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From the many new features of our new version 404, Target Skills has now developed:

 Tasks templates - Gantt Chart

 1- Here is an overview:

2- You can learn how to use this new feature directly via this video below:

3- Rename the words "Template" and "Production" using your own business language

From the menu Tools -> Language, you can rename those two words:

4- Finally, you can also read our full documentation for this feature here:

http://www.planningpme.com/fiches/FC22-Tasks-Templates.pdf

If you are interested, we can give you on online demo of this feature and you can always contact us: +33 (0)1 69 47 10 00 or your local partner: http://www.planningpme.com/partners.htm

As always, from our clients requests, new features are developed in order PlanningPME to suit your requirements better.

Save time with all those new features: 

	Agenda View: New views like in Outlook calendar.
	Display of the planning improved New icons, new drop down list to change the view
	Filter of the planning by resource: A new filter allows you to filter the planning per resource
	Number of visible lines on the planning board From the menu Depuis le menu Tools -> Options -> View, select the number of lines you want to display on the screen. This setting is now customised per user.
	List View: New view with the listing of all your tasks on the period of time displayed.

 Evolutions PlanningPME: www.planningpme.com/evolutionsppme.htm

 And also...

PlanningPME Web Access was also improved with our new feature Mobile Phone: http://www.planningpme.com/mobile-phone.htm 

PlanningPME is constantly improved thanks to our clients suggestions.

As time tracking is really important for any company and in order to suit all kind of business, a new function has been added: You can now count extra hours when your employees work over the week end or on public holidays.

First activate the option from the menu Tools -> Options -> User:

Illustration of this function via an example:

If the option is not activated, the software do not count time even if Paul work on Saturday:

If the option is activated, the software will count 8 hour on saturday.

So, wether you want to count hours during special days as week-end and public holidays, you can adpat the software and have correct time reports.

For business as hospitals, industries, this function can be useful.

Read this post in order to know more about workload management.

Our web application now have more powerful features.

Have a look at the list of the new features below:

- Assign only one task at the same time to a resource.

Option to activate or deactivate from the menu OpTions -> Task -> "Assign one task to a resource at the same time"

Then, if you try to assign several task to a resource, you will have this message:

That way, you avoid double booking mistakes.

 - The speed is now increased: 30% performances

Save time making your booking on the planning faster!

- Select your own filters

Select the filters you want to display on the planning board from the menu Parameters -> Filters

- Week number: week 52 or week 53 as the last week of the year 2009

Tell us how you use the weeks number in PlanningPME and we will adapt the numbering on your planning.

All the tasks and appointments of PlanningPME can now be exported on a map.

You can learn how to use this new feature directly via this video below:

To visualize other videos, you can click here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanningPME

You can now force the creation of a task

even if the resource is already busy

Watch our video:
http://www.planningpme.com/video-ppme-force-tasks-creation.htm

Description of this feature:

If you try to assign a task to a resource that is already busy, you will have this kind of message below.

If you press “Force Assignment”, the task will be created and you will have two tasks on the planning as shown below:

Otherwise, the task will not be created.

NB: If you are already a client and that you are using the users rights, this feature will not be activated by default so that the users will not have this permission.  To activate it, go to the menu Data -> Group and tick on the box “Force assignment”.

Want to know more about PlanningPME releases?

Have a look at the evolutions of PlanningPME, version 4.0.3.

It is now possible to assign several projects to one client.

To do so, on the project card, you now have a drop down menu to assign a client to the project.

Results on the planning*:
1- While filtering by client, only projects associated to this client will appear on the project filter.

2- While creating a new task:
-    if you select one client first, projects associated to this client will appear on the project list.
-    If you select a project first, the client will be selected by default on the client list.

*NB: To adapt the project filter as described above, activate the option on the menu Tools -> Option -> User

Watch our video on the link project-client:

Want to know more about PlanningPME releases?

Have a look at the evolutions of PlanningPME, version 4.0.3.

You can now visualize your interventions and appointments on a map!

From data filled in each client card in PlanningPME, visualize your interventions on a Map.
To see your appointments on a map, go to the menu View -> View –> Map View or select the icon on the icons bar as shown below:

On the tool tip, the information shown are the ones you selected from Data -> Description  -> Tooltip.

Then, you will see your tasks on the map:

To go back to the resource view, just click on one of the icon of the resource view.

Want to know more about PlanningPME releases?

Have a look at the evolutions of PlanningPME, version 4.0.3.

You can now create a task without allocating a resource from the task, client or project view.

So, you can plan in advance your tasks and interventions and allocate them to your resources later.

The icone (Ø) show that there is no resource allocated to the task.

NB: If you are already a client, you will first need to do this setting in order to have access to this feature:
- Create a resource of the type To Plan from the menu Data -> Resource.
- Just put a space on the label.

- Then, click right on the resource and hide it:

You can now create tasks without assigning any resource.

Want to know more about PlanningPME releases?

Have a look at the evolutions of PlanningPME, version 4.0.3.

Target Skills is glad to presents it new version of PlanningPME!

From our  customers request and suggestions, PlanningPME is improved regularly. New version 4.0.3. will be available next week.

More powerful features available, a better ergonomy.... Take a look at the list of the new features listed below:

-> TASK CREATION WITHOUT ALLOCATING ANY RESOURCE

-> FORCE TASK CREATION EVEN IF A RESOURCE IS NOT SKILLED

-> FORCE TASK CREATION EVEN IF A RESOURCE IS ALREADY BUSY

-> WORKLOAD: SEE OVERCHARGED RESOURCES EASILY!

-> PLAY WITH THE TASKS CORNERS, GRADIENTS COLOURS ON YOUR PLANNING!

-> LINK YOUR PROJECTS WITH A CLIENT

-> FORCE THE CREATION OF A TASK WITH A SKILL

-> CUSTOMIZED FILTER BARS

-> SELECT THE FIRST WEEK

-> SELECT FIELDS ON THE EMAIL SENT

-> MAP VIEW

-> SEARCH ON ADDITIONAL FIELDS

-> SEARCH FOR SKILLED RESOURCES

->  WEEKLY PRINTING COLOURED

-> “TO PLAN” RESOURCE CAN BE FIXED!

-> OUTLOOK EXCHANGE SYNCHRONIZATION

Forgot to have a look at the features of version 4.0.2? Here they are: evolutions available in version 4.0.2