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AceProject V3.6

AceProject 3.6 introduces a wide range of clever new functions and improvements:

Three new access right items have been added:
- The new limited administrator mode gives project managers an overview of all their projects without having access to account configuration.
- Timesheets can be completely disabled, keeping a user from logging time.
- Access to the User Directory can be limited or disabled. Hence, a user can only see users who are members of his or her projects or not see the directory at all.

Project configuration contains three new default values fields: task Start Date, end date and estimated hours.
Each project now has a contact section that displays the contact person for this specific project.
When copying a project, it is possible to also copy the tasks’ file attachments.
Users can copy their timesheets from week to week, which speeds up their creation.
The discussion forum has been improved to add text search.
When updating a task, it is possible to cancel email notification through a simple checkbox.
Gantt charts can be configured to display a specific number of months or weeks per page.
Each user can […]

By Daniel Raymond|2004-07-20T10:00:09-04:002004-07-20|

AceProject V3.5

This new version brings far-reaching improvements to the AceProject system:

You can now assign several users or reviewers to a task.
In the message center, recipient options have been improved to permit multiple user selection, regardless of project.
The printer-friendly version of a task has been optimized for readability.
Statistics offer supplemental information regarding worked hours.
Access rights have been modified: it is impossible to un-assign a user from a project if he or she is a creator, assigned user or reviewer on tasks.

By Daniel Raymond|2004-04-05T06:51:17-04:002004-04-05|

AceProject V3.4

2004’s first update offers many new functions and improvements:

You can move a task to another project. Moving a task is a useful feature that lets you take a task from one project and transfer it to another project without loosing parameters, file attachments or comments.
You can receive an email notification when a new file is attached to a task or when a file attachment is deleted.
There is a color code in the calendar: tasks in green start on that day, tasks in red end on that day and tasks in black start and end on thesame day.
Time report filters have been improved.
A new project type filter is available in the Administration section for task reports, Gantt charts and time approval.
It is now impossible to have 2 projects with the same name and/or number.
You can automatically generate a time report for a task by clicking on its actual hours.
You can now delete a completed task that has attached files.

By Daniel Raymond|2004-03-04T13:50:26-05:002004-03-04|

New Hosted GOLD Package Now Available

Our new Hosted GOLD package offers remote connection options:

Your hosted account has its own independent SQL Server 2000 database. You can connect remotely with Enterprise Manager or Query Analyser to query your data in real time.
You get an FTP account from which you can download your file attachments and *.bak files.

By Daniel Raymond|2003-12-11T13:48:30-05:002003-12-11|

AceProject V3.3

This version features a brand new functionality:

A new module is now available: the IN/OUT module. This module permits starting and stopping an automatic time clock for a task. Once stopped, the time clock will automatically create a timesheet entry. This offers better control to the administrators, as well as simplifies the life of the users, who don’t need to manually fill in their timesheet.
The new IN/OUT module also gave us the idea to create a new access right. Administrators can choose how each user enters his/her time: manually, automatically using the IN/OUT module or both.
AceProject’s pages have been reorganised to make them more ergonomic. The information on the forms and tables has been regrouped by subject so they are easier to find. Moreover, AceProject’s new colors have been implements in all system pages.

By Daniel Raymond|2003-11-13T06:47:52-05:002003-11-13|

AceProject V3.2

For this version, we improved AceProject’s flexibility:

Tasks can be numbered with decimal numbers, which permits simulating task dependencies and regrouping sequentially linked tasks together.
Each user can set his/her default sort parameters for task reports. This saves time when producing the reports themselves.
A new access right now limits user access to a project: they can see their tasks without seeing the project’s other parameters, such as time sheets or calendars. By forbidding opening the project, the user only sees his/her tasks in the My Office tab, which is useful with clients and sub-contractors.
Users with normal access rights may receive the right to create a blank project or to copy it from a template. (Certain conditions apply).

By Daniel Raymond|2003-09-14T09:46:40-04:002003-09-14|

AceProject V3.1

A few improvements were implemented:

New date formats and time zone selection enhance user experience. Each user can now choose his/her own date format and time zone, or keep the account’s default settings.
Opening a project is now easier, thanks to the drop-down list located to the right of the main navigation tabs.

By Daniel Raymond|2003-08-22T07:45:19-04:002003-08-22|

AceProject V3.0

For the official launch of AceProject’s latest version, our team worked very hard to implement both a esthetic and functional improvements:

AceProject now sports its brand new colors and convenient animated menus.

The Administration section includes two new reports and 2 new tools:
- Task reports by date and by user are now available in the Administration tab, which permits producing these reports for all projects at once.
- Your account data is exportable in Microsoft Excel format. This is useful for backups and importing the data into another software.
- A project deletion interface lets your erase a whole project or only parts of it.

The email notification functionality has been expanded to include the message centre and time approval:
- When you send a message through the message centre, you can ask the system to send an email to the recipient.
- When you approve a user’s time, you can send him a time approval notification email with a custom message.

A tasks’ actual hours now only includes time that is either approved or waiting to be approved. Time that has been rejected is not computed into […]

By Daniel Raymond|2003-08-01T13:40:40-04:002003-08-01|

New tools

Several functions have been added or redesigned:

A task calendar is now available under the Administration tab. Moreover, bothcalendars can display their task list right in the window, which saves you many clicks!
Our Gantt charts have been completely redesigned. The charts are available on ayearly or quarterly basis, which is better suited to the nature of these tools.
Wherever tasks are displayed, you will find a link to a printer-friendly version of the task list. On top of printing all tasks at once, this page lets you decide how many tasks to print on each page.
A new task report has been added to enable searches on the date fields of a task : creation, last update, start, and due dates.

By Daniel Raymond|2003-06-18T06:59:30-04:002003-06-18|

New statuses for time approval

3 new features are now available to better your AceProject experience:

You can now create several task statuses corresponding to “completed,” such as closed, cancelled, history, etc.
Time approval has been redefined to make a distinction between a time sheet that has not been submitted for approval and one for which an approval request has been sent.
A completed task now opens in read-only mode. If you have the required access rights, you can reopen it by changing its status on the completed task page.

By Daniel Raymond|2003-06-05T09:26:53-04:002003-06-05|