February Update – “Wow! it’s huge!”

It has been a very busy start to 2010 for the ProWorkflow team and our developers are no exception, they’ve been working on some great new features as well as performance and visual tweaks to make ProWorkflow an even better experience.

This is our first big update of the year and we’re very excited about it, in fact there is so much that we have split it up into sections just so we don’t miss anything! We’ve also made a short video covering the new features so why not check out the changes in action.

February 2010 Update:
http://www.screencast.com/t/YjAyODJkO
Note: Click link above to view a bigger video size)

The update is being rolled out today. We hope you like the new features, it’s always great to get your feedback so do get in touch to let us know what you think.
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Project Priorities

We’ve had plenty of requests to add support for this feature and it’s now all yours to help you organise your projects and make sure you’re focusing your efforts where they are needed most.

You’ll find this option on the “New Project” and “Edit Project” pop-ups and of course you can see and edit it directly from the Project Details Page.

Having the priority on the Project Details page is useful but with the next new feature it becomes even better…
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Projects Page

Previously, the Projects Page grouped all of your Projects by category, this helped keep customers organised but didn’t give as much flexibility as we wanted.

We’ve now added 5 more grouping options – Client, Priority, Project Manager, Start Date and Due Date!

These make it easier than ever to keep track of your projects! You can still sort and search within each group and hide any groups you aren’t interested in by just clicking on the group’s name. Don’t forget that you can drag and drop projects between groups to change the category, priority and project manager, it’s almost too easy!

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Tasks Page

We’ve taken the great changes from the Projects Page and replicated them on the Tasks Page. There’s also the fantastic ‘Upcoming View’ that lists all of your tasks in chronological order so you can see at a glance what you have to do.

We’ve added some new settings in the ‘Personal Settings’ section (you can find the link on the right side of your Homepage) and these let you control the default sort order and grouping so if you find a view you really like then you can save it for next time.

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Task Details

We’re working on removing pop-ups throughout ProWorkflow and this new feature means you can now view task details directly from the Project Details Page, you can view messages, files and time records as well as adding new ones. To view these details just click the “+” icon on the right of the task name, to hide them just click the “-“ in the same place.

You can still launch the pop-up window by clicking on the name of the task and we’ve updated that window so you can view and add time records without needing to open a separate pop-up.

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Messages – Email Alerts

We’ve had fantastic feedback about the improved messaging system and the ability to reply to a message without having to log in to ProWorkflow.

We’ve tweaked that even further so now when you reply to a message you have the option to show the entire conversation rather than just the last message. You can also choose to send your reply to either the sender or to everyone who received the original message (just like “Reply to All” in Outlook).

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Reports Page

There are some much bigger changes planned for reports in the coming months but in the meantime we have tweaked the Reports Page so that it loads much faster by only loading the report filters when you click on the report you need.

There is also the option to export CSV, XML and pdf files directly from the Reports Page without having to run the onscreen report first, this a great time saver if you are taking exports on a regular basis.

That’s all for this update but we’re far from finished yet, keep an eye on the blog over the coming weeks for more news!

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