Booking overview
The image above shows the dialog for entering time slot book entries.
(1) New, Delete, Cancel, Copy, Save: Time slot book entries can be saved in the database, or copied and deleted.
(2) List: A database query with the specified filters and sorting criteria is executed and the result is displayed in the list. The current search result will be cleared from the list with reset.
(3) Working state: A new working state can be added to the time slot book entry and the status history can be displayed (see also Working state (Events)).
►NOTE◄ There is no automatic assignment of a working state during booking. An event handling can be executed via the event 'TSMTActionEvent:BOOK', which sets the selected working state (see Event handling).
(4) Anonymous booker: Here a guest user can be created for the selected booking entry (see the section Guest users).
(5) Select time slot: A saved time slot book entry can be assigned to a free time slot. In addition, there is also the possibility of batch booking.
(6) The input form of the time slot book entries can be created and assigned with the form designer (see also Input forms for time slot booking).
(7) List of time slot book entries visible to the user.
Select time slot
The figure shows the dialog for selecting a free time slot.
(1) Select time slot: Time slots are displayed for this period.
(2) Reload time slots: The time slots are reloaded.
(3) Book time slot: The time slot book entry is booked to the selected time slot (8).
(4) Unbook time slot entry: A time slot that has already been booked can be reopened again.
(5) Time slots are sorted by company of loading, group-loading, and loading point areas.
(6) The selection chart displays the time, showing days and hours.
(7) Already booked time slots are displayed in the color of the current working state (if the permission for it is set, otherwise gray) and are no longer bookable. Information about the booking entry is displayed in the tooltip if users have the authorization for it and the time slot booking is visible to them.
(8) The current time slot boo entry can be dragged with the mouse cursor to free time slots.
(9) The time slots that cannot be booked. The tooltip shows the reason why this time slot is unavailable for booking.
(10) It is possible to zoom in and out of the time slot display with the X and Y axes.
Batch booking
For a batch booking, a start time slot must first be specified for the booking entry. For this purpose, the time slot selection is called up. In the ribbon menu, click on the Select time slot icon to trigger batch booking. During batch booking, the selected time slot book entry is booked to the start window, if it is not yet booked to a time slot. If the selected time slot book entry is already assigned to a time slot, it will be copied and booked to the start window. For the number of sequences, the selected time slot book entry is then copied in each case and booked to the time slots found in the sequence. After booking, the number of time slots that could or could not be booked is displayed.
(1) Select time slot: Start of the batch booking with the selected time slot (4).
(2) Interval: Specifies the sequence type. The choices are currently daily and weekly.
(3) Amount: Specifies the number of repetitions of the sequence.
(4) Batch booking starts from this time slot.
Batch bookings can also be deleted again. For this purpose, a ribbon icon is displayed in the booking overview (Remove batch booking). Only bookings in the future can be deleted.