Set up desk booking policies to help the office run smoothly. You can apply desk policies to an entire building and/or to specific desk groups, we've outlined how to do both at the bottom of the guide.
Here are a few things to keep in mind before jumping in:
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Hot desks are only reservable for a maximum of one day and cannot be reserved in advance.
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Assigned desks don’t have an end date and default to your set office hours.
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When first enabled, the default max reservation length is 1 week, and the advance booking threshold is 90 days.
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The Remote check-in window for desk check-ins must be configured at the building level and cannot be set within the layout desk page.
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A "skip desk check-in" permission for user roles is not available today.
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We also provide a setting that requires users to book a desk if they're visiting the office. This setting is associated with Robin's Schedule page and is managed at the organizational level. Learn more here.
Desk policies
Advance booking window: Restrict how far in advance hotel desks can be booked (based on when the reservation starts). Only applies to hotel desks.
Max reservation length: Restrict how long a hotel desk reservation can last (measured from start to end).
Desk check-ins: Ask people to confirm whether they're using their desk. Choose to apply it to flexible seating only (hot/hotel desks) or to all desk types, including assigned seats, using the drop-down menu.
Remote check-in window: Restrict how far in advance flexible desk reservations can be confirmed when confirming remotely. Reservations booked within this period are auto-confirmed. Can only be configured at the building level & applies to hot & hotel desks.
Local check-in only: This setting disables all other desk check-in methods and requires employees to be present at the office to confirm their seats. If this setting is enabled, a local on-site check-in method must be configured, such as using QR codes and NFC tags, WIfi check-ins, or a badge integration.
Abandoned Desk Protection: Allow desk reservations to be automatically canceled if no one checks in by the end of the abandoned desk threshold. Applies to hot & hotel desks with desk check-in enabled. Learn more here!
Abandoned desk protection threshold: Set the time to wait before an unconfirmed desk reservation is canceled. Applies to hot & hotel desks with desk check-in & abandoned desk protection enabled.
Desk sharing: Allow people to lend their assigned desk for others to use when they're out of the office. Learn more here. Only applies to assigned desks.
Allow overlapping reservations: Allow users to book a desk when they already have one reserved. Can only be configured at the building level.
Restrict reservations to working hours: When enabled, desks can only be reserved during working hours. Can only be configured at the building level.
Reservation privacy: Allow users to hide flex desk reservations from the office map and People tab on the web dashboard, mobile app, or kiosk. Private reservations display as "Reserved" on the map. Learn more about who can see hidden reservations here.
Applying desk policies to an entire building
1. Navigate to Manage > Offices > select a building.
2. Under the "Administration" tab, select Desks from the drop-down menu.
Applying desk policies to a single group of desks
If you have a group of desks that are used differently from the rest, head over to the Layout tool.
1. Navigate to the Office tab > Edit floor drop-down > select Layout.
2. Select a single desk group and use the Policies tab on the right-hand panel.
⭐ Reminder: The Remote desk check-in window must be configured at the building level and cannot be set within the Layout tool.