MIDAS Video Tutorials

How To Find Your Way Around MIDAS

This tutorial provides a brief overview of the main user interface elements within the MIDAS software

How To Login & Out

This video tutorial shows how to log in and log out of your MIDAS booking system

How To Add A Booking

This video tutorial covers adding new bookings

How To Add Multiple Individual Bookings

This video tutorial covers adding multiple individual (discrete) bookings

How To Add Repetitive Bookings

This video tutorial covers making repetitive (recurring) bookings

How To Book Across Dates

This video tutorial shows how to make bookings which span across multiple dates

How To Book By Number Of Nights

This video tutorial covers changing settings to allow booking by a number of nights instead of discrete start/finish times

How To Book By Time Periods

This video tutorial covers changing settings to allow booking by predefined time periods or "slots"

How To Copy Or Duplicate A Booking

This video tutorial covers how to quickly copy or "duplicate" bookings

How To Delete A Booking

This video tutorial covers deleting individual bookings

How To Delete A Series Of Bookings

This video tutorial covers bulk deleting a series of similar recurring bookings

How To Make Tentative Bookings

This video tutorial covers making "tentative" bookings

How To Modify A Booking

This video tutorial shows how to modify a booking

How To Modify A Series Of Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to bulk modify a series of similar (recurring) bookings

How To Move Or Reschedule A Booking

This video tutorial covers the moving (rescheduling) of bookings

How To Offer Booking Alternatives

This video tutorial covers how to set up alternative times and venues (rooms/bookable spaces) in the event a desired venue/time is unavailable

How To Print Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to print bookings

How To Restore A Deleted Booking

This video tutorial shows how to recover (undelete) an accidentally deleted booking

How To Restrict Bookings To Fixed Durations

This video tutorial covers how restrict users to only be able to make bookings of specific pre-defined lengths

How To Set A Booking Reminder

This video tutorial covers how to set reminders for upcoming bookings

How To Setup Floorplans & Maps

This video tutorial covers setting up floorplans and maps

How To Add A Client

This video tutorial covers adding new clients

How To Delete A Client

This video tutorial covers deleting clients

How To Email A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email clients directly from within the software

How To Modify A Client

This video tutorial covers editing and updating client records

How To Print A Client's Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to print bookings for specific clients

How To Add A User Account

This video tutorial covers adding new user accounts

How To Audit User Activity

This video tutorial covers how to track user activity within your MIDAS booking software using the Recent Activity log

How To Delete A User Account

This video tutorial covers how to remove a user account from the system

How To Modify A User's Permissions

This video tutorial covers how to modify user permissions

How To Suspend A User Account

This video tutorial covers how to suspend a user account

How To Add A Venue

This video tutorial covers adding new venues (rooms/bookable spaces)

How To Add A Venue Description

This video tutorial covers adding descriptions to your venues, which can include images and links

How To Block Other Venues

This video tutorial covers the venue "blocking" features which can prevent booking in certain venues when certain other venues are booked

How To Group Venues

This video tutorial covers grouping venues

How To Make Venues Public & Assign Managers

This video tutorial covers how to make venues available for public booking/requesting and how to assign "Managers" to these venues

How To Re-Order Venues

This video tutorial shows how to reorder (sort) venues (rooms/bookable spaces)

How To Set Venue Rates

This video tutorial covers how to set up rates (hire charges) for each of your venues (rooms)

How To Setup Floorplans & Maps

This video tutorial covers setting up floorplans and maps

How To Setup Venue Operating Hours

This video tutorial covers how to set up hours of operation for each of your venues (rooms/bookable spaces)

How To Generate & Print Reports

This video tutorial covers statistics and report generation

How To Manage Print Settings

This video tutorial covers management of print settings

How To Print A Client's Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to print bookings for specific clients

How To Print A Receipt

This video tutorial covers how to print a receipt for a paid invoice

How To Print An Invoice

This video tutorial covers how to print an invoice

How To Print Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to print bookings

How To Print Emergency Evacuation Data

This video tutorial covers how to print an Emergency Evacuation Data report

How To Email A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email clients directly from within the software

How To Email A Receipt To A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email a receipt for a paid invoice to a client directly from within the software

