"The new functionality allows the organization to assign fixed desks to one or more users."
Last update
October 17, 2022
PREMISE
Your organization can assign you a fixed desk with a configurable start and end time.
Bookings are not required to use these desks.
Fixed desks cannot be booked by other users during the hours that have been assigned to you.
You may have OPTIONAL check-in or NO check-in. This is configured by the organization.
A desk can be assigned to 1 or more users, as long as the schedules do not match.
You can check the details of your fixed desk from the "Home” view and from "My profile".
You may release your fixed desk, if it is only assigned to you, when:
You release it manually.
It is automatically released if the calendar module is enabled.
It's outside the time range assigned to you.
If you have a fixed desk assigned, you can still make a "standard" desk booking for the same time that you are assigned your fixed desk, since the fixed desk is an assignment and not a booking.
If the Calendar module is contracted, the desk is automatically released and bookings cannot be made for these resources, depending on the work status, if configured.
VIEW: Home
The text "My bookings for today" has been changed to "My resources for today (1)". The number of bookings is shown in parentheses.
Fixed resources will now also appear in this section as individual cards. They will be displayed throughout the day, even if it is outside the assignment time range. These cards will also display the text "fixed desk" or "fixed parking space".
This card will display:
Fixed resource configured with "optional check-in":
The yellow label with the word "PENDING" will be displayed on the top right corner all day until check-in is made.
The green label with the word "ACTIVE" will be displayed on the top right corner when checking in UNTIL check-out. Once checked out, no label will be displayed.
The red label with the word "RELEASED" will be displayed on the top right corner when releasing the desk and only during the released period.
Fixed resource configured with "NO check-in":
The green top right label will be displayed with the word "ACTIVE" from the start to end time.
The red label with the word "RELEASED" will be displayed when releasing the desk and only during the released period.
The "CHECK-IN" button or the "CHECK-OUT" button will NEVER be displayed.
These cards now show "View details", which will take the user to the booking record, or to the resource record, depending on whether it is a booking or a fixed resource.
At the top of this view there is a shortcut to "My released resources for today", which will show a dialog box of all the resources that have been released, whether a desk or a parking space.
VIEW: Resource Card
Your fixed resources will not appear in the "Bookings" tab.
VIEW: My Profile
"My profile" > "My fixed resources" in this view the fixed resources you have are displayed, both desk and parking. When clicking on each it opens the resource card.
VIEW: Booking form
The operation of the search is as follows:
First, the search will check availability among the hot desks and, if there are no resources, a dialog box will be returned inviting you to search among the released fixed desks.
If you agree to continue searching from the previous dialog box, and there are no resources either, you will be returned the standard message suggesting you change the search criteria.
VIEW: Random bookings - booking form
The search operates as always, that means fixed desks will be excluded from the results; if no results are found, a dialog box will be displayed with this message, inviting you to look for released fixed desks that match your booking hours. If you agree, releases that are compatible with the criteria entered in the booking form will be sought.
VIEW: Releases
A desk that is assigned to more than one user can NEVER be released OR booked by others (even if there are free hours).
You can release your fixed desk once per day and within your assigned time slot, in 15-minute timeframes, selecting the start and end time, complying with the following rules:
Release the entire schedule (from the start time to the end time of your assignment).
Release from the start time of the assignment up to an "x" hour:
When the switch "from start time" is activated, the first interval of 15 mins will be displayed in the "end time" field (for example 8:15 if the assigned start time is 8:00).
When the start time has passed, the first interval of 15 mins from the current time will be displayed in the "end time" field (for example 12:15 if it´s currently 12:04).
It will be possible to release the fixed desk, even if the assigned start time has passed.
For example, I have a fixed position from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., if now it is 11:00 a.m. I can still release from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Release from "x" hour to the end time of the assignment:
When the "to end time" switch is activated, a 15 min interval drop-down will be displayed in the "start time" field starting from the assigned start time to the last 15 min interval before the assigned end time (18:45 if the assigned end time is 19:00).
When we are releasing during the current day, the first interval of 15 mins from the current time will be shown in the "start time" drop-down field (12:15 if it is currently 12:04 for example).
It is possible to cancel a release up to 1 minute before the start time of the release.
To cancel a release, we go to the booking card and there we can cancel our releases one by one or cancel them all.
If there are no releases, the "Cancel All" button is not displayed.
The release must be for the whole time slot assigned for fixed single booking desks (from the start time to the end time of the assignment).
