Product: Bookings - EQ1

Release Date: Monday 9th Wednesday 11th September 2024 TBC

Summary: A new calendar interface to view resource availability before making bookings

Overview

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An overview of the resource consisting of:
1. Image
2. Capacity (if enabled)
3. Available discounts (if enabled. Feature coming soon)
4. Name of the resource
5. Location of the resource
  
  As you vertically scroll, the image section will be collapsed to free up screen space. The title and location will remain stuck in the header:
Horizontal scroll to view available resources. Simply scroll L > R or R > L to view the available resources
Current time indicator for today (green horizontal line) and automatic scroll to the current time of day when loading the calendar:
Availability times on the y axis:
Date picker to view today or a future date:
The same search and filtering options from the list view to further refine your search:
The ability to view and book resources set up with available slots or as a flexible booking:
Selecting a flexible time, or a predefined slot, will launch the side modal with the date prefilled on the form and the slot preselected (if applicable):
Colour coded backgrounds to indicate available/unavailable times. If a resource has a grey background to indicate it’s Not available it can be due to the a number of reasons:
- The resource having specific From/To hours or if the resource is
- The resource may be included in a blockout date:
- The resource may be configured with a Prep time (before) and Prep time (after)
Ability to launch the booking form either by selecting a time/available slot or by selecting the title of the resource:

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Info
These are still being worked on and will be available at a future point in time.

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Question	Answer
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X	XDoes the calendar show resources both configured as flexible bookings and slots?	Yes, you can select from available slots or pick a resource with flexible opening times.
How do I share feedback or discuss something specific to the bookings application?We have a dedicated Slack channel where you can ask questions, share feedback (both good and bad) and keep across upcoming bookings work. Significant feature work will continue to be announced in the Product announcements Slack channelknow if the resource is available?	Refer to Item 9 above for how resource availability appears on the calendar. There are different colour codes to identify available times.