New Gantt Chart View for AceProject (Beta Interface)
In our continual progression to build up features, the new Beta interface now includes a new Gantt chart view. Display a single project or multi-project Search or Quick link task results in the Gantt chart view and apply filters as needed.
While keeping the overall features of the current Gantt chart as in the Classic interface, a number of enhancements have been added:
Better viewing/printing options
- The beginning and end of projects (or status grouping) in the Gantt are represented by a summary bar and contents can be collapsed/expanded, as needed.
- Choice of a date range to freeze to as well as exporting the view to PDF allow more flexibility.
- The task bars can be attributed with a label of your choice as well (Assignee, task name, etc)
File Download for AceProject in Beta Interface – New Feature
The new Beta interface has now been accessible for a few months now. We hope that you have been using it. Many comments have come in and you can be sure that we will be placing more features in it over the course of this year, like the File Download Manager that was just released!
A heavily requested feature for AceProject users, we are excited to provide access to the File Download Manager. This allows the punctual or bulk download for files (documents) associated with tasks (documents, images, other) within a task, a search set of tasks, a project, or across multiple projects. It has been optimized to track the transfer status and provides an index and log, in structured zip files. Whether just with a few files or a full backup of 10s of GBs of files, this feature is robust and gets the job done!
File Download Manager usage
Major Upgrade to AceProject Back-end Infrastructure
After a long process, all infrastructure that runs AceProject has been migrated to Amazon. The entire back-end is now on Amazon EC2 and associative services. There were a number of factors leading to this migration with many benefits (expected and some unexpected). The opportunity to upgrade the server OS was also accomplished, with all systems now running Windows Server 2016.
Performance enhancements
The response time for query and return of results to display in AceProject has been cut by at least half. Faster loading times creates a more seamless experience and more productivity.
Maintenance periods are shorter
Due to the increased performance, large maintenance operations, such as server patches that require reboots, as well as backups are much quicker, leading to less downtime.
On demand bandwidth and performance
Memory, space, and CPU power for servers can easily be adjusted to maintain high availability through all periods of usage (such as peak periods).
This infrastructure environment allows AceProject greater flexibility and long-term stability.
Click here for more information on Amazon EC2.
AceProject Mobile – Updated Android Version
The Android mobile application for AceProject has recently been refreshed. It provides an extension to the browser application accessible on your mobile device to provide a number of great features such as:
- Add a new task, update and change task status
- Commenting on your tasks
- Uploading and viewing documents
- Adding time on your tasks
Android Mobile Update
A number of modifications have been ported to the Android application and is available via the Google Play store
- For version 4.1+ of Android, you can now attach one or multiple documents from device from the photo gallery, Google Docs (Box, Drop Box etc depending on local installation) and also ability take add picture from the device’s camera
- Adding documents can be done during the creation of a task
- Documents can now be downloaded and viewed quickly
- Recent documents now listed at the top (conforms with web app)
- Scrolling is faster (and more fluid)
Again, feel free to try out the Android version by downloading it from the […]
Latest Enhancements: February 2016
Already 2016! AceProject is soon to celebrate it’s 15th Anniversary providing it’s quality web-based application to companies worldwide. It is hard to believe that it has been that long, along with some original clients! Thank you for the continual support. This latest release corrects a few issues, of note, some bug fixes and enhancements for iOS9.x for the iPhone mobile users. Take a look below.
iOS9.x Mobile Update
A number of modifications have been ported to the iOS application and is available via the iTunes App store
- Attach one or multiple documents from device from the photo gallery, Google Docs (Box, Drop Box etc depending on local installation) and also ability take add picture from the camera
- Adding documents can be done during the creation of a task
- Scrolling is faster (more fluid)
- Drop-down to change items is updated to iOS 9.x look and feel
- Documents can now be downloaded and viewed quickly
- Recent documents now listed at the top (conforms with […]
Latest Enhancements: December 2015
A number of enhancements have been added to this most recent update to AceProject. Our efforts continue to provide a more uniform experience throughout the application as well as increase the productivity.
