System Options

The main System->Options page allows configuring of the general preferences within Animal Shelter Manager.

The shelter details tab allows you to enter contact information for your shelter. This is used with reporting and internet publishing.

The mapping service tab allows you to specify a URL for a mapping service to use when looking up the location of owners. The default is Google Maps. ASM will use the address field and the postcode (or zipcode for US users) when searching.

The lost and found tab allows you to assign your own point weightings to the different kinds of matches used when generating the lost and found match report, as well as determine how many points are need for a match to be included.

The word processor tab allows you to choose which word processor you want to use. Typically, this will be either OpenOffice, Microsoft Office 2007 or Rich Text Format Compatible (works with Microsoft Word before 2007).

The waiting list tab allows an update period to be configured here. Simply specify in days the interval between updates (how often a waiting list entry is bumped up the urgency ratings until it reaches ``High''). Another option is available to select the default waiting list urgency - this is the default start value given to new waiting list entries. You can also choose hold separate rankings for species on the waiting list. This makes sense if your shelter takes dogs and cats for example and whether you can take a cat is independent of how many dogs are on the shelter.

The movement tab allows a number of days to be set to automatically cancel reservations. If an animal is reserved for this period of time and it does not result in an adoption (or any kind of movement), ASM will automatically cancel the reservation for you after this time.

The costs tab allows you to specify a default daily boarding cost for new animals (this value can be modified on the animal's cost tab). You can also set whether to convert the boarding cost to a fixed cost record when the animal is adopted (this is the default behaviour) and which cost type that should be booked to.