izaakbeer.nlQ: Hey!
I'm digging this product, so thanks for bringing it.
I have a few questions, I didn't really have time right now to read through all Q's, so I apologize if some have been asked already.
1. I noticed in your knowledge base you talk about "forms". These are essential to me, but I really can NOT find it.. (I opened a trial account). Could you explain to me where I can find forms? And what kind of forms I can create.
2. Do forms allow for file uploads?
3. Is there an integration with Google Calendar. One way is fine as long as its FROM your system TO my personal agenda. I'm often on the move, using personal agenda, and would be nice to be able to see deadlines.
4. Is there a way to add excel sheets, or sheets similar to excel, anywhere, and edit them from WITHIN your tool? This is truly critical for me right now. I do SO much with excel, and especially keyword research for example. I really want to switch away from excel sheets and make me able to connect it to specific tasks. What can I expect with this regard? Also, many of my clients use excel too.
5. I saw some review mentioning you *removed* custom fields? Why? It doesn't really make sense to me to remove them if they were there? These would come in handy..
6. How about task automation? For example, in my current tool I have the following automation set up:
* Client is assigned a task
* Client marks task as "completed"
* Task gets moved to a column called "Ready"
* Task gets marked as "uncompleted"
* Client is unassigned from task
* I am assigned to the task
Is this possible?
Thank you for taking the time to reply and bringing this great looking product here!
Miriam_ActiveCollab
May 14, 2024A: Hi đ Iâll answer your questions in the order youâve sent them to us:
1. and 2. Unfortunately, we donât have a forms feature; this was something that was available in our legacy v4 version, but we donât have such a feature in v7. I'll forward your suggestion up the ranks đ
3. Yes, you can export the ActiveCollab Calendar to Google Calendar, OS X Calendar, Outlook, or any application that supports iCalendar feeds. Just note that youâll see the calendar, and it will update automatically, but youâll still only be able to Add or Edit events from ActiveCollab.
Here's more on this feature: https://activecollab.com/help/books/activity/activecollab-calendar
4. We donât have this type of feature, but Iâll be sure to forward this one as well! Thank you!
5. Yes, you are correct. ActiveCollab used to have custom fields, and they were upgraded to labels đ·, as means to add additional information to the tasks. Tasks can have any number of labels, they are colored and our customers use labels for all sorts of things. Even with that, we received requests to bring back the dedicated custom fields feature, and itâs under consideration. No solid plans to share just yet.
6. Currently, task automation is not possible on ActiveCollab. Iâll forward this one as well.
Thanks for taking the time to write to us đ
Thank you for the thorough reply. Sadly a lot of "no's" right now.
If you don't mind, I am also wondering the following:
1. How big is the development team of ActiveCollab? Is the team working full time?
2. Is there a longer-term roadmap? The current roadmap on your website doesn't specify that much sadly.
3. What is the pace of development? I have been scrolling through your "all releases" information, and more often then not it skips aprox. 3 months before a new feature is added or update is made. Is this just because the timeline is a summary? Or is this a good representation of the actual development pace (1 update every 2.5 months)?
btw. I made a trial account and I am loving the UI/UX, so you can tell your design and development team to keep up the good work! :)
Thank you!
Hi izaakbeerđ
First, thanks for the compliment for the UI/UXđ I'll let our devs know. It will brighten their day for sureâïž
As for the questions, we don't mind at all đ
1. Our team is currently at 30+ peopleđ« and we are expandingđȘ
2. At the moment this is our only roadmap https://activecollab.com/roadmap
Its both short term and long term as some items on it will get implemented quickerâĄïž while others will take time so that we can refine and make them as best as possibleđ
3. We have implemented the Scrum methodologyđ§âđ« which gives us control over how priorities are set in future and development resources deployedđ. We collect feature requests from our clientsđand based on which ones get the most votes on, they get prioritised. Results are expected on the quarterly basis. đ
Thanks for taking the time to write all of these great questions đ