In order to start creating a new service, choose option “Services” from the “Services” menu and then click on the “new service” button.
Figure 276: Choosing option “new service”
The following screen will be displayed (note: screen presented with 7 screenshots).
Figure 277: Creating a new service (screenshot 1/7)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Categories – select the category the service will belong to (see section Creating a new service category for further information on how to create a new category)
Status – set the status for this service
Display Service – choose this option to enable the service and display it in the front end
Archive Service – choose this option to hide the service from the front end part of the application
Date Available – set the date the service should become available from in the front end
Figure 278: Creating a new service (screenshot 2/7)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Name – field for entering the name of the new service (e.g. Sunnyside Tennis)
Description – text area for entering the service description which will be displayed within the front end
URL – field for entering the URL of the website related to the service(note: does not require the http:// prefix)
Image – click on the “Browse” button to locate the image which will be displayed for this
Location – pull down menu for choosing the location of the service (note: see section Managing the Locations)
Figure 279: Creating a new service (screenshot 3/7)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Booking Type – pull down menu for choosing the type of booking i.e. whether the booking will be applied to days or hours
Span Days – this option is only available in case the “hours” booking type has been chosen; it allows the booking to span across 2 days even though the hours has been selected (e.g. if the booking has been made for 3 hours but starting at 11 pm one day and ending at 2 am the following day)
Booking Granularity – field for defining the number of times each hour a booking can be started at. (If set to four, in the front end, the calendar view would be split into 15 min blocks. If set to more than four the hours in the calendar are not to be split into separate blocks)
Min Booking Period – field for defining the minimum booking period allowed
Max Consecutive Bookings – field for entering a value for a maximum number of hours of consecutive booking
Quantity
Include Resource – select this checkbox if you wish to include a resource and then select the desired resources
Note:
See section Managing the Resources for further information on how to create and manage resources
See section Example of the service without a resource
See section Example of the service with a resource
Figure 280: Creating a new service (screenshot 4/7)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Use Resource Price – select this checkbox if you wish to use the price defined for the resource (see section Managing the Resources)
Tax Class – pull down menu for choosing the tax class which should be applied to the service
Fees Net/Gross – fields for defining net and gross fees for the service
Figure 281: Creating a new service (screenshot 5/7)
The “Blocked Out Time” part of the screen is used for defining time intervals when the service is not available. These blocks of time can either be hours or days or even months during the year. The following parameters are available for defining the blocked out time for the service:
Start/End Date – menus for defining starting and ending dates for the period when the service will not be available
Start/End Time - menus for defining starting and ending time for the period when the service will not be available
Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly – use these options to define the desired time interval
add – option for adding a new blocked out time once all of the parameters have been defined in the upper part of the screen
update – option for updating the existing blocked out time; select the desired block of time , change the values and click on the “update” button to save the changes
delete – option for deleting the desired block of time; select the desired block ot time from the list and click on this button to delete it
· Note:
o See section Example of the Blocked out time (During Weekends)
o see section Example of the Blocked out time (During the Winter)
Figure 282: Creating a new service (screenshot 6/7)
The “Loadings” part of the screen is used for defining different prices for desired time intervals. This will allow you to charge more during certain time of day or less during some other times of day according to your business model. The following parameters are available for defining the loadings:
Start/End Date – menus for defining starting and ending dates for the loading
Start/End Time - menus for defining starting and ending time for the loading
Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly – use these options to define the desired time interval
add – option for adding a new loading once all of the parameters have been defined in the upper part of the screen
update – option for updating the existing loading; select the desired loading, change the values and click on the “update” button to save the changes
delete – option for deleting the desired loading; select the desired loading from the list and click on this button to delete it
Loading Price – field for entering the price for the loading
Loading Type – pull down menu for selecting the desired loading type
Currency
Percent
Figure 283: Creating a new service (screenshot 7/7)
The following parameters are available inside this screen:
Pending Period – enter the number of days you are willing to wait for the funds to arrive from the customer; in case the funds are not received within this time interval the booking will be automatically cancelled
Renewal Period Start/End – input fields for defining the start and the end of the renewal period
Note: these apply only to bookings on daily basis
Conditions – text area for entering any additional conditions for the service
After setting the desired parameters, click on the “Save” button and the new service will be added.