Changing Booking Inventory Statuses

Booking inventory records can be updated directly from within the diary views.

To change a booking inventory status

  1. Navigate to the Function Space Diary screen.

  2. In the Properties form, query for the property record.

  3. Click the appropriate view tab from one of the following: Sales/Execution, Revenue Management, Compact Diary, or Total Availability.

  4. In the selected view, enter the required start date and time scale, and then click Go.

  5. To make status changes, perform one or more of the operations described in the following table.

    To Make This Status Change Perform This Action Result

    Unreserve a reserved booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Unreserve.

    The booking is removed from the diary views and the inventory status changes to Unreserved.

    Assign a specific space booking to a category

    Right-click the booking, and choose Assign to Category.

    The booking changes color to indicate that it is no longer assigned to a specific function space.

    Assign a category booking to a specific space

    Right-click the booking, and choose Assign to Specific Space.

    The booking changes color to indicate that it is no longer assigned to a category.

    Overbook an optioned booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Overbook.

    The booking changes color to indicate that it is overbooked.

    Option an overbooked booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Optioned.

    The booking changes color to indicate that it is not overbooked.

    Unreserve an optioned or overbooked booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Unreserve.

    The indicator bar split is removed, and the booking is displayed as Reserved.

    Unreserve a reserved booking on the same indicator bar as an optioned booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Unreserve.

    The split is removed from the indicator bar, and it changes color to indicate that the inventory status has changed to Option Reserved.

    Reserve an unreserved booking on the same indicator bar as an overbooked booking

    Right-click a reserved booking on the same indicator bar as an overbooked booking, and choose Unreserve.

    The split is removed from the indicator bar, and it changes color to indicate that the inventory status has changed to Reserved.

    Accept an option reserved booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Reserve.

    The booking inventory status changes to Reserved.

    Reject an option reserved booking

    Right-click the booking, and choose Unreserve.

    The booking is removed from the diary views, and the inventory status is changed to Unreserved.

Caution: When optioned and overbooked bookings are created, the indicator bar is split vertically to display different bookings for the same function space and time period. Make sure that you right-click the correct booking and not another booking on the same indicator bar. Otherwise, you might change the status of the wrong booking.