Some rooms shouldn't be booked simultaneously. Here's how you prevent it.
About This Article
You'll need Crescat Venue if you are going to follow along with this article. It will cover what Restrictions are, how to create one, and what happens if a member encounters a restriction when booking rooms.
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What Do Restrictions Do?
Booking restrictions allow you to specify two rooms that perhaps shouldn't be booked overlapping. If a member tries to overlap these bookings, they will be informed of the potential consequences or whatever you decide to communicate.
Important
The restriction is ignored if both rooms are being booked for the same event.
Locating Booking Restrictions
In your Crescat group, click Rooms in the sidebar, then click the Room Manager tab that appears to the right.
Creating a New Restriction
Under Restrictions, click Create Restriction.
Then select the two rooms that shouldn't be booked at the same time and write a message to be shown to members who attempt to do so.
How Users Will See It
Now when a group member is setting up an event, if the two rooms overlap, they will see a new section called "Active restrictions" cautioning the user booking the room:
Let us know below if this article helped you understand what Restrictions are and how to create them.
All the best from us at Team Crescat!