Available with the ArcGIS Indoors Spaces extension.
Managing available spaces efficiently allows organizations to reduce costs and promote productivity by allowing employees to have a flexible schedule and encouraging them to work collaboratively when needed.
You can configure meeting rooms that may only be needed for a few hours, or office hotels that may be needed for a few days, and configure how they can be booked in the app. In Indoor Viewer or the Indoors mobile apps, you can find available workspaces interactively on the map or search for them based on time, duration, capacity, and location. You can make recurring bookings for office hotels if you are at the office for specific days of the week. Administrators can also make spaces unavailable so they adhere to social distancing guidelines set by the organization. For example, you can make every other unit available to avoid crowding if spaces are in close proximity.
You can configure reservations for office hotels and meeting rooms separately using Microsoft 365 or the Reservations layer. For example, if your organization uses Microsoft 365 for meeting room bookings, you can use the same for office hotel bookings or use the Reservations layer instead. Choose the configuration that best suits your organization's needs.
Note:
Configuring workspace reservations requires an active ArcGIS Indoors Spaces license.
Configure workspace reservations using Microsoft 365
The Indoors apps support integration with Microsoft 365 to configure workspace reservations. If your organization manages room bookings through room or workspace mailboxes and allows users to book rooms using apps such as Microsoft Outlook, you can allow them to book rooms using the Indoors web and mobile apps. The Indoors apps also integrate with the calendar so that when a booking request is confirmed, an event is added to the calendar and the room location can be viewed in the indoor map.
Note:
Only integration with Microsoft 365 is supported. Microsoft Exchange Server is not supported.
Configuring reservations using Microsoft 365 is supported for office hotels and meeting rooms in Viewer. You can configure them by adding the resource mailbox email address to your indoor data.
When configuring workspace reservations for office hotels and meeting rooms, the following capabilities are included when using Microsoft 365:
| Capability | Office hotel | Meeting room |
|---|---|---|
Create and manage bookings | Yes | Yes |
Create and cancel recurring bookings | Yes | No |
Confirmation email | Yes | Yes |
Add bookings to calendar | Yes (automatically added in Outlook) | Yes (automatically added in Outlook) |
Remove bookings from calendar | Yes (automatically removed in Outlook) | Yes (automatically removed in Outlook) |
To enable office hotel booking when using Microsoft 365, you must include the Areas table, Units layer, and Occupants layer. The table and layers must include the following fields:
- Areas
table—AREA_ID, AREA_NAME, and AREA_TYPE
Note:
If you do not include an Areas table in the web map, but an Areas table exists in the same hosted feature layer as the Occupants layer, the Indoor Viewer app accesses the table from the hosted feature layer.
- Units layer—SCHEDULE_EMAIL
- Occupants layer—EMAIL and KNOWNAS
To enable meeting room booking when using Microsoft 365, you must include the Units layer. The Units layer must include the SCHEDULE_EMAIL field.
Configure workspace reservations using the Reservations layer
Indoors apps support managing reservations in a Reservations layer in your Viewer web map.
This method provides the following benefits:
- Visualize room availability on the map by creating color-coded symbology for the Reservations layer.
- Perform analytics on reservation data to make informed space management decisions.
- Check in and check out of office hotels for real-time status of reservations.
- Schedule and manage recurring bookings for regularly used office hotels.
- Remove dependency on external systems for managing reservations.
- Integrate with third-party calendar apps such as Apple, Outlook, and Google.
