It can also flag past due tasks based on date criteria that you set. It is also designed to roll-up task start/end dates and percentage completion of parent topics, based upon the status of their sub-topics. MindManager 8 now automates the calculation of task information and completion percentages. Task automation: If you do a lot of project management, you’ll appreciate this new feature. The bottom line is that this feature alone is worth the upgrade to MindManager 8 – it is very elegantly implemented and was a pleasure to play around with! To help you to better understand this powerful new functionality, I have created the screencast below: Once you’ve placed your data in your map, you can right-click the data repository icon on any record and manipulate it further, editing its values, modifying which fields are shown versus hidden, disconnecting the record from the database and converting it to a topic. Each record is live, and is updated each time the map is opened or when you click the “refresh” icon in the data record. You can also drag and drop individual records from the database pane and attach them to topics within your map. Each record appears as a separate sub-topic. You can then select the fields you want to be displayed, and add the selected records to a topic in your map. Then you type in the query – the text string – that you want to use to search the recordset. MindManager 8 can import data from Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQLServer, MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft Excel and TXT and CSV text files, where you can work with it visually within your maps.Īdding data to your map is very easy: Using a database pane on the right side of the workspace, you first tell MindManager what data source you want to access, and select the table from which you want data to be pulled (the program can only query one table at a time if your data spans several tables, then you’re best off to create a “view” within your database of choice, which MindManager treats as if it’s a single table). The big component that’s been missing has been database integration – until now. Pretty cool!ĭatabase integration: For years, Mindjet has steadily grown MindManager’s ability to connect with outside sources of information, knowledge and ideas – starting with attachments and links, and growing to encompass Microsoft Office files and Outlook e-mails. As I type this, I have actually opened the Word document in which I’m writing this blog post within MindManager 8, and am editing it in the embedded browser window. What’s especially cool is that you can actually edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in the browser window – without leaving MindManager. This new feature is a pleasure to use, because all of your map’s assets are displayed in a single window, instead of popping up in separate ones all over your computer’s screen. Let’s take a closer look at the groundbreaking features of MindManager 8, which I have had a chance to work with under non-disclosure agreement for the last month or so:Įmbedded browser: This is such a simple idea – displaying the contents of attached files and web page links within the map workspace, using an embedded browser – that it now seems surprising to me that no one thought of it until now. In addition, Mindjet officially released MindManager Web, it’s software as a service browser-based tool that is a companion to the desktop version of MindManager. MindManager 8 also breaks new ground by leveraging Adobe’s integration of its Flash and PDF technologies to export mind maps in an interactive format, with expandable/contractible branches and working links. The result is greater productivity – because you no longer have to switch to another program to edit an attached Word document or view a web page – and fewer interruptions of your creative flow. MindManager 8 provides an integrated information environment that is like nothing else available today, presenting not only map topics but linked files and web pages within a single-unified workspace. Mindjet today released what is perhaps the most significant upgrade to its flagship mind mapping program.
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