Booking calendar - hourly
We would like to enable users to book rooms and equipment on the hour / half hour. Booking to the minute, as in the current booking calendar, is not suitable. Would it be possible for an alternative calendar to be made available or to have the facility to modify the existing one?
A new booking policy in the Terms of Use, Booking Resolution, allows you to define the allowed resolution of your booking request
Available only for Primo customers
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes
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Ewa commented
We are also waiting for this development. If it doesn't come we will have to use a third party software to manage our studyrooms (and of course pay for it).
Thank you, Ewa
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Shengbo commented
We are also suffering from the poor booking interface. Hope someone from Exlibris could push this development. Thanks.
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Paul Harding commented
Any update on when we can expect this functionality?
Thanks
Paul
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Monica Crump commented
Backing up Eric's comment, this has been 'planned' since 2016 - but is urgently needed. Is it coming soon?
Many thanks,
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Eric Clark commented
Going on two years since the last comment, but I haven't noticed this on the roadmap...?
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Hi,
Definitely a good idea ! Our plans are to make it possible to set up a booking policy that will determine allowed resolution of the start and end times - by Minutes/By Hours/By Days.
Moshe
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Yvonne Sang commented
Using the current booking calendar is really difficult. With all the minute options, the dropdowns are just too long.
I would be happy with 1/2 hourly, 15 minute, or even 10 minute slots. -
Paula Mountain Agar commented
We raised this functionality when we adopted Alma in 2013 as early adopters. We use the booking calendar so our students can book items for 4 hour loan. We find students are confused if they can book from 10:17 to 12:18 for example. How would another student know when to book their item or when an item is due for return? We fully support this request for this improvement.