Why would i want apply specific "Booking rules" in Cowlendar?
You might be offering two services which use the same room in your building. This means that if Service 1 is booked then Service 2 should automatically close out because now the room will be used for Service 1.
You almost might still want to accept more booking on Service 1 while still keeping Service 2 closed. Which means a global limit of 1 per time slot will not work.
Thankfully due to Cowlendar latest advanced settings which allows the incorporation of "special rules" this can be accomplished!
How would a service rule between Service A and Service B in Cowlendar work?
Lets assume that from the screenshot above Plants for all is Service A and Business Coaching With Me is Service B.
In the rule we state:
If there is 1 booking made in a timeslot of Service 1 then close that timeslot in Service 2 while still keeping the timeslot open in Service 1 until it's own limit is reached.
If you want this rule to be enabled both ways then toggle on "Share the same rule in both directions".
This means if Service 1 has a limit of 20 then 19 people can still book but Service 2 is closed because of this rule.
Steps to create booking rules in Cowlendar:
In your Shopify admin dashboard look for at the left hand panel and click on the Apps tab.
Click on Cowlendar.
Click on Advanced Settings.
Booking rules explained:
Booking rule type:
Service Rule: Select this if you want to impact the availiability of a service based on the bookings of another service.
So if Service 1 is booked then impact the availability of Service 2 based on rule.
Team member rule: Select this if you want to impact the availability of a teammate based on the bookings of another teammate.
So if Teammate A is booked impact the availability of Teammate B based on rule.
Service 1 / Service 2 or Teammate 1 / Teammate 2:
These are the two services or teammates you want to have a rule between.
Select this if you want the rule to be applied from A -> B and also B -> A
Rule
Number of Bookings:
Determines how many books will trigger the rule
Count bookings by:
Timeslot or Calendar dates