How To Email An Invoice To A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email and invoice directly to a client from within the software

How To Manage Email Settings

This video tutorial covers management of email settings

How To Delete An Invoice

This video tutorial covers how to delete an invoice from the system

How To Email A Receipt To A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email a receipt for a paid invoice to a client directly from within the software

How To Email An Invoice To A Client

This video tutorial covers how to email and invoice directly to a client from within the software

How To Generate Cancellation Invoices

This video tutorial covers generating cancellation invoices for bookings cancelled at short notice

How To Generate Invoices

This video tutorial covers generating invoices

How To Manage Invoice Settings

This video tutorial covers invoice settings

How To Manually Create An Invoice

This video tutorial covers how to manually create invoices

How To Modify An Invoice

This video tutorial covers how to modify invoices

How To Pay An Invoice Online

This video tutorial covers how your clients can pay their invoices online for the use of your venues & resources

How To Print A Receipt

This video tutorial covers how to print a receipt for a paid invoice

How To Print An Invoice

This video tutorial covers how to print an invoice

How To Setup Booking Type Discounts

This video tutorial covers how to set up discounts based upon the type of booking

How To Update An Invoice's Status

This video tutorial covers manually updating the status of invoices for which a payment has been made

How To Setup Resources & Add Them To Bookings

This video tutorial covers how to set up resources (equipment, staffing, and consumables) and then add them to bookings

How To Search

This video tutorial covers how to search for bookings, clients, as well as within the included help documentation

How To Add Notes To Calendar Dates

This video tutorial covers adding notes (visible to all users) to individual calendar dates, or date ranges

How To Message Another User

This video tutorial covers how to send an internal message to another user

How To Set A Booking Reminder

This video tutorial covers how to set reminders for upcoming bookings

How To Set A Custom Reminder

This video tutorial covers how to set yourself custom reminders

How To Setup Watch Notifications

This video tutorial covers how to set up "Watch" notifications, to receive automated alerts where certain activity occurs

How To Make Public Web Bookings

This video tutorial covers making public web bookings

How To Make Public Web Requests

This video tutorial covers making public booking requests

How To Make Venues Public & Assign Managers

This video tutorial covers how to make venues available for public booking/requesting and how to assign "Managers" to these venues

How To Manage Public Settings

This video tutorial covers public settings, allowing people without user accounts to be able to check availability of your venues and make bookings (or booking requests) online

How To Process Booking Requests

This video tutorial covers how to approve, reject, modify, query, and lock booking requests

How To Add, Modify, Or Remove A Booking Type

This video tutorial covers adding, modifying, and removing booking types

How To Control & Customize Booking Fields

This video tutorial covers the control and customization of booking fields

How To Customize Templates

This video tutorial covers customizing various "templates", including print, email, and invoice templates

How To Manage Appearance Settings

This video tutorial covers visual appearance settings

How To Manage Database Settings

This video tutorial covers database settings

How To Manage Email Settings

This video tutorial covers management of email settings

How To Manage Invoice Settings

This video tutorial covers invoice settings

How To Manage Print Settings

This video tutorial covers management of print settings

How To Manage Public Settings

This video tutorial covers public settings, allowing people without user accounts to be able to check availability of your venues and make bookings (or booking requests) online

How To Manage Safety Settings

This video tutorial covers safety settings

How To Manage Scheduled Tasks

This video tutorial covers the scheduled tasks features, allowing automated notifications and reminders to be sent to clients

How To Manage Security Settings

This video tutorial covers security settings

How To Export Data

This video tutorial covers exporting data from your MIDAS booking system for use within other 3rd party software applications and tools

How To Import Data

This video tutorial covers how to import data from files and 3rd party applications into your MIDAS booking system

How To Change Your Password

This video tutorial shows how to change your account password in your MIDAS booking system

How To Login & Out

This video tutorial shows how to log in and log out of your MIDAS booking system

How To Manage Security Settings

This video tutorial covers security settings

How To Manage Your Sessions

This video tutorial covers managing your logged-in sessions

How To Reset Your Password

This video tutorial shows how to reset a lost password

How To Suspend A User Account

This video tutorial covers how to suspend a user account