Enable or Disable Meeting Room Approval
Meeting room approval allows you to set meeting rooms as approval-required, which requires users to submit a reservation request and can only book the room after the request is approved. This topic describes how to enable and disable meeting room approval.
Requirement
Yeastar Workplace Plan: Standard Plan or Pro Plan
Enable meeting room approval
Procedure
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Log in to Yeastar Workplace management portal, go to Meeting Room > Room Preferences > Basic Settings.
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In the Meeting Room Approval section, complete the following settings:
- In the Request-only Rooms dropdown list, select Enable.
- Optional: In the No Approval Required dropdown list, select which users and groups can book approval-required meeting rooms directly without approval.
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Click Save.
Result
Meeting room approval is enabled.
- A new booking type (Request-only Rooms) is available for meeting rooms. When adding or editing meeting rooms, administrators can set the room as Request-only Rooms and assign designated approvers for it.
For request-only rooms, users need to submit a reservation request first and can only book this room after the request is approved. - Users and groups selected in No Approval Required can book request-only rooms directly without approval.
What to do next
Now you can Add Request-only Rooms.
Disable meeting room approval
Procedure
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Log in to Yeastar Workplace management portal, go to Meeting Room > Room Preferences > Basic Settings.
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In the Request-only Rooms dropdown list, select Disable.
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Click Save.
Result
Meeting room approval is disabled.
The existing approval-required meeting rooms will be changed to regular meeting rooms, and all the existing non-conflicting pending meeting room reservations will be approved and the conflicting ones will be rejected.
Created: December 5, 2022