planner 2.0 | features & suitability

When will it be live?

The new Planner 2.0 was successfully launched as Beta during late 2023.  We have been gathering feedback and refining the design and functionality

Here is a summary of the key benefits ✨

• modern look and feel
• all-in-one.  Browse availability, make reservations, search and manage reservations all on the same page
• dual-view.   See from one point of view (product) and then switch to the other view (reservation) in a second
• get your answer in one or two clicks

How to try it out

every BRM customer can test out the new Planner at any time -without affecting current operation.

1. Visit the Reservations menu in the left-menu of your BRM
2. Click on the two 2.0 views
   

The next phase is about extending the feature set so that it does all that the old one could do.

• see the table below 'Feature Rollout'

 and then doing NEW things the old version couldn't do.  For example;

• drag and drop changes
• set custom searches
• more default behaviour - to suit your business best

Key concepts of new version

• 2 minute 'concept overview' video ?
• there are 3 dimensions - bikes, dates and reservations.  Tell us one or two and we'll do the rest
• 2 sides of same coin.  Easy switch between product view and reservation view.
• expired reservations shown with a faded colour
• Tendency for pre-population - a page is easier to understand when it has data in it.

Feature Rollout

We are rolling out features incrementally to the Planner 2.0

Here is the grid of our live progress.

last update Wed 27th November '24.

section	feature and 1.0 help article	1.0	2.0	2.0 help article
setup	define the definition of a NEW booking			define the definition of a NEW booking
	define custom searches			define custom searches
	define favourite rental durations
core	two modes of operation, create & search			two views, product & reservation
	Reservation Summary Popup (RSP)			Reservation Summary Popup
	Reservation Detail Panel (RDP)			Reservation Detail Panel (RDP)
create reservation	Create page overview			Create view overview
	automatically see availability			automatically see availability
	search for specific bikes			search for specific bikes
	create reservation by selecting space			create reservation by selecting space
	create reservations with multiple items			create reservations with multiple items
	multiple create reservation workflows			multiple create reservation workflows
find & manage reservations	Search page overview			Search view overview
	List View (grid of reservation details)			List view
	Day View (by day)			Day View
	Hour View (by hour)
	Search by Quick filters			Search by Quick filters
	Detail Search			Detail Search
	Search by selecting dates from picker			Date Range selection
	drag and drop change dates			Drag and Drop change dates
	include / exclude cancelled reservations			include / exclude cancelled reservations
	Modify criteria for reservation searching			advanced search menu (coming soon)
optional feature support	GBAL
	multi-location