Mark yourself at lunch or AFK
Send these to Nilear-Chat in Teams. Your status changes on the Availability board in MTX and the Time Machine, and Nilear-Chat replies with the time you are due back, such as Status changed to Lunch until 12:35 PM.
| Send | Does |
|---|---|
Lunch or Lunch on |
At lunch for your default lunch break: 30 minutes, unless you set your own. |
Lunch 45 |
At lunch for 45 minutes. |
Lunch 1:30 or Lunch 1:30pm |
At lunch until 1:30 PM. |
Lunch off |
Back from lunch. Nilear-Chat replies Lunch ended. |
AFK |
Away from keyboard for 15 minutes. |
AFK 10, AFK 2:15pm |
Away for 10 minutes, or until 2:15 PM. |
AFK off |
Back at your keyboard. |
A one- or two-digit number is a number of minutes, and your return time is rounded up to the next five minutes. For
lunch, a number under 15 is read as an hour instead (Lunch 1 is until 1:00). Three or four digits, or a time with a
colon, am or pm, is the time you are back.
Set your default lunch break
Section titled “Set your default lunch break”On the Nilear Live page, with Lunch/AFK Updates ticked, enter your Lunch Break (in minutes) under Default Lunch Break Duration, from 15 to 180. Leave it at 30 for the standard break.
Hear when others go to lunch
Section titled “Hear when others go to lunch”Tick Lunch/AFK Updates to receive a message when a colleague goes to lunch or steps away, and when they are back. Under Team Filter, choose a team to hear only about its members, or Everyone. Teams are created in the Time Machine and MTX.