Bikur Cholim בקור חולים

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Ask FileMaker - Part XIV

Date:  11/11/2009
RFC #  242
There is no Discount feature in the Order Form - why?
Date:  11/11/2009
RFC #  243
We need a Filed for Areas, this will help us categorise engineers and it will also help us with Marketing
Date:  11/11/2009
RFC #  244
The Bill To Copy Function doesn't work properly: It copied ID : 25407 instead of ID: 25406 in Order ID. 23256
Date:  12/11/2009
RFC #  245
The Tab Order in the Job to Engineer Tab in the Products Ordered Layout needs changing
Date:  12/11/2009
RFC #  246
The Address Type Drop Down Menu shouldn't open in the main Layout, only in the Editing Window
Date:  12/11/2009
RFC #  247
In the Quote for Job Layout, can you make a selection: "Passed ON", meaning that we gave the entire job to the engineer and we will charge a commission to him?
Date:  12/11/2009
RFC #  248
In the Quote for Job Layout, where do I put the name of the engineer that we requested a Quote from?
Date:  13/11/2009
RFC #  249
We need to log hours for workers, how much they earned and how much we owe them
Date:  15/11/2009
RFC #  250
When closing an unfinished Order, a warning comes up: You havent's enetered (notice the spelling mistake) a Customer for this job, press OK etc. The moment I press OK, it should page back to the page where I can enter the customer.
Date:  16/11/2009
RFC #  251
The Preferred Payment Method should also include: Deduct from Commission and Mixed (Cash & Cheques)
Date:  17/11/2009
RFC #  254

When entering a quote, the Job should also be tagged automtically

Ask FileMaker - Part XIII

Date:  03/11/2009
RFC #  228
Create Templates to create standard letters (Example: MPAN_Authority, CORGI Reminder etc.)
Date:  03/11/2009
RFC #  229
Can we have the Address Records expand Abbreviations like : Rd = Road, Ave = Avenue, St = Street etc.?
Date:  03/11/2009
RFC #  230
For every Job there should be a Tab for Stakeholders / third party - for those contacts that are not related to the Tenant, Property, Landlord or Engineer - only to the Job in itself (Example: Local Authority Enforcement Agency who chase the Landlord as they need to install a new boiler, Plumbin Merchant To Advise on which Boiler to buy, Neighbour to facilitate access etc.)
Date:  09/11/2009
RFC #  232
The Entries in the Quote Layout should be incorporated into the Job Diary. This means that the Fields representing Dates, Times, Notes etc. should really be the same Fields from the Job Diary, only that they are displayed inside the Quote Portal.
Date:  09/11/2009
RFC #  233
There should be Up / Down Buttons in the Company / Staff Tab, so that I can associate who is the Main COntact - if there are two companies associated with one peron (Example: David Hager)
Date:  09/11/2009
RFC #  234
The "Copy for Engineer" Button doesn't work
Date:  10/11/2009
RFC #  235
Please place a "Go To Last Record" Button on every Layout
Date:  10/11/2009
RFC #  236
Can you allocate the Ctrl+N Key Combination to open up the New Contact Window in the Contacts Layout? (I tried filemaker ctrl change "key combination" -mac -passwords -browser -ibm in Google, nothing on the first page)
Date:  10/11/2009
RFC #  237
Tip to display the symbols: Try the Font "Lucida Grande "
Date:  10/11/2009
RFC #  238
Eventually we should be able to see a diary of every engineer: what he is doing, where and what slots are free etc.
Date:  10/11/2009
RFC #  239
Please sort out the Search without Spaces in Telephone Numbers, for data entered with a Paste Command
Date:  11/11/2009
RFC #  240
There should be a Copy Engineer Details in the Products Ordered Page in the Edit Order (and New Order) Window, like Copy Job Address and Copy Landlord
Date:  11/11/2009
RFC #  241

The Date Field in the Jobs DIary is too narrow, Wed & Mon don't show the dates