NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, 09/16/2009 - From mid-September 2009, users of FSTA Direct will find great improvements in the reporting and administration functionality of the platform combined with a significant increase in speed and efficiency.

The administration system now allows local administrators to customise the appearance of FSTA Direct specifically for their users. Features include:
• Ability to display links to local (customer-written) help resources;
• The selection of external resources to link to;
• New tools to allow the sharing of email alerts among users in an organisation;
• Option to feature customer logos at the top of each screen in the administration site.

FSTA Direct (fstadirect.com) now supports a wider range of reporting on usage. Administrators and standard users can track the numbers of searches run and records viewed, and a suite of new reports allows administrators to stay on top of account usage. These reports include:
• Account usage summary (numbers of searches, sessions, and turnaways by month in the current year to date)
• Records viewed – by user and source
• Turnaways - by user
• Searches run - by user
• Sessions by - user

FSTA Direct Prepay account holders now have access to a report summarising transactions on the account.

About IFIS
IFIS (ifis.org) is an independent, non-profit organization with over 40 years experience in the provision of food science information and related training and education services to the food sector. IFIS publish FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts®, the world’s largest database of information covering food science, food technology and nutrition.

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