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Settings

Time zone, calendar feed (.ics subscription), empty-day default, and workspace rename.

What's in Settings

The Settings hub has three sub-pages:

  • Time zone — set the zone all your dates and times render in.
  • Calendar feed — subscribe to your schedule from iPhone, Google Calendar, or Outlook. Also: empty-day default toggle.
  • Workspace (firm admins only) — rename your firm workspace.

Time zone

Auto-detected from your browser on first visit and persisted to your account. Change it any time from Settings → Time zone or the sidebar dropdown.

When you change time zones, all existing entries shift to display in the new zone. The underlying stored times don't change — only how they're rendered.

Calendar feed (.ics)

Every account can publish their schedule as a calendar feed. On Settings → Calendar feed:

  1. Click Generate URL.
  2. Copy the webcal:// URL.
  3. Paste it into your calendar app's "Subscribe to calendar" option:
    • iPhone: Settings → Calendar → Accounts → Add → Other → Add Subscribed Calendar.
    • Google Calendar: Other calendars → + → From URL.
    • Outlook: Add calendar → Subscribe from web.

Your external calendar refreshes the feed periodically (depending on the app — typically every 1-24 hours). Add new entries in OBC Calendar; they appear in your external calendar within hours.

The URL contains an unguessable token, so anyone who has it can read your schedule. Treat it like a password. Regenerate the token any time to invalidate the old URL.

Empty-day default toggle

Decides how empty days appear in your published feed:

  • Available by default — no entry on a given day means free. Good for couriers who prefer to publish only their busy windows.
  • Blocked by default — no entry on a given day means unavailable. Good for couriers who only want firms to see explicitly green hours.

The toggle affects both your in-app Schedules / Dashboard rendering and the .ics feed your subscribers see.

Workspace rename (firm admins)

If you registered with an auto-generated workspace name, you can rename it under Settings → Workspace. The new name shows up in client-facing emails (e.g., invoice send), invitation emails, and the sidebar header.

Troubleshooting calendar feed

If new entries don't appear in iPhone Calendar:

  • Pull-to-refresh on the Calendar app forces a re-fetch.
  • iOS's auto-refresh interval can be hours — patience required.
  • Confirm the webcal:// URL was pasted, not https:// — Safari treats https:// as a one-time download instead of a subscription.
  • If you regenerated the token, remove the old subscription and re-add with the new URL.