{"id":461,"date":"2015-02-17T08:25:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T08:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/?p=461"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:05:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:05:54","slug":"update-for-quicker-and-easier-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/en\/2015\/02\/17\/update-for-quicker-and-easier-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Update for quicker and easier use"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New context menu in schedule and calendar<\/h2>\n<p>The schedule view and the calendar view have been equipped with new context menus to let you reach<strong> often used features quicker<\/strong>. In the schedule, open the context menu by clicking the new &#8220;down-arrow&#8221; button in the right column.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-suggested-visit-context-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-suggested-visit-context-menu.png\" alt=\"schedule suggested visit context menu\" width=\"281\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Depending on whether the entry is a suggested visit or an appointment, a different menu will appear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-context-menu-appointment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-context-menu-appointment.png\" alt=\"schedule context menu appointment\" width=\"281\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hint: when using a mouse, clicking the right mouse button anywhere on the line will open the menu.<\/p>\n<h2>Appointments instead of &#8220;fixed visit suggestions&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Beginning\u00a0with the update from 16th December 2014 portatour\u00ae allows directly converting a suggested visit into an appointment, either with a fixed time or &#8220;flexible on the day&#8221;. The former &#8220;fixation&#8221; of a suggested visit is now superfluous. To reduce distractions and to keep the menus quick and easy, this outdated feature was removed. Existing fixations remain and are shown\u00a0(next to\u00a0where the starting\u00a0time is displayed).<\/p>\n<h2>Warnings to encourage\u00a0updating your schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Should the schedule not be up-to-date because of changes that were not taken into account yet, you are going to see red warning signs. This applies to changed appointments, deleted customers, or new call blocks. In each case you should update your schedule to receive\u00a0a schedule that reflects these changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-with-warnings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-with-warnings.png\" alt=\"schedule with warnings\" width=\"283\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-with-warnings.png 283w, https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/schedule-with-warnings-281x300.png 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Reservations: new symbol and improved list<\/h2>\n<p>Customers who are included in the schedule by reservation are marked with a new symbol: a star, shown left in the schedule.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservation-in-schedule.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservation-in-schedule.png\" alt=\"reservation in schedule\" width=\"284\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support a uniform look &amp; feel, the same symbol is also shown in the customer detail view next to the buttons &#8220;include in schedule&#8221; and &#8220;remove reservation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also the list of reservations at the top of the schedule view bears the star icon. The list of reservations can now show either the customers where a reservation has been created but which were not included in the schedule yet \u00a0(as previously) or a list of all reservations \u2013 both the ones included in the schedule and the ones still to include.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservations.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservations.png\" alt=\"reservations\" width=\"282\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservations.png 282w, https:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/reservations-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Quicker mass-editing of customers<\/h2>\n<p>Should you want to edit multiple customers in one step, you previously had to enable the selection mode, select the intended customers, and edit the selected.<\/p>\n<p>These steps are now obsolete. A new button &#8220;edit all X&#8221; below the customer list immediately takes you to mass editing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/mass-editing-all.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/blog\/users\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/mass-editing-all.png\" alt=\"mass editing all customers\" width=\"225\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prerequisite is filtering the customers using &#8220;extended search&#8221; in such way that only those customers you want to edit are listed.<\/p>\n<p><em>P.S.: Should you be using portatour\u00ae in combination with Salesforce or Dynamics CRM, update to the newest release\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/salesforce\/download\">download for Salesforce<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portatour.com\/dynamics-crm\/download\">download for Dynamics CRM<\/a>) to access\u00a0these features.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New context menu in schedule and calendar The schedule view and the calendar view have been equipped with new context menus to let you reach often used features quicker. In the schedule, open the context menu by clicking the new &#8220;down-arrow&#8221; button in the right column. 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