How to: Scroll by Time and Filter in the Dining Allocation Panel

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: 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

< 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:
  • Showing Current Time
  • Start of day plan reached
  • End day of day plan reached
  • Closed
<#TR-TIMEMESSAGE>

See also

How to: Customize the Dining Allocation Panel

How to: Customize the Timeline View