Calpendo Configuration Guide

Calpendo was designed from the very beginning to be flexible, so that it could meet the requirements of many different types of facilities. It's targeted at people who have shared resources that need booking, but within that, there are many different ways you might like a booking system to work.

 

The Calpendo Configuration Guide describes how to change your Calpendo so that works the way you want it to. This does not normally need to be read by non-administrators, nor by anybody who only needs to do the day-to-day administration. This guide should be read in conjunction with the Calpendo User Guide and Calpendo Administration Guide.

 

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➢Configuration Questions provides an idea of the sort of ways to configure Calpendo by asking lots of questions about how it might work.

➢Initial Configuration describes what needs to be configured as an absolute minimum for a new Calpendo installation.

➢More Calpendo Configuration, examples of setting up additional configuration options such as Booking Sub Types and file attachments.

➢Converting From An Existing Booking System describes the recommended process for migrating from an existing booking system to Calpendo.

➢Project Configuration describes the options for configuring projects.

➢Controlling Bookings describes all the options, for how to control bookings by Time Templates, Booking Rules and Permissions.

➢Types and Groups describes how Types and Groups work.

➢Configuring Types And Groups describes how to change the types and groups in Calpendo.

➢Configuring Resources And Locations describes how to configure the Resources.

➢Configuring Services and Service Providers describes how to configure additional services that can be purchased.

➢Recording Actual Usage describes the methodologies available in Calpendo to record and store actual resource usage.

➢Permissions describes the Permissions system within Calpendo and how to configure it as required.

➢Workflows describes what Workflows are, how they are used and how to configure them.

➢Menu Editor describes how to change the menus within Calpendo.

➢User Authentication Methods describes how to set up different types of single sign on methods.

➢Frequently Asked Questions Editor shows how to set up FAQs for the users.

➢Global Preferences shows what global settings there are and what they do.

➢Bakery describes how to customise the properties on Biskit Types, create new Biskit Types, choose the labels that are shown for properties and choose tool tips that are shown for each property.

➢Layout Editor allows the user to decide how the properties in the Biskit Types will be laid out. This is used when there are a large amount of properties that need to be organised for easier user viewing.

➢Processes allows the user to create multi-step editing of Biskits where each step is a page with Next and Previous buttons.

➢Backing Up The Database explains how to create a complete or partial backup of the database.

➢Creating A Read Only Copy describes what needs to be done to create a secondary copy of Calpendo that operates in a read-only fashion.