FTB# 158: Advanced Large Text Fields
In this video we discuss exporting and reporting Large Text Fields as HTML or plain text. We also cover some other advanced options for Large Text Fields in System Options.
Jan 11, 2011•6 min
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FTB #157: Large Text Fields
This week's Fear the Bug covers in depth Large Text Fields within OnTime. Large Text Fields allow you to format text using a simple HTML editor, supporting lists, images, tables, links, bullets, and canned responses. Large Text fields can be added to Field Templates, but can also be added/removed from the Details pane at the bottom of the screen by going to Tools/System Options/Details Tab Settings.
Jan 04, 2011•4 min
FTB #156: Customer Portal Usage
This podcast covers registering, logging in, and using the OnTime Customer Portal. You can link any customers that you would like to use your personal Customer Portal to explain typical usage of the portal including adding items, adding attachments, and notification emails.
Dec 22, 2010•3 min
FTB #155: OnTime Remote Server
This Video covers function and connecting using the Remote Server including finding your Security Token an URL from the Hosted Dashboard.
Dec 08, 2010•4 min
FTB #154: Managing Item Types
This Podcast covers managing the different Item Types and Tabs available in OnTime. Depending if you create a standard or simplified database you may have different item types available to you by default but either database can be completely customized to enable support for up to 4 different types of items. This Podcast also covers show/hiding different tabs, including the emails, audit trails, and worklogs tab for the main grid.
Dec 01, 2010•4 min
FTB #153: OnTime Now Quick Start Guide
This video walks through signing up for an OnTime Now hosted trial. This is a 30 day, 10-user trial of OnTime Now which hosts your OnTime database at one of our Datacenters located around the world. For more information about OnTime or to add extra users for this trial period please contact Sales@axosoft.com or give us a call at 800-653-0024.
Nov 23, 2010•6 min
FTB #152: RocketSVN Server Setup
This podcast covers installation and initial setup of the RocketSVN server. RocketSVN server is the first tool that allows you to host a subversion repository in Windows using IIS. This video covers repository creation and connecting to your repository using the RocketSVN for Visual Studio plug-in. The RocketSVN server also supports TortoiseSVN and other Subversion clients.
Nov 17, 2010•6 min
FTB #151: Using the SDK with Hosted OnTime Databases
This podcast covers connecting to your OnTimeNow hosted database using the SDK. The Security GUID and the SDK URL can be found in the Axosoft Store under the Hosted Dashboard. The SDK URL can be used to build the link to any of the services for the SDK and the GUID key must be entered for all function calls to your database. You can find the Service names in the SDK Guide at Axosoft.com/support.
Nov 09, 2010•5 min
FTB# 150: Importing Data
In this podcast we discuss importing items using a .csv file into OnTime. Fields from the file can be mapped directly to different fields available in OnTime including custom fields. You can also create import templates which can be extremely helpful for importing items on a regular basis so it only takes a few mouse clicks
Nov 02, 2010•6 min
FTB #149: Hosted Dashboard
The Hosted Dashboard is a great resource to check on the status of any of your OnTime accounts, as well as update licenses, personal information, and find essential information about the Remote Server and SDK components. Go to axosoft.com and click on My Account in the upper right to log-in and get access to the store.
Oct 26, 2010•5 min
FTB #148: Managing Releases
Releases in OnTime allow you to organize all of your items based on their schedule or due dates, as opposed to by projects. Releases can be created by selecting multiple projects to be included and can be broken down into Version and then into Milestones, or Sprints which are smaller, manageable groups of items. This podcast covers creating sprints, adding items to sprints, and managing release types.
Oct 19, 2010•8 min
FTB# 147: Project Wiki Features
This podcast covers different features included with the OnTime Project Wiki. This includes full Wiki Pages, Project Attachments, Notification and Alerts. We also cover creating pages, pasting in HTML, version control, and security for users and customers.
Oct 13, 2010•7 min
FTB #146: Creating and Managing Projects
Since OnTime is a mainly a Project Management Tool, being able to create and manage projects effectively is extremely useful. This Podcast covers creating Projects, Configuring Project Properties, and setting Favorite Projects and Inactive Products.
Oct 13, 2010•5 min
FTB #145: Multi-Edit
The multi-edit menu is a powerful aspect of OnTime that allows users to make mass changes with a few mouse clicks. Whether changing a single row or multiple rows, in OnTime Windows and Web these changes can take place directly through the main interface. Learn to unlock the power of OnTime by saving time with the multi-edit tool!
Sep 28, 2010•7 min
FTB# 144: Using the Email Tab
This podcast covers sending emails within OnTime using the Email tab. Includes configuring the From address options, Email signatures, attachments, and other features. All emails sent from OnTime include the id tag and name of the item, it is important to leave this id tag along with the subject line in order to properly pull in any replies to emails sent from OnTime and append the emails to the corresponding items.
