If you have allowed the customer to choose the resource and / or its quantity in your resource allocation settings, you now need to add the “Resource selection” field to your booking form.
Add resource selection field
- Go to Booking Activities > Booking forms
- Click the desired form
- Click “Add a field” button
- Select “Resource selection”
- Click OK
- Drag and drop the new “Resource selection” field at the desired position in your form
Now the users can select the resource in the booking form.
The select boxes will appear only if
– the “Resource selection” option is set to “Let the user choose…” or the “Quantity selection” option is set to “Let the user choose…” in the resource allocation settings.
– there are multiple resources to choose from. If the customer has no choice, the select box won’t appear.
Resource selection options
The Resource selection field is customizable, click the gear icon () to open its settings:
- “Label“: Text displayed before resource selection.
- This text is displayed only if their are multiple resource selections.
- “Resource quantity label“: Text displayed between the resource select box and the quantity input.
- This text is displayed only if the “Quantity selection” option is set to “Let the user choose the resource quantity” in the resource allocation settings.
- “Booking quantity label“: Text displayed between the resource select box and the quantity input.
- This text is displayed only if the “Quantity selection” option is set to “Let the user distribute the booking quantity” in the resource allocation settings.
- “Select resources per“:
- “Per activity“: The user will be able to choose the resource per activity. If multiple events of this activity are selected, the same resource will be assigned to all.
- “Per event“: The user will be able to choose a different resource for each of the selected events.
- This option is useful if the calendar is configured to select multiple events, or groups of events.
- “Let the user choose“: A select box “Per activity / Per event” will be displayed, so the users can switch between the above two options at their convenience.
Great, you are ready to make a booking!
Once the booking is made, the resources are assigned to it. You can view and edit the resource assignments from the backend.