Configuring Group Defaults

The Group Default menu allows properties to configure default settings for groups.

Navigate to Settings à System Setup à Group Defaults.

Refer to the following table and fill in the details.

Field

Description

Set By Defaults

Allow Group Social Status

When enabled, allows user to create group bookings with booking status as Social.

When disabled, the Social option will not be displayed in the Booking Status field of the Create Booking screen.

Hold Group Master Postings Until Check Out

When enabled, any posting made on the guest folio, which has a routing default set as per the group requirement will be on hold in the guest master folio until the guest check-out. The postings will be transferred through the application to group master folio after checkout.

When disabled, the posting will directly be transferred to the group master account as soon as it is posted in the guest master folio.

Group Master Check In Warning

When enabled, if a group attendee checks in at the property before the group master, system displays a message stating that the Group Master has not checked in yet.

When disabled, the message is not displayed.

Do Not Default Pickup First Days Rate

When enabled, the Default All Rates to First Day’s Rate flag in Single Pickup and Batch Pickup screens is disabled by default.

When disabled, the Default All Rates to First Day’s Rate flag in Single Pickup and Batch Pickup screens is enabled by default.

Taxes To Obey Tax Exempt Settings On Individual Stays Only

When enabled, the tax exempt settings on the individual reservations on the booking are preferred over the group tax exempt settings.

Group Tariff Code

Select a default tariff to be displayed while creating an account or a booking. User can change this value on the accounts/bookings as preferred by the guest.

Allow Booking ID Edit

When enabled, the Booking ID field in the Create Booking screen allows users to manually enter a booking ID or use a system generated booking ID.

When disabled, the Booking ID field in the Create Booking screen displays the system generated booking ID and the user cannot modify it.

Auto Generate Account Number

When enabled, the Account Number field in the Create Account screen displays a system generated account number while creating an account. User can modify the account number if desired.

When disabled, the Account Number field in the Create Account screen does not auto populate the account number, user can either enter an account number or click Generate to use a system generated account number.

Allow Transient Number on GRC

Enabling this flag allows users to display the transient number of the walk-in guest in Visual GRC page.

Allow Rate Changes to Updates Pickups

When enabled, if changes are made to booking rates, system displays a message stating if the rate change must be applied for existing bookings and the user can select Yes or No to update/not update the rates of existing bookings.

When disabled, system will not display any messages and the changes made to booking rates are applied only for future bookings.

Enable Net Line

When enabled, the Net Rooms field will appear in the Room Block Calendar View section in the Rooms tab of a group booking. This field allows users to add net rooms to the booking.

Enable Parent Block

  • When enabled, users can assign unused rooms from one group booking (parent booking) to another booking (child booking).

  • When disabled, users cannot transfer unassigned rooms between bookings. By default, this checkbox will be disabled.

Default Cut Off Date

The number of days for calculating the cutoff date for bookings. Only zero and negative values are supported. For example, if the group arrival date is 30th October, and the value entered in this field is -10, the cutoff date for the booking will be set as 20th October.

Default Contracted Due Date

The number of days after the booking date that must be set as a default contract due date for new bookings in Tentative status.

For example, if the booking date of a tentative booking is 30th October, and the value entered in this field is 10, the contract due date for the booking will be set as 10th November.

Note: This field is applicable only for bookings that are in Tentative status.

Days Before Auto Release

The default number of days from when the rooms unoccupied can be automatically released for bookings.

Room Block Days Restriction

The default number of days to restrict the days blocked. For example, if the room block is set from 5th July to 7th July and the number of days for blocking a room is set to 2, then the rooms can be blocked for a reservation only two days prior 5th July and the reservation can be extended two days later not beyond that.

Maximum Rooms on Availability Graph

The maximum number of rooms to be displayed on the graph available in Visual GRC page.

Maximum Number of Daily Tasks

The maximum number of tasks assigned daily to the manager.

Booking Default

Sleeping Rooms

Select the default status for sleeping room bookings.

Pickup Rooms When Status is

Select if the rooms must be picked up for the group bookings on Definite or Tentative status.

Account Search Default

Select if the accounts must be by default for company, travel agency, wholesaler, or all accounts.

Allow Pickups for Tentative Groups

When enabled, allows groups to pick up rooms even when the booking status is Tentative.

Group Shoulder Dates

Allow Shoulder Dates for Groups

  • When enabled, users can configure the default arrival and departure shoulder date period for group bookings in the Shoulder Days Arrival and Shoulder Days Departure fields. The configured shoulder period will be displayed in the Arrival Nights and Departure Nights fields in the Rooms tab of group bookings. Users can modify this default range at any time.

  • When disabled, the ability to configure shoulder dates for group bookings will be disabled. By default, this flag will be disabled

Group Oversell Restrictions Default

Default Occupancy Booking Restriction Room Type

When enabled, percentages are compared against room type occupancy by default.

When disabled, percentages are compared against property occupancy by default.

Holiday Display Options

Line 1

Enabling this flag will allow users to enter the description. By default, this flag is set to No.

Description

Users can enter the line description to be displayed in Visual GRC.

Line 2

Enabling this flag will allow users to enter the description. By default, this flag is set to No.

Description

Users can enter the line description to be displayed in Visual GRC.

Auto Create Group Master on Booking Creation

When enabled, a guest record for group master will be created as soon as a booking is created. The created guest record will have the booking name as first name and group master as second name.

Auto Master Folio Routing Departments

Select the post type departments that must be routed to master folio by default. This drop-down list is displayed only if Auto Create Group Master on Booking Creation flag is enabled.

Use Same Booking Number as SNC

When enabled, bookings created from Agilysys Sales Catering will have the same booking ID in Agilysys Versa.

Enable Block Room Selection

  • When enabled, the Block Room Selection pop-up window will be displayed to the user after they click Yes to the message that appears when the room type is changed, and the selected room type is not blocked for the group booking.

  • When disabled, the Block Room Selection pop-up window will not be displayed to the user.

    By default, this checkbox will be enabled.

Keep / Release Existing Blocks

  • Keep Until Cutoff Date - When selected, the number of rooms blocked for group bookings will remain blocked until the cutoff date, after which they will be released automatically.

  • Release Immediately - When selected, the number of rooms blocked for group bookings will be released immediately.

  • Show Prompt - When selected, users will be prompted with the message, Do you want to hold existing block?, upon changing the room type in the Availability tab of the reservation. Users can then decide whether to keep or release the rooms blocked for the booking.

Click Save.