Sep 21, 2010•5 min
FTB #143: Email Notification Settings
This weeks FTB covers the options available under Tools/Manage/Email Notifications. This includes connection to your SMTP server, using the Email queue, and the Windows and Web links included with email notifications.
Sep 13, 2010•4 min
FTB #142: IMAP Accounts
You can use IMAP filters to map different folders to your IMAP accounts. This is a great way to be able to sort email sent to a single email address and still be able to associate them with the appropriate items within OnTime.
Sep 07, 2010•5 min
FTB #141: Managing Customers
This Podcasts covers some of the features for searching for customers, editing customer contact information as well as managing customer contacts within different companies. Improved in version 10.1 of OnTime is the enhanced functionality to search and edit customers while working with all item types.
Aug 30, 2010•4 min
FTB #140: Advanced Custom Fields
We discuss adding custom fields for Customers, Customer Contacts, and Projects as well as configuring the field templates for whenever adding/editing any of Customers or Projects. Adding custom fields for these item types is a great way to make sure you're storing all of the information you would need and will help when searching for customers. For more information about creating custom fields, please view Episode 139.
Aug 24, 2010•9 min
FTB# 139: Custom Fields
By creating and modifying custom fields in your OnTime Database, you can decide what information is stored along with items, as well as how that information is formatted. Once custom fields are created, they will be available for addition to Field Templates in order to view or update information entered by users or customers.
Aug 17, 2010•3 min
FTB #138: Source Control Update
We cover some of the updates made to Source Control Management through OnTime since episode 67. This includes support for TortoiseSVN and RocketSVN for Visual Studio, and using commits or check-ins using your Source Control Utility to automate workflow in OnTime.
Aug 10, 2010•4 min
FTB #137: OnTime 10.1 Enhancements
This weeks episode of Fear the Bug covers some of the enhancements bundled with OnTime 10.1. Some of these include: More powerful customer search tool, Improved Email using OnTime Web, Viewing project information, and Managing users.
Aug 03, 2010•3 min
FTB #136: Introducing OnTime v10.1
This week's episodes covers some of the new features included with the release of OnTime version 10.1. Some features include bringing the OnTime Planning Board to the iPad, as well as the ability to view burndown charts from the Planning Board interface. Other features include Favorite Projects, Auto-Refresh, Global Settings Locator, and over a dozen other features and enhancements. To learn more about OnTime v10.1 please visit Axosoft.com.
Jul 28, 2010•3 min
FTB #135: Advanced Reporting
This podcast is the last in our series on Reporting in OnTime. We discuss creating reports from scratch using either the standard stored procedures for the built-in reports, or using custom sql queries or stored procedures under "Other Reports" We also cover such topics as report settings, grouping, scripting and resources like the user's guide.
Jul 19, 2010•5 min
FTB #134: Modifying Reports
This week's podcast covers how to modify any of OnTime's built-in reports. We discuss the different sections of the report, as well as modifying formatting, and adding and removing fields into the details section of the reports. Modifying reports requires the OnTime Windows Client so if you're an OnTimeNow hosted customer you will need to connect to your database using the Remote Server. Remember that all hosted accounts come with 1 free Remote Server license which will allow you to modify and c...
Jul 08, 2010•5 min
FTB #133: OnTime Built-In Reports
This week's podcast we cover using all the powerful reports that come built-in to OnTime. These reports are extremely versatile and flexible by accepting any parameters like filters, searches criteria, sorting, and grouping and pass it on automatically when constructing your report
Jul 03, 2010•4 min
FTB #132: Customizing Report Shortcuts
Customizing Report Shortcuts allow users in OnTime to decide which items will be included while running reports. Users can choose from selecting items displayed in the main grid as well as using any OnTime filters or SQL filter statements.
Jun 28, 2010•5 min
FTB #131: Introducing the OnTime Stopwatch
The OnTime Stopwatch is a new feature which allows users to keep track of time spent working with OnTime items in a convenient, familiar manner and upload work log entries into your OnTime database. The Stopwatch is a utility that runs in the system tray of any Windows machine so it can be quickly pulled up, and then minimized to allow maximum time working on OnTime items.
Jun 21, 2010•5 min
FTB #130: Users vs Customer Licenses
This is a question that comes up often when deciding how many licenses to purchase with your OnTime Account and we would like to make sure that you're purchasing the appropriate licenses for your company.
Jun 15, 2010•4 min
FTB# 129: Setting Up the OnTime Data Visualizer
In this episode we cover installing the OnTime Data Visualizer and creating a dataset using items in your OnTime Database to be analyzed in the Data Visualizer. The OnTime Data Visualizer requires an Enterprise license for OnTime and Microsoft Pivot to be installed on a machine that has access to your instance of OnTime Web or OnTimeNow hosted account.
Jun 08, 2010•4 min
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