The Winter 2025 release brings exciting enhancements to Resco products, including AI Assistant in Woodford and improvements for mobile workflows. Rolling out over February, these updates expand your development capabilities, refine user experiences, and empower frontline workers with better tools for mobile tasks.

Here’s a detailed look at the key updates. We’ve organized them into three categories to highlight how each feature benefits your mobile app development, user interface, and mobile workflows:

• Mobile app development capabilities: Innovations to simplify app customization and streamline workflows, including AI in Woodford or Data Model Explorer enhancements.

• UX/UI enhancements: Improvements to make applications more intuitive and visually polished, including redesigned setup in mobile app and ability to set a single card expansion in the mobile app.

• Improvements for mobile tasks: Updates that optimize task execution for frontline workers with newly supported RFID scanning on Zebra devices and multiselecting of map records.

Let’s dive into the details.

Mobile app development capabilities

AI Assistant in Woodford: Step-by-step guidance at your fingertips

Setting up apps or troubleshooting can sometimes be a tedious task, especially for more complex customizations. That’s why the AI Assistant in Woodford is now available for you to help with tasks like app configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.

With the new update, you will be able to interact with the AI Assistant within a dedicated chat in Woodford.

It leverages Resco resources, including documentation and best practices for assisting your workflows. For instance, if you’re setting up synchronization filters or managing security roles, you can ask the AI Assistant to provide step-by-step guidance to speed up the set up and eliminate errors.

Data Model Explorer: See relationships clearly

A clear understanding of relationships between entities can significantly speed up troubleshooting or set up of complex data models. That’s why the updated Data Model Explorer now includes interactive relationship mapping, giving you a clear, actionable view of your data structure.

This enhancement simplifies optimization of your data models. For instance, if you’re investigating why a workflow isn’t triggering, you can easily see how entities are connected.

Background sync: Prevent conflicts and ensure data integrity

The synchronization engine in Resco empowers you with advanced control over how data syncs between the server and mobile devices. With the Winter 2025 release, we’ve further enhanced this capability by introducing new settings for the background synchronization.

This sync allows users to continue using the app while synchronization occurs in the background. However, in situations where users and the sync process attempt to write to the database simultaneously, there’s a small risk of inconsistencies – especially when fast user actions meet slower server processes. The new settings in Woodford provide administrators with additional options to better control these conflicts.

The new setup options include:

• Block save during sync: This allows you to prevent users from saving a form while background sync is running. This keeps synchronization on schedule but may momentarily delay data entry.
• Block save during sync, don’t start sync while form is open: With this option you can disable background sync when a form is open. If sync is already running, the user won’t be able to save the form until the sync process is complete. This prioritizes smooth data entry at the expense of sync frequency.
• No action (default): Maintains the existing behavior, where simultaneous changes from users and the sync process could lead to rare data conflicts.

These updates offer administrators the flexibility to tailor synchronization settings to their workflows, ensuring both reliable data integrity and a seamless user experience.

JavaScript support: Add dynamic logic to questionnaires on Power Platform

Questionnaires are now even more powerful with JavaScript support in model-driven apps and Power Pages. You can add custom logic to make your forms dynamic and responsive.

It’s especially helpful for complex scenarios like validating numeric inputs, calculating live metrics, or guiding users through step-by-step processes.

For instance, imagine a maintenance questionnaire requiring serial numbers. JavaScript can validate the input format (e.g., ABC-12345) in real time and alert the user if it doesn’t match, reducing the need for manual corrections later.

Advanced sync filtering: Better control over mobile data

Managing complex synchronization scenarios is easier with the new link-type=’in’ and link-type=’exists’ operators. These additions allow you to define advanced sync rules, ensuring mobile users have only the most relevant data while improving app performance, especially when working with large datasets.

For example, these operators are helpful when filtering specific records based on multiple conditions, such as syncing all user’s jobs with their related records (work orders, accounts, etc.). You can learn more about the “in” and “exist” links in this comprehensive guide.

Salesforce Chatter sync filter: Keep only relevant updates

Admins can now define Salesforce Chatter sync filters for each parent entity. This feature reduces unnecessary data synchronization, improving efficiency and ensuring your mobile users see only relevant updates.

For example, you can synchronize feeds for high-priority projects while excluding less critical ones, reducing data clutter.

Enhanced demo experience in the mobile app

The demo project in the mobile app has been modernized and improved. Users now have more options to explore, with updated demo data showcasing the latest features released over several updates.

UX/UI enhancements

Redesigned setup/settings: A more intuitive and modern experience

The mobile app setup and settings have been redesigned for a cleaner, more user-friendly experience. The new design simplifies navigation, making it easier to configure app preferences, adjust sync settings, and manage device-specific options.

• Streamlined navigation: Key settings are now grouped logically, reducing the time needed to find and adjust configurations.
• Improved readability: A modernized UI with better spacing and contrast enhances usability, even in low-light conditions.
• Faster access to critical options: Frequently used settings are now more accessible, reducing the number of taps needed to make changes.

This update ensures that both new and experienced users can efficiently manage their app settings with minimal effort.

Single card forms

Simplify your forms with the new single card design. Users can expand one card at a time, keeping the focus on relevant information while avoiding clutter.

This is especially useful for sales teams reviewing customer profiles, as they can focus on specific sections like recent interactions or purchase history without distraction.

Custom home theming: Align apps with your brand

Custom homes now seamlessly integrate with modern theming, using color tokens to align with your branding. The updated documentation provides step-by-step guidance for designing visually appealing apps with custom home screen colors and row designs.

Improvements for mobile tasks

Lasso select for maps: Pick records faster

Managing multiple records during field operations just got simpler. The new lasso tool lets you select several records directly on the map, enabling bulk actions with just a few taps.

For example, mobile workers can select all service locations in a specific area and update their status at once, saving significant time.

RFID scanning for iOS: Faster and more accurate data capture

Frontline workers using iOS devices can now benefit from RFID scanning thanks to newly supported integration with Zebra RFD4031 scanner. When the user scans RFIDs, the app can handle this event using JSBridge. This feature reduces manual data entry and speeds up workflows, ensuring accurate and efficient data capture.

For example, warehouse staff can scan inventory items in seconds, significantly improving productivity during stocktaking.

Developers can use two new JSBridge functions to connect to the scanner and process scanned RFID tags:

• MobileCRM.Services.ZebraScanner.connect – Establishes a connection with the scanner.
• MobileCRM.Services.ZebraScanner.onScan – Handles RFID scan events.

See the new features in action

Join our Winter update 2025 webinar to explore these updates in detail. Our team will guide you through live demos and answer your questions.

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For a full list of updates, visit the Resco Wiki. Dive in and see how these features can help your mobile solutions.

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Here’s a detailed look at the key updates. We’ve organized them into three categories to highlight how each feature benefits your mobile app development, user interface, and mobile workflows.

1. New mobile app development capabilities
   
   This release introduces several features designed to expand your development toolkit, making it easier to build custom mobile solutions and ensure consistency across your projects.
2. UX/UI enhancements
   
   We’ve introduced several improvements to streamline the user experience both for app makers and end users, ensuring that your apps look and perform better.
3. Improvements for mobile tasks
   
   We’ve added new features to make mobile tasks easier for frontline workers. These updates streamline processes, improve efficiency, and ensure a smoother experience when completing tasks in the field.

New mobile app development capabilities

Delete signatures after report generation

You can now automatically delete signatures from the database after generating a report. This is especially helpful if you’re using the enhanced signature flow to sign reports at runtime.

Once the report is saved, the signature is removed from the database but stays in the generated report. When you create a new version of the report, a new signature will be required.

This feature helps you meet legal and security requirements and saves storage space. For a step-by-step guide on how to enable this, check out the Resco Wiki tutorial.

Global constants for Woodford projects

As a Woodford admin, you can now define project-specific global constants that can be used across business logic in the app. This makes managing values within your app simpler, and ensures you have a single source of truth, reducing potential errors. You can define constants in Boolean, Date Time, Decimal, Integer, and String formats, streamlining complex project configurations.

Field usage whitelist

The field usage feature, introduced in the previous release, helps you identify actively used fields in your app, allowing you to disable unused ones to speed up synchronization.

In this release, we’ve enhanced this feature by adding the ability to create a whitelist of fields that you don’t want to disable, even if they’re not currently in use. This ensures that important fields remain active, improving synchronization efficiency without compromising access to critical data.

Bulk update behavior change

The bulk update feature has been improved to ensure modifications to child entities are now accurately propagated across all views, and any associated handlers receive notifications.

This update changes how child entities are handled—previously, changes made outside the child list (e.g., via custom JavaScript or business rules) were ignored, but now they’re automatically refreshed, even if modified externally.

MSAL authentication control

You now have greater control over MSAL (Microsoft Authentication Library) authentication settings. Whether you’re an MDM admin, Woodford admin, or end user, you can customize these settings to fit your organization’s security needs, ensuring a secure and compliant authentication process. See MSAL authentication for details.

