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Getting Started
Frequently Asked Questions
Video Tutorials
Getting Started
Welcome new Farmers!
Welcome to farmerswife!
Quick overview of farmerswife
Copy Settings From Another User
Shortcuts, hotkeys and hotkey editor
Open 2nd Session
Installation
Download and install farmerswife!
System Requirements
Client Installation for Mac
Client Installation on Windows
Configure your Server-Client Connection
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Get your database ready!
What is an Object?
Object Types
Manage Objects in the Object Manager
Object Manager Menu Extra Options
How to add and modify Objects
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Video Tutorials
Introduction
A walkthrough farmerswife (webinar)
Advanced User Tutorial Introduction
First Time Login
Overview of the farmerswife Desktop Client interface
Hourline Overview
Hourline Calendar
Organise Hourline
Hourline Overview
Hourline Display List
Hourline Bookings
One Day Booking
Two Day Booking
Modify Booking
Projects and Rates
Create a New Project | How to create a project with the toolbox | How to connect the project to a client (V)
Add Services to Projects
A webinar about Financial Reporting
Budgeting Webinar recording
Invoicing
Creating an Invoice (Tutorial)
Create Prepayment Invoice (Tutorial)
Create Part Invoice (Tutorial)
Using the Invoice Manager (Tutorial)
Time Report (Tutorial)
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Scheduling
Types of Bookings
Project Bookings
Repeat Booking vs Multi-day Booking
Option Bookings
Personnel Bookings
Maintenance Booking
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Booking Configurations
Customise Booking Status
Configure Tasks and Requests
Colour coding in the Hourline and Long Form
Adding Pre-Defined Services to Bookings and enabling ad-hoc Extras
How to add Booking Breaks?
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Booking Operations
Creating a Booking
Moving a Booking
Trim or copy a Booking
Adding / Replacing / Removing Objects and Deleting Bookings
Switch rooms for some days on multi-day Bookings
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Hourline
Hourline
Hourline Views. How to create, save and share them
Using a Display List from another User
How to Add or Remove a Public Holiday
Day Notes and Day Notes Import
Long Form
The Long Form - Introduction
View - Port / Select Time Frame
Time Range
Booking in the Long Form
Projects Tree
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Time Reporting
Time Reporting and Ad-Hoc Time Reporting
Copying timereported Objects over to another Booking
Configuring a default note on Extras that can be edited via the Timereport
Time Reporting different Activities
Time Reporting in the Web Client
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Object Tracking (EMT)
1. What is Equipment Management Tracking?
1. 1. EMT pre-requisites and configuration
1.1.1. Web User Permission Limited Mode using EMT
1.1.2. Toolbox - Dispatch Module Settings - EMT
1. 2. Adding Equipment to the Object Manager
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Notifications
Introduction to Emails and iOS Notifications
Daily Email Sendout
Schedule Changes Email Sendout
Email Booking Report
Global Notification Emails
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Tips & Tricks
Do you wonder what a Group object can be used for?
Open User Profile by double click
Multi-select bookings in the Project Tree
Re-schedule bookings
Remove all Events on selected days
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Project Management & Cost Tracking
Projects
Advanced Project Search (Projects tab)
Creating a new Project
Projects | Structure, Details & Project Window
Project Containers
Filter String & Filter Dates to filter Bookings in the Project window
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Budgeting
Getting Started with Budgeting
Budget Settings
Budget Permissions
Creating a Budget Account Structure
Configure "Default Objects" for each Budget Account
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Virtual Bookings
Virtual Bookings
Quoting with Virtual Bookings and Cost Comparison Report
Adding Notes to Quotes using Virtual Bookings
Saved Quotes
Budgeting Module vs. Virtual Bookings
Rates
Rate Cards
Price Agreements
Project Discount Types
Cash Discounts on Projects
Project Rate Permissions
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Supplier Costs
Adding and Tracking Supplier Costs Introduction
Creating a Purchase Order
Linking a Purchase Order Line
Creating an Incoming Invoice
Creating Multiple Incoming Invoices
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Invoicing
What is the Invoicing Module?
What gets invoiced?
What is the Invoice Creator?
Invoice Editor
What is the Invoice Manager?
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Archiving
Archiving in farmerswife - quick steps to optimise your DB!
Closing a Project before Archiving
Archiving and Restoring Tasks
Archived Bookings in Hourline
Divisions
What is Divisions Module?
