WebDirect Example File: Driving DayBack Online with URLs

Note: This blog post is archived.
The new DayBack works great in WebDirect and is even easier to navigate.

This week’s update to DayBack Online included the ability to manipulate the calendar with URLs. This means that you can build buttons on your WebDirect layouts that change how the calendar works. You can

  • Show the gantt chart for a specific project
  • Filter down to just the resources available to the logged in user
  • Jump to a specific date or view in the calendar
  • Navigate to a specific event in the calendar and open it’s popover

Download an unlocked example file with button code you can use and extend on your own layouts. Documentation on the URL syntax and available commands can be found here.

Here’s a little movie of the example file and these filters in action:

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