Reservation Patterns

Difficulty: novice

Learning Objectives

After reading this article, you’ll be able to:

  • interpret data from the Reservation Patterns Dashboard

Use Reservation Pattern dashboard to get quick summary insights on how people book and cancel their reservations, which allows learning from booking patterns to increase awareness and encourage best-practices.

The Reservation Patterns dashboard reports on all reservations data, including cancelled reservations and no-shows (dashboard takes data from Workplace Management, and does not contain sensor data).

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Use this dashboard to gain insight in (past) people behavior.

If you want to know more about future reservation behavior, visit Reservation Planning

The dashboard does not contain detailed timelines, but shows monthly trends on historical data.

Historical data means that the visualized data in the dashboard was gathered from 12 months ago until yesterday. Reservations Patterns will load data from the last 12 months, including cancelled reservations and no-shows.

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Reservation Patterns covers all reservable categories (Rooms, Workplaces, Parking and Equipment, Services)

Metric definitions

  • ‪‪# Total Reservations: nr of reservations that are created in the system = # Reservations + # Cancellations + # No Shows
  • ‪# Reserved: nr of reservations that took place
  • ‪# Cancellations: nr of reservations that were cancelled BEFORE the start of the meeting
  • ‪# No Shows: nr of reservations that were cancelled AFTER the start of the meeting (by sensor or brain rule or person)
  • # Hours booked: sum of duration of all reservations
  • # Hours released: sum of duration of all reservations that were cancelled BEFORE the start of the meeting
  • # Hours reclaimed: sum of duration of all reservations that were cancelled AFTER the start of the meeting

“Summary” page

Get quick insights on how people book and cancel their reservations, to learn from booking patterns to increase awareness and encourage best-practices (click to expand and see an example)
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“No Shows” page

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‪See what are the “no show” patterns where the reserved space is not cancelled in advance, in order to take appropriate actions to reduce the “no shows”

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(automatic) cancellations after the meeting starts = bad behavior

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“Cancellations” page

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View how many cancellations were made

  • Per month
  • Per building
  • Per organization

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Cancelling in advance = good behavior

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“Reservations Patterns” page

See the most popular reservation patterns (click to expand and see an example)

‪View total hours reserved:

  • Per organization
  • Per category
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“Data” page

‪Get quick insights on how people book and cancel their reservations, in order to learn from booking patterns to increase awareness and encourage best-practices (click to expand and see an example)
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“Scope” page

The Scope page provides an overview of number of buildings and reservable items selected (click to expand and see an example)
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More information

Frequently Asked Questions on Dashboards

Is it possible to filter on zones or groups?

Due to how the dashboard is set up, it’s not possible to filter on zones or groups.

Check out FAQ on Dashboards

How to navigate the Dashboards

See How to use dashboards