Please complete the following questionnaire by Wednesday 31st August 2005 in order to be entered into our prize draw to win a case of 12 superb wines, and of course to influence the future direction of the TriSys product suite.
You can submit your answers and return to complete the questionnaire at any time by clicking on the hyperlink in your e-mail.
Section 1 - Front Office
Dashboard
 
How important is the dashboard which shows summary information on the opening tab within the TriSys framework?
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Office 2003 Look & Feel
 
How important is it that TriSys looks like the latest version of Microsoft Office?
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Export Grid Data into Excel
 
How important is being able to export data from any grid into Excel and use pivot tables to format data?
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Rich Text Editing
 
How important is being able to format notes/histories and comments as rich text - like a Word editor?
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Spell Checking
 
How important is having a spell checker in TriSys for all comments, notes etc..?
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Voice Recognition
 
How important is being able to dictate into a TriSys text box using a microphone and voice recognition technology?
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TEMPS Booking Sheet
 
How important is a graphical drag/drop booking sheet for temps?
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Searching
 
Free text boolean
 
How important is free text boolean searching to you?
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Skills/attributes
 
How important is skills or attributes searching to you?
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Config/custom fields i.e. dates
 
How important is searching on config fields to you?
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Availability by hours e.g. TEMPS
 
How important is availability searching using shift patterns or percentage availability?
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Save Search and Results
 
How important is saving the search criteria and its associated search results?
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Search Templates
 
How important is saving the search criteria to a template to re-use in subsequent searches?
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Active Searching
 
How important is the background matching of candidates to vacancies?
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Non-CV Document Searching
 
How important is searching for non-CV documents e.g. invoices, spreadsheets, PDF's etc.. ?
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Free Text Search Fields other than Comments
 
How important is free text boolean searching other large text fields?
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Graphical Shortlisting
 
How important is showing the shortlist in graphical format with icons and pictures?
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CV Management
 
iProfile Integration
 
How important is the outsourced management of CV's to the Skills Market through the iProfile service?
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Daxtra parsing
 
How important is highly accurate CV parsing using the Daxtra/Infogistics CVXtractor engine?
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Process Manually from E-Mail
 
How important is processing CV's manually from incoming e-mail by using the TriSys button in Outlook?
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Process in Background Automatically From E-Mail
 
How important is processing CV's automatically (without human intervention) by your e-mail server?
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Parsing Work Histories from CV
 
How important is it to extract work history from the CV into the database?
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Parsing Education History from CV
 
How important is it to extract education history from the CV into the database?
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Extraction of CV Embedded in E-Mail
 
How important is it to extract the CV which is embeded (not attached) into the e-mail?
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Extraction From PDF CV’s
 
How important is parsing CV's in Adobe Acrobat format?
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Multiple Formatted CV's
 
How important is having multiple formatted CV's - perhaps for each specialisation?
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Hierarchies
 
Graphical Company Hierarchies
 
How important is the display and management of company relationships in graphical format?
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Graphical Company Contact Organigram
 
How important is the display and mabagement of contact organigrams and relationships in graphical format?
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Technology
 
Different Forms for Different Types of Contacts
 
How important is the concept of 'entity types' allowing different form designs for different types of contacts?
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SQL Server 2005 Compatible
 
How important is compatibility with the 'soon to be released' SQL Server 2005 relational database management system?
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Native Windows Application
 
How important is it that TriSys version 7 runs natively on Windows i.e. an EXE (not in a browser)?
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Run in Internet Explorer
 
How important is it that TriSys version 7 is usable from within the Internet Explorer web browser?
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Crystal Reports
 
How important is providing all reports in the industry standard Crystal report format?
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Customisable Reports
 
How important is it to be able to customise your own reports?
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Embedded Applications
 
How important is it to be able to host third party applications within the TriSys framework?
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Form Designer
 
Form Design/Fields/Layout
 
How important is it to be able to design forms, add fields and configure form layouts?
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Actions Designer
 
How important is it to be able to design your own actions and workflow?
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Query Designer
 
How important is it to be able to design your own queries and grids?
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Report Designer
 
How important is it to be able to design your own reports?
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Script Engine
 
How important is it to be able to write your own script to modify the default business rules and processes?
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Document Management
 
Generate PDF for all Documents
 
How important is it to be able to generate Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents when mail-merging e.g. Contracts?
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CV Send PDF Generation
 
How important is it to be able to send CV's via e-mail in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format?
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Adherence to Industry Standards e.g. HR-XML
 
How important is compliance of TriSys to the HR-XML (Human Resources eXtensible Markup Language) consortium guidelines?
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Post Code Management
 
Post Code Lookup
 
How important is being able to lookup addresses using a post code?
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Radial Searching
 
How important is being able to search for contacts using radial searching?
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User Guide
 
Printed
 
How important is it to have a printed user guide?
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On-Line
 
