Objective

Upon completion of reading this article, the user will have a better understand in regards to the main user interface of Rapla and filtering different views.

Assumptions

You have already read the Introduction to Rapla article
You have installed Rapla on your computer
You have a valid Rapla user account

Note:

Users with the admin privileges will see additional configuration folders to the left hand side of the main window. For more information, refer to Advanced Rapla User (Configuration).

Snapshot

1. The left hand side of the window shows the Configuration tree(top section) and Conflicted events (bottom section).

Note:

When your mouse highlights in a resource, it will only show the selective calendar view.

Take different teaching staff as an example, refer to below 2 different views.

A view when Staff member Lewis Smith is highlighted.	A view when Staff member Laura Brown is highlighted.

2. Top menu bar gives you the view from left to right: name of the current view, save this calendar, publish a URL calendar, calendar type views, current date of the week, and lastly period (terms).

Icon	Description
	Save button for the left side of filter setting (mainly for resources and Person)
	Publish URL button, popular option is HTML Publish
	Minimise the left side of configuration tree, only display the main calendar view
	Calendar type view allows you to switch between Events, appointments, day and week resource
	Date selection bar allows you to either enter a new date or click on the left or right arrows
	Select a particular period you want to display resource planning. i.e. Or