Bookable Time "Slots"

Bookable Time Slots in MIDAS

In most organisations, bookings can start and end at any time within operating hours. But some facilities run to fixed periods - a school where lessons follow a timetable, a sports centre where courts are booked by the session, a clinic where appointments are always 30 or 60 minutes. For these cases, asking staff to manually enter start and finish times creates unnecessary scope for inconsistency.

MIDAS lets you replace the time selectors with a drop-down list of predefined time slots.

How time slots work

You create one or more lists of named time slots, each with a defined start and end time. "Period 1 (9:00 - 10:00)", "Morning Session (8:30 - 12:30)", "Court Hire - 1 hour from 14:00" - whatever labels make sense for your context. When a user makes a booking, they pick from the list rather than entering times manually.

Per-user assignment

Different users can be assigned different time slot lists, or the standard time selectors. This means a receptionist booking rooms by the period uses a different booking form than a manager who might need to book partial periods or custom times.

Multiple lists for different contexts

If your facility runs different session structures in different rooms, or has different booking patterns in the morning versus afternoon, you can create multiple slot lists and assign them to users or venues as appropriate.

Appointments by duration

A related feature replaces the end time with a list of predefined durations rather than predefined slots. Instead of "9:00 to 10:00" as a slot, the user picks "9:00 start" and "60 minutes" as the duration. This works well for appointment-based operations where the start time can vary but the length is fixed.

→ Try MIDAS free and test time slots with your schedule during the trial.