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Locate: Booking > Daily Manifest
Prerequisites:
- Admin permissions or restricted permissions to View all Reports (or the Daily Manifest).
- The Guest Form (Manage > Integrations > Guest Management) integration is required if you would like to collect and include Guest information within your Daily Manifest.
- The Daily Manifest feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.
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New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please contact our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New). |
The Daily Manifest provides a table view of a single day's bookings. With this article, we walk you through the data available for each booking including Parameter and Guest information.
Be sure to read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Daily Manifest!
Viewing Booking Information
Back to top- Item or Product Header with Bookings
Back to topRecords are organized in rows by Items or Products booked for the selected day with the next bookings listed first. Items or Products can have one or more associated bookings depending on your business and configuration.
The time frame of the Item or Product is listed first, followed by the name of the Item or Product in bold.
A sub-heading includes a roll-up of information on the associated bookings including the number of bookings for the time frame, the number of Guests, parameter tallies (e.g. 1 Adult, 2 Seniors), and the total paid.
For each booking, the following information is presented by default...
- - Booking Code
Back to topThe unique identifier associated with the booking. Click on this code to open the Booking Invoice in a separate tab.
- - Booker
Back to topThe person who submitted the booking. They may or may not be participating in the booking, depending on your configuration and whether the booking includes additional Guests or not. They may simply be the principal contact for the booking.
- - Start Date/Time
Back to topThe Start Date/Time for the booking.
If the Item or Product has Timeslots, then each slot is displayed as a separate entry.
If an event is an All Day event, then only the Start time is displayed.
- - Guests
Back to topThe number of Guests with completed Guest information versus the number associated with the booking.
- - Payment
Back to topThe Payment column displays the total amount you've received for the associated booking.
- - Status
Back to topThis is the Status of the booking. Update the booking Status directly from the Daily Manifest. You are also asked if you want to send any associated Status Notifications with the change.
Cancelled bookings are included in the Daily Manifest to help you get a better understanding of the dynamics of the day and plan accordingly.
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The Daily Manifest now shows ALL Booking Status Types, not just those that lock inventory. This is to give you a true representation of the day ahead! |
- - Check In/Out
Back to topStaff can Check-in and then Check-out the booking.
Once the booking is checked out, the Check In/Out status displays the option to Reset Check-in. This is helpful if you Check-out a booking in error.
- - Guest List
Back to topGuest Information can be captured and associated with the booking, if you have the Guest Form (Manage > Integrations > Guest Management) integration enabled.
The Guest List displays if you have Guests associated with the booking; otherwise, the message "There are no guests on this booking." displays.
Expand the booking record to view the Guest List for the selected booking. You can also Expand All or Collapse All records to quickly and easily switch between modes.
The Guest List includes the following default information for each guest, although the Guest List reflects the fields configured within your Guest Form (Manage > Layout > Guest Form).
Value | Description | Additional Details |
Check In Status
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Communicates whether the Guest is Checked In or Out, including the date and time associated with the status update.
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See the next two examples. Learn more here about the Check In/Out process. |
- In |
The date and time the Guest was checked In. |
Example:
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- Out |
The date and time the Guest was checked Out. |
Example:
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First Name |
The First Name of the Guest. |
Example: John |
Last Name |
The Last Name of the Guest. |
Example: Smith |
The Email address of the Guest. |
Example: jsmith@example.com |
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Documents |
Any Documents (or Waivers) associated with the Guest record display here, represented by a document icon. A filled-in icon represents a completed Waiver. An outlined icon represents an incomplete Waiver.
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Example: Complete and incomplete waivers Learn more about Waivers here. |
Edit Columns
Back to topBy default, the Booking Information described in the previous section displays; however, you can customize which Columns by accessing the Columns modal at the top right of the bookings list.
- Booking Detail Columns
Back to topFrom there, you can choose to include additional Booking Details such as Phone, Address, City, Country, State/Prov, Postal/ Zip, Discount Code or the Note column and re-order (drag and drop) the Columns to suit your preferred layout.
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Are you using products with assets? Learn how to enable the Assigned Assets column within your Daily Manifest here: |
- - Custom Columns Using Account Parameters
Back to topIncluded in the list of Booking Detail Columns are any configured account Parameters, which can be included in the Daily Manifest as custom Columns (Qty, Adult, Guests...).
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Learn more about Parameters here: |
- Guest Detail Columns
Back to topListed under the Guest Details section is information available for display as Columns within the Guest records of the Daily Manifest.
Reminder, the Guest Form (Manage > Integrations > Guest Management) integration is required if you would like to collect and include Guest information within your Daily Manifest.
New Booking
Back to topTo add a New Booking directly from the Daily Manifest, simply click the New Button button at the top of the page to initiate the process! In the next article in the series, we look at the Check In and Check Out process. Check it out now by clicking the link below!
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