Ask The Dirk: How IDEA calculates average prices for you
Did you know that IDEA YACHT automatically calculates average spare prices for you and also displays the average total stock value? However, there are a few prerequisites for IDEA to
Ask The Dirk: Setting up Notifications
Did you know that IDEA allows you to setup notifications being sent by several modules based on certain groups and on different occasions? For example you can add a notification
Ask The Dirk: The perfect IDEA Server hardware
Did you know that IDEA Data Solutions has a strategic partnership with YOT Ltd, the creators of FUSE – B2B Platform? This collaboration aims to deliver unparalleled yacht management solutions
Ask The Dirk: Spirit Lists
Did you know that IDEA allows you to keep an overview of your spirits using a dedicated report? By adding an alcohol percentage to a spare its then internally flagged
Ask The Dirk: Managing Visitors
Did you know that IDEA offers a dedicated page to manage your visitors? This feature allows you to schedule, add and overview all visitors to your vessel. You can assign
Ask The Dirk: Options to Display Item Name in the Vessel Database Treeview Menu
Did you know that you can adjust what information is displayed in the vessel database left treeview menu when it comes to Items? By default, the menu displays only the item name.
Ask The Dirk: Default Currency and exchange rates
Did you know that your IDEA YACHT has a default currency that can be set in the system settings? With the default currency set, IDEA YACHT can generate exchange rates based
Ask The Dirk: Setting up the Logs and Rounds
Setting up the Log and a Round in our Logs & Rounds module. First kindly note that we have transitioned the old ER Log module into Logs and Rounds and with that
Ask The Dirk: Lost sessions with the IDEA page
Did you know that the IDEA website is designed to keep the session alive until you log off? or at least one minute of no connection from the client is detected. In fact
Ask The Dirk: Round results in maintenance history
Did you know that IDEA can include round results in the maintenance history? Rounds are based on entry points and as you can read in Ask the Dirk XI (Connecting
Ask The Dirk: Set expression and alarm levels for your entry points
Did you know that you can set expression and alarm levels for your entry points in the logs: You can also define the text, choose between 3 alarm
Ask The Dirk: Customise the status for accounts
Did you know that you can customize the status for accounts in IDEA? When you open the crew and guest database you have the left navigation tree displayed which
Ask The Dirk: Restore deleted data in the Vessel Database
Did you know that you can restore deleted data in your vessel database? For recovery of data in the Vessel Database, you need to temporarily activate the recovery view to
Ask The Dirk: Tracking Spares Handed out to Crew
Did you know that with IDEA you can also track spares handed out to persons onboard. For this each item has a crew and guest tab where you can make
Ask The Dirk: Lloyds Type Approval
We frequently receive the request for a Lloyds type approval. Kindly note IDEA Yacht itself has no type approval. Simply because the re-approval process that would be required when we update
Ask The Dirk: Login modes
Did you know that IDEA offer two login modes. The default mode offers users a drop down list to choose a login name from. This option, while more convenient, is not
Ask The Dirk: Item links
Did you know that you can generate item duplicates, or item links how we call them, in the vessel database? Often you have the situation where you use the same
Ask The Dirk: IDEA Reminders
Did you know that you can display your reminders on your dashboard as well as in your personal reminders page? First of all, you need to know that your administrator
Ask The Dirk: IDEA Backup Solutions
Did you know that IDEA YACHT has several backup solutions built-in? The backup module in IDEA YACHT is a default module that can be accessed from your home menu in
Ask The Dirk: Connecting an entry point with a component
Did you know that you can connect entry points from the Logs and Rounds module with a component? By reporting a round with this entry point you will then generate
Ask The Dirk: Switching between comment based and single field Log Book notes
Did you know that IDEA offers you 2 different ways of adding information to a daily log notes field? Depending on the size of your vessel and how many people
Ask The Dirk: add filterable categories
Add filterable categories Did you know that IDEA YACHT allows you to add your own filterable categories for your equipment and spares? For example, to fall in line with your
Ask The Dirk: Managing resigned/dismissed crew
Managing resigned/dismissed crew When managing your crew in IDEA sooner or later you will need to resign or dismiss crew accounts. When this is the case you do not want