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  • agileBase June updates

    Welcome to June’s update of recent improvements in the agileBase platform. Below are a couple of features released this week, but firstly a massive thanks to customers who’ve taken part in workshops recently to help steer the direction of the administrative and app building features of agileBase. A lot came out of those which we’re…

  • Launching audITapp

    Today we’re proud to announce the launch of a new application built on the agileBase platform.  A collaboration between Techni-K and agileChilli, here is audITapp: www.myauditapp.co.uk Techni-K are ‘the food industry’s most trusted provider of technical expertise’. That expertise, along with the powerful software features built into the agileBase platform, has led the development of…

  • Change and large systems

    Generally, as systems get larger, it is more work to make large changes to them. Building apps with an agile platform such as agileBase is very quick. However over the years, as new members of staff join, they may find it hard to work out how the system has been put together, which parts see…

  • Major database performance improvements for agileBase

    I always enjoy the chance to do some performance optimisation work on agileBase – especially when you figure out how to improve the performance and responsiveness of the system in a way that customers will definitely notice. Now is a good time for us to be looking at this. Over the past year, more customers…

  • Retiring SMS-based two factor authentication

    Keeping customers’ data secure has always been a primary concern here at agileBase. Following best practices such as automatically checking passwords against known leaks and enabling two factor authentication is a big part of that. Since secure app-based two-factor authentication was released on the agileBase platform in 2018 we’ve been heavily promoting its use and…

  • User interface makeover

    From Monday, when you log in to the system, you may notice some changes in the user interface. It’s had a bit of a makeover to make it easier to use, more modern and make navigating  around much quicker. Here’s a quick rundown of the main updates, with a couple of annotated screenshots. Here’s a…

  • Charting and reporting improvements

    Continuing on full steam ahead with agileBase platform development, we have another couple of features to announce this month, to make the system more useful when generating and distributing reports. Weekly charting Firstly, when creating a chart, you have the facility to total (or perform other maths such as averaging) data by year, quarter, month…

  • Merging duplicate records in a CRM system

    In the latter part of 2020 we published a post explaining one way of finding duplicate company names (or any duplicate information) in your database. Once they’re found, of course, the next step is likely to de-duplicate the information, combining the data from two records, leaving only one. Doing this manually can be a time…

  • agileBase release – user experience improvements

    Today there’s one major change to make you aware of and in total 68 issues and ideas have been acted on since the last release. We’ll just pick out the highlights here. Tab lists This affects tabs which have multiple rows under them (e.g. in an organisation record, the ‘contacts’ tab may have many contacts).…

  • An agileBase example: de-duplicating company records

    This week we have been asked by a customer to do a bit of work that’s interesting enough to write a blog post about – always nice! Preventing or removing duplicates is a common requirement in CRM systems and other database apps. With a multi-user system, it’s not uncommon for two different people to try…