{"id":39190,"date":"2025-12-05T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/en\/docs\/user-documentation\/get-started-with-waiting-list-add-on\/manually-trigger-waiting-list-processing\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:25:55","slug":"manually-trigger-waiting-list-processing","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/en\/docs\/user-documentation\/get-started-with-waiting-list-add-on\/manually-trigger-waiting-list-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Manually trigger waiting list processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Waiting List add-on <strong>monitors event availability<\/strong> using to its <a href=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/en\/docs\/user-documentation\/get-started-with-waiting-list-add-on\/automatic-triggering-of-waiting-list-processing\/\">numerous triggers that you can enable or disable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to them, the <strong>waiting lists are automatically processed as soon as an event becomes available<\/strong>. However, you may sometimes want to <strong>manually trigger<\/strong> the processing of a waiting list, or to check if a <strong>specific booking<\/strong> on the waiting list can be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"process-single\">Process a single booking<\/h3>\n<p>To check if a <strong>specific booking<\/strong> with the &#8220;Waiting list&#8221; status can be confirmed, i.e., <strong>if the event is available for that booking<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Booking Activities > Bookings > in the booking list, &#8220;Actions&#8221; column, click the <strong>&#8220;alarm clock&#8221; button<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The button only appears if the booking has the <strong>&#8220;Waiting list&#8221; status<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/waiting-list-process-single-waiting-list-booking.png\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"112\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39199 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/waiting-list-process-single-waiting-list-booking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"112\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/waiting-list-process-single-waiting-list-booking.png 720w, https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/waiting-list-process-single-waiting-list-booking-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/waiting-list-process-single-waiting-list-booking-150x23.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A dialog box will appear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Action if event is available<\/strong>: Select the action you want to perform\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use form calendar settings<\/strong>: The system uses the value you have <a href=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/en\/docs\/user-documentation\/get-started-with-waiting-list-add-on\/activate-and-select-the-waiting-list-oparating-mode\/\">configured in the form calendar settings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Notify customer<\/strong>: The notification &#8220;A waitlisted event is available&#8221; is sent to the customer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Temporarily book<\/strong>: The booking status changes to &#8220;Waiting list &#8211; Accepted&#8221; for a limited time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book<\/strong>: The booking status changes to &#8220;Pending&#8221; or &#8220;Booked&#8221;.\n<ul>\n<li>The booking status is defined by the option in Booking Activities > Settings > General tab > Default booking status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Send notifications<\/strong>: Disable this option to prevent booking status change notifications from being sent.\n<ul>\n<li>If the action is &#8220;Notify customer,&#8221; this option is ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"process-bulk\">Processing a full waiting list<\/h3>\n<p>To process a <strong>full waiting list<\/strong>, you will need to select all the &#8220;Waiting list&#8221; bookings for the desired event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Booking Activities > Bookings<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8220;Status&#8221; filter, select only the <strong>&#8220;Waiting list&#8221; status<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On the calendar, click on the <strong>desired event<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select all the desired bookings\n<ul>\n<li>Check the box in the table header and then click the &#8220;Select all &#8230; items&#8221; button to select all bookings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8220;Bulk actions&#8221; dropdown list, select &#8220;Process the waiting list&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Apply&#8221; button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A dialog box will appear. Refer to the <strong>instructions above<\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/waiting-list-manually-trigger-processing.png\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"582\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39144 lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/waiting-list-manually-trigger-processing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"582\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/waiting-list-manually-trigger-processing.png 543w, https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/waiting-list-manually-trigger-processing-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/booking-activities.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/waiting-list-manually-trigger-processing-140x150.png 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Only the <strong>selected bookings<\/strong> will be processed. 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