Room Bookings
One-off events asked for a room: a guest lecture, a society, an interview day. Approved, a booking holds the room like a class does; a clash is refused when it is approved.
Where to find it
- Module: Student Lifecycle
- Group: Rooms & Exams
- Section: Rooms & Timetabling
- Screen: Room Bookings
Address in the console: /slcm/room-bookings
List · 9 columns · 8 fields on its form · 5 of them required · 3 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Booking | Code | booking_no |
| Room | Code | room_code |
| Event | Text | title |
| Date | Date | event_date |
| From | Code | start_time |
| To | Code | end_time |
| People | Number | attendees |
| Asked by | Text | requested_by_name |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Event required | Text | ||
| Purpose | Long text | ||
| Date required | Date | ||
| From required | Time | ||
| To required | Time | ||
| People expected | Number | ||
| Contact | Text |
What you can do here
Approve primary
A class, another approved booking or a closure in the room at the time refuses it.
Asks for: Note
Turn down
Asks for: Reason*
Cancel
Asks for confirmation: Cancel this booking and free the room?
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.