Prerequisites:
- Slack is available to those using items (Inventory > Items), a feature of our classic version of Checkfront.
- Interested in using Slack with products (Inventory > Products)? Your account must be a member of our Early Access Program. Please reach out to Checkfront Technical Support to learn more.
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Early Access Program To learn more about becoming part of our Early Access Program check out our related blog post or contact our Technical Support team. Find our complete set of help articles related to the Early Access Program here: Early Access Program. |
About Slack
Back to topSlack is a cloud-based team collaboration tool, enabling communities, groups, or teams to join through a specific URL or invitation sent by a team admin or owner.
Channels are created where team members communicate without the use of email or group SMS (texting). They are open to everyone in the chat, provided they have first been invited to join.
These channels can also be configured to receive booking notifications from your Checkfront account. This means, when a booking is made in your Checkfront system, the allocated Slack channel receives a notification, alerting you to the new reservation.
Creating a Channel in Slack
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You may already have a channel created in Slack, which you want to use for the notifications.
If so, then you can skip this step, but if you're new to Slack and need some direction on how to create a new channel, then read on.
Creating a new channel is actually a very simple process. After logging into Slack, look at the left sidebar for the section labeled Channels, highlighted in yellow below.
To the right of this is an icon, depicted by a plus sign in a circle. Click on this to create your new channel.
The first piece of information you need to provide is a name for the channel. This can be whatever you like, but it's best to keep it short, sweet, and easily recognizable.
The channel name begins with a hashtag, but this is automatically added for you.
If you wish to invite other team members to join the channel, then search for them by name in the Invite others to join field. This is optional and not required.
You can also enter a purpose for the channel. This is just a description of what the channel is used for. Again, this is optional.
Finally, if you wish to keep the group private, then click on the green switch at the top which is labeled Public. The switch turns orange and says Private instead.
When you are happy, click on the green Create Channel button at the bottom.
Slack Notifications: Setup in Checkfront >