Open Task in New Browser Window
Using Ctrl + click on any Task Summary will open a new browser tab and open the task on the Edit page. The advantage of course is that you can open multiple tabs to easily access frequently visited tasks. This also works directly from an email notification. Tab names have been modified to reflect the task # and name.
A visual indicator has been added that can also simply be clicked to have the same action when a task is open in the Edit Task page.
Sorting/Ordering on Assigned Users
The Assigned and Reviewers fields in a task list are now able to be ordered. Click on the column header to apply ascending and descending order. Alternatively you can now add this ordering in the […]
Latest Enhancements: October 2015
AceProject is continually becoming easier to use and more productive. A number of features have been added and existing ones modified for this latest release in October.
Multiple Task Assignments
An update of the Multiple Tasks assignment grid is available. After an assigned user is selected, this view displays either All Tasks, All Incomplete Tasks, or All Completed Tasks. You are then able to quickly set the user as assigned or as a reviewer on the tasks. Two new columns were added displaying the current Assigned Users and Reviewers on the Task. A great use case for this tool is when a new user is added to an existing project, in one centralized view you are able Assign to tasks within a project. This tool is available from the Project Task list on the top right Multiple Task Assignments icon.
Searching within Filters
On the filter panel when there are many items contained within the filter list, a new search header within the filter appears after many items are within […]
Latest Enhancements: June 2015
Another summer season is upon us (at least for those in the Northern Hemisphere). We celebrated this release a little early by eating outside on the terrace this week…ahhhh…ok, back to work! The introduction of the new Gantt some months ago has opened a number of possibilities, as you will see from below. We are continuing on our progress to provide an efficient and effective application to our users.
Gantt Chart Improvements
AceProject continues to advance on a powerful feature within the application, namely, the Gantt Chart. The improved Gantt that was released in April has had some important upgrades since. The fields in the Grid portion of the Gantt are now all fully editable! (in addition to already being resizeable). Click any field to make it editable. So now, create rapidly 10 tasks with the Quick Add + Add tasks feature, change the names in the Gantt grid without opening the task, click on the assignments field and from the drop-down list multiple select the users, set date, drag-n-drop dependencies, and you are done. This greatly increases […]
Latest Enhancements: April 2015
Spring is well under way as a new release of AceProject with many exciting enhancements. In this latest release, a new Quick Add button menu and restructuring on the top right zone of the application. Now, no matter where you are in the application, it is always just a click away to add what you need to. Also, the Task Gantt chart has been upgraded adding on to last months modifications. Check out also the many improvements and bug fixes that have been done throughout the application. View the following video showing the Gantt chart changes, the “me” variable for reporting purposes, and more.
All those Administrators out there! Don’t worry the Administration button is not missing, it has simply been placed under the Settings/Gear icon on the top right.
Quick Add
No matter where you are in the application, you now have one centralized area to add tasks, time, users, an expense, a client and timeclock. If you are already in a project, the tasks, expense, etc will be set to place the item within it.
From this menu is […]
Latest Enhancements: February 2015
We are back out of hibernation from an extended holiday break. In this latest release, the Task Gantt chart has been replaced and now conforms with the Project Gantt chart, using the same technical component. This new Gantt is a big improvement on what was previously included. Check out also the many improvements and bug fixes that have been done throughout the application. View the following video showing the new Gantt chart and more:
New Task Gantt Chart Functionality
After a fairly lengthy implementation period, the development team has finally put the finishing touches on the new Gantt chart (Accessible via Tasks>Gantt, form the left main menu) that harmonizes with the Project Gantt chart. One of the most exciting things to come out of this is that dependencies can now be set directly within the Gantt chart as well as ordering of tasks. Also, you can now dynamically change start and end dates as well as modify the progression %, all in one location. It does a great job, however, there is room for some improvements yet.