Simplified Resco Forms+ setup

New users of Forms+ can now take advantage of a default fallback Woodford project, simplifying the setup process. This means you no longer need to manually create a new project to get started, reducing friction during onboarding.

UI enhancements

Enhanced dropdown lists

Improved dropdown lists, initially available only for iOS, are now extended to Android and Windows UWP. This enhancement offers a smoother, more consistent experience across platforms, making navigation easier and more standardized for frontline workers.

Improved Theme editor

The preview in the theme editor now reflects all color properties displayed in the right panel. Tooltips with the names of the color properties appear when hovering over elements, ensuring changes are applied exactly where you intended. This enhancement provides more precise control over the colors used in your application, making it easier to create user-friendly, polished interfaces.

New home page of Resco Suite app

We’ve created the home page for the Resco Suite to provide better navigation and more intuitive access to key tools. The new design allows you to quickly navigate between designer tools, manager tools, and learning materials, helping you get the most out of Resco.

Collapsible side panes in Questionnaire Designer

The Questionnaire Designer now features collapsible side panes, giving you more screen space to focus on building your questionnaires. This makes it easier to design complex forms without unnecessary distractions, speeding up the design process.

Improvements for mobile tasks

Read Aztec codes with mobile app

The frontline workers can now scan and process Aztec barcodes with Resco’s mobile app. This is particularly useful for industries requiring fast and reliable barcode scanning, such as transportation, logistics, and inventory management. On iOS, the native iOS API is used, while Android and Windows platforms utilize the ZXing.Net library.

Firebase Cloud Messaging for Android

With the discontinuation of Google Cloud Messaging, Resco solutions now supports Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications on Android devices. This transition ensures uninterrupted communication and timely updates for your field teams, keeping workflows smooth and efficient.

For a comprehensive overview of all the new features, head to Resco’s Fall Update 2024 on the wiki. Dive in and explore the full spectrum of new possibilities.

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Whether you’re an integration partner, consultant, system admin, or a mobile worker, there’s something for you in the update.

The release is planned to be generally available in June.

Let’s look at an overview of what’s included in the latest release, divided into three main areas:

New mobile app development capabilities

Launch of Power Components

With the latest release, we are introducing a new product to our portfolio – Resco Power Components for the Power Platform.

Resco Power Components are designed to allow you make building business apps on the Power Platform faster and easier. They add a wide range of functionality to your apps immediately without needing to wait for and budget for custom code from developers.

Power Components are code components (PCF controls) that give app makers the ability to extend and customize applications built on Power Platform. They are downloaded once as a solution, installed in an app maker’s environment, and can be deployed across various projects.

Based on popular demand, we have selected the first batch of essential tools – an image gallery, Kanban board, multi-select dropdown list, advanced calendar picker and others. The first batch was released at Resco Next, our community conference, and will be generally available in June.

You can read the full announcement here.

New sync download method (preview/experimental feature)

Syncing large datasets impacts productivity if it takes too long. Therefore, we are working on a significantly faster way of accessing Dataverse data using the TDS endpoint. The new sync engine improves your sync speeds by up to 6 times while increasing reliability.

If you want to opt in and test the lightning-fast sync download, follow these steps:

Alternatively, app users can enable this feature in the app’s setup. You can also disable TDS download for specific tables in Woodford if they show any issues.

Please note that this is an experimental feature, and it is recommended that you test it thoroughly before deployment in a production environment.

Field usage checker (preview feature)

Identifying where specific fields are used can be challenging in complex projects and can omit effective optimization of sync performance. The new field usage checker will help you identify where are the individual fields used much quicker.

The new functionality analyzes projects and shows you all elements where a field is being used, allowing admins to disable unused fields easily.

This simplifies project management by helping you optimize data fields without disrupting functionality, improving sync performance, and making data management more efficient.

Define score ranges for group results

Evaluating questionnaire responses can be much faster with clear categorization. You can now customize score ranges for each question group and assign distinct labels for different ranges.

This feature allows you to create more effective categorization and evaluation of responses, helping you draw better insights from the data.

UI enhancements

New cell resizing feature in View Designer

You are now able to take advantage of an important change to how cells resize within a row. Previously, you could sometimes experience overlaps of cells in rows, making the content unreadable due to misconfigured anchoring.

Now, newly added cells are set to be responsive by default, allowing you to avoid overlaps and makes scaling smoother.

This means as the row width increases, the cells will proportionally grow, maintaining gaps between cells and from the row edges. If an image needs to be fixed in size, you can turn off the responsiveness and set the anchoring to the left or right.

With these new options you’ll enjoy a smoother, more intuitive design process, ensuring that your layouts look great on all devices without overlaps or unreadable content.

You can learn more about these changes in our recent blog.

Form UI/UX improvements

These enhancements in forms improve experience for mobile workers by providing a more predictable and user-friendly interface, reducing confusion, and increasing efficiency.

Strict layout of cards: A new setting forces cards into their respective columns, avoiding unpredictable shifts, which enhances user experience by maintaining a consistent layout.

Required field markings: Required fields are now clearly marked with an asterisk in forms, reducing confusion and helping users quickly identify necessary inputs.

Confirmation toast: A toast notification confirms when a long questionnaire is saved, providing users with reassurance and reducing the risk of data loss.

Redesigned dropdowns: Improved dropdown navigation in iOS makes adding custom values and searching easier, making the interface more intuitive and user-friendly.

Questionnaire Designer improvements

The updated Questionnaire Designer features new icons and buttons for adding, deleting, and repositioning components. That makes the design process more intuitive and user-friendly for you.

Marking mandatory questions in questionnaires

Similarly to forms, mandatory questions in questionnaires are now clearly marked with an asterisk. Thanks to that, mobile users can identify required fields and ensure that critical information is not overlooked.

Mobile workflow improvements

Faster data entry with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in forms

You can allow users now to populate text fields on forms using OCR, saving time and effort by capturing a photo or opening an image to fill out forms automatically. This will accelerate data entry for mobile workers, reducing manual input errors, and increasing productivity.

Geo-fencing functionality

Field service dispatchers often struggle without knowing exactly when technicians arrive or leave a location. With the new geo-fencing feature, you can get immediate updates when your front-line workers enter or leave predefined locations like offices or service sites.

This feature works reliably across a wide range of devices (iOS and Android) without draining the battery or compromising user privacy. Only the presence at pre-set locations is monitored, not the overall location.

You’ll enhance the efficiency of your field operations with real-time location updates, ensuring better coordination and faster response times.

Improved questionnaire integrity check

Working with incomplete templates or questionnaires can lead to inaccurate data collection from the field. The improved integrity check now detects incompleteness, preventing users from working with incomplete forms.

Ensuring the integrity of data collection enhances the reliability of your insights and decisions.

Resco Power solutions enhancements

These improvements enhance the usability and flexibility of Resco Forms+ solution on Power Platform, making the questionnaires easier to use in various scenarios.

Questionnaire Player – better support for images

Working with images and videos in Resco questionnaires within Microsoft Power Apps and Power Pages is now significantly smoother. You can easily incorporate components like tagged images and image galleries, enhancing the visual and interactive quality of your questionnaires.

This improvement makes it easier to collect and analyze visual data, enriching your data collection process.

Questionnaire Player – offline mode

In model-driven Power Apps, you can now use questionnaires offline. This means your team can continue working with questionnaires even without internet access, ensuring that data collection is uninterrupted.

QR codes in Power Apps

You can now scan QR codes to answer questions within Resco questionnaires in the Microsoft Power Apps app. This feature simplifies data entry and speeds up the process, making it more efficient for users in the field.

RFID scanning with Zebra devices

Resco mobile apps now support connecting to Zebra Technologies’ RFD4031 RFID scanner using Bluetooth. The functionality is available for iOS devices.

When a user scans RFID tags, the app can handle this event using JSBridge, providing a list of all nearby RFID tags for further processing.

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Keynote: Productivity unleashed 

Resco CEO Andrew Lorraine and April Dunnam, Principal Cloud Advocate for the Power Platform, will kick off Resco Next with a keynote on this year’s theme: Productivity unleased.  

The rapid pace of technological change is dramatically impacting business and IT. The result is a radical shift in how we think about productivity – from implementations, development, and billable hours to partnerships, no-code, and results. 

Join us to learn how we are addressing these challenges and supporting our partners and customers by expanding our alliance with Microsoft. We’re delivering new products across the Power Platform in addition to continued investments in our flagship Resco Mobile product. 

Roadmap: Key product achievements and future focus 

Eduard Kesely, Head of Product, and Tomas Michalek, CTO, will join forces to present our roadmap from both a product and technical perspective. 

Since the last Resco Next in October, we have made significant advancements in UX/UI, productivity, and AI integrations. Now, we are laying the groundwork for future innovations in enterprise mobility and productivity solutions.

We will reveal our roadmap plans, which aim to make our flagship functionality more interoperable, enhance productivity with Power Components and shine a spotlight on our renowned mobile app. 

Mobile App Development Toolkit: Breakthrough in sync 

Organizations with a frontline workforce need an app that guarantees speed and responsiveness under any conditions. Our Mobile App Development Toolkit allows for building enterprise mobile apps on Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Dataverse with an offline mode, thanks to a sync engine that keeps data accessible on the go.

