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We have some new features deployed that should make using the Rapid Scheduler even better!

Preview Rapid Scheduling Assignments

With Rapid Scheduling, you can now preview the assignments it plans to make for a specific date range. This is helpful if you want to see what the Rapid Scheduler will do, before it does it.

Our suggestion to get the most out of the feature is to use the following strategy:

1. Make sure Rapid Scheduling is deactivated (it won’t schedule nightly, giving you time to work everything out with confidence)
2. Add your team members to the appropriate scheduling groups (weekly, 1st week, 2nd week, etc)
3. Click the ‘Preview Schedule’ button to view what the Rapid Scheduler will schedule over the next month, 2 months, etc.
4. Make any changes as desired and view the preview schedule screen again to view the new results
5. Activate Rapid Scheduling when everything looks right for the needs of your team

Manually Control Rapid Scheduling Assignments

In addition to being able to preview Rapid Scheduling, you can request that the Rapid Scheduler create assignment requests and notify assignees immediately. This can be done whether the scheduler is activated or deactivated. Using it while the Rapid Scheduler is deactivated allows you to benefit from the mass assignments it will perform, while making the assignments when you want instead of on a nightly basis for the upcoming month.

Finally, you can use this manual control to schedule for multiple months in the future, a highly sought-after feature. One of our customers likes to schedule 3 months in advance, then provide a printed report for posting on a bulletin board or fridge.

Tabular Assignment Report

Want a better way to create printable reports for your team? You got it!

The screenshot above demonstrates using the Firefox print-preview feature (File->Print Preview from the Firefox menu) to set the scaling percentage to make it fit on 1 page in landscape mode prior to printing it out for you and your team.

Enjoy the new features and thanks for all of the questions, feedback, and ideas you have been providing!

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Church Director has been taken offline tonight to repair our database. We should have the system back up soon. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

UPDATE: The system is now restored. We used the latest database backup possible, but a few hours of data may have been lost. We apologize for any problems while we work out the final wrinkles in this beta release.

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