Preferences

The Preferences window is used to set user preferences.

The tabs are as follows:

General

General preferences. These include:

• Home Page - the page displayed on log in.

Summary

Customer and patient summary preferences. These include:

• Show Customer Account - if selected, the customer summary will display account information.
• Show Referrals - determines how referrals are displayed in the patient summary. Options are:
  • Active - displays any active referral
  • Always - displays the active referral, or None if there is no active referral
  • Never - suppresses the display of referrals

Charges

Charge and estimate preferences. These include:

• Show Batches - if selected, Invoices will include a Batch column in the Items table, displaying the product batch, if any.
• Show Templates - if selected, Invoices, Counter Sales, Credits and Estimates will include a Template column in the Items table, displaying the product template that a product came from, if any.
• Show Product Types - if selected, Invoices, Counter Sales, Credits and Estimates will include a Product Type column in the Items table, displaying the product template that a product came from, if any.

Patient History

Patient history preferences. These include:

• Show Clinician - if selected, a clinician column is added to display the clinician associated with each patient history item.
• Show Charges - if selected, Invoices, Counter Sales, Credits and Estimates will include a Template column in the Items table, displaying the product
• Show Batches - if selected, Product Batches associated with Medication records will be displayed
• Sort - this sets the initial display order of items within a Visit.

Scheduling

Scheduling preferences. These include:

• Schedule View - the default schedule view. If unset, defaults to that of the selected Practice Location.
• Schedule - the default schedule within the view, or All, to indicate all schedules within the view.
• Clinician - the clinician to highlight, or All to show all clinicians
• Highlight - this can be used to highlight appointments based on their Clinician, Event Type or Status. If set to None, the Highlight setting from the Schedule View will be used.
• Time - the default time range to view:
  • All - displays all available slots
  • Now (AM/PM) - displays either AM or PM slots, based on the current time
  • Now (Morning/Afternoon/Evening) - displays either Morning, Afternoon, or Evening slots, based on the current time
• Dates - the date range to view, for Multiple Day Views
  • Month - displays a month of appointments
  • Fortnight - the default. Displays 2 weeks of appointments
  • Week - displays a week of appointments
  • Day - the same as the multi-schedule display
• Show - this determines how schedules are displayed, for Multiple Day Views
  • All - displays all schedules as they appear in the selected View
  • Cages - displays schedules grouped by their Cage Type, with:
  • total slots by Cage Type
  • available slots by Cage Type, by day
  • Summary - similar to the Cages view, except that the appointment details are displayed as one of:
    • B - indicates that the pet is boarding, i.e. is staying overnight
    • D - indicates that the pet is in for the day only
    • > - indicates that the pet is leaving on the day
  • Check-Ins - displays all schedules that have check-ins for the selected day
  • Check-Outs - displays all schedules the have check-outs for the selected day

Work Lists

Work List preferences. The include:

• Work List View - the default schedule view. If unset, defaults to that of the selected Practice Location.
• Work List - the default work list within the view, or All, to indicate all work lists within the view.
• Clinician - the clinician to highlight, or All to show all clinicians
• Highlight - this can be used to highlight tasks based on their Clinician, Event Type or Status. If set to None, the Highlight setting from the Work List View will be used.
• Status - this can be set to All, Incomplete, or Complete