Watch our software developer, Matej Vanik, as he introduces a new generation of our sync engine, designed for even faster and more seamless data synchronization. Explore the pros and cons of connecting via WebAPI versus the new TDS endpoint, shedding light on the effectiveness of each approach. 

Mobile Solutions: built for industry verticals and use cases

The Resco Mobile App Development Toolkit is utilized not only for building complex mobile applications for individual clients but also across entire industry verticals. We are taking this approach a step further, giving you an edge when deploying solutions for specific industries. 

Join Trevor Metcalfe, Marketing Manager, as he demonstrates how our new approach empowers you to create industry vertical and use-case specific solutions. Experience our latest innovation in action, with a walkthrough of Resco Inspections+ Property solution by Dusan Polach, Consultant. 

Power Components: Unleashing productivity on Power Platform

At last year’s Resco Next, we sparked considerable interest with the launch of our new Power Solutions. This year, we are taking productivity on Power Platform a step further with Power Components.  

Resco Power Components for the Power Platform are designed to empower app creators—consultants, developers, and solution architects—who craft both model-driven and canvas business apps for their clients. These components expand their toolkit and simplify no-code app development, making it faster and more efficient.

Join Ben Vollmer, Strategic Advisor, and Michal Magnusek, Senior Product Manager, as they unveil first batch of Power Components. Discover how these components can speed up project delivery, save costs on developer hours and custom coding, and guarantee security, quality, and future compatibility of code.

Interested in taking part? There is still time to book your spot. Registrations close on May 23 — don’t miss out.  Contact your Business Development Manager or our team at events@resco.net to claim your spot. 

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The final preview of the upcoming Resco release has been published. See and test the new features coming to your solutions.

As we approach the full release of Resco’s next update at the end of May 2024, we encourage you to test these new features and provide early feedback to ensure a seamless integration into your production environment.

Let’s dive into what’s new.

Mobile App Development Toolkit

Enhanced View Designer in Woodford

In the Mobile App Development Toolkit, the new View Designer boasts a modernized interface, making it easier to configure and manage your views.

Plus, you can now see all rows at once, simplifying workflow. Create flexible layouts with fields that automatically resize based on available space, improving readability on any device. You can learn more about this functionality in the explanation blog.

Also, map pins customization has been streamlined for better visual representation of your data points.

Location tracking with geofencing

Stay informed when the field workers enter or leave designated areas (offices, service locations, etc.).

Works reliably across devices with minimal battery drain and strong privacy controls.

Identify used fields in Woodford (Preview)

This new tool helps you optimize your synchronization by identifying which fields are used on mobile devices.

RFID scanning for iOS mobile apps (Zebra Technologies)

You can now connect to Zebra RFD4031 RFID scanners via Bluetooth for streamlined data collection.

Faster Woodford for Dataverse and Salesforce

Experience quicker download times for metadata-heavy actions, like opening an app project or filter editor, in Woodford and Report designer.

Mobile and Power Solutions

Faster data entry with OCR in forms

You can now use OCR to populate text fields on forms.

Capture a photo or open an image and populate form fields automatically, saving time and effort.

Streamlined image handling in Power Apps questionnaires

Work with images more efficiently using tagged images and image galleries.

Scan QR codes in Power Apps questionnaires

Leverage QR codes to answer questions within Power Apps questionnaires, boosting user experience.

Inspections and questionnaires

Mark mandatory questions

Easily identify required questions with an asterisk symbol.

Support for zero instances in repeatable groups

Create questionnaires with optional repeatable sections.

Define score ranges for groups

Set score ranges and labels for group results, providing clearer insights.

Improved questionnaire integrity check

Detect incompleteness and don’t allow user to work with incomplete templates or questionnaires.

New announcements

Power components (New product)

Introducing a new product – Resco Power Components for the Power Platform.

Available in June, these code components empower app makers to customize and extend their Power Platform applications. You can read the full announcement here.

The initial preview will include a Kanban board, image gallery component, and configurable calendar picker.

Guides for Salesforce

With the latest preview, Guides are now available also for Salesforce users, enabling you to manage and organize knowledge across organization.

For more detailed information and full list of the upcoming features, please refer to the developer release notes.

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In the upcoming release, we’re making a significant change to how cells resize within a row.

This change should not affect the old way of responsiveness, and all settings should be handled seamlessly. However, we would like to verify with you whether all your important projects will correctly represent the design in the mobile application.

It would be great if you could try out all the important customizations in the latest preview version of the mobile application.

Why the change?

Users sometimes experienced overlaps of cells in rows, making the content unreadable due to misconfigured anchoring. The anchoring tool was quite complicated, with some options having zero effect on the final layout, contributing to the confusion.

How we’re fixing it

Newly added cells are now set to responsive by default. This means that as the row width increases, the cells will proportionally increase as well, maintaining gaps between individual cells, but also distances from the row edges.

In the case of inserting images, such as avatars in contacts, you do not want them to be responsive, as they have a static size. In such a case, it is necessary to turn off the responsiveness and set the anchoring either on the right or left side. The new algorithm for cell responsiveness within the row will take care of everything else.

What you’ll see

In the design editor, when selecting a row, you will see not only cell boundaries but also an arrow either to the right or left according to the activated anchoring in the properties pane.

How does responsiveness work?

If responsiveness is set to “On,” a cell will stretch as the screen expands to avoid leaving empty space. If it is the only element in a row, it maintains consistent margins from its parent row, behaving as though its right and left sides are anchored to the edges.

If two responsive cells are adjacent, they keep a distance from both sides.

However, if an overlap occurs that wasn’t originally designed, it gets corrected according to the template pattern, preserving the proportion of widths and their mutual indentation.

Responsive is set to “Off”

When responsiveness is disabled, the cell will have a fixed width and will be anchored on the selected side. Consequently, when the width changes, the cell will maintain its fixed width and distance from the marked side of the row.

Tips for designing

Make sure your row width fits the smallest screen you’re designing for. This helps avoid overlaps and makes scaling smoother.

This means that if you want to use a view as part of a tree view, you must take into account the width of the row in this component. Otherwise, overlaps may occur.

Scaling works best from the proposed width upwards.

Font size matters

In the latest version, font sizes now look the same on the canvas as they do on devices. So you’ll see exactly how your text will look. We recommend setting cell height a bit bigger than the font size to avoid cutting off text.

Starting from version 17.1, the font size has been standardized to match the actual size on devices. As a result, the canvas preview will reflect the true appearance. This allows you to see, for instance, if text is getting cut off due to insufficient cell height. We recommend setting the cell height to about 15 to 20% greater than the font size. For example, for a font size of 15 dp, the minimum cell height should be 17 dp.

Give it a try

Before the official release in the end of May, we’d love for you to test out these changes in the preview version. Try your important customizations and let us know what you think!

Let us know if you have any questions or feedback.

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Resco Power Components are designed for app creators to make building business apps on the Power Platform faster and easier.

They are made for consultants, developers, and solution architects—who craft model-driven and canvas apps for their clients in low-code / no-code. Code components allow app makers to add a wide range of functionality to their apps immediately without needing to wait for and budget for custom code from developers.

This makes project delivery more efficient, letting app makers digitize processes quickly and be more productive with ease.  

What are Power Components?

First batch based on popular demand

Based on popular demand, we have selected the first batch of essential tools – an image gallery, Kanban board, video player, signature area, multi-select dropdown list, and a calendar picker.

The Resco Power Components are customizable, meaning that app makers will be able to use them for more than one use case. Instead of having to code components in JS from scratch, app makers will be able to use our components and configure them as they need to without needing to code. Using the configuration section doesn’t require code knowledge.

Each code component can be used for different business use cases. For example, you can use the Kanban board for managing tasks or to build a sales funnel – depending on the data you map it on.

Working with a well-managed library of code components takes care of security concerns as well as maintenance issues. We plan to develop the components continuously, extending their features where needed and adding more components to the library.

Benefits of using Resco Power Components:

• Speed up project delivery to clients
• Save costs on developer hours and custom coding
• Guarantee security, quality, and future compatibility of code
• Build components compliant with Power Apps licensing

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In the Resco mobile application, most of the images used are part of the default mobile project and can be found in the Woodford > Project > Images directory.

We have organized these images into folders based on their specific purpose within the application. For instance, if you are looking for icons used on the home screen (menu), you can find them in the Home folder.

It is important to note that all icons should be in PNG format, and a size of 24x24dp. Also, if you want to recolor the icons in the Theme editor, keep all icons monochrome and transparent.

When adding images to the project, it is crucial to keep in mind that all files are synchronized on the device, even if they are not actively used. Therefore, we highly recommend maintaining content without any redundant images.

In default mobile projects, we use a combination of Resco’s default icons, which we have developed internally, and icons from the Material Design library, which is an open-source project. If you need an icon, we strongly recommend selecting one from this extensive database.

To export Material icons, you will need to set the density to 2x and the size to 24dp in the properties panel. These icons can then be downloaded in PNG format.

