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Calendar views are made up of the View Type and the Calendar Settings you select.
View TypeThe View Type determines the basic layout of your calendar. Choose from time-based, list-based, or resource-based views. See image to the right. Calendar SettingsThe Calendar Settings let you change things like:
These are just a few of the settings you can adjust in your calendar to tailor the view to your requirements. |
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Standard Calendar View
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New AroFlo users can start scheduling straight away with the standard calendar view included with your site. This view is not customisable but will automatically include yourself and the next 9 users you add, as well as remove deleted users. The standard calendar view is designed to automatically refresh so you get the latest information about your scheduled tasks for that day (see Auto-Refresh Calendar Every setting). In addition, the view includes a slot called All-Day when you want your team to be aware of a company-wide event which you might want to separate from your job schedule. If you have more than 10 users, the calendar will prompt you to create your own customised view:  Once you're ready, use the instructions below to create your own view. |
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Save a calendar view
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We recommend saving your preferred calendar settings by creating a customised calendar view. When you create a new calendar view, the Standard layout described above is used as the base and you can then customise it as you see fit. Duplicate a calendar view If you're only making minor changes to a calendar view and don't want to run the risk of losing any calendar settings, we suggest duplicating a calendar view. If you prefer to start afresh, however, follow the below instructions. |
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To create a calendar view:
- From the main menu, click Calendar.
- In the top left, click the down arrow to the right of the view name > Create.
- Enter a name for the view, e.g. Weekly View.
- Optional: Enter a description of the view.
- Optional: If you want others in your company to be able to access the same calendar view, tick the 'Shared' box. (See Sharing a calendar view below).
- Click Create.
- Alter the Settings (
), Resources (
), and Filters (
) to create the view that best suits your needs. See Calendar Settings for details. - Click Save.
- Refresh your browser to apply the changes.
Edit a calendar view
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To change the name or description of a calendar view:
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(pencil icon).
View Types
The View Types menu provides a range of calendar display options to suit your preferences and scheduling requirements. Each view type is described below.
Navigation Tip
The AroFlo Office calendar has been designed to adjust to a range of screen sizes. For readability, some calendar views have been designed with a minimum column width. Depending on the view and settings you choose, and the size of your screen, you may sometimes need to scroll, using either the horizontal or vertical scroll bars that appear.
Time-based views
Week
| If you haven't set up any custom calendar views, the Time > Week view will be the one you see when you first use the AroFlo calendar. By default, it displays weekdays and weekends, and times broken up into 15-minute increments. This can all be changed by using the calendar settings. |  |
Week by Resource
| This view allows you to include staff names and pictures. In this image, a custom calendar view called 'Weekly View' has been created, and weekend days have been hidden. |  |
Day
| This view shows you just one day's tasks. In this image, we've included the resource name (Matt Edwards) in the task tile. This can be helpful if you prefer a simple, clean-looking view but still need to know who will be doing the job. |  |
Day by Resource
| This view shows you what your selected staff members have on for the day. In this image, we've included the client name (Terry's Hedging Service) in the task tile. |  |
List-based views
Month
| This view gives you a quick overview of what's on for the month. Each job's start time is shown at the start of the task tile description, e.g. 7a for 7:00am, 2:45p, for 2:45pm. |  |
Week
| This view shows you a simple view of the week. As with the month view, there are no times on the layout itself, but the start time of each event is included in the task tile information. |  |
Day
| The List > Day view gives you all the events scheduled for the day, for all the resources you've selected in your settings. |  |
Week by Resource
| This view shows you the week, broken down into a column for each resource. |  |
Day by Resource
| This view lets you focus on the day's overview per resource. |  |
Resource-based views
Month
| This view lists your chosen resources down the left-hand side, and shows the whole month broken into days. The current day is shaded in a colour taken from the theme you've chosen for your AroFlo site. Schedules can be dragged onto different days or resources, and are automatically arranged by start time within each resource's day. |  |
Week
| As with Resource > Month, your resources are listed on the left-hand side, the current day is shaded in a colour chosen from your theme, and the week is broken into days. |  |
Day
| On the Resource > Day view, each resource's day is divided up into times according to the timespan you've selected in your calendar settings. In the image below, the timespan has been set to 30 minutes. |  |
Sharing a calendar view
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If you want other people in your company to be able to access a calendar view you have created, set the view to 'Shared'. This will allow other users to use this view, but not edit it. You can do this when you create the view, or when you edit it. Updates visible to all users When you edit a view you have created and shared, anyone using that view will see your changes, meaning they'll always have current information.
Example: Your Admin Officer creates and shares a calendar view called 'All Staff'. When they update their version of the view, e.g. they add or remove a resource, all shared versions of the view are updated too.
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(Share icon) means the view belongs to someone else and you have added it to your list of views. Changes you make to a shared view are temporary and will not affect the original owner's version of this view. Click 
(pencil icon) to see who the owner of the calendar is.
Accessing a shared view
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To access a calendar view that someone has made shareable:
You can either:
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Adding External Dates
You can add government and industry body calendars to your AroFlo calendar, so public holidays, industry RDOs and even your favourite sporting fixtures automatically display in your AroFlo calendar. See Add External Calendars for instructions.
Set a view as the default
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If you've saved multiple calendar views, you may want to set one of them as your default view. If you don't set a default view, AroFlo will use your last-used view as the default.
Set a default view for all Business UnitsTo set a default view that will apply to all Business Units:
Set a Business Unit specific default viewTo override the default you have set for all Business Units and set a different default for an individual Business Unit:
To remove a Business Unit specific default view, click Select, deselect the Business Unit, close the window, and Save. |
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(pencil) icon on the relevant view.In our image, the Weekly View is the user's default view for all Business Units, and the Services Team view is their default view for the AVCEE Services Business Unit.
Delete a calendar view
| Complete steps 1 to 3 from Edit a calendar view, above, and then click Delete. |  |
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Duplicate a calendar view
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If you have a view you're happy with, but you want to make a slightly different version of it (e.g. you want all the same settings but a different group of users displayed, or vice versa), you can duplicate the view as follows:
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Shared views
You can also use these steps to duplicate a shared view.