API, Data Export, Retainers Report, Customizations, and More

It's been over three months since our last blog post so we have a lot of news to share with you. The most exciting news is that the long-awaited API is finally available for your use. The API took a lot of our development resources and, now that it has been completed, we look forward to adding many of your other frequently requested features in the next few weeks (including the ability to group your projects by client companies).

Application Programming Interface (API)
We are happy to finally announce the release of the TeamWork Live API. You can use the API to integrate TeamWork Live with third-party applications, dashboard widgets, or your own custom software. The API has been a long time coming and we appreciate your patience as it took us much longer to develop it than we initially anticipated, but we wanted to get it right. We are excited to see all the great applications that you develop using the API. You can get more information on using the API by clicking the "API" link from the "Admin" menu. The API is currently in BETA so please let us know if you run into any issues.

Data Export
One of the first features that we developed using the new API is a data export feature for your projects. You can now export all the data from individual projects for backup purposes or for import into another application. We currently support exporting project data in JSON or XML format. The data export feature can be accessed by clicking the "Data Backup/Export" link from the "Admin" menu.

Retainers Report
We have added a retainers report that team members can now view to see the retainer hours that have been budgeted and accrued for their projects. The report supplements the "Retainers" admin page, which allows administrators to view and override the default retainer hours for a project. The retainers report is only visible if you have projects with retainers-type budgeting.

Customizations
1. It is now possible to select the sections of a project workspace that you want to be available to team members and clients. This allows you to hide sections that you don't plan on using to make the site easier to navigate. You can customize the available sections for each project when creating or editing it. Additionally, you can specify the default sections which should be available from the company preferences. 
2. If you do not use the budgeting and time tracking features, it is now possible to disable them from your company preferences. This makes the site cleaner and easier to use for your team members and clients. 

Branding
We have increased the maximum size of the logo that you can upload from 24x to 36px to make it easier to see. If you have previously uploaded a logo, you will need to upload the logo again to take advantage of the larger size.

Company Management
We have improved the user management feature in the company management page. You can now add a team member to or remove a team member from multiple projects at once. Previously, you could add a team member to all company projects at once or remove the team member from all company projects but you could not select a subset of projects to add a team member to or remove a team member from.

Messaging
You can now send a message to all project members at once by selecting "All project members" from the "To" option of the message window.

Milestones/Tasks
For milestones or tasks assigned to multiple users, it is now possible for project administrators to select which users to mark the milestone or task completed for. Similarly, project administrators are now also able to specify which users to reopen a task or milestone for.