Proximity calculation when browsing near a person
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Summary of Proximity Calculation When Browsing Near a Person
This feature allows employees to search for available workplace spaces based on proximity to a specified colleague. The application prioritizes displaying locations that are closest to the selected person, enhancing the efficiency of space reservation in the workplace.
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Key Features
- Proximity Calculation Flow: The search results depend on several factors, including:
- Floor Plan: If the colleague’s location has a defined floor plan, it utilizes floor map coordinates to find the nearest space.
- Area: If there’s no floor plan, the application checks if the colleague’s location is part of an area, displaying available spaces accordingly.
- Tag: If the location lacks an area, the app looks for tags associated with it to show relevant spaces.
- Default Sorting: When using the Browse near a person option, spaces are shown based on proximity, while My favorites first sort option prioritizes the employee's favorite spaces.
Key Outcomes
Employees can quickly identify and reserve spaces near their colleagues, optimizing workplace collaboration. If no matching spaces are available, a notification will inform the employee. The system’s sorting options ensure that preferred spaces are highlighted when searching.
When an employee searches for a space near a person using the Browse near a person option, the workplace locations are displayed based on the closest proximity.
Proximity calculation flow
- Floor plan: After the employee specifies the colleague near
whom they want to reserve a space, the application checks if the colleague's location
has a floor plan defined.
- If there is a floor plan, then the floor map coordinates are used to find the nearest space.
- If there is no floor plan, then the next step is performed.
- Area: If there are no floor plans defined for the colleague's
location, then the application checks if the location is part of an area.
- If the location is part of an area, then the available spaces are displayed based on the area configuration.
- Only available spaces on the floor where the employee is located are displayed.
- If the location is not part of any area, then the next step is performed.
- Tag: If the location is not part of any area, then the
application checks if the colleague's location has any tags.
- If the location has a tag, then all the available spaces with the same tag value are displayed.
- Only available spaces on the floor where the employee is located are displayed.
- If the location does not have a tag, then all the available spaces of the floor where the colleague is located are displayed.
- For proximity based search that involves area and tag, only the available spaces on the floor where the employee is located are displayed.
- If there are is no area or tag defined, then the available spaces of that floor are displayed. If there are no available spaces on that, then a message is displayed that there no matching spaces found.
- By default the My favorites first sort option is selected when an employee searches for spaces using the Browse all or Browse by area option.
- If an employee searches for a space using the Browse near a person option, then the spaces are displayed based on the closest proximity. If the employee selects the My favorites first sort option, then the favorite spaces of that employee which have the closest proximity are displayed first.
By default, all the available spaces are displayed based on the above proximity calculations. In case the employee has set favorite locations and has selected the My favorites first sort option, then the favorite locations are displayed at first.