ACCEDE Updates

ACCEDE Enhancement Update – Control Centre 4.0.12s includes a new feature to choose image size in notification reports

One of our favourite clients recently contacted Wicketworks with an ACCEDE enhancement request to be able to choose image size displayed in notification reports. We thought this was a great idea and would benefit other ACCEDE users.

Scheduled Tasks are the mechanism by which ACCEDE sends automated emails to selected parties. For example, you may have set up a Scheduled Task to run at 7 pm each night advising subcontractors of newly created defect/snag items. Some of these notification reports contain thumbnail images.

Now, when setting up the scheduled task, you have control over the size of these images. Use the Image Size drop down to choose between small, medium and large images…

 

To give you an idea of the images sizes, here is a notification report with small images…

 

And here is the same report with large images…

Please contact us for more information about the ACCEDE construction defects management system or with any suggestions for further system enhancements.

 

ACCEDE Enhancement Update – Control Centre 4.0.12s includes a new feature to view user access details.

One of our users recently contacted Wicketworks with an ACCEDE enhancement request to be able to monitor when her project’s users were logging on to the Control Centre. We thought being able to view user access details was a great idea and would benefit other ACCEDE users. Whenever an ACCEDE user log on to the Control Centre, a log is kept detailing user ID, log in time, log out time, etc.  The data in this log is now available to project administrators for review. To access the log, click Admin, then User Access Log… 

 

The log shows access detail like this…

Click the Refresh button to update the list. Also, if you are interested in a particular user’s history, enter his user ID in the User Name text box. Remember, you can always see who is currently logged on to the current project via Admin/Current Project Users…

Please contact us for more information about the ACCEDE construction defects management system or with any suggestions for further system enhancements.

 

ACCEDE Enhancement Update – Control Centre version 4.0.12r incorporates a new feature to customise email subject and body in automated communications

Scheduled Tasks are the mechanism by which ACCEDE sends automated emails to selected parties. For example, you may have set up a Scheduled Task to run at 7 pm each night advising subcontractors of newly created defect/snag items.

You now have the ability to specify email subject and body on each individual scheduled task.

In the example above, you could specify a subject of…

Defect Notification from BPC, Northbank Development

…and perhaps an email body like…

This is a notice given under clause x.x of the Contract notifying you of the defects which are attached to this email (Defects).

Pursuant to clause x.x of the Contract, you are instructed to commence works to rectify the Defects and complete by close of business three business days from the date of this notification.

Should you fail to rectify the Defects within the specified time frame,  BPC reserves its rights under clause x.x of the Contract to engage a third-party to rectify the Defects, the costs of which will be back charged to you or deducted from security or retention money held by BPC

Open the Admin/Scheduled Task screen, and note these two new fields…

Email Subject has a limit of 254 characters, however Email Body is unlimited in length.

Note that when the email is sent, the subject you have defined on this screen will be suffixed with the subcontractor’s name. This is to make it easier to identify emails in your email log.  Like this…

The existing email subject/body defined on the Project screen will serve as a default when sending ad hoc reports from the report manager.

We suggest you make it something generic like this…

Please contact us for more information about the ACCEDE construction defects management system or with any suggestions for further system enhancements.

 

ACCEDE Enhancement Update – defect item attributes and data dump now available in ACCEDE Control Centre v4.0.12a.

New features in this update…

1.  New punch list/snag list item attributes

Two new defect item attributes have been added to the punch list/snag list item: Drawing Ref and Percent Complete.

Drawing Ref is a free-format 20-character field where you can record details of the drawing/revision related to this punchlist item

Percent Complete may be used to record the status of an item that is not yet closed, but has progressed. For ease of data entry, you may choose a value from the drop-down list, or enter a specific value.

They appear in the Control Centre screen here…

Both new fields also appear on the ACCEDE Agent punchlist/snaglist screen.

Percent Complete is able to be updated from the Close Out screen in ACCEDE Agent. You may either choose a percentage from the list, or enter your own value using the keyboard …

Both new fields may be included in you report layouts as defined in Reports/Punchlist or Reports/Snaglist Layouts…
 
 

2.  Request Data Download

A new option has been added to the Admin menu – Request Download…

This feature may be used to request an XLS dump of your punch list/snag list and checklist data. Also available are your image and attachment files. This function may be used to serve as ad-hoc data backup, or for archival purposes at end of project. Due to the potential large size of data transfers involved, it is not intended for this feature to be used on a regular basis.

Click the relevant button to request the required data to be prepared for download. Note that, depending on the volume of your data, this process may take several minutes.

When the data is ready to be downloaded, click the link shown on the screen to commence the usual download procedure in your browser…

Once prepared, your files will be available for download for the next one hour.

Please contact us for more information about the ACCEDE construction defects management system or with any suggestions for further system enhancements.

 

ACCEDE Enhancement Update to Scheduled Tasks and more – WicketWorks is pleased to announce the release of ACCEDE Control Centre v4.0.11.

New features in this update…

1.  More Scheduled Task Options

Six new scheduled tasks types are available …

These tasks will allow you to email complete lists of All, Open or Closed items to nominated recipients on a regular basis.   Note you have the option to either include images or not.  Be aware that, if you have a large number of items, this task could result in huge reports being generated on a regular basis.

2.  Email Verification

Email addresses on scheduled task set up are now verified…

 

3.  Scheduled Tasks CC Email

Scheduled task emails are now CCed to the “Copy all outgoing email” address specified on project set up…

 

4.  Reports – Email to Individual

When selecting report output of Email – Individual to Responsible, you now have an option to CC email to nominated recipients…

 

5. Import Punch list/Snag list Items

An issue has been identified and rectified where the number of columns in the import file was less than that expected.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact support with any questions.