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Introduction
With the "Accommodation Type Groups" feature, it is possible to create groups of accommodation types based on specific parameters/criteria, for example, a 4-person Bungalow with 2 bedrooms having a quality level of 3 stars.
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Kindly note, that this feature is only available within Maxxton Software, and if required can be accessed via the API.
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Set up of Accommodation type groups
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Prerequisites
To access and manage the "Accommodation Type groups" feature, if enabled, it can be accessed with (which needs to be enabled by Maxxton teams), the user needs to navigate to the Back-Office Manager. Within a given role, select the Content Manager in the “Assigned rights” card. Navigate to the permission “Content Manager - Accommodation type groups“ added for the Content Manager to activate the permission for that role. Users with this permission will be able to:
Manage Accommodation Type groups
Link/Unlink accommodation types to/from groups
Accessing Accommodation
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type groups
To access the accommodation type groups page, follow the path below :
Maxxton Software Home Page > Content Manager > Configuration > Accommodation Type Groups
Navigate to the "Content Manager" module.
Select the configuration tab
Navigate to the "Accommodation Type groups"
from the menu.
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sub-tab
Initial setup of Accommodation Type groups
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Content Manager > Configuration
Go to the "Configuration" menu in the "Content Manager."
Select "Accommodation Type groups" from the menu.
Click on “Create Accommodation type group“.
In Step 1, add the name of the group, code (used only for internal purposes) and description, if any. Click on “Next step“.
In Step 2, apply the filters to select the accommodation types to link to the group. Filters can be Location, Name, Code, Quality levels, Number of Bedrooms, Accommodation kind, and more. Select the required accommodations. Click on “Create accommodation type group“.
“Translations” can also be added for the Accommodation type groups from the “Translations“ card.
Linking Accommodation Types to Groups
Link accommodation types to existing Accommodation type groups: Link accommodation types to the existing Accommodation type groups.
Go to the “Linked Accommodation types“ card in the Accommodation type group details page.
Click on “Add accommodation types“. The “Link accommodation types“ pop-up opens up.
Apply the filters to select the accommodation types in this pop-up to link to the group. Filters can be Location, Name, Code, Quality levels, Number of Bedrooms, Accommodation kind, and more. Select the required accommodations. Click on “Create accommodation type group“.
Moving accommodation types from one group to another
Move the accommodation types linked to one Accommodation type group to another group
Go to the “Linked Accommodation types“ card in the Accommodation type group details page.
Select the accommodation types to move to another group by clicking on the check-boxes
Then click on “Move accommodation types“. The “Move accommodation types“ pop-up opens up.
Choose the Accommodation type group where the selected accommodation types are to be moved.
Managing Accommodation type groups
New accommodation type creation
Select the Accommodation type groups when creating new accommodation types. Refer to the following page to learn more about how to create accommodation types.
Go to Content Manager > Accommodation types menu
Click on “Create accommodation types“
While creating a new accommodation type, select the respective Accommodation type group to be linked to the accommodation type being created
Note, selection is of Accommodation type group is not required for Parent accommodation types
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Link Accommodation type groups to existing accommodation types
Go to Content Manager > Accommodation types menu
Select the required accommodation type
In the “General“ section of the accommodation types, select the required Accommodation type group from the drop-down
Note, selection is of Accommodation type group is not required for Parent accommodation types
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