great if I could define venue-specific resources in MIDAS! |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.04! |
3Votes | Ability to send receipts to clients for paid invoicesCan we have a way to email/print a receipt within MIDAS when a client pays (or partially pays) their invoice? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.11! - Learn More |
3Votes | Internal Invoice NotesCan we have the ability to add comments/notes to each invoice which are only visible to us and not the client? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.14! - Learn More |
3Votes | Custom Resource CategoriesI would like to add additional Resource categories besides Equipment, Consumables, and Staffing |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.17! - Learn More |
3Votes | Ability to override venue blocking rules on a per-user basisVenue blocking rules currently apply to all users. It would be useful if these could be bypassed for administrative users (like operating hours can be) |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.24! - Learn More |
2Votes | Booking Length instead of End TimeOur bookings are all either 30, 60, or 90 mins long - instead of having to specify an end time for each booking, could we have the option to just specify the start time and pick a pre-defined length? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.02! |
2Votes | Restrict Booking Requests by email domainIt would be great if I could only accept Booking Requests made by people from my organization (i.e. requests originating from other email addresses would be filtered out/blocked) |
| Now included in MIDAS v4.02! |
2Votes | Auto-Approve Booking RequestsCurrently I have to manually approve every booking request. I'd like clients to be able to make their own bookings (rather than just "requests") through the public booking request screen |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.04! |
2Votes | Automated notification of due/overdue invoicesWould it be possible for MIDAS to send an automated reminder to clients a few days before an unpaid invoice is due and/or a few days after an invoice is overdue? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.07! - Learn More |
2Votes | Two-Factor AuthenticationCould we have a second authentication method in addition to using an email address/password combination to login? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.10! - Learn More |
2Votes | Discrete amounts for Booking Type DiscountsI'd like to be able to specify a numeric discount amount (i.e. a $20 discount), instead of a percentage discount for my Booking Types |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.15! |
2Votes | Ability to make individual venues tax exemptWhilst we can make individual clients exempt from tax on generated invoice, could there be aware to exempt individual venues from being included when calculating tax on invoices? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.25! - Read more |
2Votes | Ability to mark partially paid invoices as completed/paid in fullIf we invoice before a booking and the client ends up using less time/venues/resources than they were originally invoiced for, could there be a way to mark a partially paid invoice as completed & paid in full? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.21! - Learn More |
2Votes | Allow setting a date range when exporting invoicesCurrently, when exporting invoices from MIDAS all invoices are included in the exported data. I'd like to be able to limit this to only include invoices over a certain date range |
| Now included in MIDAS v4.30! - Learn More |
1Vote | Show provisional "pending" booking requests in the booking gridCould there be an option to display pending booking requests in the booking grid, ideally with an option to approve/reject the request from the grid |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
1Vote | Ability to show custom booking fields to selected users, rather than all usersCan I restrict certain booking fields to only show to some users and not others? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.00! |
1Vote | Option to exempt certain clients from taxWhen invoices are generated, it would be ideal if there was an option to charge tax to certain clients whilst exempting others from being charged tax |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.07! - Learn More |
1Vote | Gaps between bookingsCould there be an option to maintain a fixed "gap" (buffer/padding/spacing) between adjacent bookings to allow time to clear up after one booking/setup for the next? |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.15! - Learn More |
1Vote | Limit number of bookings users can add to each calendar weekI can currently limit the number of bookings users can add to each calendar date, but it would be more useful to limit the number of bookings they can add to any given calendar week |
| Now Included in MIDAS v4.15! |