A couple of customers have expressed interest in adding a lookup window to their bootstrap calendar. Imagine a scenario where you have a hotline ticketing system. A user adds a record to the calendar and enters their notes. They also need to utilize a Lookup window to return several pieces of data at once (think … Continue reading Adding Lookup Windows to Bootstrap Calendars
Restoring Application Specifications in m-Power
This post assumes you are running an m-Power version of October 2020 or later, as shown here. As developers create applications in m-Power, metadata (data about their applications) are stored in an embedded Derby database that is installed on the m-Power server. In the past when developers have wanted to restore the application specifications of … Continue reading Restoring Application Specifications in m-Power
Workflow Statuses – Configuring page refresh with status changes
The Workflow Statuses functionality as outlined here allows end-users to easily progress a defined status field from the click of a button in read-only applications like a Multiple Row retrieval. However users of the status buttons or pulldown menu options may have noticed that changing the underlying status does not refresh the entire dataset displayed … Continue reading Workflow Statuses – Configuring page refresh with status changes
Period Analysis — Prior Year Adjusted
The Period Analysis feature within m-Power reports provides an excellent way to compare data from different time frames. Such as, how many widgets did we sell today compared to the same day last year? For most customers, date based logic is a perfect need, and thus is the default for the feature. For instance, if … Continue reading Period Analysis — Prior Year Adjusted
Creating a sticky header in Bootstrap Applications
Note: As of the April 2021 update, this improved CSS implementation for sticky headers is now built into *all table-based Bootstrap templates by using the ‘Lock Table Header on Screen’ app property in ‘Edit Properties’. Any new applications will have this property readily available; No further action is required. Existing applications will need their Edit … Continue reading Creating a sticky header in Bootstrap Applications