When configuring workspace reservations for office hotels and meeting rooms, the following capabilities are included using the Reservations layer in Indoors:
| Capability | Office hotel | Meeting room |
|---|---|---|
Create and manage bookings | Yes | Yes |
Create and manage recurring bookings | Yes | No |
Check in | Yes | N/A |
Check out | Yes | N/A |
Add bookings to calendar | Yes (Outlook, Google, and ICS files) | Yes (Outlook, Google, and ICS files) |
Remove bookings from calendar | Yes (Outlook, Google, and ICS files) | Yes (Outlook, Google, and ICS files) |
When configuring workspace reservations for office hotels, the following capabilities are available for reservation managers using the Reservations layer in Indoors:
| Reservation manager capability | Office hotel |
|---|---|
Create and manage bookings | Yes |
Create and manage recurring bookings | Yes |
Check in | Yes |
Check out | Yes |
To enable office hotel booking when using the Reservations layer, you must include the Areas table, Units layer, and Occupants layer. The table and layers must include the following fields:
- Areas
table—AREA_ID, AREA_NAME, and AREA_TYPE
Note:
If you do not include an Areas table in the web map, but an Areas table exists in the same hosted feature layer as the Occupants layer, the Indoor Viewer app accesses the table from the hosted feature layer.
- Units layer—RESERVATION_METHOD
- Occupants layer—EMAIL and KNOWNAS
To enable meeting room booking when using the Reservations layer, you must include the Units layer, and the Units layer must include the RESERVATION_METHOD field.
The Reservations layer can also be added to maps other than an Indoors map and shared with groups in an organization for use in apps such as ArcGIS Dashboards to create charts for usage analytics on reservable spaces.
Complete the following steps to configure workspace reservations using the Reservations layer:
- Publish the Reservations layer to your ArcGIS organization and share it with organization users.
- Configure editing, security, and time settings for the hosted feature layer.
- Add the Reservations layer to a map for use in Indoors web and mobile apps.
The following sections detail each of the required steps to create, share, and configure the Reservations layer for use in Indoors web and mobile apps.
Create the Reservations feature class
If you create an Indoors geodatabase using the Create Indoors Database tool at ArcGIS Pro 2.9 or later, the Reservations feature class is added to the Indoors dataset.
Starting at ArcGIS Pro 3.0, the Create Indoors Database tool creates the Reservations feature class with a constraint attribute rule that provides added security in workspace reservation workflows when reservations are changed outside the Indoors web and mobile apps.
The Upgrade Indoors Database tool creates the Reservations feature class if it does not already exist, and automatically adds or upgrades the constraint attribute rule according to the latest ArcGIS Indoors Information Model while updating an existing Indoors database.
Note:
Attribute rules are not supported in ArcGIS Online.
Share the Reservations layer
You must include the Reservations feature layer in your indoor map and share it with your ArcGIS organization members. The Reservations layer must be shared with organization users who need to use the workspace reservation capability in the Indoors apps. Once the Reservations layer is shared to your organization, users can get the latest room availability and book workspaces.
When you share the Reservations layer from ArcGIS Pro 3.0 or later, it is shared as an Indoors Spaces feature layer if your ArcGIS organization includes the Indoors Spaces license. Indoors Spaces feature layers can be edited by members of your ArcGIS organization with user types associated with a default role of Viewer or higher (including users with an Indoors User user type when using the Indoor Viewer and Indoor Space Planner apps), allowing these users to access workspace reservation capabilities.
Complete the following to publish the Reservations layer as a web feature layer and share it with members of your ArcGIS organization:
- Open your Indoors map in ArcGIS Pro.
- Add the Reservations feature class to your Indoors map.
The Reservations feature class is created by the Create Indoors Database tool at ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and later. If you have an Indoors geodatabase created in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 or earlier, run the Upgrade Indoors Database tool to upgrade your Indoors geodatabase schema to the latest Indoors model. This tool creates any missing schema items required for workspace reservations automatically in your Indoors geodatabase during the upgrade process.
- Configure the Reservations layer as floor aware.
- Right-click the Reservations layer and click Sharing > Share As Web Layer.
The Share As Web Layer pane appears.
- Set the sharing parameters as necessary.
If you are sharing to ArcGIS Online, choose the Feature option for the Layer Type parameter to share a hosted feature layer.
- Click Analyze and address any errors.
- Click Publish.
The Reservations layer is published as an Indoors Spaces feature layer to your ArcGIS organization.
