Scrolling by Time
In the Dining Table Allocation panel you can select which time to view in the panel. You can scroll by period, day, date, month, and week. The timeline view shows dining table information for 120 minutes at a time (recommended time range is specified in the View Time Range (Min.) field in the dining area).
Within the day, the time range can go from the start of the day plan till the end of the day plan (which can be after midnight).
Note: When you open the Allocation panel before the day's first period starts (or in a gap between periods), the allocation time is set at the time when the next period starts. If the time is within the Advance Seating of Reserved Guests (Min.) (dining area), you can register a walk-in and seat guests (reservations also). Also, tables that are occupied appear occupied for the graphical and list view and for the first interval of the Timeline view.
Note: If there is no day plan for a selected date, the Timeline view displays the dining area as Closed.
Note: You can never scroll back to the past, that is, the panel shows only dining table information from the current time. It shows, however, all open reservations on the date being viewed).
The Timeline view shows only information on one dining area layout at a time. If there is a layout change in the middle of the time range viewed, the time range is cut short and ends when the layout changes.
The Timeline view shows the day plan periods continuously, unless you select to view one dining period (dining period filtering) or the dining area is set up to View by Period.
Note: The Dining Table Allocation panel time range updates automatically via the idle timer event. If it is showing the current time, the time range gets updated every few seconds. If it is showing a time in the future (on the same day or further in the future), it will not update automatically. Every 6th time an idle timer event occurs, it will prompt the user whether to show the current period.
Scrolling actions, filtering, and information in the Dining Allocation panel
| Button | Description | Commands/Tags |
|---|---|---|
| NEXT > < PREV |
Scroll to the next time range (starting from the current time range ending time). If current time range end time is the end of the day plan, the first period of the next day plan is shown. Scroll to the previous time range (ending on the current time range starting time). If current time range end time is the start of the day plan, the last period of the previous day plan is shown (as long as it is not in the past). Note: If there is a layout change in the time range to be shown or if View by Period is set, the time range to be shown could be cut short. The time range starting time can never be before the current time. Filters are not changed except for a dining period filter. If the new time shown is not within the dining period filter hours, the filter is removed. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC NEXT, PREVIOUS |
| < > |
Scroll to the next interval. If the time interval shown is the last interval of the day, no action is performed. Scroll to the previous interval. If the current time interval shown is the first interval of the day or the first interval shown today, no action is performed. For example: Time intervals are 15 minutes. Time shown now is 11:45. Scrolling to the next interval is the same as changing the time to 12.00. If the 12:00 interval is 60 minutes (gap between periods), scrolling again to the next interval is the same as changing the time to 13:00. This is useful to scroll to an exact time in the panel. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC +INTERVAL, +INTERVAL |
| < Weekday > |
Scroll to next day (+ 1 day) Scroll to previous day (- 1 day) Filters are not changed. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC +DAY, -DAY |
| < Week > |
Scroll to next week (+ 7 days) Scroll to previous week (- 7 days) Filters are not changed. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC +WEEK, -WEEK |
| < Month > |
Scroll to next month (+ 4 weeks) Scroll to previous month (- 4 weeks) Filters are not changed. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC +MONTH, -MONTH |
| TODAY | Set time range to current time. Filters are not changed except for period filter. | TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC CURRENTTIME |
| CALENDAR | Bring up a calendar to pick an exact date. Filters are not changed. |
TR-A-TIMELINE-FUNC CALENDAR |
|
Interval heading |
Change the time to the time of the interval button pressed (for example to 14.00). Filters are not changed. |
TR-A-TIMELINEINTHDR The program inserts this command when building the button matrix. <#TR-AL-E-TimeCaption> displays the start time of the interval, 14:00 <#TR-AL-E-TimePeriod> displays the dining period for the first interval and the first interval of the next period. |
| Capacity Filters / X | Set capacity filter via pop-up menu. Can filter by general capacity and minimum capacity. X clears only the capacity filter. |
POPUP - menu TR-A-CAP_FILTER / CLEAR |
|
Status Filters / X |
Set allocation status filter via pop-up menu. X clears the status filter only. Allocation status filters can be set directly, such as Free Tables - then with one click, only free dining tables are shown. |
POPUP - menu TR-A-STATUS_FILTER / CLEAR FREE FREE-RESERVED OCCUPIED OCCPIED-RESERVED |
| Section Filters / X | Set dining area section status filter (pop-up). X clears the section filter only. |
TR-A-SECTION_FILTER TR-A-SECTION_FILTER / CLEAR |
| Refresh | All filters are cleared. Time is not changed. |
TR-R-FILTERING ALL |
| 13:30 - 16:30 Weekday Week Month |
Shows the time range being viewed: Start time and end time Day of the week Week Month |
<#TR-SEL-START> - <#TR-SEL-END> <#TR-SEL-WEEKDAY> <#TR-SEL-DATE> <#TR-SEL-WEEK> <#TR-SEL-MONTH> |
| Tag: layout, period | Shows which dining area layout is shown for the time range. Shows which period is shown at the start of the time range. |
<#TR-SEL-LAYOUT> <#TR-SEL-PERIOD> |
| Dining Period Filters | Set a dining period filter. Filters dining reservations by period and shows intervals for this period only. Pressing the selected period again clears the filter. | |
| Tag: Message | Information on the day plan:
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<#TR-TIMEMESSAGE> |
See also
How to: Customize the Dining Allocation Panel
How to: Customize the Timeline View