Once downloaded, the file will be in a zip format and will need to be extracted. Inside the extracted folder, you will find two versions of each icon: 1x and 2x. For our project, we utilize double-sized icons (2x).

Importing these icons into Woodford can be accomplished by either using the “Add new icon” button or the icon located in the main toolbar “Add”.

Once the dialog window appears, clicking on the placeholder will provide you with the option to select an icon. Simply choose the desired icon from your computer and insert it into your project.

Additionally, remember to include the icon’s name and ensure its colorization. Complete the process by pressing the “Add” button. After uploading the images, it is important to save your progress.

Now you can freely utilize the newly added images within your project. For example, if you have added an icon to the Home folder, it will now be available as an additional option in the “Images” panel.

To get started, you can download a zip file with default icons set. You can directly import this zip file into your project.

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The Resco Winter Update is here, and it’s packed with a ton of new features. We’ve rolled out another bunch of improvements to help you create and use mobile business apps with ease.

Whether you’re an integration partner, consultant, system admin, manager, or mobile worker, the Winter Update has something in store for you.

Discover highlights from this release, categorized into three main areas:

• 1. New platform capabilities

Explore the latest additions that make it easy to build exactly what you need and proactively enhance your apps, including new Data model explorer, embedded code editor, and other improvements.

• 2. UI enhancements and AI-driven innovations

Discover a polished and refined user interface and AI-powered features that will enhance the experience for app creators and app users alike, including new segmented buttons, AI assistant, or export wizard.

• 3. Mobile workflow improvements

Embrace new features that focus on simplifying frontline processes, including optical character recognition (OCR), local photo saving, and questionnaire repeat command.

1. New platform capabilities to enhance your business app building

Explore improvements aimed at enhancing what your mobility solution can do, simplifying your app-building, and making your apps even better.

Data model explorer

Managing sync settings in complex projects can be daunting. The newly launched Data model explorer is designed to simplify this process for you and all the admins.

Instead of clicking through each entity, now you can see and sort all settings in one place. The explorer is particularly useful in scenarios where quick identification and adjustments of sync settings are crucial for you, ensuring a more efficient and error-free management experience.

Imagine overseeing a project with numerous entities. Instead of navigating through each entity, the Data model explorer allows you to view and sort all settings in one comprehensive view.

Embedded code editor

The new embedded code editor brings an advanced, Visual Studio Code-like experience to the admins’ fingertips. This feature helps you in scenarios when you require to implement a complex business logic.

You can use the new code editor integrated within Woodford for more efficient scripting thanks to functionality including line numbering, syntax highlighting, or HTML / XML syntax validation.

The editor serves as a middle level of customization between no-code customization of rules in Woodford and more complex JavaScript coding. The code editor enables simple re-use of business logic elsewhere in your mobile project by simply copying and pasting relevant portions of the code.

For example, when customizing rules for a unique sales process, the syntax highlighting and command palette provide a clear and efficient coding environment, reducing the time spent on coding and minimizing errors.

“Not Older Than” operator

Filtering data just got more straightforward with the “Not Older Than X Days” operator. This new addition to your toolkit allows you to write much more efficient sync filters for the field service use cases.

Mobile workers in these scenarios often need to see recent tasks, work orders, or bookings in their apps. The newly introduced “Not Older Than X Days” operator let you set up this filter to effectively display only the most recent and relevant data, based on the date of record creation or change.

Plugin search and sort

Managing your Dataverse plugins is now easier with the ability to search and sort. This enhancement is particularly useful if you handle numerous plugins, allowing you to quickly find and organize the plugins as needed.

Sync optimizations for faster operations

Keeping your data synchronized is now more efficient. The ability to customize download page sizes and Salesforce-specific optimizations mean you spend less time waiting for syncs to complete.

New language options

Expanding our language support, Woodford now includes Dari, Hausa, Kinyarwanda, and Central Kurdish to support nonprofit organizations and their mobile workers operating in the areas.

2. UI enhancements and AI innovations for app creators and app users alike

Discover a polished and refined user interface and AI innovations that will enhance your experience, making tasks easier and your work more efficient.

Form UI improvements: Cards, segmented buttons, and chips

Interacting with the Resco’s mobile app is now more intuitive and efficient thanks to multiple UI and UX enhancements.

The new cards on flexible forms offer a clearer overview of related fields, making it easier for mobile workers to process information at a glance.

Text input fields can now be formatted as segmented buttons which allow you to improve navigation for users when using dropdowns and multi-selections.

Additionally, controls that allow you to select multiple options can now display selected items as chips. This feature provides a more intuitive and visually appealing way to display selected options.

The introduction of these UI improvements allows you to streamline data entry, reducing the likelihood of errors, and enhancing overall user interaction with the app.

AI Woodford assistant

Navigating through extensive documentation is faster and more intuitive with the AI Woodford assistant. Trained on our whole Wiki and Academy resources, this tool helps you when you’re looking for specific information or troubleshooting.

By providing quick, AI-powered answers to your questions or prompts, it significantly reduces the time and effort needed to find solutions.

For now, it is provided on request base, so don’t hesitate to contact our Support to enable it.

AI-powered enhancements in Resco Guides

AI-powered enhancements in Resco Guides offer several valuable features:

• Guides creation and localization: You can effortlessly convert existing documentation into digital guides, saving time and resources. This means you can digitize manuals, SOPs, or guides much quicker, streamlining your app development process.

• Automatic translations: Instantly localize your guides with the automatic translation feature. This is ideal for businesses and workers in multilingual environments, ensuring everyone has access to crucial information in their preferred language.

• Automatic tagging: Keep your tagging consistent across users with AI-driven automatic tagging. This feature ensures a standardized approach to organization and retrieval, making your app more user-friendly.

• AI Guides assistant: Guides, Finding out what Guides users what  need is now easier with the AI Guides assistant. The guides assistnat can quickly search for a relevant guide using a prompt. It can locate relevant information easier and faster, whether they’re performing a new task or seeking guidance on machinery troubleshooting.

Faster style editing in Questionnaire designer

Editing question styles is now just a click away in Questionnaire designer. You can now access the Style editor directly from a question, which eliminates the need of remembering and searching for styles.

The new contextual button is particularly beneficial when you are making quick, on-the-fly adjustments to questionnaires, allowing for a more efficient and user-friendly experience.

Import & export wizard for questionnaires and reports

With the latest update, you get better control over transferring reports together with related questionnaires in Inspections and Forms+. The new Import & Export wizard allows you to precisely select versions and associated reports, ensuring you have exactly what you need.

For example, you can take advantage of this new feature when updating questionnaires across different teams or projects, ensuring consistency and efficiency.

Questionnaire designer options dialog

Essential questionnaire settings are now consolidated in one place, allowing you to quickly modify the main setup of any questionnaire.

You can control settings features like scoring or data mapping, rules version, JSON compression, and more.

3. Mobile workflow improvements simplifying the frontline tasks

Start to use the new features with a focus on simplifying frontline processes, automating repetitive actions, and providing user-friendly tools to enhance productivity in the field.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in Inspections+

Retyping text from physical labels is now much faster and more efficient for mobile workers. The OCR feature in Inspections+ allows them to capture text from labels, plates, or panels in seconds and automatically fill in questionnaires.

Imagine inspecting equipment and needing to record serial numbers. With OCR, the workers can simply take a photo, and the text is digitized instantly, speeding up the process and ensuring accuracy.

Workers can freely choose which text string to use and fill in. Furthermore, they can edit the input and use the OCR capabilities even when offline.

Photo saving in local storage: Enhanced accessibility

Users can now save photos taken through the Resco mobile app directly into their device’s gallery.

That comes in handy for mobile workers who need to store images for future usage or to send via email or messaging apps like WhatsApp. By having immediate access to these photos in the local storage, sharing and referencing becomes more straightforward and efficient.

Questionnaire repeat command

Filling out multiple, identical questionnaires has gotten quicker with the latest update.

With the ability to automatically open a new identical questionnaire after completion, tasks such as registering multiple individuals in situations like humanitarian aid become much more efficient.

Reuse answers in repeatable groups

This feature allows selective reuse of answers in repeatable groups, streamlining the data entry process.

For example, when conducting surveys where several responses are identical, you can choose to pre-fill answers to selected questions. This then saves time and reduces the risk of errors when filling out a questionnaire.

Conclusion

Whether you’re managing complex projects, entering data on the go, or seeking AI help, these new features are here to make your work easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable.

We invite you to join the upcoming webinar to explore these enhancements in detail and discover how they can enhance your mobile business apps.

For a comprehensive overview of all the exciting new features, head to Resco’s Winter Update 2024 on the wiki. Dive in and explore the full spectrum of new possibilities.

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In this article, we will delve into:

Understanding Power Platform, the democratization of app development

The Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code / no-code platform designed to simplify the application development process.

It makes digital transformation accessible to both tech professionals and business users. By enabling app development without coding, more people can be engaged in transforming their business in less time. This opens a world of new opportunities: any member of an organization can come up with an idea, develop it, and integrate it seamlessly with the existing framework.

