Edit Blocking

Use Edit → Documents → Booking → Blocking… to change or annul a saved blocking, for example when a repair ends earlier or takes longer. The window is the Blocking window, and that page describes its fields. This page covers only what is different for a saved blocking.

Open a blocking for editing

1. Go to Edit → Documents → Booking → Blocking…. The Blocking – Select Document window opens.
2. Find the blocking with Date: and Filter.
3. Select the blocking and click Edit, or double-click the row. To edit several blockings, select them with Ctrl+click: each one opens in its own tab.

A blocking also opens from the Booking Plan.

Control	What it does
Filter	Shows only the blockings whose number contains the typed text.
Date:	Lists the blockings whose period is in the selected period for at least one day, by Start and End, not by the date they were saved. Choose Custom Dates to enter a start and end date, for example to see the blockings of the coming weeks. The window remembers the last period.
Clear	Clears the filter text and sets Today.
Edit	Opens the selected blockings for editing.
Cancel	Closes the window.
Annul	Annuls the selected blockings (see Annul a blocking).
Preview	Shows or hides a preview of the selected blocking.
Actions	Actions for the selected blockings, for example Related Documents.
Export	Exports the listed or the selected blockings. Shown to users with the Export permission and when exporters are available.

The list has Number, Start and End, and only blockings: bookings open from Edit Booking. Without Manage operators and view their operations it shows only the blockings with your user in User.

Blockings that cannot be edited

Case	Message	Result
The blocking was saved earlier than your user may change	“You don’t have access to edit operations that far in the past!”	The blocking does not open. The limit is Allowed operations modification: in the user’s settings. It counts from the date the blocking was saved, not from Start.
The blocking is pending in another database	“Pending operations cannot be edited! Please wait for the operation to be completed at the managing database.”	The blocking does not open until that database completes it.

What you can change

The window title shows Edit blocking No. and the number of the blocking, which cannot change. A draft opens as Edit blocking draft.

Part	How it works in an edit
Start:, End:, Duration: and the row dates	Move the period, also of a blocking that has already started.
Room Type, Room	Replace the room or add rooms.
Booking Status, Out Of Service, Out Of Inventory	Change the status as in a new blocking.
Delete a room	Press Ctrl+Delete in its row. Deleting a saved row requires Make Corrections In Operations.

A saved blocking cannot become a draft. If you close the window with changes, the program asks “Exit without saving the changes?”.

Save the changes

1. Press F9 or click Save. The program asks “Do you want to save the changes?”.
2. The program checks the rooms against the bookings and the other blockings. A room that is taken in the new period stops the save with “The blocking cannot be saved because room “…” is not available for the selected period.”.

The tab then closes. From then on the rooms are blocked for the new period and free for the old one.

Annul a blocking

1. In Blocking – Select Document select one or more blockings and click Annul, or click Clear in the open blocking.
2. Answer “Are you sure you want to annul this blocking?” with Yes. For several blockings the question is “Are you sure you want to annul the selected 2 blockings?”. Clear asks “Do you want to annul the operation and all the sales from the detailed folio?”.

The rooms become free for booking at once. A blocking saved earlier than Allowed operations modification: allows cannot be annulled.

Permissions

All permissions are set in Edit → Administration → Permissions….

Permission	What it allows	Not allowed by default for
Documents	The Edit → Documents menu.	Operators
Documents → Booking → Blocking…	The menu item.	Nobody, but the business type can hide Booking (see Booking)
Export	The Export button.	Operators
Blocking (Operations → Booking)	Opening the edit window.	Nobody
Make Corrections In Operations	Deleting saved rooms.	Nobody
Manage operators and view their operations	Seeing the blockings of all users.	Operators

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
A blocking is not in the list	The window opens on today, and a blocking that starts later is not listed. Set Date: to a period that includes its days.
“Opening the Blocking screen is not allowed!”	The edit window also needs the Blocking permission (Operations → Booking).
“The blocking cannot be saved because room “…” is not available for the selected period.”	A booking or another blocking has the room in the new period. Change the dates or move the booking first.
“The operation was already modified and cannot be saved!”	Another user saved this blocking after you opened it. Close the tab and open it again.

Related pages

• Blocking
• Edit Booking (Edit → Documents → Booking → Booking…)
• Booking (the section page)