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.
Complexity: LOW
Page Contents
Assumptions
Note
Users with the admin privileges will see additional configuration folders to the left hand side of the main window.
You have already read Introduction to Rapla
You have already installed Rapla as per Accessing Rapla
You have a valid Rapla user account
Key terms and concepts
Icon | Description |
|---|---|
 | Save button for the left side of the filter setting (mainly for resources and Person) |
 | Publish URL button, popular option is HTML Publish |
 | Minimise the left side of the configuration tree, so Rapla only displays 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. Organisation_2019 Trimester 2 |
Section 1
The left hand side of the window shows the Configuration tree(top section) and Conflicted events (bottom section).
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.
Below is an example of a view when Staff member Lewis Smith is highlighted.
In contraist here is a view when Staff member Laura Brown is highlighted.
Section 2
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).
Section 3
Main calendar view
Filters
There are two filters on Rapla user interface. The left hand side one is to filter the resources, the other side is the filter of each event.
Applying filters
This filter offers the ability to specify which resources(i.e. teaching staff, campus rooms) from the configuration tree are shown in the main calendar.
Workflow
Be advised
Filters on the main calendar view cannot be permanently saved
Applying a filter via this section will affect the contents of the calendar view.
Hidden events will either appear with a semi-transparent overlay or be outright hidden based upon your user profile settings.
Click on the publish icon
On the new popup window, tick HTML Publish,
TitleYou can write up what title you want to for this published html calendar view, i.e. campus name - Trimester 1 2019 - Weekly Timetable
Show navigation barThis is the option allows students can switch between dates to view the scheduled events
Included date
Tick this option allows the Html view displays the events on this day-Only allocation informationTick this option that you will not see details associated to eventsEvent resources still display but not reveal the details
URL
The web link for you to copy and paste into a web browser-Save/Cancel
Always remember to click on Save button, and click on icon again. Otherwise you will see error message like the right hand side.
Error message if you did not click on save button before paste the URL