Reading the daily record

The two layout modes (timeline vs single card), how to scan a day quickly.

Carerealm renders a day's diary in one of two modes — your realm admin picks per-area. They look quite different. Knowing which mode you're in makes the page far easier to scan.

Mode A — Timeline (multiple entries per day)

A vertical 48-row half-hour timeline runs from 00:00 to 23:30 down the page. Each diary entry, form submission and eMAR administration is a card slotted at its time. The page auto-scrolls to the most recent event on load.

  • Diary entries — primary-coloured header bar showing time, author, "X minutes ago".

  • Form submissions — pink header. Click View form response to open the full submission.

  • Medication administrations — emerald header. Click View MAR sheet to jump back to eMAR.

Forms and medications only appear when enabled in Diary configuration.

Mode B — Single card + revisions

One large primary-headed card per day. The card body is the latest revision of the day's diary text. Below it:

  • Diary revisions list — every prior revision as a row with timestamp + author. Badges: Current (the latest), Locked, Photo.

  • Completed Forms section below — form submissions for the day.

Click any revision row to open the Revision View slideover, which shows that revision's content with an Actions menu (Make current, Edit content, Lock, Archive — admin/moderator only).

Empty state

Days with no entries show a friendly empty-state card with the day-aware heading:

  • "No diary entries today!" (today, amber underline)

  • "No diary entries yesterday" / "No diary entries tomorrow"

  • "No diary entries" (other days)

Each empty state has its own Add diary entry button.

Locked entries

A locked entry shows a yellow Entry locked pill. If you don't have permission to view locked entries, the body is replaced with a warning card: "This diary entry is locked, only an admin or selected users can view it." See Locking entries.

Last updated 21 May 2026 · by Carerealm · Suggest a feature or change to this article
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