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Use the Bookings sub-tab of the Objects tab to view and add bookings for future lending of objects at your organisation.
Also, see the Loans sub-tab of the Community Maintenance - Objects tab.

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Community Maintenance - Objects tab - Bookings sub-tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field

Description

Include Past Bookings

Select to display past bookings, in addition to the current bookings, for the community member. A current booking becomes a past booking once the object is lent to the community member.

Clear to display only the current bookings for the community member.

Grid area fields

Field

Description

Description

Description of the object being booked.

Date From

Date the booking starts.

Date To

Date that the booking ends.

Qty

Number of items being booked.

Class Book

Selected if a booking is for a class.

For example, a teacher can book a class set of textbooks for one or more classes. In this case, it is not necessary to specify which textbook from the set is to be booked for each individual student. The teacher makes a class booking in which a set of objects are booked against a class. Synergetic assigns individual books to each student in the class. See Issuing loans to a class from a prior booking in the Objects manual.

Class

Class identifier if the booking is for a class. See Class Book field above.

Class Description

Description of the class if the booking is for a class. See Class Book field above.

Loaned Date

Date that the object was loaned, if applicable.

Returned Date

Date that the object was returned, if applicable.

Object No

Unique identifier for the object.

Booking Seq

Number generated for bookings.

For example, can be used for searching for existing bookings.


Buttons

Button

Description

Launch into Object Bookings Maintenance. See Maintaining object bookings in the Objects manual.

Add a new ad hoc loan using the Ad Hoc Loan window. See Ad Hoc Loan window in the Objects manual.

Edit the selected booking. See Object Booking - Object Bookings tab in the Objects manual.

Launch the Issue Object Loan window to issue a new loan from the booking.

Note:
By launching this window you can elect to print a loan issue docket by selecting Print Loan Issue Docket in the Issue Object Loan window.


See Issuing loans to an individual from a prior booking in the Objects manual.