DJ Event Planner has now officially released Version 4.3 of the web's premiere special event management software.
Significant upgrades were make to the Venue, Employee, and Equipment sections, inlcuding the addition of many new information fields. There are also several new user-interface improvements that will make the application behave more like a desktop application.
To help keep your PDA/Desktop calendar synchronized with your DJEP account, there is a new iCalendar feature.
Leading the list of new functionality for multi-op companies is the addition of employee activity tracking reports. You can now see exactly what your employees have been doing on the DJEP system. Other employee enhancements include an employee confirmation system and the ability to control how far in advance employees can see events assigned to them.
New Features
* iCalendar Synchronization for Outlook, Google Calendars, iContact, Sunbird and other PIMs
* Music Requests: can now export to M3U playlist or and Excel file
* Expired Sessions: Form Data Recovery for Compose Email form, Appointment form, Event Form. Due to inactivty, expired sessions were causing some users with intermittent internet connections to be redirected to the logon screen after hitting submit on these pages. Now, instead of redirecting to the logon page, a page is displayed that contains all of the submitted data. This allows users to copy and paste data into notepad for re-import into the application once they log on.
* Employee Confirmation System - allows you to keep track of employee confirmation / acknowledgement of events
* Employee Event View: Can now limit how far out employees can see events assigned to them
Enhancements
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* Employee Availability Checker: now displays appointments assigned to them in addition to events
* Can now add equipment on the Add/Edit Event Form
* Addon and Rental Pricing now appears in the Add Equipment popup
* Date value now added to Request For Information subject
* Data Exporter: can now export song requests
* Data Exporter: can now export special songs
* Data Exporter: new fields included in Expense table - client name, organization, event date
* New filter added for data exporter: Is Equal To (date)
* Option for second tax to be calculated on total fee or total fee plus first tax
* Addon Report: Event Status now included
* Check System Availability Popup: "Info" button was added to allow quick access to the contents of the systems while adding an event
* New Fields for Packages: Notes, Rate Structure, Hourly Rate, Default Length
* Meeting Confirmations now prominently display on Appointment Details popup window
* When a client confirms a meeting by clicking on the meeting confirmation link, an email is now sent to the company administrator indicating that they confirmed
* DJ Website Tools: Evaluation Forms - there is now a list of direct links to the evaluation forms
* DJ Website Tools: Contact Us Form - can now redirect to a page of your choice after the form is submitted
* Systems: Can now assign up to 10 systems per event
* Check System Availability now includes start and end times
* Expenses: can now delete multiple expenses at once from View by Payee report
* Employee Activity reports now include links to events and appointments
* Enhanced Mark As Paid on Event Page allows setting of the date and payment type
* Add New Event: Assign a default venue
* Add New Event: Assign a default package
* Expenses: Button for adding Payee, Payment Method, and Payment Category
Changes
* Salesperson dashboard now goes to company calendar instead of their employee calendar
* In the client event planner the wording of the link was changed from Vendor Info to Company Info
* Tab order of compose email message was optimized
* Fee Filler button functionality was improved
* Request For Information subject line changed to "Request For Information: FirstName LastName"
* Notification of Client Event Planner account now includes the status of the event in the subject
* Addon Quantities: can now enter values other than whole numbers (example: 1.5, 1.25 etc)
