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Navigating the Checkfront iOS app

Learn how to navigate the Checkfront iOS app, including the home screen, booking groups, and the calendar.

New to the iOS app? You can read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Checkfront iOS mobile booking app.

 

Accessing the features mentioned in this article


What more do I need to use this feature?

  • Admin or Staff user accounts only. Partner account logins are not supported.
     

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

  • This feature is available in both our classic versions: classic items (Inventory > Items) 
  • Important: Only the QR Code Scanner feature of the app, used to check in Guests via QR Barcodes on invoices, is supported for products (Inventory > Products) at this time.

 

Using the app home screen

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iOS app screen on the left showing booking list navigation with categories like New, Tomorrow, Today, and Bookmarks, and on the right New bookings list displaying customer names, dates, and activities.

When you open the Checkfront iOS app, the home screen displays a summary of your bookings, sorted into groups.

To view the bookings in a group:

  1. Tap a group to see its bookings.
  2. At the top of the screen, tap Customers to list bookings by the customer who made them, or Items to list them by the items booked.
     

Booking groups on the home screen

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Group What it shows
New Bookings made since you last logged in
Today Bookings that start today
Tomorrow Bookings that start tomorrow
Upcoming Bookings that start today or in the next seven days
Open Bookings that are in progress, including those that start today
Ending Bookings that end today
Bookmarks Bookings you’ve bookmarked for quick access

Finding bookings by date with the calendar

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Calendar view on iOS app showing April 2018 with In Progress filter selected and booking counts displayed on specific dates.

  1. On the home screen, tap Find by Calendar to open a monthly calendar. Days with bookings are circled.
  2. Tap a circled day to see that day’s bookings.

To choose which bookings appear on the calendar, tap Starting, In Progress, or Ending:

  • Tapping a status that’s turned on (blue text) hides those bookings, and the text turns grey.
  • Tapping it again shows them, and the text turns blue again.

 

Next steps

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In the next article in this series, we look at how to view bookings in the Checkfront iOS mobile app.

 

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