How Resco Power Solutions enhance the Power Platform

The best suggestions for digitizing workflows can come from anywhere, not just the front office. They often come from the frontline, where business meets the world.

Frontline workers, always on the move, require efficient tools regardless of where they are: on the rooftop, in the basement or on the outskirts. They can’t afford to use tools that don’t align with their daily tasks. Simply put, workflows need to be tailored to fit their operations.

This is where Resco comes into play.

Resco is the product of 20+ years of experience, accumulating decades of frontline know-how and turning it into software solutions attuned to the needs of mobile workers.

And now, we are bringing the best of it to Power Platform.

Watch Trevor Metcalfe, Resco’s marketing manager for North America, deliver the news live from the Microsoft Power Platform Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

As a seasoned ISV partner of Microsoft, Resco is built to natively fit Microsoft Business Applications portfolio – whether with Dynamics, Power Platform, or Business Central.

By using our solutions, businesses can satisfy the needs of their frontline workforce quicker, at a lower cost, and make their projects easy to maintain.

Exploring Resco Forms+, Docs+, and Steps+

We proudly present three inter-compatible solutions for Power Platform. Designed as modular building blocks, you can just reach out and use them whenever needed.

Resco Forms+ enables frontline personnel to collect data – from conducting surveys, audits, and inspections, to using guided workflows, to getting customer signatures. Everything can be done seamlessly within Power Apps and Power Pages. You can use simple drag-and-drop tools to make the form align with the needs of frontline workers. This maximizes user adoption, which in turn means higher data quality.

Resco Docs+  combines Dataverse and field data to automatically create invoices, contracts, and reports in PDF or any format you choose. Users can design pixel-perfect document templates in a drag-and-drop editor and use Power Automate to build flows for automatic document creation, data population, and distribution.

Resco Steps+ allows businesses to share knowledge in a simple, accessible form. You can create step-by-step instruction guides with text, images, and videos to prevent errors and speed up onboarding, making them available exactly when and where frontline workers need them.  

Why choose Resco Power Solutions

Let’s look in more detail at how the new solutions can cut your costs, reduce maintenance and pave the way for the future.

Watch Marek Sitar, Resco’s Product Marketing Manager, explain how Resco Solutions for Power Platform work

Use the advantages of Power Platform and the ISV community

Building in the Power Platform ecosystem means you can count on its longevity in futureproofing your projects.

The partner community is one of the biggest competitive advantages of Microsoft, providing a smart solution to almost any of your challenges.

Leverage native integration

With Resco, you can leverage Microsoft licenses and connect through Active Directory. Resco is not only natively integrated with Microsoft architecture but is also a part of the ecosystem it enhances.

Ready-made solution thanks to our focus on customers

Customers have always been our singular focus. Thanks to countless conversations with organizations that rely on hundreds of frontline workers, we know what the industry needs and have designed ready-made solutions for pressing problems.

We implemented the insights of clients working in the most demanding conditions and armed our solutions with advanced features to cater to their needs. Even if you won’t need every feature from the onset, you can take advantage of them as your company grows. Need new features? Deploy them instantly without any additional costs.

Cut time to market and cost to market, increase ROI

Having a ready-to-go, scalable solution means you don’t have to invest your time and resources in building. You can simply start using it.

When using Resco Power Solutions, you can get prototypes ready for testing within weeks, not quarters. This reduces your time-to-market, and consecutively cost-to-market, over a solution built from scratch.

By using fewer resources, your initial threshold for calculating ROI (return on investment) is lower.

Simplify Maintenance

Implement stakeholder suggestions without discarding your existing code. You can even re-use parts of your projects. Not having to maintain custom code lowers the cost of maintaining your whole project and the risks that come with it.

Use the offline mode of Resco mobile app on Power Platform

Resco is well-known for its mobile app with full offline mode. With an advanced sync engine, it is the mobile app of choice for businesses in the most demanding industries.

When offline is needed, you can always use the Resco Mobile App on top of your Power App license. Your users benefit from our offline-first architecture to avoid increased internet traffic/consumption, latency due to shaky reception (even in urban areas), or even shortened battery life.

If you want to learn more, you can visit the Power Solutions landing page, or watch a recording from our Power Platform masterclass webinar.

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The Resco Fall Update 2023 is here, bringing over 100 improvements to help you create mobile business apps even more efficiently and deliver new capabilities to both the office and the field.

You’ll encounter these enhancements across all our products, encompassing Resco Inspections, Resco Cloud, Resco Guides, and all supported systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Salesforce.

Whether you’re an integration partner, consultant, system admin, or mobile worker, this update has something for you.

Discover the highlights of this release, categorized into three main areas.

1. New capabilities enhancing your business apps

Explore these exciting additions that enhance what your mobility solution can do, simplify your app-building, and make your apps even better.

Virtual tables

Simplify the connection of various data sources through virtual tables, natively integrating SQL Server and SharePoint. Custom virtual tables can be created using OData v4 custom data providers from a large scale of applications.

File columns

Simplify data management with the support for file columns in Dataverse, ideal for handling larger files.

Form commands

Execute commands directly from rules, reducing manual intervention and enhancing user interactions.

Distance calculations

Ensure workers are in the right place at the right time with distance calculations for automated check-ins and improved scheduling.

Calculated fields in Resco Cloud

Effortlessly calculate values with defined formulas using calculated fields in the Admin Console.

SyncStats analyzer

Fine-tune synchronization performance with 30+ indicators for problem identification and resolution.

2. UI enhancements for app creators and app users alike

Discover a polished and refined user interface that will enhance your experience, making tasks easier, and your work more efficient than before.

Accelerated theming

Save time and maintain consistent designs with automatic color palette generation and dark theme support.

Revamped form style editor

Customize your app with a redesigned form style editor that streamlines styling for individual components.

Redesigned toolbar

Simplify form building with a modernized and icon-based Questionnaire Designer toolbar.

Flexible header and supporting text in questionnaires

Create detailed section descriptions within questionnaires for improved content clarity.

Supporting text and Placeholder in forms

Enhance forms with supporting and placeholder texts, saving time and reducing errors.

3. Workflow improvements simplifying the frontline tasks

Start to use the new features with a focus on simplifying frontline processes, automating repetitive actions, and providing user-friendly tools to enhance productivity in the field.

Image editor

Simplify image editing on mobile devices with annotation, cropping, and text enhancement features.

Tagged image support

Precisely define asset locations with tagged images, improving efficiency for technicians.

Full-text search in Guides

Quickly find information within guides with keyword and phrase searches.

Guides localization

Provide content in multiple languages to your workforce, promoting better comprehension.

Take your business to the next level with Resco

This release streamlines app building, introduces new capabilities, and improves workflows, empowering you to transform your ideas into practical solutions for real-world frontline needs.

It’s also thanks to your valuable feedback. If you’re eager to get early access to the latest additions and want to be part of shaping these features before they’re officially released, join the preview community.

For a comprehensive overview of all the exciting new features, head to Resco’s Fall Update 2023 on the wiki. Dive in and explore the full spectrum of new possibilities.

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The Resco Fall Update is here, and it’s packed with a ton of new features. We’ve rolled out over 100 improvements to help you create even better mobile business apps with ease.

Whether you’re an integration partner, consultant, system admin, or mobile worker, the Fall Update has something in store for you.

Discover the highlights of this release, categorized into three main areas:

• 1. New capabilities

Explore the latest additions that make it easy to build exactly what you need and proactively enhance your apps, including full support for virtual tables, a distance calculator, or a new sync analyzer.

• 2. UI enhancements

Discover a polished and refined user interface that will enhance the experience for app creators and app users alike, including new accelerated theming, dark mode, or revamped Questionnaire Designer toolbar.

• 3. Workflow improvements

Embrace the new features that focus on simplifying frontline processes, including a new image editor, localized guides, or full-text search.

1. New capabilities empowering your business apps

Explore these exciting additions that enhance what your mobility solution can do, simplify your app-building, and make your apps even better.

Full support of virtual tables in Dataverse

Digital operations within companies usually require multiple platforms, systems, and apps. Sometimes it’s hard to integrate and connect all the data without extensive coding.

To make the connection of various data sources easier and faster, Resco now fully supports virtual tables in Dataverse. You can use all write operations related to the virtual tables, including creating, updating, and deleting the displayed data within the context of the Resco solution.

Microsoft supports SQL Server and SharePoint as virtual table sources out of the box. Custom virtual tables can be created using OData v4 custom data providers from a large scale of applications. Resco can then integrate with their data seamlessly.

Support for file columns in Dataverse

The newly supported storage method increases Dataverse compatibility and makes processing of data collected by Resco tools easier for you.

Executing form commands from rules

You can now use a file column to save documents when managing your integration. They present a versatile alternative to traditional notes and are ideal for larger files.

Thanks to the Fall update, you can reduce the number of clicks required to perform tasks in the Resco mobile app. The key to this efficiency lies in the ability to execute commands directly from rules.

You can now set the app to trigger command logic as a response to a field change or button click. The capability allows you to create dynamic, responsive workflows that adapt to user interactions and data changes.

