05.09.2022
My profile and settings
Language, appearance, booking defaults and notifications for your account
"My profile" is where you set how Zeitwart looks and behaves for you: the language from seven options, the display mode up to high contrast, defaults for new bookings, and notifications per occasion as push or e-mail. Every value shows whether it is set personally or inherited.
My profile holds everything that concerns only you: how Zeitwart looks to you, what a new booking form is pre-filled with, and what you are notified about.
The header shows your first name, last name, e-mail address and username. Below it are the tabs.
Tab | Contents |
|---|---|
Settings | language, appearance, booking defaults, notifications, iCal feed |
Calendar | your own appointments |
Attributes | additional fields your organisation has set up |
Credentials | your cards, codes and keys |
Personal or default
Next to every setting it says whether the value is a Personal settings entry or comes from your organisation's default. The cross beside it clears your personal value and restores the default.
Switches take effect immediately. Text fields and dropdowns are saved with the Save button at the bottom; Zeitwart then reports "The settings have been successfully updated."
The settings in detail
Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
Language | the language of the interface, see Change language |
Display mode | Automatic (system), Light, Dark or High contrast |
Default duration when creating a new booking | the length in minutes a new booking form starts with |
Default time when creating a new booking | the pre-filled time. Left empty, the current time of day is used |
Send booking confirmation to your address | whether you get an e-mail about your own bookings |
When booking for others: Send booking confirmation to user | whether the person you booked for gets one too |
Push notifications | messages straight to your device, see below |
Highlight bookable times | emphasises the times in the calendar during which booking is possible |
Show occupancy reports in the calendar | only appears if a unit supplies such reports |
Display mode is more than taste: High contrast puts yellow and white on black and reaches a contrast ratio of at least 7:1. If your organisation has enabled it, the same switch is available through the accessibility icon at the bottom right.
Push notifications
The switch belongs to your account, but permission is granted on each device separately – the browser asks when you turn it on. Below the switch, while it is still off, a data protection note explains what gets stored; it disappears once push is active.
On iPhone and iPad, push only works when Zeitwart is installed on the home screen – see Installing Zeitwart as an app.
Notifications by occasion
Below that is a table with the columns Push and E-mail. You decide per occasion how you are informed:
Occasion | About what |
|---|---|
Bookings I created | created, requested, confirmed, rejected, changed, cancelled, deleted |
Other people's bookings with me | the same messages for bookings you are listed in |
Approval requests | when a booking is waiting for your decision |
Appointment reminders | before your appointments start |
Check-in and attendance | a missing check-in and an expired attendance confirmation |
One thing cannot be switched off: the e-mail with the access code is always delivered — without it you cannot enter the room.
iCal feed
At the very bottom of the Settings tab sits your personal calendar feed. How to set it up is described under Create iCal feed.
Attributes
Which fields appear here is decided by your organisation through an attribute template. You can only edit the fields released for that; fields marked as internal do not appear at all.
Credentials
This lists the media you identify yourself with at a room – cards, transponders, codes – with name, type, value and status. They are not created here but by holding the medium against a display.
Changing the language
Zeitwart speaks seven languages. Your choice belongs to your account and therefore applies on every device you sign in on.
Through the user menu
Click the three dots at the top right and choose Language.
Open the dropdown and pick your language.
Zeitwart is then shown in the language you chose.
Through your profile
The same value sits under My profile → Settings in the Language field – there alongside all the other personal settings.
The available languages
Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
deutsch (duzen) | German, informal address |
deutsch (siezen) | German, formal address |
english | English |
Español | Spanish |
Nederlands | Dutch |
Polski | Polish |
Slovenský | Slovak |
Which of these your installation offers is up to your organisation – there may be fewer than seven.
Language for guests
Anyone registering for an event without an account finds a separate language switcher on the public page. That choice also governs the e-mails for that registration. More on this under Event bookings.
Display mode and accessibility
Zeitwart can be run in four presentations. One of them is expressly meant for people for whom the standard contrast is not enough.
The four display modes
Mode | Effect |
|---|---|
Automatic (system) | follows your operating system – light by day, dark in the evening |
Light | the light presentation, regardless of the system |
Dark | the dark presentation, regardless of the system |
High contrast | yellow and white on black, with a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 |
The choice belongs to your account and therefore applies on every device you sign in on. You will find it under Personal settings.
The quick route
If your organisation has enabled it, an accessibility icon sits at the bottom right. It switches the display mode without the detour through your profile – useful on shared machines and when the light around you changes.
Using the keyboard
The central routes through Zeitwart can be taken without a mouse:
Key | Effect |
|---|---|
Ctrl + K or Cmd + K | opens the global search |
↑ / ↓ | moves between matches |
Enter | opens the selected match |
Esc | closes dialogs and the search |
Inside forms and dialogs the tab key moves through the fields; whichever element is active is visibly highlighted.
Step-free wayfinding
When navigating, the map view knows the Step-free profile: it avoids stairs and uses lifts and level passages. Where no such route exists, Zeitwart says so explicitly instead of proposing a route over steps.
Accessibility statement
At the foot of the navigation you will find the Accessibility statement. It gives the state of conformance with WCAG 2.1 level AA, the known limitations, the date of the last review, and the routes for feedback and for the enforcement procedure.
If you come across a barrier, the contact named there is the right address – the report reaches the people who can do something about it.