We’ve been sending lots of calendar invitations from FileMaker as part of our DayBack deployments. The best workflow we’ve found invites the recipient to an event rather than creating the event right on the recipient’s calendar. This approach offers many advantages, including polling for the recipient’s response to see if they have accepted the invitation (screenshot below) Get the Unlocked Example File Jason Young packaged this into an...
Part two of our recap of the newest extensions to DayBack Calendar for FileMaker. These are published on the DayBack blog and in our new Extensions Library. Most come with example code you can paste into your instance of DayBack. (Here’s part 1 if you missed it.) Gantt Chart Style Progress Bars Visualize the percent complete with progress bars on each task, adding warnings when they exceed estimates in...
We’ve been publishing a lot of new extensions to DayBack, many with example code to get you started. You’ll find these on the DayBack blog and in the new Extensions Library. Here’s a recap of some of the coolest examples… Print Your Calendar at a Custom Size Printing calendars has always been tricky as some of the information you want to see is often off-screen. While printing in...
DayBack for FileMaker allows you to drag-select multiple events on the calendar and drag to reschedule them all at once. But what if you’d like to do something besides changing their date or time? You may want to delete them all at once or change their status. Now you can add buttons to the calendar that will operate against the selected group of events. In this example, we’ve...
We’ve collected nearly 100 of the most popular calendar customizations into a searchable library, making it easier than ever to change the way your calendar behaves. FileMaker Calendar Customizations Many of these mods are things you can paste right into your DayBack. Others you’ll want to download and modify. And a few will require our help to deploy. But most have example code and videos so that you...
Building realistic schedules gives customers confidence that you’ll keep your promises. Now DayBack gives your dispatchers the confidence to make those promises by visualizing drive times and distances in your schedule. In this example, the DayBack compares a day’s mileage across a field service team: SeedCode offers ProMaps as a stand-alone mapping template for FileMaker. ProMaps supports routes and filtering. But adding mapping inside DayBack can mean better scheduling...
Now filter your resources by skill or location to focus on just the resources needed for a particular job. Resources get a big upgrade in this release of DayBack for FileMaker 19: you can now add a description and any number of tags to your resources. The new resource filter sees these tags so you can quickly narrow the schedule down to your relevant assets. Watch a video...
Breaking Changes The new 19.3 update brings some significant enhancements but also includes a few breaking changes in the FileMaker 19.3 web viewers on Windows clients. × Dismiss this alert. For example, DayBack Classic will not work in 19.3 on Windows until you make a couple of changes to the file (instructions follow). Folks using web viewer apps like this will want to update those files before moving...
This update is required for Windows users who have upgraded to FileMaker Pro 19.3 Client and are using DayBack Classic. These steps are not required for deployments using all Mac clients. (For more on the breaking changes in 19.3 web viewers and why these updates are required, check out our blog post here: FileMaker 19.3 Web Viewers on Windows.) 1. Download the DayBack Updater File Here’s the link: DayBack...
One of our most requested features is now live in DayBack for FileMaker 19. Now breakout your schedule by calendar, by project, or by any field. This new option in DayBack’s horizon view means that any field in any of your calendars can become a swimlane. And this means you can now chart your schedule by any field. Learn more and see a video of this in action at...
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