Database Properties
Use the Database Properties
section in TeamDesk’s Setup
mode to modify a database name, upload a logo, set a language, location, and time zone.
To perform one of the listed actions:
-
Click the
Setup
link in the top right corner of the window. -
Select the
Database
tab. -
Choose
Database
>Database Properties
from the setup menu.
The system will open the database properties form:
To edit database information, click the Edit
button.
General Properties
The General
section comprises the following options:
- Name
- Specify the name of your database.
- Description
- Add a message that describes the purpose of your database.
Branding
The Branding
section comprises the following options:
- Logo
- To display your own logo in the left corner of the database, click the
Choose File
button and select an image file on your computer. Please note that your logo will be visible only in the database user mode.
If the uploaded image is in PNG format and does not exceed 300×100 pixels, it is used as is. Images that exceed these dimensions or are provided in a format other than JPEG or PNG are downscaled and converted to JPEG.
- Color
- Set color property for the database. This color will be used for all the tabs by default if other color is not selected on specific tab.
- Hide database name
- Sometimes the logo and the database name are duplicates or do not look well balanced. In this case, you can check the
Hide database name
option, and the database name will be hidden.
Preferences
The Preferences
section comprises the following options:
- Language and Location
- Administrators can set the
Language and Location
properties. This option parses and specifies the numbers, dates, and time format that are used instead of the current user settings. The chosen format will be shown for public users or other persons who do not have their own TeamDesk accounts.
For example, you work with the Sport Club database and notify registered course members who are not TeamDesk users about changes in the schedule of the Aikido workshop that will take place in Japan. You can set corresponding Language and Location. As the result, the date and time format of such notifications will be displayed according to Japanese (Japan) Language and Location settings.
- Time Zone
- The
Time Zone
option is taken into account only for Timestamp columns, and if a timestamp column value is converted into text, for example, in e-mail alerts or formulas. This database time zone is applied instead of the current user settings, if a person (like a public user) does not have their own TeamDesk account.
For instance, if the (UTC+9:00) Osaka Time Zone is chosen in the above-mentioned example, the “Date Created” and “Date Modified” timestamp values are calculated according to the database time zone settings and these timestamp values are displayed to course members who are not TeamDesk users.
Moreover, this Time Zone property is used, if a Timestamp column participates in workflow triggers.
- Weekends
- In case you create formulas, there are the Workday and Workdays functions that include the
weekends
argument. If this argument is omitted, theWeekends
option (Saturday, Sunday is the default) acts as the defaultweekends
argument.
Extras
The Extras
section is where you can control Support Staff Access.
The support team does not have access to your database by default, except for free trials. Therefore, if you need help from the Support Team members, you can provide access to the database via the Support Staff Access
option. It allows you to grant access to members of the TeamDesk support team until 23:59:59 of a certain date in the database-specific time zone or deny it.