Divisions Setup
Divisions for Invoicing
Deleting a Division or setting inactive
Remove divisions from license
Reporting
Print Designer
Reports Print Designer
Print Designer Templates
Print Designer Interface
Print Designer Preview Area
Print Designer Elements
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Booking Reports
Booking Report
Booking Report by Date
Batch Print Bookings
Project Reports
Project Reports
Financial Reports
Financial Reports - Introduction
1. Basic Configuration
2. Configuring Access and collecting the input for the report
3. The Financial Report Window Interface
4. Print Designer
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Invoice Reports
Invoice Reports and Invoice Summary
Automatically print and email PDF Invoice Attachment
Schedule and Summary Reports
Contact Summary Report
Inventory List Report
Project and Booking Summaries, Media and Work Order Reports
Job Sheet Report
Day Plan Report
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User Reports
User Report
Object Reports
Object Report
Day History Log Report
Print multiple bookings within a day for an object
Object Report - show Booking Hours as 1.5 hours instead of 01:30
Saved Object Reports
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HTML Reports
HTML Reports and HTML Templates
HTML Direct Print from Booking
Shared Reports and Exports
Web Shared Day Plan Report
Export and Open As Spreadsheet
Exporting Project Data
Dayplan Hourline View XML Export
CSV Export column order
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Staff (User), Freelancer (Resource) & Client Management
Licensing, Users and Permissions
Users windows
Advanced Users - edit and save permission profiles
Web Profile Manager
Resources & Clients Web Access
License Counts - Find out how many users of each type your license has
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Personnel Management
Personnel Bookings: Hourline and Long Form
Long Form: Personnel Tree
Customise Personnel Event Types
Rename Personnel Event Types
Hide Personnel Event Types in the pop-up menu
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Contacts
Contact Types
Client Details
Resource Contact Details
Activity Window
Changing Company Name and moving Contacts
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Labour Rules for Advanced Personnel Management
About Advanced Personnel Management
Labour Rules Terminology & PM Types
Personnel Management Display Setup
Defining Labour Rules | Rule Manager
A (Labour) Rule – Page 1 / I
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Requests
Using Requests
How to make a request
Accept a Request and Book to Personnel
How to Accept a Request and Book to a Project
Accept and Book multiple Requests to Project
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Web Client, Web Cal & iOS app
iOS app, Mobile Web and Web Client
farmerswife for iOS
Web Client User Guide
Mobile Web Client Intro
Project bookings visibility for web users
Booking Colour Options for Web Client, iOS & Mobile Web
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Web Cal
WebCal
WebCal for Clients
Microsoft Exchange Integration
What is Google Invite integration?
How to setup and configure Google Invites
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Media Management
Media Library
Media Library
Media Library Setup
Media Library Configuration
Media Library Import
Media Library Barcode Setup
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Media Orders
What is the Media Order module?
Media Order Setup
How to create a New Media Order?
Pre-define Names for Media Order Jobs
Adding Entries To Media Orders
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General Configurations
Toolbox
Toolbox Introduction
Toolbox To-Do's
Toolbox Contacts
Toolbox Projects
Toolbox Object Classes
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Custom Fields
What are Custom Fields?
How to create a new Custom Field?
Custom Field Permissions and Confidential Fields
Types of Custom Fields
Custom Field Widget: Table
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Users Setup
How to set up Users on the Server
Object Setup
Icon library
Adding Custom Icons for Self-hosted Servers
How to setup and use Booking Object Custom Fields
Server Setup: Objects tab & setup
Use Groups to load a bunch of people into a Hourline, Object or Personnel Tree
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Booking Setup
Bookings Settings (Server Application Setup)
Timereport & Task Settings (Server Application Setup)
Projects Setup
General Project Settings
Project Views and Filters
Project folder format
Project Numbers
Web Visibility - define what Project Bookings are visible for Web Users
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Contacts Setup
How to import contacts from CSV file?
Additional Contact settings
Financial Setup
General financial settings
Invoice related settings
Budget settings
Financial report settings
Purchase Order and Incoming Invoice settings
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Cirkus Integration
Using Cirkus with farmerswife
farmerswife - Cirkus Integration
IT Admin Configurations
General Server Settings
Server Log window
Introduction to Server Setup and configuration
How to setup basic company and generic settings?
