Appendix B - Field Variables

Field variables must be contained within a set of "booking tags" within your template - these "booking tags" define the section of code that is to be repeated (looped) for each booking to be displayed. Here's a template example.

Booking Tags	Description
<bookings></bookings>	This will display ongoing and upcoming bookings for the rest of the day
<bookings_now></bookings_now>	This will only display bookings which are taking place at the present time
<bookings_next></bookings_next>	This will only display bookings for the remainder of the day which have yet to start

The following variables can be used within a set of booking tags in your Screen Templates and correspond to booking fields within MIDAS. These variables will be automatically substituted with booking data on your display devices.

Setting	Description	Example value
%ATTENDEES%	Number of attendees	10
%CLIENT%	Name of client	Joe Bloggs
%FINISH%	Booking finish time	10:00
%NOTES%	Booking notes	This booking may finish early
%ONGOING%	Assigns an "ongoing" style class to the template element if the booking is ongoing. This could be used to display bookings currently taking place in a different color to other bookings. See Appendix C for examples
%ORG%	Client's organization	My Company
%RESOURCES%	List of resources assigned to booking	x1 Laptop x1 Data Projector
%START%	Booking start time	09:00
%TYPE%	Booking type	Internal Meeting
%VENUE%	Name of venue	Meeting Room A
%CUSTOM_x%	If you've defined your own custom booking fields within MIDAS, you can include them on your screens using the "%CUSTOM_x%" variable (where "x" is the internal name of your custom booking field). For example, if you've added a custom field to your MIDAS named "Room Layout", you would include data from this field on your signage screen with the variable "%CUSTOM_ROOM_LAYOUT%"