Offices and Workplaces today require resource reservation/booking system to manage the resources efficiently. There are many products available in the market to fulfill this requirement.
However in decentralized organizations, such products might be too costly or overkill for such a simple requirement. If your organization is using SharePoint, there may be an easy way to set up such system.
SharePoing offers feature that can turn normal SharePoint Calendar to a reservation system with little effort. Here is how you can do it:
1. Activate "Group Work List" feature (If you can not find this feature in your site, contact administrator)
2. This will automatically create a list named Resource in your site. Now you can enter the names of the resources.
3. You can also group your resources as shown below. This grouping helps you view and manage the list better.
4. Now open a Calendar list or create a new Calendar list. To make this list a reservation/booking list, follow the steps below.
5. Your Reservation calendar is ready for use, Choose to create a new event.
6. You can also view your resources as below
However in decentralized organizations, such products might be too costly or overkill for such a simple requirement. If your organization is using SharePoint, there may be an easy way to set up such system.
SharePoing offers feature that can turn normal SharePoint Calendar to a reservation system with little effort. Here is how you can do it:
1. Activate "Group Work List" feature (If you can not find this feature in your site, contact administrator)
2. This will automatically create a list named Resource in your site. Now you can enter the names of the resources.
3. You can also group your resources as shown below. This grouping helps you view and manage the list better.
4. Now open a Calendar list or create a new Calendar list. To make this list a reservation/booking list, follow the steps below.
5. Your Reservation calendar is ready for use, Choose to create a new event.
6. You can also view your resources as below
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