Outgoing Mail Configuration / Email Configuration / Email Setup / Allow Mail
Installing Ghostscript PDF printer
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Security & Permissions
Handling a large amount of users
Hashed & Salted
Setting up Password Policies
License Expiry Email Notification
farmerswife cloud security
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3rd Party Integrations
Integration to 3rd Party Software
Configuring Google Invites Connector to Use Your Own Domain
The farmerswife Server's REST API - for your own 3rd party integrations
MySQL optional data interface settings
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) Connector v1 & v2 - short version
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Upgrading the Server and Clients
Upgrade Instructions 7.1 SP2
Upgrade Instructions 7.1 SP1
Upgrade Instructions 7.1
Upgrade Instructions 7.0 SP4
Upgrade Instructions 7.0 SP3
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Frequently Asked Questions
General
What is farmerswife?
What programming language and database format are you using?
Is there an Android app for farmerswife?
Can you integrate to Active Directory?
Sometimes my Project list or Contacts looks empty, why is that?
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Database, Server Setup and System Info
I need to set up a new room. Can I do that on my own?
Where do I find the 'system' folder on Windows Vista, ... ?
Can a Farmers WIFE Server run with two Networkcards?
How do I find out the IP address of my PC/Mac?
Can I migrate the database from one server machine to another?
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Invoicing and Purchase Orders
How do I permanently change the VAT?
How to cancel or credit or create a negative incoming invoice?
How to change the fiscal year?
How can I reset my invoice numbers /renumber my invoices on new year start?
How can I set a different Default Invoice Template in the Invoice Creator?
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Licensing and Users
How to change the Name/Nick Name of a User
Can I change a Resource into a Web User? Or can I move a User from one Type to another? Can I change Object from Resource to Staff?
How much is farmers wife to purchase?
How can I buy farmers wife licence?
I forgot my password. How can I reset it?
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Scheduling and Object Tracking
Bookings seem to have disappeared in the Hourline but I can see them in the Project, why?
How do I do bookings on a weekend?
Why can't I see the time report (timereport) clocks on my bookings in the hourline?
Can I track time sheets?
Reports and Print Designer
Will I be able to print my reports?
How can I see the cost of a project for only time reported/past events?
How can I get a list with all my Clients email addresses?
v6.5 Print Designer - "Page Break" re-write related changes
Errors and Troubleshooting
Cannot login to the web client after upgrade
One of my users cannot log in, what can I do?
Support is requesting that I send my database. How do I get it to them?
I deleted a User or Project and want to roll back to a backup from before I did that. How can I do it?
I can't log in and am getting the error message 'Connection To Server Timed Out?
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What's New
What's New in 7.1
7.1 SP2 Release Notes
7.1 SP1 Release Notes
7.1 Release Notes
What's New in 7.1
What's New in 7.0
7.0 SP4 Release Notes
7.0 SP2 Release Notes
7.0 SP1 Release Notes
7.0 Release Notes
Dark Mode for 7.0
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What's New in 6.8
Release Notes 6.8 SP2
What's New in 6.8 SP1
What's New in 6.8
6.8 Release Notes
What's New in 6.7
What's new in 6.7 SP1
What's New in 6.7
Calculate a total value (SUM) of the Input of a number value
Create a Class Availability Report / Consumption Report
Add a Position Counter to a Quote
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What's New in 6.6
What's New in 6.6 SP2
What's New in 6.6 SP1
What's New in 6.6
Monthly Forecast Report
Some known issues in version 6.6
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What's New in 6.5
What's new in 6.5
Performance Improvements in 6.5
New features in Budgeting 6.5
Attach Actuals to Active Budget on Booking Creation
Equipment Tracking - the hottest new additions
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What's New in 6.4
What's New in 6.4 SP2
What's New in 6.4 SP1
What's New in 6.4
List Price Rate and Sell Rate in Financial Reports
Freelancer Invoice payment tracking workflow at Booking level
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What's New in 6.3
Release Notes 6.3 SP1
What's New 6.3
Financial reporting in farmerswife has never been easier
Have more fun to work with multi-day Bookings
Alarms on Custom Fields
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What's New in 6.2
What's New 6.2
What's New in 6.1
What's New 6.1
What's New in 6.0 and older
What's New 6.0
What's New 5.2
What's New 5.1
What's New 5.0
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