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Adding product closures from the inventory calendar

Save time by blocking unavailable dates by adding product closures directly from the Inventory Calendar so that you can close availability for specific days, date ranges, or days of the week across one or all of your products at once.

Learn how to add a product closure through the Inventory Calendar.

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Are you new to our Inventory Calendar? 

Start by reading the first article in this series, Introduction to the Inventory Calendar.

 

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

 

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

  • Calendar > Product > Inventory Calendar > + Product Closure
     

What more do I need to use this feature?

  • Admin or restricted permissions to View calendars, View events and rules with Manage events and rules for Product Closures.
  • Inventory products configured within Checkfront.
     

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

  • Your account must have access to classic products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our classic products version of Checkfront. This feature is not available for use with classic items (Inventory > Items) in our classic items version. → Learn more about products. 

 

Adding a product closure

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Inventory calendar view highlighting the add product closure button beside new booking.

You can start by adding a product closure via the +Product Closure button at the top right of the screen. This action opens the Create Product Closure modal.

Product closures let you close off your product's availability for specific dates and days. You can also apply the closures to select categories or products.

 

Creating a product closure

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Create product closure window showing fields for name, date range, schedule, and product selection.

You can configure the closure from the Create Product Closure modal to fit your needs.

 

Naming your product closure

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Specify the name of your product closure, for example, Winter Closure, Weekday Closure, or Monday Staff Training. This name can be changed once saved.

 

Selecting the date range for the product closure

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Select the date range for the product closure. For example:

  • Winter Closure: 12/24/21 --> 01/03/22
  • Weekday Closure: 11/01/21 --> 02/28/22*
  • Monday Staff Training: 02/01/22 --> 02/01/22*

*Your date range selections are combined with your schedule selections to get the product closure that suits your needs. 

 

Selecting days of the week for the product closure

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Specify the days of the week on which the closure applies. You can close availability Everyday, on Weekdays, on Weekends, or according to your Custom selections, e.g., Mondays only during the selected period.

 

Selecting timeslots when products are closed

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Turn on the Apply To Specific Timeslots toggle if you have any product configured with timeslots, including timeslots for draft products. Use the Timeslots dropdown menu to select which timeslots you need to close. This toggle is off by default.

 

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Applying a product closure to timeslots

Know the following:

  • The Apply To Specific Timeslots toggle is not visible unless you have previously created Timeslots products.

    If you turn on the toggle, you can open the Timeslots menu to see all the timeslots that apply to those products at once.

    When you select one or more Timeslots products to apply the closure to, the Timeslots menu shows only those timeslots that apply to the selected product(s).
  • A product closure applies to all timeslots by default if the Apply To Specific Timeslots toggle is off.
  • To block the full date in the booking calendar, select all applicable timeslots or turn off the Apply To Specific Timeslots toggle.

 

Selecting products to apply to the closure

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Select the products to which the product closure applies. Your options include:

  • Select one or more products or categories by checking the box next to the category or product listing.
  • Click the Select All button to apply the product closure to all your products.
  • Click the Select None button to save the closure without applying it to any products. 

 

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Learn more about product closures

For a detailed look at setting up or editing a product closure, check out the following article series:

 

Next Steps

In the following article in the series, we look at bulk editing inventory.

 

< Reviewing the inventory calendar activity log  |  Bulk editing inventory from the Inventory Calendar >

 

 

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