Siteconfig

This page is used to specify configuration settings for the installation of the Book A Flight system.

Settings in this page allow you to customise most aspects of how the system works. For details of what each entry on this page does please contact the staff at Book A Flight.

In some instances the system settings "values" must be a number, in other instances it must be a piece or text / email address. Where a value needs to be true or false please use 1=yes (true) and 0=No (false).

The Key	Explanation
ACCOUNT_BALANCE_LIMIT	Rand value - people with account balances below this level will not be able to green tag.
ADMIN_MAIL	Where to send email to for late cancelations and other significant events (see also the NOMAIL option)
AUTH_BY_EMAIL	When set to true, the system will send Invoices to pilots by as PDF attachements to an email after each flight.
AUTH_HIREANDFLY	When set to true, the system will generate a list of instructors on the autho sheet for a hire and fly flight. An instructor on duty must choose their name from the list and then provide their password as authentication that the hire and fly booking has been approved.
BOOKING_MAIL_ADDRESS	The address that booking emails appear to come from (useful if people hit reply)
BOOKING_MAIL_NAME	The name that booking emails appear to come from (useful if people hit reply)
CLUB_ABBREVIATION	A short abbreviation for places where the full name is too long
CLUB_ADDRESS	The address to print on invoices etc.
CLUB_ATO	The ATO
CLUB_EMAIL	The email address for the club or school
CLUB_FAX	The fax number to print on invoices
CLUB_NAME	The name of the school or club
CLUB_PHONE	The phone number to print on invoices
CLUB_SCHOOL	Should we use the word School or Club for this installation
CLUB_TAGLINE	A tag line to print on invoices etc.
CLUB_VATNUMBER	The VAT number for the club or school, for invoices
CLUB_WEB	Link through to the web site for the club or school
COA_WARN_DAYS	Days before COA expiry to start warning
CRAFT	Aircraft of Helicopter icon for the button bar
DEBIT_ACCOUNT_BALANCES	Debit account balances with each invoice generation
DEBUG_LOG	Location for debug log file
DEVNOTIFY	Notify developers of critical events (only switch this to true under instruction from Bookaflight staff)
eMAIL	System mail notifications.Allowable values are [NONE, SUMMARY, DETAIL]
ENFORCE_PRIORITY	Force bookings onto higher priority aircraft (0=false/no; 1=true/yes). For details on how this works, please see the "Booking Group" and "Booking Priority" sections of the Aircraft documentation. This capability requires some changes by Book A Flight. To activate this feature please get in touch with your Book A Flight support contact.
EXPORT_SALES_CODE	Include SALES CODES in Pastel export. Allowable values are NONE, FLIGHT_TYPE or INSTRUCTOR. See the "Sales Codes" section of the Pastel_Integration documentation section for details.
EXPORTPASTELTO	eMail address to send invoice extracts to, or use FILE to have extracts downloaded directly
FINGERPRINT_FILES	The path on the client PC used to store the fingerprint files
HOME_FIELD	Home airfield
HOME_FIELD_LANDING_CODE	Account code for landings at the home field. Must match the code in the Accounting system.
HOME_FIELD_LANDING_FEE	Landing fees for the home field. Set to zero to suppress home field landing fees.
INS_WARN_DAYS	Days before Insurance expiry to start warning
INSTRUCTION_PADDING	How much to pad the instructors time for flights, to allow for admin and paperwork
INVOICE_BRIEF	Number of hours after a briefing that the invoice can still be generated
INVOICE_LINE_1	The Pastel accounting package allows three fields of up to 30 characters each to be included in an invoice export such that these fields print onto the invoice when it is rendered within Pastel. These fields are typically used to indicate the banking details that should be used for payment. Details for PASTEL invoice - line 1 (30 chars max)
INVOICE_LINE_2	Details for PASTEL invoice - line 2 (30 chars max)
INVOICE_LINE_3	Details for PASTEL invoice - line 3 (30 chars max)
INVOICE_PREFIX	Prefix to add to invoice numbers during the export process
LATITUDE	Location of runway (used to calculate sunrise and sunset times)
LONGDURATION_HOURS	How long a booking can be by someone holding the BOOKING_LONGDURATION key
LONGITUDE	Location of runway (used to calculate sunrise and sunset times)
MAINT_EMAIL	Email address to send maintenance notifications to. Use "NONE" to suppress maintenance email notifications. If set, an email will be sent to this address with details of all maintenance entries as these are loaded against an aircraft.
