Connections transforms how you coordinate with colleagues in a hybrid workplace. Throughout Mapiq, you'll discover your connections' presence and plans woven into the views you already use. Whether you're checking your day, booking a workspace, or preparing for a meeting, Connections surfaces exactly who will be where and when. This visibility helps you make better decisions about where to work, which days to come in, and how to stay close to the colleagues who matter most.

This article walks you through every location where Connections appears in the app, explaining what you'll see and how it helps you coordinate.

Your Home tab opens with a shortlist of your connections, giving you an immediate snapshot of their workday plans for today. For each connection, you'll see:

Tapping the map icon opens a workspace visualization showing precisely where your connection will be sitting. For area bookings, it will show your connection within their booked area. In case desk booking is enabled you’ll see your connections profile picture illustrated on the booked desk.

This shortlist keeps your most relevant connections front and center, so you can quickly decide if today's a good day to head into the office or coordinate plans with colleagues who'll be around.

The Plan tab is where Connections becomes your coordination powerhouse. You'll encounter your connections in four distinct places, each designed for a specific planning moment.

As you scan your week, connections appear with their profile pictures on the days they've booked into an office. The visualization groups connections avatars per day. When more colleagues are coming in, their profiles merge into a single indicator displaying the total count. Hovering over these avatars will show the full list of connections coming in. This lets you spot patterns at a glance, which days will feel busy, which days you'll have key collaborators around, and which days might be quieter.

You can filter the week overview to focus on specific connections. Click the Filter button at the top of the week overview to select which connections you want to track. Once applied, the visualization shows only bookings for your filtered connections, making it easier to coordinate with your core team or specific colleagues.

Once you've booked an office day, your day view prioritizes relevant connections. All connections planning to work at the same office appear prominently at the top of your workday view. If you've selected a different location from some connections, they're displayed below your workday card with a clear reference showing where they'll be working from instead. This layout helps you understand who you'll actually encounter versus who's working elsewhere.

As you move through the booking process, connections appears inline to inform your choices. You'll see which connections are working at each location and office as you browse options. This real-time visibility makes it natural to book a spot near colleagues you want to collaborate with or simply be around your favorite connections. The booking flow becomes less about finding any available desk and more about finding the right desk near the right people.

Within your Plan tab, the meeting overview adds a connection layer to your scheduled meetings. For each meeting, you'll see a summary showing whether your connections plan to attend from the office or join remotely. This insight helps you decide if it's worth coming into the office for that important discussion or if most participants will be dialing in anyway. It removes the guesswork from hybrid meeting coordination.

The Find tab brings Connections to life through giving context using your floorplan. Navigate to the Workspaces section to discover where your connections are right now and where they plan to be.

The workspace list displays your connections with time-sensitive accuracy. You'll see which connections are currently present based on their active time slot bookings. If someone booked a morning slot and you're checking the list in the afternoon, they won't appear in the current view. The system respects their actual availability window. This gives you a realistic picture of who's around right now, not just who booked for some point during the day.

The map view displays your connections' locations visually. When you select a specific area on the map, the view reveals all connections who've made bookings there. In areas where workspace booking allows desk selection, the experience becomes even more detailed: your connections' profile pictures appear directly on their chosen desks. Just like the list view, the map respects time slot bookings, so avatars only appear during their reserved windows.

This map view helps you understand not just who's in the building, but exactly where they're sitting. You can make informed decisions about where to book, whether to drop by for a quick chat, or which floor will give you the most valuable interactions.

If your organization has enabled the check-in functionality, Connections gains an additional real-time layer. When connections check in to the office, a solid green disc appears next to their profile picture across most views throughout the app.

This indicator distinguishes between planned presence and confirmed presence. You'll know who's actually in the office right now, not just who planned to be there when they made their booking days ago. The check-in indicator appears in your Home tab, Plan tab, Find views, and anywhere else connection avatars are displayed, except the Connections management tab itself.