In the exceptional circumstances caused by COVID-19 our first priority is to provide a flexible, scalable and secure online work environment for all customers. We continue to work as usual TeamDesk/dbFLEX development and support teams have shifted to a completely remote work model to keep our staff in a safe and healthy environment. Communication channels Our…
Delete Record workflow action
This week we’ve implemented a “Delete Record” workflow action that would allow deleting related details along with the master record.“Delete Record” action makes the setup quick and easy. Let’s take the “Invoicing” database example where each Invoice is related to multiple Items. For instance, you need to delete an Invoice record all together with the…
Extra security for TeamDesk Enterprise Edition
Last week we added extra security features to TeamDesk Enterprise Edition: an option to block user account after some unsuccessful login attempts and a page to display all accounts’ login-related activities. Here is a new option on Security Control page. “Do not block…” let TeamDesk behave as usual. But now you have an option to…
Icons Everywhere
As was promised earlier we’ve added an ability to place icons on tables, views and dashboards with an option to hide a text on buttons and documents. Tables now feature icons to display on the tab and an option to completely substitute a tab caption with an icon. Views and dashboards may now display an…
Exploring a Mobile Device Alert functionality
Mobile Device Alert actions were recently introduced as a part of TeamDesk functionality, so let’s review an example illustrating how the mobile device alert works. Let’s consider a case when a user applies for a Day Off request via his/her mobile phone and this request is going to be either approved or declined by an…
Translating database UI to your language
Last week we’ve added the method for translating database UI to the language of your choice. The process is quite simple. First, download sample text file and open it in a text editor of your choice, Notepad for example. Below are first few lines from the file: ; Common buttons action.new = New action.view =…
Mobile Device Alerts are added to mobile actions
Today, we are proud to present new addition to a set of TeamDesk mobile device actions: Mobile Device Alerts. A usual way to communicate with a user who is not actively working with the database is to send e-mail notifications. There are two problems with e-mail notifications: unless set up properly they spam your inbox…
Copy Master records with Details and Sub-Details
It’s a trivial situation when you need to copy a master record, including details and sub-details. For example, your database stores records of specific products, each product consists of many parts and every part includes many components. In this case you are dealing with 3 level cascade relation. This blog post describes the settings allowing…
Three approaches for Tracking Changes
The changes tracking log is a frequently asked question. That’s why we decided to describe three approaches that allow the organization of a changes tracking log. The common idea is that changes are registered as related details that are kept in a separate table. In this blog post we’ll describe three different approaches to implement…
Convert Leads into Company accounts
Lead and Customer are key entities for customer management. In this blog post we would suggest a solution for your online database that allows to convert Leads into Customers, such as Company accounts. With help of a custom button, a user will be able to copy qualified Lead records into a separate “Companies” table. As…