- Click the Manage the web layer option that appears in the Share as Web Layer pane.
The item page for the Reservation layer appears in a web browser.
- Click the Share button and choose an option:
- Organization—Share the layer with all members of your organization.
- Edit Group Sharing—Add the groups that must have access to the layer.
- Click Save.
The Reservations web feature layer is shared to the ArcGIS organization members you chose. You can now configure the layer settings to use for workspace reservation in the Indoors apps.
Editing settings
The Indoors apps require editing capabilities set on the Reservations layer to create or update reservations features when users reserve spaces in the Indoors apps. If the Reservations layer is a hosted feature layer (if you published the layer using the Copy All option), you can configure the editing settings in your ArcGIS organization.
Complete the following steps to set the required editing settings for the layer in your ArcGIS organization:
- Click My Contents and click the hosted feature layer.
- Click the Settings tab.
- In the Feature Layer (hosted) section, under Editing, check the Enable editing check box.
- In the What kind of editing is allowed? section, configure editing options as follows:
- Check the Add check box.
- Check the Delete check box.
- Check the Update check box.
- Choose the Attributes and geometry option.
- Click Save.
Security settings
If you published the Reservations layer as a hosted web layer using the Copy all data option, you can use advanced editing settings to keep track of edits, protect the data from unwanted changes, and prevent users from accidentally editing features that they did not create.
Complete the following steps for added security in ArcGIS Online:
- Click My Contents and click the hosted feature layer.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Optionally, check the Prevent this item from being accidentally deleted check box in the Delete Protection section for added protection.
- In the Editing section, configure the following:
- Check the Enable editing check box.
- Check the Keep track of who edited the data (editor name, date and time). check box.
- For the What kind of editing is allowed? option, check the Add, Delete, and Update check boxes and choose the Attributes and geometry option.
- For the What features can editors edit? option, you can optionally choose Editors can only edit their own features (requires tracking).
Note:
If you choose Editors can only edit their own features (requires tracking), when reservations are made by a reservation manger, the options to edit, check in, check out, or cancel a reservation are only available to the reservation manager.
Caution:
Do not choose the Editors can only see their own features (requires tracking) for the What features can editors see option. If you choose this option, app users will not have access to accurate room availability.
You can now add this layer to your indoor map to enable workspace reservations and manage them in the Indoors apps.
Time settings
You can optionally configure time properties for the Reservations layer. Making it a temporal layer allows you to visualize reservations over time.
The Viewer app supports displaying the time-enabled Reservations layer in real time. If the meeting rooms list is open and you have a duration filter set for a future date and time, the Viewer app displays the reservations during the specified duration. This allows you to visualize meeting room availability and find rooms that are available to book.
Complete the following to configure time properties for the Reservations layer:
- Click My Contents and click the hosted feature layer.
- In the Layers section, click the Reservations polygon layer.
- Click the Edit button under Time Settings.
The Time Settings window appears.
- Check the Enable time check box.
- Choose the time ranges with a start and end time option and set the Start time field to Start Time and the End time field to End Time.
- Click OK.
The Reservations layer is now time enabled. In Map Viewer, set the Reservations layer to refresh periodically so that it displays up-to-date information in the app.
Add the web feature layer to your Indoors map
Once you have published, shared, and configured the Reservations layer in your ArcGIS organization, you can add it to your Indoors maps in ArcGIS Pro for use in the Indoors web and mobile apps by completing the following:
- Open the Indoors map to which you added the Reservations layer in ArcGIS Pro.
- In the Contents pane, right-click the Reservations layer and click Properties.
The Layer Properties pane appears.
- Click the Source tab and click Set Data Source.
- Browse to your web feature layer in the Portal section and click OK.
The Reservations layer must be sourced from the same web layer in the web map for the Viewer app and mobile map package for the Indoors mobile apps so they access the same underlying data and can show up-to-date booking and occupancy information in all apps simultaneously. You can add the Reservations layer to additional maps using the Add Data dialog box in ArcGIS Pro.