This way, it’s possible to reduce the need for manual intervention and make complex tasks more intuitive for frontline users.

Woodford admins can also move repeatedly used business logic to commands that can be subsequently called from rules as snippets.

Also, it’s possible to hide commands from the menu, ensuring that users only execute commands through predefined rules, and providing a consistent and controlled user experience.

Distance calculations

Whether in sales, construction, or maintenance & repairs, being in the right place at the right time is important for frontline workers’ productivity and great customer service. The new functionality for distance calculation, now available on all mobile platforms, will help you ensure that.

With distance calculation, you can set virtual boundaries around work areas, ensuring workers’ presence at any location of interest. For example, this allows you to set up a solution for automated check-ins, enhance security, and streamline work order scheduling.

Calculated fields in Resco Cloud

Calculated fields efficiently derive their value from other fields, bringing higher versatility to your solution. Imagine the need to automatically calculate the total price of equipment or other complex computations within your mobile app.

With calculated fields, you can now effortlessly define these fields in the Admin Console, setting up formulas to calculate their values.

SyncStats analyzer

Fast synchronization is critical for successfully deploying digital data collection in the field. And the latest release brings a powerful enhancement to make it easier for you to analyze and fine-tune this performance.  

While still allowing the creation of generic styles that apply to all component types, we’re introducing the option to define dedicated styles for specific components like text fields, dropdowns, or buttons.

The brand-new SyncStats analyzer allows you to use 30+ indicators to identify the most frequent problems and provide statistical information about sync performance across devices and users in the field.

This addition is part of our ongoing effort to empower admins and consultants to fine-tune synchronization. When shared with Resco, the outputs of this tool can significantly speed up the resolution of complex support cases.

2. UI enhancements for app creators and app users alike

Discover a polished and refined user interface that will enhance your experience, making tasks easier, and your work more efficient than before.

Accelerated theming

Maintaining consistent and visually appealing designs across multiple projects can be a time-consuming and complex task. Design updates are often challenging, especially when applied across various elements within an app.

With the latest release, a more straightforward way of selecting colors is available in Woodford, saving you a ton of time when designing an app.

Now, you can select a single brand color, and Woodford uses Google’s proven Material Design algorithm to automatically generate a matching color palette for you.

Moreover, you can even let users switch the app into an automatically generated dark theme. The algorithm ensures that the generated colors offer sufficient contrast and meet accessibility requirements so that you can design an app theme without the extensive administration and time required.

Furthermore, we kept the possibility to customize color settings in detail and made it more straightforward by introducing color tokens. They allow you to define named colors (tokens) once and use them in various locations within the app.

It’s the answer to simplifying the design process and ensuring design system consistency.

Tokens are most helpful and efficient in these situations:

• You plan to update your product’s design or build a new product
• You want to maintain or update styles in the future easily

Revamped form style editor

To simplify the customization of your business app, you can now use a redesigned form style editor with neatly organized parameters into dedicated tabs and new custom styles tailored to specific component types.

This means that only the relevant style properties for the selected component type will be displayed, simplifying the process of styling individual components.

When you choose a style for an item, you’ll see only the styles compatible with that particular item, whether they’re dedicated or generic. We suggest you consider minimizing generic styles and explore the convenience of creating dedicated styles for individual components, making app customization more straightforward.

Redesigned toolbar in Questionnaire Designer

Listening to your feedback, the redesigned toolbar of Questionnaire Designer in Resco Inspections provides another way of simplifying the form building.

The modernized and enhanced toolbar now gives you simpler navigation and more confidence with tools as it relies preferably on icons. The global settings were shifted to dedicated setting windows where you can find all related options under one roof.

Flexible header and supporting text in questionnaires

Now, with the new flexible header and supporting text feature, you can create more detailed and informative section descriptions within your questionnaire.

This improves the clarity and understanding of the content, ensuring mobile workers are well-informed, which helps them progress smoothly.

Supporting text and placeholder on forms

A similar capability is now available on forms. You can now make them more intuitive for mobile workers by providing additional information using supporting and placeholder texts. They are available for all detail items and can save frontline users time and mitigate errors during data collection.

3. Workflow improvements simplifying the frontline tasks

Start to use the new features with a focus on simplifying frontline processes, automating repetitive actions, and providing user-friendly tools to enhance productivity in the field.

New image editor in the mobile app

Field and mobile workers can now simplify image editing thanks to the new Image Editor in the Resco mobile app. This tool simplifies on-the-spot image editing, allowing users to instantly annotate, highlight, and add context to images on their mobile devices.

Field workers can easily annotate with free-hand drawings and shapes, zoom in for a closer look, crop images in two simple steps, and improve text visibility. All that helps them enhance efficiency, communicate clearly, and issue resolution in the field.

Tagged image support on Dataverse

Imagine a field tech coming to repair an assembly line machine at a big factory. While he knows the site’s location, the asset’s exact position is often buried in notes or not specified at all.

With the Tagged image functionality, now also supported on Dataverse, managers and mobile workers can precisely define the asset’s location. This will make it much easier for technicians to find the assets and save time.

This can significantly improve your mobile experience if it involves floor plans (maps of factory floors with annotated locations), electrical wirings and pipes, vehicle or complex machinery photos with defects highlighted, and many more.

Full-text search in Resco Guides

Frontline workers can now quickly and easily find the information they need within guides thanks to full-text search capability. With the full-text search feature, they can instantly search for keywords or phrases related to the equipment, machine, or problem they’re encountering. This enables them to quickly access step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting guides, or relevant documentation, saving time and effort.

Guides localization

A company with frontline workers is often spread across different regions and deploys different languages. With the Guides localization feature, you can now provide content in multiple languages, ensuring that each worker can access critical information in their preferred language.

This promotes better comprehension, adherence to procedures, and overall effectiveness in their roles, regardless of their language background.

Take your business to the next level with Resco

This release streamlines app building, introduces new capabilities, and improves workflows, empowering you to transform your ideas into practical solutions for real-world frontline needs.

It’s also thanks to your valuable feedback. If you’re eager to get early access to the latest additions and want to be part of shaping these features before they’re officially released, join the preview community.

For a comprehensive overview of all the exciting new features, head to Resco’s Fall Update 2023 on the wiki. Dive in and explore the full spectrum of new possibilities.

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Every week, we send subscribers of the Resco News newsletter a technical tip on how to work with the admin and mobile solutions. Read this selection of five tech tips published over recent weeks to explore how you can enhance your Resco experience.

In this month’s edition, you will learn more about how to:

• #11: Use sync filters in online mode
• #12: Solve the Applying Form Rule – Variable Not Found error
• #13: Use React with JSBridge
• #14: Use styles in Report Designer
• #15: Reuse answers in questionnaires

#11 Sync filter used in online mode

Sync filters control which records to download to the offline database. As a result, they don’t restrict record availability in the online mode.

However, suppose you have an advanced sync filter restricting access to organization data at different levels (like business units, time, etc.). In that case, you can apply these restrictions online without reconfiguring them.

Simply enable the sync filter in online mode within the properties of each view. This ensures that your users see the same records in both online and offline modes.

1. Launch Woodford.
2. Go to the desired entity, and then select the view you want to apply the Sync filter for.
3. Don’t open the view.
4. On a toolbar, click Properties to open the View Properties dialog.
5. Select option Sync Filter > Use Sync Filter in Online Mode.

 Find out more about Sync Filter on Resco Wiki or enroll in Synchronization & Sync Dashboard on Resco Academy!

#12 Error Applying Form Rule – Variable Not Found

If you encounter this error in your form rules, it typically means that the record loaded into the variable doesn’t contain any data.

That results in an undefined variable. It’s advisable to use conditions to verify if the variable contains data to prevent such errors.

Additionally, when working with data from loaded record fields, always check if the field you intend to assign a value contains data.

This practice helps avoid these types of errors and ensures smoother execution.

Find out more by enrolling in our Business Logic course on Resco Academy!

#13 Use React with JSBridge

Resco JavaScript Bridge is a popular tool among our partners for three main reasons: fast access to data, enhanced control over the user interface, and the ability to create complex business logic, even offline.

Its compatibility with third-party JavaScript libraries, like React, makes its integration easier. Now, we have simplified this process even more.

On Resco Wiki, you can find a new detailed use case React with JSBridge, including a sample React project and steps needed for building and integrating React content in Resco mobile apps.

How to accelerate the process of adopting React:

1. Visit the dedicated site on Resco Wiki
2. Download the sample from the part Sample application
3. Unzip the zip file
4. Go to the application’s folder in the terminal and install the required dependencies using the npm i command
5. Continue from the section Build your React application

If you’re unfamiliar with JSBridge, we recommend enrolling in our Introduction to Resco JavaScript Bridge on Resco Academy!

#14 Useful insights into styles in Report Designer

 Report Designer provides various customization options for mobile reports, including styles. Here are some short tips to get you started:

• In contrast to Woodford, where styles are shared across an entire app project, Report Designer uses unique styles per report
• Exporting your style library to any project or organization is a simple process. We recommend initially setting up a few fundamental styles and reusing them across all your reports. When necessary, you can create new styles by duplicating existing ones
• While assigning a style, you need to distinguish between attributes applied at the Grid and Cell levels. Cell alignments and Font attributes are applied from the style set in the Cell properties

Also, remember, Grid borders define the borders of the entire grid, not just individual cells. If you wish to apply borders to specific cells, you must assign the respective style at the cell level.

We have prepared a small set of basic styles for your convenience in the Report Designer exercises. Feel free to utilize them in your projects.

Learn by practicing with our short exercises in Resco Academy.

#15 Reuse answers in questionnaires

 Reusing answers from previous inspections can save time and reduce the likelihood of errors. It is essential, though, to specify the relevant answers for reuse. This tip illustrates the breadth and depth you can explore.

1. Open your questionnaire in the Questionnaire Designer.
2. Navigate to Questionnaire properties > Questionnaire > Reuse Answers.
3. Select the option relevant to your use case:
   • Never: Do not reuse
   • First Match: Take answers from the first completed questionnaire that the system can find
   • Ask User: User can decide whether to prefill answers or not
   • Select by User: The user can select from a list of previously completed questionnaires
4. Modify the filter in Reuse Fetch based on your requirements (for example, only from questionnaires that score higher than or equal to
5. Enable Reuse on the Question level.

Learn more on Resco Wiki or by enrolling in the Resco Inspections course on Resco Academy

How to receive a new tech tip every week

In this blog, we’ve shared the first five tips that will help you on your way to becoming a Resco pro. You’ve learned how to jump into using React with JSBridge, streamline questionnaires, customize reports, and more. But the fun doesn’t have to stop here.

By subscribing to the Resco Newsletter, you’ll get a handy tech tip delivered right to your inbox every week. You can subscribe by filling out the form in the footer of the page.

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The resco.Labs’ AI team has successfully developed the initial version of an AI-powered support assistant by integrating Chat GPT’s API with our support and learning resources.  

This means that when you ask a question, you will get an answer that combines information from various sources. You will then chat with the AI Assistant and ask it to give you more information as needed to accompany you in your task.  

We are excited to follow how language models like Chat GPT make human-computer interaction much more natural. At Resco, we are committed to providing steadfast customer support, and this technology will enable us to deliver that even better. The chatbot advisor in Resco technologies can assist Woodford users, offer product advice to our partners, assist developers in utilizing JS Bridge, and help to address synchronization optimizations. 

Heading the AI team at resco.Labs is one of our co-founders, Marcel Saffa. The team’s goal is to craft an assistant that becomes your go-to resource for any questions related to the implementation or utilization of Resco tools and technology. Its use is not limited to technical questions – it can also assist sales teams in which products provide added value to customers.  

The tool is currently going through internal testing. ChatGPT has been directly integrated into the Inspections+ and Steps+ to make it easier to generate reports and guides respectively.  

What data sets does Resco’s AI Chatbot Assistant use? 

To date, our AI Advisor uses the Resco Academy, Resco Wiki, Resco Learning, our YouTube channel and JS Bridge API as its data sources for providing the answers. We will continuously add more data, giving it as broad product knowledge as possible.   

Most partners perform separate searches to find specific technical information. The AI Assistant will combine information in one response. It will also offer links to relevant blogs, YouTube videos, Wiki articles, or Resco Academy tutorials.  

We hope this will make searching for answers more comfortable. Let us show you three quick examples of answers that you will be able to get from AI Chatbot Assistant.

Question + answer examples from early version Resco AI chatbot

Talking to the AI chatbot works the same way as a conversation with a human. You start by asking your question in any way you can think of it and then it gives you an answer. If you need further information, you ask further questions.  

Assisting app project creation and working in Woodford

Woodford is the customization tool for setting up mobile applications built on Resco’s platform. Resco’s AI Assistant will be a great companion during the procedure, available to answer all questions that might pop up along the way.  

You can start by asking a simple question and then refine it further by asking additional questions, just like in ChatGPT. Note the links at the bottom of the answer. They show you where the information is sourced from. You can follow them to Resco Academy tutorials or blog articles to read more about the functionality. 

Assisting developers with jsBridge

Let’s take a closer look at how the AI Chatbot Assistant works and discover its exceptional user assistance capabilities. In the example below you can see the use case mentioned above, chatbot advising developers with its jsBridge knowledge. 

As you can see, the AI Chatbot Assistant features a straight-forward interface with a simple window and command line at the bottom. Users only need to type a prompt and press enter, and if necessary, our chatbot can even read its response aloud to the user.

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Bluetooth beacons are unassuming small devices. When they are paired with business applications, their real potential starts to shine. Read how this powerful duo, ALIS, can improve operations across diverse environments, from supermarkets to nuclear power plants. 

ALIS, our new asset localization and identification system, leverages Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. Developed within resco.Labs, ALIS is designed to guide field workers and help them execute their work orders. 

The beacons have been tested at multiple sites. Read the anonymized use cases based on real-life scenarios that highlight their versatility and underscore their capacity to add value across various environments.

 Use case #1: Supermarket 

At a supermarket chain, everything needs to be streamlined. Our daughter company, Nivy Watch, deployed a system for managing tasks and activities of employees using a smartwatch and Bluetooth beacons. This integration allows management to use real-time data to ensure resources are used efficiently.  

The project started with placing beacons and handing out the watches to employees.  

Soon it was revealed that the employees were spending a lot of time at the machine for recycling bottles. Instead of doing their jobs, they tended to a machine that often malfunctioned. It became apparent it needed to be replaced. 

Also, employees spent significant time checking the fridge and freezer temperature. The cooling devices must go through regular checks to ensure the temperature levels are correctly set and the contents are kept within defined food-safe limits. 

Thanks to placing a beacon with a temperature sensor into each cooling device, temperature levels are automatically monitored 24 hours a day. Possible accidents have been minimized to almost zero.   

When a cooling device requires a service check, the beacon paired with inspections software not only directs the technician to its precise location but also provides access to the necessary documentation. 

By using the Nivy Watch system and the beacons, supermarket management could identify multiple weak spots, identify opportunities for automating processes, and save time and resources. 

Use case #2: Nuclear power plant 

We were involved in talks about improving the operations of all kinds of premises. One of them was a nuclear power plant.  

Initially, the assignment was to improve security. Service members are supposed to perform a security check on the same circuit every hour. They must document their presence at several checkpoints to ensure everything runs smoothly.  

In the past, they scanned a QR code at each checkpoint. Unfortunately, this system can be sidestepped by taking pictures of the QR codes, printing them out, and scanning them, pretending you are the serviceman on patrol.  

Using the beacons can significantly improve security because the designated person needs to be physically present at the asset to log the checkpoint into the system. If someone attempts to remove or tamper with the beacon, its sensor can pick up suspicious activity and notify the manager. 

While solving the security problem, we encountered other situations where beacons might be helpful. The equipment at a nuclear power plant must undergo many regulatory checks, and external contractors often perform these.   

When the contractor comes to the premises, she must find her way in labyrinthine corridors and shafts spanning multiple floors. She relies on employees to show her the way, but the environment can get very noisy, and sometimes there is no one around to give directions. 

If there is a beacon at an asset, say, a turbine, the contractor can easily find her way to it. It helps her make sure she is inspecting the right asset and has the documentation at hand. In a plant with thousands of assets, this might save a significant amount of time.  

Many of the assets need continuous monitoring of moisture, vibrations, CO2 levels, etc. Workers read the values, write them down, and enter them into the system. This ensures people working at the plant are safe and assured everything works as supposed, and it also cuts downtime. With the beacons, much of the monitoring can be done automatically. 

It is remarkable how simple Bluetooth beacons with the right software can improve the functioning of a highly complex system. 

Order an ALIS developer kit 

Do you have an idea about a similar use case? You can order an ALIS developer kit.

Try the beacons in real-life scenarios. We will be glad to help you develop a solution to your problem or the problem of your clients. 

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Every week we send to subscribers of the Resco News newsletter a technical tip on how to work with the admin and mobile solutions. Read the summary of the five tech tips published over the recent weeks to explore how to enhance your Resco experience.

In this month’s edition, you will learn more about how to:

• Keep your mobile app up to date
• Display date in various formats
• Pick the right layout for your questionnaire
• Validate answers in a questionnaire during saving
• Analyzing and debugging traffic with Fiddler Classic

Tech tip #6: Keep your mobile app up to date

With every new release you have the option to publish your app project in the latest version. It’s tempting to do so, but there is one thing to remember.

You must ensure that all the mobile users in this app project are using the newest version of Resco mobile app too. If your Woodford version is newer than the app version of your mobile users, consider changing to an older Publish Version to ensure compatibility.

Otherwise, your mobile users might be unable to synchronize.

How to change a Publish Version

1. Launch Woodford.
2. Open your app project.
3. On a toolbar, navigate to Publish Version.
4. Select the Publish Version that matches the app version of your mobile users.
5. Publish your app project.

If you want to check the app version of all your devices, navigate to Woodford > Device Control.

You can also learn more about how to publish with older version on Resco Wiki.

Tech tip #7: Display date in various formats

It’s highly likely that if you are utilizing any of the Resco applications, you are displaying the date somewhere in your questionnaires or reports.

The trick is to set the correct format of the date on your device, not in the application. So, for example, if your device language is French – the date will be shown in French date format.

In some cases, you may want to specify the exact culture identifier. Resco wiki offers an example on how to accomplish this in mobile reports.

Tech tip #8: Pick the right layout for your questionnaire

Designing a questionnaire requires making many decisions regarding user-friendly design. One of these choices is going to define your layout: list or grid. List layout is the default.

You might consider using it when you have less screen space or more text-heavy components. Grid layout will serve best for the elements that are less text-heavy, or when dealing with many pictures.

How to edit layout:

1. Open Questionnaire Designer
2. Select the top-level component or any question group
3. Go to Properties pane > Layout > Layout Type
4. Select Grid to change the default list layout
5. Click Edit in the Grid Layout for further editing

For more information, see Grid Layout on Resco Wiki. If you are new to Inspections, enroll in the course Resco Inspection at Resco Academy.

Tech tip #9: Validate answers in a questionnaire during saving

In situations where mobile users don’t complete questionnaires, but do so later in the back office, it’s crucial to ensure all required questions are filled out during saving.

By default, validation occurs when the questionnaire is completed. However, there is an alternative option available.

To enable validation upon saving the questionnaire, follow these steps:

1. Select the questionnaire’s body to access the Questionnaire’s Properties pane.
2. Locate the Validate On setting.
3. From the dropdown menu, select “Save & Complete.”

By selecting this option, you guarantee that validation occurs not only upon questionnaire completion but also when it is saved. This ensures that all necessary questions are properly filled out.

To learn more about properties on Questionnaire level, visit Resco Wiki.

Tech tip #10: Analyzing and debugging traffic with Fiddler Classic

When it comes to understanding the traffic between your Resco CRM app and the server, a tool called Fiddler Classic is here to lend a hand.

With Fiddler Classic, you can access vital information about the synchronization process, troubleshoot issues, and optimize your sync filter. Plus, it’s not just limited to Resco CRM – you can also analyze traffic between Woodford and the server.

To get started on the right track, enroll in our new course “Fiddler Classic” on Resco Academy and learn:

• Where to start: Discover the initial steps to take when using Fiddler.
• How to capture traffic: Learn how to collect and examine the data exchanged between your app and the server.
• General tips for using Fiddler Classic: Explore useful tricks for maximizing the tool’s potential.
• Examples in Resco App: Check a few basic examples

How to receive a new tech tip every week

In this blog, we shared the first five tips that will help on your way to become a Resco pro. You learned how to configure advanced reports, customize security policies, manage licenses, optimize sync performance, and even contribute to Resco’s documentation. But the fun doesn’t stop here.

By subscribing to the Resco Newsletter, you’ll get a cool tech tip delivered right to your inbox every week. Stay in the loop and never miss out on the latest Resco features.

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Welcome to our blog series on Resco tech tips. In this edition, you’ll find a summary of the first five tech tips published in Resco News newsletter, which cover various aspects of working with Resco technology.

Whether you want to learn how to configure advanced reports, optimize sync performance, or improve security policies for mobile users, these quick and simple tips will help you make the most out of Resco’s powerful features.

Let’s dive in and discover how to enhance your Resco experience. You can learn more about how to:

1. Access the advanced report configuration
2. Configure security policy for mobile users
3. Auto-assign licenses for mobile workers
4. Optimize sync performance with diagnostic sync logs
5. Provide feedback and submit support tickets

Tech tip #1: Advanced report configuration

Different mobile reports might have different storage, format, or action requirements. You can easily configure the desired settings by using Advanced report configuration.

This way you not only save time for your mobile users, but also eliminate errors in the field.
How to configure Advance report settings:

1. Open the form or questionnaire you want to run a report from.
2. Click Commands or Edit on a toolbar to start the command editor.
3. Add the Run Mobile Report command to the list of selected commands.
4. Select the new command and click Properties, then click Advanced report configuration.

Explore more in our documentation or start learning from scratch in our Report Designer course.

Tech tip #2: How to configure security policy for mobile users

Mobile devices are often exposed to different threats than desktop computers.

Therefore, it is a good idea to adjust the Resco default security policy based on your requirements. You can lock your application after business hours or require login anytime your users are inactive for a certain amount of time.

How to configure a new security policy:

1. Open Woodford and select Device Control.
2. Click New Policy on the toolbar, and then set the security policy properties based on your requirements.

Find more information about Device Control in our documentation.

Tech tip #3: Struggling with license management?

Try Resco’s auto-assign feature for mobile users. Users who log in to your backend server from a mobile device receive a license, as long as there’s a required type of user license available (Standard/Inspections).

When auto-assign is disabled, users are granted a temporary two-week license, allowing administrators to assign a permanent license during this grace period.

Additionally, you can enable Auto-free up of unused licenses. If all licenses are assigned, a new user will receive one previously used by a user who hasn’t synced for 90-days.

Where to set it up?

1. Launch Woodford.
2. Navigate to Settings > Organization settings.
3. Select Auto-assign licenses and/or Auto-free up unused licenses based on your requirements.

Find more information on how to assign licenses in our documentation.

Tech tip #4: Optimize sync performance with diagnostic sync logs

Would you like to get configuration hints in your Sync log and increase your app performance?

Enable Diagnostic Sync Logs, and get more detailed information about each entity download. This type of log can be an excellent starting point for troubleshooting and identifying issues with uploaded records.

How to enable Diagnostic Sync Logs:

1. Launch Woodford.
2. Open your app project.
3. Navigate to Settings > Configuration.
4. Go to the Offline Data Sync tab.
5. Scroll down to Sync Errors.
6. Set Diagnostic Sync Logs to “True”.

By enabling this setting, Diagnostic Sync Logs will be activated for all users in your project. This may increase space usage if synced to the server using the sync dashboard.

Explore more in our documentation or start learning from scratch in our Synchronization & Synch Dashboard.

Tech tip #5: Are you missing information in documentation?

Well, we have good news for you. We have added a new option to leave short feedback on Resco Wiki, so you can help us to improve our documentation.

Feedback is anonymous, so there is no need to insert any personal data. In fact, in accordance with GDPR, we’d prefer if you didn’t!

How to leave feedback on Resco Wiki?

1. Scroll down to give feedback on the particular Wiki page.
2. Fill out a short feedback form.
3. Click Submit.

If you want to provide us with more comprehensive feedback, do so in Resco Support Portal instead of Resco Wiki.

How to receive a new tech tip every week

In this blog, we shared the first five tips that will help on your way to become a Resco pro. You learned how to configure advanced reports, customize security policies, manage licenses, optimize sync performance, and even contribute to Resco’s documentation. But the fun doesn’t stop here.

By subscribing to the Resco Newsletter, you’ll get a cool tech tip delivered right to your inbox every week. Stay in the loop and never miss out on the latest Resco features.

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Be among the first to try ALIS – our Asset Location and Identification System. We are sending out ALIS Developer Kits. Receive 6 Bluetooth beacons, a mobile app to monitor them, and a sandbox for testing and experimenting. We will support you in developing a solution for problems related to localization and monitoring of any assets. 

In resco.Labs, we are harnessing the potential of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) devices. We are integrating them with our enterprise-grade software for the mobile workforce in order to: 

• Find assets 
• Identify the assets and access relevant documents 
• Make sure the technicians are present at the site 

Interested in learning more? Read our blog to understand how ALIS works.  

We are excited to announce that we now offer an ALIS Developer Kit. By ordering it now, you can actively participate in the ongoing development and shape the future of ALIS. 

What will you find in the ALIS Developer Kit? 

The kit includes everything you need to customize ALIS for your specific use case. It contains the necessary hardware, software, and support to get you up and running. You will receive: 

6 Resco ALIS Beacons  

Each of these six BLE devices is equipped with a temperature sensor. One can remotely activate a sound to facilitate easier identification.  

Watch the unboxing of the beacons:

5 hours of support and consultation 

Purchasing the Developer Kit grants you five hours of dedicated support and consultation. You will get access to expert guidance as you test and experiment with the solution. The Resco team is committed to your success and will provide assistance, answer your questions, and help you overcome any challenges you may encounter along the way. 

Access to the Mobile ALIS Application 

Available for both Android and iOS, this easy-to-use application allows you to monitor the BLE devices and work with them effortlessly. 

Access to a Prebuilt Resco Organization 

To simplify your development journey, the Developer Kit also provides access to a preconfigured Resco organization. This environment serves as a sandbox for testing and experimenting, and comes with preconfigured beacons and assets, ensuring a smooth and easy start. 

What’s next? 

The next step is simple – become a member of a closed testing community by purchasing the Resco ALIS Developer Kit for €499 (+ shipping).  

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Need more information? Feel free to contact Nikolas Fabry, Business Development Manager, at nikolas.fabry@resco.net    

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