Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Exploring New Grid Filters in v6.3

June 4, 2012

This is part 2 of a three-part article discussing the new grids in v6.3. To see Part 1 of this article, click here. There were filters on some grids in previous versions of VTA Backoffice, but version 6.3 takes grid filtering…

New Grids in v6.3

May 30, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General

This is part 1 of a three part article on the new grids in v6.3. In VTA Backoffice version 6.3, we have re-engineered the main data grids in the system. This was primarily done to improve performance. However, in addition…

Find Instructor Report in v6.3

May 25, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Data Cleanup, Reports

In version 6.3, we’ve added a new Find Instructor report that lists the courses for which the selected person is assigned as an instructor in VTA Administrator. This report allows the selection of the person to include in the report…

Vendor and External Instructor changes in v6.3

May 24, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Data Cleanup, How To

Understanding Vendors, External Instructors and Course Instructors All external instructors are associated to a vendor in VTA. Once an external instructor has been added to a vendor, that external instructor can be added to any number of courses as an…

“New” button added to Enroll Group, Assign Group & Register Group in v6.3

May 24, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General

“New” Button When adding a single student to a roster, a team or as a participant in a program, the “New” button allows you to add the student and leaves the add form open, so you can immediately add the…

Warn user of associated requirements during course inactivation in v6.3

May 23, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, Data Cleanup, How To

As general rule, an inactive course should not be assigned as a training requirement. To help prevent this from happening in your system, we have added a check that will warn the user if the course is assigned as a…

Show In Learner added to Training Areas & Subjects in v6.3

May 23, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, How To

Show in Learner flag now available in Training Areas and Subjects In previous versions, you could prevent a particular course from showing up in the course search or from the schedule, by simply unchecking the Show In Learner option on…

Find Supervisor Assignment Report in v6.3

May 2, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Administrator, How To, Reports

Have you ever needed to identify all the employee groups to which a particular person is assigned as a supervisor? Prior to version 6.3, that wasn’t such an easy task. However, with the new Find Supervisor Assignment report, it is…

Course Instructor Report in v6.3

April 30, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

Data Cleanup, Reports

Until version 6.3, the only way to identify the instructors associated with a specific course was to access the Instructor tab of the course record itself. Now in version 6.3 on the Course Reports menu, the new Course Instructor Report…

Employee Inactivation Date in v6.3

April 17, 2012

Duncan Welder IV

General

Have you ever needed to know when an employee became inactive? We’ve added a new field to the employee record that will allow you track the employee’s inactivation date. This is an optional field. If you don’t want to use…

Posts by Duncan Welder IV

Exploring New Grid Filters in v6.3

New Grids in v6.3

Find Instructor Report in v6.3

Vendor and External Instructor changes in v6.3

“New” button added to Enroll Group, Assign Group & Register Group in v6.3

Warn user of associated requirements during course inactivation in v6.3

Show In Learner added to Training Areas & Subjects in v6.3

Find Supervisor Assignment Report in v6.3

Course Instructor Report in v6.3

Employee Inactivation Date in v6.3

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