MASS_WARN_DAYS	Days before Mass & Balance expiry to start warning
MAXDATE	Number of days in the future that normal students can book (pages in the booking sheet)
MONTH_END_DAY	Last day of the financial month - days beyond this fall into the next reporting period
MPI_WARN_DAYS	Days before MPI to start warning
MPI_WARN_HOURS	Hours before MPI to start warning
OIL_WARN_HOURS	Hours before oil change to start warning
PRINT_AUTH	Switch printing of authorization sheet on
PRINT_AUTH_IF_PAX	Print authorization sheet only if there are passengers
PRINT_COMMAND	Use SCREEN to have PDFs open on the screen, otherwise use path to script file e.g. /home/bookings/print_to_canon.sh
PRINT_INVOICE	Switch printing of invoice on
RECENCY_DAYS	Max number of days since last flight before the next flight HAS to be DUAL. Set to zero (0) to bypass recency logic. For details see the Recency documentation.
RSL_WARN_DAYS	Days before Radio Station Licence expiry to start warning
SAR_HOURS	Search-and-Rescue Hours (start comma stop) - usually 1,8 to initiate S-and-R when 1 hour overdue and stop after 8 hours. Use 0,0 to disable search-and-rescue
SAR_NOTIFY	Search-and-Rescue Notification : List of cellphone numbers, separated by commas. Use international dialing convention without the +
SCHOOL_LEVY_CODE	Accounting system code to use for School Levy line items
SCHOOL_LEVY_RATE	Percentage of Instruction and Briefing costs to be added to invoices as a school levy
SHORTDURATION_HOURS	How long a booking can be by someone not holding the BOOKING_LONGDURATION key
SHOW_INSTRUCTOR_RATES	Defaults to TRUE, in which case the rand value of instruction is displayed in the Instructor Activity screen. If set to false, the rand value is not displayed.
SLOTLENGTH	The default slot length of a booking.
SMS_NOTIFY	Send SMS message to pilots when a booking is made (requires pre-purchased credits)
SMS_REMINDER	Send SMS messaging (reminder) to pilots this many hours ahead of a booking start. Set to zero to send NO reminders (requires pre-purchased credits)
SOLO_HRS_LIMIT	Max hours of SOLO flight before DUAL flight warning during flight autho. Applies to AB and SPL licence types only. Set to zero (0) to bypass this rule. During flight authorisation the system will check (if the flight instruction type is “SOLO”) to see how many hours of solo flight this pilot has flown since they last flew a DUAL flight. If the solo hours flown (since last dual flight) are less than the configured value then the “hours flown” is shown in normal “notification” font style. If the hours are more, then a red boxed warning is shown. Note that this does NOT block the flight authorisation – the instructor still has discretion to allow the flight to proceed. We recommend that you set this value to an hour (or more) less than the upper limit you wish to allow, so that students (and instructors) get a warning while there is still an hour or two left, before a dual flight would be mandated. The SOLO flight rules are also applied during the green-tag process, but pilots who have exceeded the solo flight limit are still allowed to green-tag (but with a warning message) so that they are able to plan to undertake a DUAL instruction flight.
SWING_WARN_DAYS	Days before Compass swing expiry to start warning
TBO_WARN_HOURS	Hours before TBO to start warning
TIMEZONE	Timezone for the club/school
USE_EXPIRECLUB	Check the club membership expiary as part of the Red Tag System
USE_EXPIREDUALCHECK_DATE	Require Dual Check expiary as part of the Red Tag System (0=false, 1=true)
USE_EXPIREDUALCHECK_HRS	Max hours of flight time (all flight types) before DUAL CHECK flight warning during flight autho. Set to zero (0) to bypass this rule. See Dual_Check_Restrictions documentation for more details.
USE_EXPIREEXCESS	Require excess insurance expiary as part of the Red Tag System
VATRATE	The VAT rate for the club or school.If not registered as a VAT vender then set this to 0
WEATHER_FIELD	Which airfield(s) to retrieve weather information from. Separate fields with a comma(e.g. "FALA,FAOR,iWeathar-799"). Weather details for these fields display on the booking sheet and print on the flight authorisation PDF document (except for backdated authorisations). Note that this field will pull weather from the aviation weather SA feed as well as from any iWeathar station - to use the iWeathar details you need your site installation id (e.g. 123) appended to "iWeathar-" (e.g. iWeathar-123)
YEAR_START_MONTH	Which month of the year is the start of the financial year (Pastel reporting period)