Calendars, Notifications, and Tasks
The scheduling module addresses the complex needs of
co-ordinating labs and staff in a large shared facility. If you
have time-sensitive experiments or any projects involving multiple
people, this could be the feature for you.
Features You Know and Love
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Calendar
Accessible from the homepage, your calendar contains all
date-specific points of interest for you. You can use the
calendar to view at a glance all of your scheduled events, add
new events, and share schedules with other TCP users.
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > Updates > My Calendar
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Public Calendars
Not only can you have calendars for yourself, you can
share calendars with other users: either by marking them as
public (which allows anyone to add themselves to the calendar),
or by manually adding that user on the calendar admin page. In
either case, any other users added to the calendar will be able
to view the calendar and add their own events. Great for
organizing a lab's time!
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > Updates > My Calendar
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Notifications
The Notifications system can serve as a replacement for
emails, or just as a convenient place to put reminders regarding
LIMS information. Many notifications are automatically generated
(eg service request completed, amendment accepted), but you can
also generate your own notifications manually, for yourself or
other users. You can even attach a particular cage or mouse to a
notification, allowing you to point another user to that cage or
mouse without them having to search for that barcode.
There are many ways to create and send a new notification:
- Go to Home > Notifications panel link > New
Notification
- In top menu, go to Cage > Cage Actions > Cage
Notification
- Go to View Cage page (or View Mouse page) > Send
Notification
- From the Cage/Mouse Hold Section > Send Notification
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > Notifications
iCal Download
If you use some other program with a calendar component
(Outlook, Google Calendar, etc), you can download a file
containing all of your events for import into that program. iCal
is a standard event format that can be read by most other
calendar programs. The link is right on your calendar page!
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > Updates > My Calendar > iCal Download
Tasks
The Task system allows the system to automatically create
a work list for our staff by dividing requests into small steps
that need to be done. You can also use tasks for yourself or for
your lab, to create reminders of time-sensitive things to do.
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > My Tasks
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Weaning Calendar
There is a separate calendar to show upcoming weanings in
the next 4 weeks. It can allow you to view weanings and
highlights days which are going to be particularly full. As
weanings are performed, they will disappear from the calendar,
allowing you to effectively manage your workflow. Upcoming
weanings will also appear directly on your homepage. Today's
weanings will be highlighted, as will overdue weanings.
Where to Find this Feature: Home Page > Updates > Weaning Calendar
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