How important is an up to date internet based user guide?
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Frequently Asked Questions
 
How important is a FAQ of most common questions?
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Job Board Integration
 
Upload Directly
 
How important is sending jobs directly to job boards from a TriSys Action?
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Upload via Broadbean
 
How important is sending jobs through the Broadbean job broadcasting service?
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Outlook Integration
 
Contact Synchronisation
 
Is it necessary to synchronise contact details between TriSys and Outlook?
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Calendar Synchronisation
 
Is it necessary to synchronise diary details between TriSys and Outlook?
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Tasks Synchronisation
 
Is it necessary to synchronise task (ToDo) details between TriSys and Outlook?
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Two-way Synchronisation
 
Does synchronisation need to be 2-way i.e. from TriSys into Outlook and vice-versa automatically?
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Diary Replacement
 
How important is is to completely replace the TriSys Diary with the Outlook Calendar?
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Actions
 
Choose E-Mail Address
 
How important is it to be able to choose which e-mail address is used when sending an e-mail action?
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Candidate Driven Marketing
 
How important is being able to use actions to market your services to candidates?
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SMS Text Messaging
 
How important is being able to send SMS text messages from TriSys?
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Faxing
 
How important is faxing from TriSys?
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Section 2 - Web
Hosted by TriSys Business Software
 
How important is it that TriSys hosts your on-line vacancies?
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Hosted by you on your premises
 
How important is it that you host your on-line vacancies?
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Hosted by your ISP
 
How important is it that your ISP hosts your on-line vacancies?
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Client
 
Registration
 
How important is registration by clients on your web site?
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Maintain Vacancies
 
How important is the maintenance of their vacancies by clients on your web site?
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Search for Candidates
 
How important is allowing clients to search your candidate database from your web site?
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View Vacancy Shortlist
 
How important is it for clients to be able to view and interact with the candidate shortlist on your web site?
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Authorise TimeSheets
 
How important is it for clients to be able to authorise candidate timesheets via the web?
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View Sales Invoices
 
How important is allowing clients to view sales invoices on your web site?
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Candidate
 
Registration
 
How important is registration by candidates on your web site?
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Search Vacancies
 
How important is searching vacancies by candidates on your web site?
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Apply for Vacancy
 
How important is it for candidates to be able to apply for vacancies on your web site?
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Add TimeSheets
 
How important is it for candidates to be able to add and maintain timesheets via the web?
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View Self-Billing Invoices
 
How important is allowing candidates to view purchase (self-billing) invoices on your web site?
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Users
 
Contacts, Companies
 
How important is it for your users to be able to log into your web site and view client details?
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Diary
 
How important is it for your users to be able to log into your web site and view Diaries?
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Requirements, Placements
 
How important is it for your users to be able to log into your web site and view requirements & placement details?
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TimeSheets, Invoices
 
How important is it for your users to be able to log into your web site and view timesheets & invoices?
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Section 3 - Back Office
TimeSheets
 
How important is the management of timesheets?
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Sales/Purchase Invoices
 
How important is the production of both sales and/or purchase invoices for perm or contract?
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Payments Received
 
How important is processing invoice payments?
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Payroll
 
How important is being able to run payroll systems for your candidates?
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View ERP (Sage, SAP, Oracle) Data
 
How important is being able to view accounting information in TriSys?
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Two-Way Synchronisation of ERP (Sage, SAP, Oracle)
 
How important is being able to synchronise accounts data with TriSys?
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Export
 
Sage
 
How important is exporting back office information to Sage Accounts?
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SAP
 
How important is exporting back office information to SAP?
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Oracle
 
How important is exporting back office information to Oracle Applications/Financials?
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Section 4 - ASP
Accessible 365x24x7
 
How important is the complete 100% availability of this system?
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Off-line (Synchronise) Mode
 
How important is the ability to work when not connected to the internet and synchronise upon re-connection?
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Public Internet Terminal Access
 
How important is being able to connect from a public internet terminal such as those at café/airport/hotel etc.. ?
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PDA Access
 
How important is being able to connect from a personal digital assistant (PDA) handheld device connected through general packet radio service (GPRS)?
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Blackberry Synchronisation
 
How important is being able to synchronise Outlook data with your Blackberry?
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PDA Synchronisation
 
How important is being able to synchronise Outlook with your PDA (e.g. XDA, iPaq)?
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Access E-Mail via Web Browser
 
How important is being able to access E-Mail via an internet browser using HTML pages?
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Access TriSys data via Web Browser
 
How important is being able to access TriSys data via an internet browser using HTML pages?
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Voice over IP Support
 
How important will it be in future to be able to make all outgoing voice calls using a headset and your broadband connection through TriSys ASP?
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Section 5 - Support/Service
24 Hour E-Mail Support
 
How important is being able to obtain 24-hour e-mail support?