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title: "Set up Bookings for Community Projects on the SmartPlus Cloud"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.akuvox.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up Bookings for Community Projects on the SmartPlus Cloud

The Bookings feature facilitates the management of amenities and reservations. Property managers can conveniently add and modify amenities and make a reservation for residents on the SmartPlus Cloud platform.

## Watch the Video Guide

Prefer a visual walkthrough?

Watch: [[PM]Set up Bookings for Community Projects on the SmartPlus Cloud](https://knowledge.akuvox.com/docs/bookings)

## Step 1: Enable the Booking Feature

1. Log in to the cloud portal with your PM account.
2. Go to **Settings > Advanced Setting**.
3. Enable the **Booking** feature.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-JVTO9IBT.png)

1. Click Submit.

## Step 2: Add Amenities

1. Log in to the SmartPlus Cloud platform with a property manager account.
2. Go to the **Bookings > Amenities** interface and click **New** on the right.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-1721890564310.png)

1. Enter the amenity name with a maximum of 64 characters.
2. Describe the amenity with 128 characters at maximum.
3. Select the available buildings whose residents can make reservations. You can check **Residents of All Buildings** or select specific buildings and click **Add**.
4. You can upload a picture to represent the amenity, which will be displayed on the **Bookings > Amenity** interface.

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1. Select the door phone or access control terminal.

- If it is a device installed in the public area of the whole community, it will be displayed as the “Community Public Device”.
- If it is a device installed in the public area of buildings, it will be displayed as the “Building Name”.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> One device can only be linked to one amenity.

1. You can remove the device from the default access group by checking **Remove the Selected Device(s) from the System Access Group**.

> [!WARNING]
> Tip
> 
> The default access group is a system generated access schedule. It is created with the adding of each building in the community and includes all public devices in that building.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-U4740XG2.png)

Then, click **Next** to set up the reservation settings.

1. Set up the business hours. You can add another period by clicking **+ Add Time Period**.
2. Set the **Maximum Duration**. It decides the time of using the amenity. It is 60 minutes by default.
3. Set the **Maximum Lead Time**. For example, selecting 7 means a resident can make a reservation 7 days ahead of time.
4. Set the **Maximum Reservation**. This decides the maximum number of people who can make a reservation at a time.
5. Set the **Maximum Key Usage Counts**. This decides the times of a virtual temporary key can be used. The maximum number is 65535.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-9JU74YS9.png)

1. Click Submit to save the reservation.

After adding an amenity successfully, it will be displayed on the **Amenities** interface.

You can:

- Enable or disable the reservation by clicking![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-U8PFAKLS.png).
- Search for a desired amenity by its name.
- Filter amenities by their status(All, Enable, or Disable) and buildings.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-ZLIOOQGC.png)

- Click a specific amenity to enter its information interface and click **Edit** to modify the information.
- Click **Delete** to remove the amenity. All reservations made will go invalid, and devices removed from the default access group will be restored.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-1721893002114.png)

## Step 3: Make Reservations for Residents

After enabling the reservation feature of amenities, you can make reservations for residents.

1. Click **Reserve** of the desired amenity.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-1721893096267.png)

1. Select the date and time.
2. Select the building where the resident lives.
3. Select the resident.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-U8K806MC.png)

1. Click Submit to save the settings.

The resident’s SmartPlus App will receive a notification of a successful reservation.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/Booking notice.png)

## Step 4: Check Reservation Information

On the **Amenity Reservation** interface, you can:

- filter logs by Status(All, Success, Cancelled, or Invalid), Amenity Name, and Date;
- search for a specific log by the booker’s name;
- create a new reservation by clicking **New**;
- export the reservation logs;
- click![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-9RP3RFUO.png)to check the detailed information, including the amenity device;
- click![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-V761N9XB.png)to cancel the reservation;
- click![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-QRA3VR89.png)to remove the log.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f09a6106-e976-455e-b2d0-3d88b5385960/Images/Documentation/image-IDCT03IY.png)