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Workspace defaults — currency, timezone, and formats

Set your business currency, timezone, date and time format, first day of the week, and other workspace-wide defaults in Owneli.

Updated Aug 14, 2026

Workspace defaults are the business-wide basics — currency, timezone, date and time formats, and a handful of behaviour switches. Admins set them at Settings → Workspace → Defaults, and they apply to everyone in the business.

What can I set in workspace defaults?

SettingWhat it controls
Country & currencyThe currency every price, sale, and report is denominated in
TimezoneThe business default timezone
Date formatHow dates render throughout the app
Time format12-hour or 24-hour clocks
First day of weekWhich day calendars and week views start on
Form expiryHow many days a sent form link stays valid by default
PDF receiptsWhether receipts are attached to receipt emails as a PDF
Session timeoutAuto sign-out after a period of inactivity (0 = never)
Booking notificationsWhether admins are notified on new online bookings

Time-off request types, business days, and approvers live on their own Time off tab; retention and clinical charting live under Data & privacy.

Timezone: the one setting with a follow-up question

The calendar reads each location's timezone, not this default. So when you change the default timezone here, Owneli offers to update your locations to match — accept it unless your locations genuinely sit in different zones.

If you decline the location update, the calendar keeps showing each location's own timezone and this default quietly won't move it — which looks like the setting "didn't work". It did; the locations just kept their own values.

Personal vs business settings

Your interface language is personal — every user picks their own under Work in your language. Everything on the Defaults tab is business-wide: your date format choice is what the whole team sees.

Common questions

Can different locations use different currencies?

No — currency is one per business. Locations can differ in timezone, hours, and policies, not currency.

Does changing the date format affect my data?

No. It's display formatting only; stored dates are unchanged.

What does session timeout do?

After the set minutes of inactivity, users are signed out and must sign in again — useful on shared front-desk devices. Zero disables it.

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