Behaviors, Hacks, and Extensions

Plan routes and optimize driving schedules with Google Maps integration. Visualize the distance between each appointment and calculate your route's total mileage and drive time.

Add a timezone selector to quickly switch the whole calendar to a different locale. Select a specific time zone, or automatically change timezones based on the user's current location.

Add a colored header or colored icons based on any custom field.

A series of examples shows you how to add buttons to DayBack to run a FileMaker scripts.

Add a custom button to the mobile DayBack view. You can customize the text, icon, and colors of the button using custom CSS

You can jump right to a specific item in the calendar, or show all the items related to a given record, by adding DayBack buttons to your own Salesforce layouts. Creating buttons effectively lets you filter the calendar using your own criteria embedded in buttons.

Detailed examples using CSS to add icons and change the appearance of events based on the values in custom fields.

Show detailed custom side panels when a user clicks on an event. Popovers can contain images, videos, google charts, or the results of a 3rd Party API calls. Any mapped field, Salesforce SOQL query, or FileMaker query can be included. Display different panels for different user types, event types, statuses, or custom criteria. Panels can include custom data entry forms, and field validation to overcome limitations of Salesforce lightning modals.

Show detailed tooltips when a user hovers over an event. Tooltips can contain images, videos, google charts, or the results of a 3rd Party API call. Any mapped field, Salesforce SOQL query, or FileMaker query can be included. Display different tooltips for different user types, event types, statuses, or custom criteria.

Ensure that DayBack opens on the current date rather than the last date viewed.

When you create a new event, this action will automatically assign the new event's resource to the currently logged in user.

Example code for adding a button to scan an event description or event location, and open the first URL that is found in a new browser window.