11.3E Release
If you're part of the Preferred Client Program, you can download the latest desktop version in the Client Portal.
PDS Facility Scheduler 11.3E, releasing for desktop 7-2-26 and OnDemand 7-7-26, offers the following enhancements.
New and Improved Features
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You can limit the list of past events you see when scheduling by past history. After you select the organization, enter a date range. You can enter just a starting date to see events that occurred after that date, just an ending date to see events that occurred before that date, or both a starting and ending date to see events between those two dates. If you decide you don't need to limit by date, click All Dates to clear the date range.
- When you check the availability of facilities, you can now order the results by Day of Week. When you select this option, the grid sorts by the Day column, starting with Sunday. This is especially useful when you're looking to schedule consecutive weeks!
- Now, you can set the options for daily and weekly calendars by default. This is useful if you want all your staff to see calendars the same way. Of course, each user can change the settings when needed while viewing a calendar. But this can help get everyone on the same page. For example, you may want calendars to show the setup and cleanup times by default. That way, staff know that a facility isn't available during that time—not just during the event time.
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To do this, you'll set the default options in the Initial Setup window. On the File menu, click . Under "Enforce the Calendar Defaults Below?", select Yes to set the defaults for everyone each time they view a calendar. Or, select No to set the defaults for new users viewing the calendar for the first time, but allow them to save their own options after that.
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Then, choose which options you want to be selected by default when someone views a daily or weekly calendar.
Daily Calendar Options: Weekly Calendar Options:
- Now, you can easily see if you have any filters applied when viewing and printing calendars. After you click Quick Filter and select your options, a label displays at the top of the window. It shows either the options you chose or, if all the options won't fit, it shows "Filter Chosen". You can hover over the label to see all the filters you have applied.
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This applies to all calendar windows, including the List of Scheduled Events, Daily Schedule, Weekly Schedule, Monthly Calendar, Yearly Calendar, and Mass Intention Calendar. When you print a report from any calendar window except for the Daily Schedule, the program asks if you want to print the short filter name at the top, as long as the selected filter(s) can fit.
- When you print the Special Days & Holidays list, it's now ordered by date and then name. So, if multiple special days occur on a single date, they are now listed alphabetically within that date. Here's an example showing several same-day occurrences in alphabetical order: