Did you know that the public locations search functionality and the internal locations search functionality are different? As public, visitors can only select one category/subcategory combination to search at a time. When the public visitor selects a main category, the relevant subcategories appear. In addition, [general] and “all” options appear with each category. If [general] is selected, then the only the locations that were identified as [general] are returned. When “all” is selected, then ALL locations (including those identified as [general] and any other subcategory) are returned.

On the internal search in Reel-Scout, the staff user has much more flexibility. The internal search allows for multiple category/subcategory combinations to be selected, either by holding the SHIFT key or the CTRL key and clicking multiple values. Therefore, having an “all” search within the internal search would be redundant. Searching “all” subcategories in a category is achieved by simply holding the SHIFT key and selecting all the subcategory values. The “all” search value would not work in this multi-valued selection box because if a staff user selects “all” and a related “subcategory” the system would not know how to return the records — ALL records or just the subcategory selected? We hope that you find the multiple category combination searching functionality available to you on the internal search valuable. We believe it provides the greatest flexibility for both searching on just [general] only as well as selecting all subcategories within a category. Happy searching! Read More

If you are familiar with the locations in Reel-Scout, you can quickly and easily add multiple locations to a package with a single click. Available both on the BROWSE page and the SEARCH RESULTS page is the blue ‘+’ icon. Clicking this icon will immediately add the location to the package. Once clicked the red ‘x’ will display to toggle the add/remove functionality in the package. Read More

Many of our clients have requested the ability to upload multiple images at a time with a single click, specifically the ability the upload all image files within an entire folder. We’ve listened Read More

If you’ve upgraded to RS8 and have made your locations library publicly available by linking it to your website, you can now track various levels of activity. Now available as a complimentary service with your Reel-Scout system is access to your daily web statistics. Reel-Scout has deployed SmarterStats 4.0 for all fully hosted/maintenance clients. SmarterStats is a comprehensive Web log analytics tool that cost-effectively delivers relevant, accurate and detailed Web site statistics to help organizations increase conversions and maximize ROI. Read More

This week by popular request, we implemented the ability for users to quickly access location records, not just alphabetically, but also by locations that start with a number or by going directly to the page number. Now it’s easier and faster to get to just the right location! Read More

In every component of Reel-Scout, you can conduct a filtered search using multiple criteria. When you click the SEARCH button and the results are returned, remember that you can export out this subset of records by simply clicking the “export results to Excel worksheet (.xls)” link at the bottom of the results list. The example below shows the link after a contacts search has been conducted but this functionality is available for every component. Read More