Managing availability events for your product

With this article, you can learn how to manage availability events for your product from the Availability tab of the Product Builder.

Learn more about the Availability tab here: Step 3: Determining the availability of products.

Get started with availability events here: Understanding product availability events.

New to the Product Builder? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Product feature.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Inventory > Products > Products > Add Product/Add New Product/Edit Product > Availability

What more do I need to use this feature?

Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View products and assets and Manage products and assets.

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.

Availability Events

Have you created one or more availability events for your product? Added product availability events are listed in table format with the following information and actions displayed for each event.

You can sort your list of events in ascending (↑) or descending (v) order by clicking on the column headers within the table.

Availability Event Information

Value	Learn More
Name	This is the unique name of your event.
Type	This is the type of event - availability or closure.
Date Range	This is the date range of the product event.
Status	The status of the availability event. Once created, an event is active within the specified date range.

More actions

Action	Learn More
Edit	Click on the pencil icon at the end of the row to open the event in edit mode. For step-by-step instructions on editing availability events, check out the following article: How do I edit availability events and availability rates?
Copy	Click on the ellipses (...) at the end of the row and then the Copy option to open a copy of the availability event. You can update the Event Name and other settings as needed. The event is active as soon as you save your availability event. If your product is also active, the event is immediately live! For step-by-step instructions on copying availability events, check out the following article: How do I copy an availability event?
Delete	Click on the ellipses (...) at the end of the row and then the Delete option to permanently delete the event. Once the event is deleted, the event cannot be re-activated! For step-by-step instructions on deleting availability events, check out the following article: How do I delete an availability event from a product?

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