Activating the Advance Check In functionality with its related controls and tasks impacts the following features.
Searches and Sorting
Manage Reservations Advanced/Basic Search Screen
Adds an Advance Check In option to the Reservation States filter criteria.
When the OPERA Control Expected Time of Return is On for the property:
Adds ETR From and ETR To fields to the search criteria.
Adds the following sort by options to the search results view:
Arrival Date and ETR Ascending
Arrival Date and ETR Descending
Adds the following columns to the search results view:
ETR and ETR Comments
Advance Checked In
Adds a predefined Advance Checked In search filter.
Manage Reservations Arrivals Search Screen
Adds an Advance Check In option to the Reservation States filter criteria.
Adds an Exclude Advance Checked In check box to narrow the arrivals search to arrivals that have not been flagged as Advance Checked In.
When the OPERA Control Expected Time of Return is On for the property:
Adds ETR From and ETR To fields to the search criteria.
Adds the following sort by options to the search results view:
Arrival Date and ETR Ascending
Arrival Date and ETR Descending
Adds the following columns to the search results view:
ETR and ETR Comments
Advance Checked In
Adds a Reverse Advance Check In option to the search result I Want To… actions.
Adds an Advance Checked In predefined filter to the Search Type.
Adds a Mass Advance Check In button to the search results when two or more reservations are selected for Advance Check In.
Quick Launch Advance Checked In Screen
A predefined search for reservations that are flagged as Advance Checked In.
Adds an Advance Checked In Status filter for results showing only Arrival or only Checked In status reservations or both. The Advance Checked In reservation status includes both Arrival and Checked In reservations.
When the OPERA Control Expected Time of Return is On for the property, adds the following sort by options to the search results view:
Arrival Date and ETR ascending
Arrival Date and ETR descending
Refer to Advance Checked In Screen for more information.
Room Assignment Screen
Adds an Advance Check In predefined search filter.
Adds an Advance Checked In column to the search results view.
Using the following search and sort options, you can assign rooms to reservations based on the guest’s expected time of return to the property. This assists in prioritizing to have rooms ready for the guest upon their return:
When the OPERA Control Expected Time of Return is On for the property:
Adds ETR From and ETR To fields to the search criteria.
Adds the following sort by options to the search results view:
Arrival Date and ETR Ascending
Arrival Date and ETR Descending
Adds ETR and ETR Comments columns to the search results view.
Advance Check In Tile
A dashboard tile for Advance Check In reservations provides statistical information about Advance Check In individual and block reservations for the property’s current business date. Refer to Advance Check In Tile for more information.
Room Dairy
The room dairy provides visual indication for those arrival reservations with an assigned room that have been Advance Checked In.
Business Events
A Business Event for Advance Check In includes the following Data Elements:
Advance Check In
ETR (expected time of return)
ETR Comments
Night Audit, Routine Schedules, and Interface Control
Night Audit
The Night Audit process does not complete if any Advance Checked In reservations have not been checked in to the property.
Toolbox – Utilities - Processors
Adds an Auto Check In Processor that handles the Check In of Advance Checked In reservations based on the status of the room assigned to the reservation matching the status defined in the Room Status for Auto Check In of Advance Checked In Reservations settings.
Property Interface Control Screen
Provides the option of creating keys for one or multiple reservations that are flagged as Advance Checked In.
Reports – Reservation Detail Report (res_detail)
Adds the following report parameters:
Advance Checked In only
Include Advance Checked In
Adds a report column indicator for Advance Checked In reservation.
Parent topic: Advance Checking In Reservations