August 2007 Edition
Feature Spotlight: New Advanced Workflow and Scheduling
Q&A with Technical Support: Add Collaborative Users without Administrator privileges
Smart Tip of the Month: Double-click to Edit
Additional Resources: AWS 4.0 Documentation
Knowledge Builder: New Articles
Feature Spotlight: New Advanced Workflow and Scheduling
MetaCommunications recently released the first in a line of free solution libraries with a newly updated version of the Advanced Workflow and Scheduling 4.0 solution. The Advanced Workflow & Scheduling (AWS) Solution is composed of related Virtual Ticket Forms, Global Finds, Scripts, and Reports that provide for automated workflow management of production Jobs. New to AWS 4.0 is a consolidated area for the configuration of calendars, templates, activities and data structures. In addition, systems running on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 can take advantage of the numerous SQL Server Reporting Services reports which provide traffic managers with information about Production Status, Resource Allocation, and Production Timelines.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/customers/downloads/solutions/
Q&A with Technical Support: Add Collaborative Users without Administrator privileges
How can collaborative users be added to Approval Manager without Administrative privileges?
As proofs are managed in Approval Manager, collaborative users may need to be added to a proof approval workflow on the fly. Allowing a proof manager the ability to freely add collaborative users without logging in as Administrator is a matter of enabling the Collaborative User Entry and Edit permission to the appropriate user group. When proof managers belong to a group with this permission, they can create a new collaborative user by using the "NEW" link, which is available at the top of the same window where collaborative users can be selected for the proof approval stages.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16287
Smart Tip of the Month: Double-click to Edit
Beginning in Package 154.3, when a user double-clicks or right-clicks in the browser window of Virtual Ticket, they will be presented with a menu where they can choose to edit the record. Once the record is in edit mode, the same click operations will produce a menu with the option to update the record. With this feature the user does not have to use the edit and update buttons in the upper right hand corner of the browser, they can simply right-click or double-click and choose the desired action (Edit or Update). In addition, when the user utilizes this method to enter edit mode, the cursor will be placed into the field that the cursor was hovering over at the time of double-click or right-click action.
For more information visit:
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16286
Additional Resources: Updated Advanced Workflow and Scheduling Guide
Earlier in this edition, we mentioned the new Advanced Workflow and Scheduling 4.0 solution. This new version includes numerous new features and includes all new documentation on its functionality. Extensive information on the reports, forms, finds and other features of this updated solution can be downloaded from the MetaCommunications Solutions Library home page at http://www.meta-comm.com/customers/downloads/solutions/. NOTE: Access to the download requires login credentials to the MetaCommunications Customer Resource Center.
Knowledge Builder
New articles this month
16285 - Configuring Workgroups for use with SQL Server Reporting Services
This article describes how to configure Workgroups so that it may connect to and generate reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16285
16286 - Using the Double-click to edit feature of Virtual Ticket
This article describes the double-click to edit feature of Virtual Ticket and how the feature can be used.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16286
16287 - Adding Collaborative Users without Administrator permissions
This article describes how to setup Collaborative Users in Approval Manager without logging in as Administrator.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16287
16288 - Error messages appear when attempting to use a newly imported Advanced Workflow and Scheduling solution.
This article describes some error messages which may appear when a user attempts to use a newly imported Advanced Workflow and Scheduling solution.
http://www.meta-comm.com/support/knowledge_base/article.asp?id=16288
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