Defects, features, tasks and incidents, materialize as index cards. In a single click you can zoom into any card and instantly get the details you need. Organize your items by any criteria you choose; remaining hours, assignee, reported by, item type, severity, status and much more! Sorting, grouping and even text searching is simple, detailed and blazing fast. Bring a new dimension to how your Ontime data is analyzed by project managers, administrators and executives.
Jun 01, 2010•2 min
RocketSVN for Visual Studio is a new tool that allows you to access your Subversion repository within Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or 2008. It's easy to install, keyboard friendly, very intuitive for developers, and does not require any additional tools like TortoiseSVN. RocketSVN for VS is free for a limited time so download and try it today at Axosoft.com
May 21, 2010•4 min
This video covers using our exporting utility to extract data from OnTime using a .csv file. Data can be exported from all items in OnTime including Defects, Features, Tasks, Incidents and even Work Logs. This .csv file is very easily read by applications like Microsoft Excel, Open Office, or other spreadsheet/database utilities
May 18, 2010•4 min
This is the second video in our series about the Customer Portal. We discuss security within the portal, setting up which projects are available on a company basis and how to enable specific customers privileges within those projects. We then cover new customer registration through the portal, and how to set new customer defaults.
May 11, 2010•4 min
This is the first of a 2 part podcast on configuring customer portal. Customer portal is an interface that allow you to give some access to your customers to bring them into your development process. We discuss configuring anonymous access, RSS, customer field templates and customizing images and text. In next week's episode we'll cover security in the portal and registering customers.
May 03, 2010•4 min
Managing Work Logs in OnTime is a great way to monitor the progress of projects and will also be immensely helpful for planning future projects. This week's podcast covers the original and remaining estimate fields, adding work logs, and running reports regarding work log entries.
Apr 27, 2010•6 min
The second video regarding Workflow in OnTime covers the "Edit" and "Edit in Workflow" privileges, and creating field templates specific to certain workflow steps. In This video we cover how to restrict the "Edit" privilege and the security settings to enforce users use the templates specified for workflow steps.
Apr 20, 2010•6 min
This is the first of two podcasts that discuss customizing workflow in OnTime. This podcast covers all the different settings that are configurable for your processes like using automated step actions, notifications, color coding, and allowed next steps.
Apr 12, 2010•6 min
In this week's podcast, we cover creating both field change and filter alerts. Alerts are a great way to monitor your OnTime database and be able to be notified when specific actions are taken or notify you of items that meet any series of conditions in a filter. For more information on using filters, please view episodes 86 and 87 or Fear the Bug.
Apr 05, 2010•5 min
In this week's episode we review ways to get started with evaluating OnTime. We take a look at the sample database, add users, show you how to allow your customers to log-in using the customer portal, and we create projects and work items. Axosoft offers free 30-day team trials for both the Hosted and Installed flavors of OnTime. During this trial, you can connect to your OnTime database using all of the available clients including: the rich Windows app; the Visual Studio, Eclipse, and TortoiseS...
Mar 30, 2010•5 min
This podcast covers all the different resources available to Axosoft's customers. Some of these include, live demos, training courses, forums, maintenance plans, professional services, and instructional videos. For more information visit axosoft.com, follow Axosoft on twitter, or become our friends on Facebook.
Mar 22, 2010•5 min
In this week's installment of Fear the Bug, we cover getting started with a hosted trial of OnTimeNow. You can sign up for a free 30-day team trial at Axosoft.com and create a database to begin evaluating OnTime in a matter of minutes. Our hosted accounts are always updated with the most current version of OnTime and signing up today gives you access to a hosted account with all of the features released earlier this week with the launch of OnTime version 10.0.
Mar 15, 2010•4 min
This weeks podcast covers some of the features bundled along with the upcoming release of OnTime v10.0, such as the Simplified option, integrating workflow with SCM files and related items, automatic updates, and new and improved sample data.
Mar 08, 2010•3 min
In this installment of Fear the Bug, we discuss ways to make use of the new Planning Board in OnTime 10.0. This includes ways to quickly prioritize items, place items into particular sprints or releases, and assigning items by simply dragging and dropping or using the quick edit dialogue.
Mar 03, 2010•3 min
This week's podcast addresses the different ways to upgrade to V10.0 of OnTime when it becomes available.
Feb 22, 2010•2 min
Coming with OnTime 2010 is the all new Scrum Planning Board. This new feature allows you to view and edit items in your OnTime database in a more visual manner. With this new layout you can quickly move items along their workflow, reassign items to different team members, plan for upcoming sprints or releases, and much more.
Feb 17, 2010•5 min
While you and your team are updating files and committing changes using TortoiseSVN, you'll be able to link those files to Defects, Features, or Tasks within OnTime right from the Tortoise interface without having to launch OnTime. Check out the new OnTime Tortoise Plugin! This video demonstrates the installation and usage of the OnTime Tortoise Plugin, being released in OnTime 2010.
Feb 16, 2010•8 min
Using the Mini-Dashboard is a great way to get some information as to what is going on in your main grid by generating charts and graphs in real time. This short video will explain some of the features of the Mini-Dashboard and how to display different data based on information in your main grid.
Feb 02, 2010•3 min
Creating relationships in OnTime helps to organize related items across all item types. It also allows you to view and edit items that are related in OnTime without having to navigate to each specific item in the database.
Jan 26, 2010•4 min
Creating single and multi-select pick lists makes entering data into OnTime simple. This podcast will go over how to create pick lists, assign them to field templates and add child pick lists for dependent values.
Jan 19, 2010•3 min
Setting up the Remote Server with your OnTime hosted account is quick and easy. This video demonstrates how to connect to your hosted account using the Remote Server which allow you to access your database using the rich Windows client and the Visual Studio add-in.
Jan 12, 2010•2 min
In this week's podcast we look at creating new user defaults and how to add and edit users in OnTime. This includes automatic generation of email and login accounts as well as setting up user authentication for your OnTime database.
Jan 05, 2010•3 min
List types are pick lists that are applied across all item types. By managing list types you can choose color coding schemes for Priority, Severity, and Status. You can also set up time units and work log entries under list types to ensure proper logging of hours.
Dec 29, 2009•3 min
In this week's podcast we look at some of the ways that you can use OnTime for your customer support and help desk needs. This includes using customer support incidents, unique incident numbers, tiered support, and using customer information within the incident item type.
Dec 22, 2009•4 min
In this week's video we look at getting started using OnTimeNow and signing up for a hosted trial. This podcast quickly goes over how to sign up for a hosted trial and create a database using sample data and start evaluating OnTime.
Dec 22, 2009•5 min
OnTime allows you to create custom email templates for your users and customers. This week we walk through an example of formatting your alerts and notifications.
Dec 08, 2009•5 min
Editing field labels and repurposing item types using OnTime helps your users to connect with your data easier.
Dec 01, 2009•3 min
There are two different methods of authentication in OnTime, and each method has different ways that it can take place. This week we'll discuss such authentication, along with Active Directory with Web and Customer Portal.
Nov 24, 2009•5 min
Security Roles control user's access to the OnTime database. This week we discuss Security Roles and how they are used with OnTime and how to attach them to users.
Nov 17, 2009•7 min
When users want their e-mail to integrate with OnTime, there are a couple settings to activate. This week's podcast covers those settings to help your e-mail send and receive properly through OnTime.
Nov 10, 2009•7 min
