http://www.d-toolsblog.com a view from the top Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/prefilter-items-option-55-reporting/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/prefilter-items-option-55-reporting/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:20:57 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4718 I’ve been getting a lot of calls recently about a particular issue with Si 5.5 reporting. I should clarify it’s not exactly an ‘issue’ per se, (there is a very easy resolution – just ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/prefilter-items-option-55-reporting/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/report-designer-parameters/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/report-designer-parameters/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:15:14 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4196 One of the most powerful attributes of the D-Tools report designer is the ability to use parameters in your reports. These parameters give you the ability to make choices on how a report should ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/report-designer-parameters/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/free-webinar-sam-cavitt/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/free-webinar-sam-cavitt/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:12:20 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4160 Sam Cavitt, D-Tools Certified Partner and President of both Media Environment Design and Paradise Theater, is providing a free 1 hour webinar, Essentials of Private Theater Design. Date: Wednesday November 18, 2009 Time: 10 Am Pacific Time Register: ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/free-webinar-sam-cavitt/feed/ 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/subreports-report-designer/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/subreports-report-designer/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:40:17 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4091 One of the most frequent requests I have for custom reports is to merge several reports together into one report so they’ll all print off together at once. The D-Tools Report Designer provides the ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/subreports-report-designer/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/experience-cedia-university/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/experience-cedia-university/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:09:48 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=4084 I just got back from a Content Action Team meeting (CAT) held at CEDIA’s headquarters in Indianapolis. I’m starting my first year as a CAT team member for the Customer Relations college (ESCR). ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/experience-cedia-university/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/design-firms-team-provide-breed-service-offering/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/design-firms-team-provide-breed-service-offering/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:04:46 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=3996 Veteran design firms Media Environment Design and Audio Design have teamed up to combine experience and best practices to deliver high quality outsourced design services to integrators. October 5, 2009 – Media Environment Design, Inc. (MED), ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/design-firms-team-provide-breed-service-offering/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/article-review-creating-compelling-sales-proposals/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/article-review-creating-compelling-sales-proposals/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:12:09 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=3939 I read this article by Curt Hayes of design outsource firm Audio Design, Inc. while at CEDIA Expo a few weeks back and wanted to make sure every D-Tools user knew about it.  It’s a ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/article-review-creating-compelling-sales-proposals/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/sam-cavitt-2-full-day-courses-cedia-expo/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/sam-cavitt-2-full-day-courses-cedia-expo/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:50:03 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=3661 Founding D-Tools Certified Partner, Sam Cavitt, will teach 2 full day classes at CEDIA Expo 2009 in Atlanta, GA.  To register visit CEDIA’s website and search for the course codes listed in the descriptions below.  ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/sam-cavitt-2-full-day-courses-cedia-expo/feed/ 0 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/med-launches-2-dtools-addon-products/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/med-launches-2-dtools-addon-products/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:10:01 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=3546 Certified Partner Media Environment Design has launched 2 new custom add-on products to its suite of customized options for D-Tools Si users. The products are designed to provide additional functionality for existing Si users.]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/newsletter/med-launches-2-dtools-addon-products/feed/ 1 http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/ive-dtools-part-5-5/ http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/ive-dtools-part-5-5/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:59:22 +0000 Ryan Brown http://www.d-toolsblog.com/?p=2286 Part 5 of 5 In my last post I wrote about executing the Implementation Plan. In this post we’ll focus on post implementation maintenance and process optimization. Like a high performance car, your newly ...]]> http://www.d-toolsblog.com/implementation-station/ive-dtools-part-5-5/feed/ 2