In just a few steps, you can have the bookings in your account automatically allocated by CentralPlanner. You decide whether you want to make all or only selected tables bookable online.
The prerequisite for automatic table allocation is that you use at least our Premium package (or Professional package). Users of the Starter and Basic packages cannot have tables managed automatically.
The instructions below apply to the Premium package. For table management in the Professional package, please see here.
During the test phase, you can switch packages independently and free of charge at any time.
Please note: table management can only be set up by users with admin rights to the CentralPlanner account. Once set up, all users can of course create reservations and assign tables.
Step 1: Setting up a room for online booking
In the Account settings, go to Manage rooms & tables and create or edit one of the rooms there.
We have already created a room with the name “Main area” for each account - you can rename this as well.
Now, make sure that the room is marked "online" in the settings of your form. Go to Create or update online forms in your Account settings, click edit form and mark the room online via checkbox.
Step 2: Setting up tables and putting them online
Now click on manage tables next to your room. Here you can now list all the tables that you have set up in the respective room. For example, enter T1 with 6 people and click Add table.
Once you have listed all the tables and activated them for online reservation by clicking on Set table online, you can determine the order in which they should be allocated. The higher up a table is in the list, the more likely it is to be selected for an online booking. So if you have two tables with 4 seats in your room, CentralPlanner would first schedule the upper table if a guest made a booking for 4 (or fewer) people. Only if this table is occupied at that time would CentralPlanner allocate the second table with lower priority. Move the tables by clicking on the arrow in front of the table name and moving the table up or down.
3. Create online web form
In order for your guests to book online, you need a web form, which you can embed on your website.
You can also find this in the Account settings under Create or update online forms.