This week the new Gantt chart view has been enhanced including dependency creation, a third tab in the Edit task panel, and better time representation and scaling. Eventually, the Gantt chart will be available exclusively within the New Interface.

A number of other enhancements have also been implemented, such as improved detected changes, and an improved concept for global email notifications, being more accessible with an ability to temporarily disable the feature.

Gantt dependency display/management

Dependency information is available by clicking on the dependency line connecting the tasks.

Dependency information can also be accessed and managed through the Edit Task panel through an additional tab providing easy navigation between predecessors and successors. All tasks, with or without dates, and independent of status (completed or not) can be used as successors and predecessors greatly improving usage.

Better management of detected changes

When a user edits a task, and attempts to open another task before saving, changes were once lost. A new way of detecting changes has been implemented, allowing the user to not lose entered […]

In our continual progression to build up features, the new Beta interface now includes a new Gantt chart view. Display a single project or multi-project Search or Quick link task results in the Gantt chart view and apply filters as needed.

While keeping the overall features of the current Gantt chart as in the Classic interface, a number of enhancements have been added:

Better viewing/printing options

• The beginning and end of projects (or status grouping) in the Gantt are represented by a summary bar and contents can be collapsed/expanded, as needed.

• Choice of a date range to freeze to as well as exporting the view to PDF allow more flexibility.
• The task bars can be attributed with a label of your choice as well (Assignee, task name, etc)

Bridge24 continues to improve and add enhanced features for AceProject users. In addition to reports and exports, you are able to create dynamic charts and use Bridge24 for your daily operational interface given that updating can be done directly from within it. Let’s take a look at the features that Bridge24 offers:

Grid & Filtering

Bridge24 provides a flexible and powerful grid experience to easily display any task data desired. Create and save filters, show/hide fields, group, resize/reorder fields

Export

From any view, export the displayed data to Excel or CSV. Full comment information can be exported and available on a separate tab.

Kanban

Tasks can be […]

Bridge24 for AceProject adds additional functionality to AceProject, especially in reference to reporting and data exporting. Bridge24 can create charts and also formatted reports, providing AceProject users new ways to present their data outside of AceProject to managers, co-workers and other stakeholders.

Bridge24 Advanced Reports

This week saw the introduction of Advanced Reports. Users can now prepare a 2 level report (grouping) and include up to 4 more fields in addition to the task name.  This easy to use report creation tool also allows you to export the report into a convenient PDF or Excel file, as well as others.

Configure and generate the report

Select the Second level grouping parameter and fields to include, then generate.

The report is created and the user can navigate directly and then export to the desired format such as PDF or Excel.

Project Report: Status Delay

This report allows you to calculate the average and cumulative duration (in days) of tasks by project and by […]

After a long process, all infrastructure that runs AceProject has been migrated to Amazon. The entire back-end is now on Amazon EC2 and associative services. There were a number of factors leading to this migration with many benefits (expected and some unexpected). The opportunity to upgrade the server OS was also accomplished, with all systems now running Windows Server 2016.

Performance enhancements

The response time for query and return of results to display in AceProject has been cut by at least half.  Faster loading times creates a more seamless experience and more productivity.

Maintenance periods are shorter

Due to the increased performance, large maintenance operations, such as server patches that require reboots, as well as backups are much quicker, leading to less downtime.

On demand bandwidth and performance

Memory, space, and CPU power for servers can easily be adjusted to maintain high availability through all periods of usage (such as peak periods).

This infrastructure environment allows AceProject greater flexibility and long-term stability.

Click here for more information on Amazon EC2.

AceProject is proud to announce its first integration with an external tool: Bridge24. All users of AceProject can now benefit from dynamic data integration within this application that connects to your account and provides additional features. Over time, you’ll see additional elements in the AceProject interface that will bring you to Bridge24. See below a list of features available to you now:

Kanban-Style Board

A new way of looking at and interacting with your tasks. This Kanban-style view is a visual task workflow. It displays lists of tasks that are associated with the status of the task. Tasks can be ordered within the list and dragged to another list which will change the status of the task (ie. the position in the workflow).

Power Grid

A flexible grid to interact with your tasks across all your projects. Group, sort, filter your tasks and more.

Scheduler

Display your tasks on an easy to use Calendar. Daily, weekly, monthly and agenda views are supported.

The Android mobile application for AceProject has recently been refreshed. It provides an extension to the browser application accessible on your mobile device to provide a number of great features such as:

• Add a new task, update and change task status
• Commenting on your tasks
• Uploading and viewing documents
• Adding time on your tasks

Android Mobile Update

A number of modifications have been ported to the Android application and is available via the Google Play store

• For version 4.1+ of Android, you can now attach one or multiple documents from device from the photo gallery, Google Docs (Box, Drop Box etc depending on local installation) and also ability take add picture from the device’s camera

• Adding documents can be done during the creation of a task
• Documents can now be downloaded and viewed quickly
• Recent documents now listed at the top (conforms with web app)
• Scrolling is faster (and more fluid)

Again, feel free to try out the Android version by downloading it from the […]

Already 2016! AceProject is soon to celebrate it’s 15th Anniversary providing it’s quality web-based application to companies worldwide. It is hard to believe that it has been that long, along with some original clients! Thank you for the continual support. This latest release corrects a few issues, of note, some bug fixes and enhancements for iOS9.x for the iPhone mobile users. Take a look below.

iOS9.x Mobile Update

A number of modifications have been ported to the iOS application and is available via the iTunes App store

• Attach one or multiple documents from device from the photo gallery, Google Docs (Box, Drop Box etc depending on local installation) and also ability take add picture from the camera

• Adding documents can be done during the creation of a task
• Scrolling is faster (more fluid)
• Drop-down to change items is updated to iOS 9.x look and feel
• Documents can now be downloaded and viewed quickly
• Recent documents now listed at the top (conforms with […]
  

A number of enhancements have been added to this most recent update to AceProject. Our efforts continue to provide a more uniform experience throughout the application as well as increase the productivity.

Open Task in New Browser Window

Using Ctrl + click on any Task Summary will open a new browser tab and open the task on the Edit page. The advantage of course is that you can open multiple tabs to easily access frequently visited tasks. This also works directly from an email notification. Tab names have been modified to reflect the task # and name.

A visual indicator has been added that can also simply be clicked to have the same action when a task is open in the Edit Task page.

Sorting/Ordering on Assigned Users

The Assigned and Reviewers fields in a task list are now able to be ordered. Click on the column header to apply ascending and descending order. Alternatively you can now add this ordering in the […]