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Locate: Calendar > Booking
Prerequisites:
- Admin permissions or restricted permissions to View Calendars.
- Bookings, bookings, and more bookings!
- The Booking Calendar 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). |
New to the Booking Calendar? Be sure to read the first article in this series for an overview of the new experience or check out any of the other articles via the links at the bottom or side of this page.
In this article, we review your Booking Calendar options for choosing which booking information is most useful to display and which calendar format best suits your needs.
Displaying customer or item/product name
Back to topChoose which information to display as the label for each booking - either Customer or item/product name. You can easily toggle between the two options depending on your needs.
- Customer Name
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By default, bookings display with the Customer name visible. For more information, you can hover over the booking or click on the booking to open the side panel with further booking insights.
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Learn more about access to the booking side panel here: |
- Item or Product Name
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Click on the Item/Product toggle to view bookings with the item or product name displayed. For more information, you can hover over the booking or click on the booking to open the side panel with further booking insights.
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Learn more about access to the booking side panel here: |
Showing all bookings
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By default, five rows of bookings are displayed at most. Click Show all bookings to reveal all bookings without having to expand the list of bookings for each date individually. Uncheck Show all bookings to revert back to the default view.
Viewing calendar or list format
Back to topWhen viewing the Booking Calendar by Week or Day, you have the option to view bookings using the Calendar or List format.
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Learn more about viewing the Booking Calendar by Month, Week, Day, or in the first article of this series: |
- Calendar Format
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By default, the Booking Calendar displays in the traditional calendar format.
- List Format
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Select the List format to view a vertical list of your bookings by day. This stacks the bookings for the day, ascending by all day/night, then earliest in the day by start time.
Hover Information
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Without having to toggle between the Customer and item or product format, you can also find further information by hovering over the booking with your cursor. On hover, the Customer and item/product name displays along with Start Time where applicable.
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