Allotments need to be created before accessing the Allotment Grid. See Allotments.
The Allotment Grid is used to maintain and update the allotment allocations per day. To access the Allotment Grid, go to Settings > Allotments > Allotment Grid
Enter the date. The allotment grid displays a 6 week overview.
To see or edit values to an allotment, the top bar can be used to select an allotment, room type and period.
Start Date/End Date - Use the calendar icon or manually enter the dates.
Allotments - Select the Allotment to update.
Room Types - Select the room type(s) to update for the Allotment. To select multiple room types use the <Ctrl> key.
Allotment Size - Enter the number of rooms to allocate for the allotment and room type selected.
Allotment Release Days - Enter the number of release days. This indicates the number of days in advance that the allotment size will be released. For example: today is August 1st. An allotment is set for August 6th to be released in 3 days. The Night Audit of August 3rd to August 4th will release the allotment. On August 4th the allotment of August 6th is released.
Open/Closed - This opens or closes the allotment. The default is set to open.
Select to continue to next page to complete the update.
Update Items - Items checked will be updated for the date span, allotment and room type(s) displayed.
Update Weekdays - All values selected in the previous screen will only have effect on the days of the week that are checked in this list. By default all days will be checked.
Available - 8 - represents the overall availability (rooms to sell) of the room type displayed on January 16th.
The allotments will be displayed in availability. See Availability.