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GO - Calendar

GO - Calendar

Difficulty: novice

Learning Objectives

After reading this article, you’ll be able to:

  • Configure the calendar to fit your requirements

  • Create Room or Workplace reservations through the Calendar


The calendar view allows users to see availability for different room types, (or apply other filters) across multiple time blocks.

 

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How to use the Calendar

  1. Select the building for which you want to load the location list and their availability

  2. Indicate if you want to load the list of Rooms for that building, the list of Workplaces or both

    1. if you have specific requirements, set a filter to reduce the results list

  3. On the top right, Search within the presented location list (based on Building selection, Object Type selection and filter) or Sort based on

    1. Name (A-Z or Z-A)

    2. Capacity (Low-High or High-Low)

    3. Availability (only relevant for real-time view when occupancy data is available for that location)

  4. Below Search, customize the calendar timeline

    1. In Week-view, see

      • Monday to Friday, or include weekends

      • Define working hours, or 24/7 view

    2. In Day-view, zoom in or out choosing between 2h, 1h, 30min or 15min view

  5. Select a date

    1. Jump through the weeks using the arrows

    2. Select a specific date using the calendar view

    3. Jump back to Today

  6. On the left hand side of the screen, Workplace will load the locations depending on the search, filter & sort criteria.

    1. The list will show location picture, name and capacity

    2. To view the details of a location, mouse hover on the location to show more details like floor and zone or to jump to a floor plan on which the location is highlighted

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How to make a reservation through the Calendar

When you find a location that fits your requirements,

  1. Click in the relevant time block to start your time selection

  2. To define the time, drag-and-drop the start and end-time in the calendar itself, or change the elements visible in the pop-up

Based on the (2h, 1h, 30min or 15min) zoom in Day view, a click in the calendar selects a time block of the selected zoom level (15min time block in 15min view, 1h time block in 1h view)

It’s possible to drag-and-drop the start and end-time, but also here the zoom level is respected.

  1. Fill in the basic fields in the pop-up to quickly confirm your reservation, or

  2. Select “More Details” to open the GO - Confirm Location Reservation screen in order to add Add-Ons like Services or Equipment

 

Good to know

  • It’s not possible to see reservation data for the past

    • when looking at a date in the past and switching to date or week view, you’re brought back to today’s date

  • Based on the (2h, 1h, 30min or 15min) zoom in Day view, a click in the calendar selects a time block of the selected zoom level (15min time block in 15min view, 1h time block in 1h view)

  • The colors used in the Calendar

    • Your own reservations will be highlighted in a different color

    • Unavailable times are indicated through shading

    • Reservations of other users will mention their name in Day view

  • The Calendar Building List only shows those for which a floorplan is configured.

 


 

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