Connections Online September 2011 Newsletter

This 30-minute training webinar highlights advanced functionality of Connections Online 4.0 and Q&A.
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Connections Online 4.0 Application Training Webinar
Tuesday, September 20^th at 1:30 ET or
Wednesday, October 19^th at 1:30 ET

This 60-minute training webinar dives deeper into an overall “how to use” Connections Online 4.0.
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Past Educational Webinar Recordings  For a listing of our past Educational Webinars, use this link: http://www.connectionsonline.net/news/events.aspx   

Training Library
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Informational Webinar

If you know someone outside of your company who may be interested in learning more about Connections Online, we have an informational webinar scheduled on Thursday, September 22^nd at 1:30 ET – Please pass this link on to them to register:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/267771530

or to register for our October 20^th webinar at 1:30 ET – Please pass this link on:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/472612098

Connections Online Migration

If you have not already done so, and are ready to migrate to 4.0, please contact Karla Norwoodat 800.395.1410. 

COL  IQ – Metric Roll-Ups, Metric Linking, MS Project Connector and Outlook Connector

Metric Roll-Ups and Metric Linking, as well as MS Project Connector, are available. 

We also have a Basic Role Template ready for beta testing.  This allows you to create multiple Basic Roles without having to retype them i.e. Tellers, MSRs, etc.  Coming soon will be a Business Case template as well as a project template.

If you have not already subscribed to COL IQ, please contact Karla Norwood at 800-395-1410 or karla.norwood@connectionsonline.net  

4.0 Tips of the Month

Please Note:  Related Links on Local Servers
If your related links that are connected to your local network suddenly stop working, this could be due to updates to Windows or to Internet Explorer. All web browsers are removing or already have removed the ability to open local or network-shared files by using a web link. Internet Explorer is one of the last browsers to have supported that feature for backwards compatibility, but it will eventually drop support for links to local files altogether. So, even if you can find a way to open local files through IE by turning off some security setting now, this really should be seen as a wake-up call to move those files to a more web-friendly location.

The web-friendly options for file storage include: a local web server (possibly using SharePoint or another file management system), a local server running a shared Web Folder, or a hosted file storage solution like Dropbox, box.net, Amazon S3, Google Docs, etc. Many of the online file storage companies are former SAS70 and now SSAE 16 compliant systems and use the latest AES encryption, so they are in most cases just as secure as local file storage.

Our experience with IT departments trying to set up local web-friendly file storage has led us to highly recommend the online storage options. It *is* possible to use any of those online options with Connections Online today, but we have plans to simplify the integration in the future.

While we do not recommend local files any longer, you can still use Internet Explorer to use local file links, but you will have to lower the security settings to do so:

1. In Internet Options, open the Security tab
2. Select the Trusted Sites zone
3. Press the Sites button to open the list of trusted sites
4. If https://my.connectionsonline.net is not listed, add it here
5. Close the site list and return to the Security tab in Internet Options
6. Set the security level to Low
7. The checkbox for Enable Protected Mode should not be checked

Once this is set, Internet Explorer should open local files, at least for now.

Project Dialog Report
Although there is no Project Dialog Report, if you want to print a project dialog, you can open the dialog you want to print and there is a printer icon next to "Cancel" at the bottom of the dialog.  You can use this to print the dialog.  We will be adding this feature in the near future.

Client Care Notes

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Connections Online
24481 Detroit Road, Suite 300
Cleveland, OH 44145

(440) 892-1410 or (800) 395-1410

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