hoteling

The act of an internal employee or authorized visitor temporary occupying a seat in the facility, and charging back the appropriate department for the use of this seat. The temporary occupation of the seat can range from half a day to years, and can also cover a list of days determined by a recurring pattern (such as every third Wednesday of each month).

Hoteling is also known as "hot desking."

For example:

  • Rather than assigning employees permanent seats, a site might implement a hoteling policy in which all employees book seats.

  • Outside contractors may wish to temporarily use an office room during the time that they are overseeing a renovation project at the site.

  • Regional sales managers who are visiting the corporate headquarters for a one-week meeting, may wish to occupy offices during their stay. The use of these offices can be charged back to the corresponding departments.

  • Telecommuters may not have a permanent seat assignment but book a seat for when they are in the office.

Hoteling is supported in these Archibus applications:

  • Workplace Services Portal mobile app
  • Reservations SaaS module (Create Bookings task)
  • Hoteling application (Create Bookings task)

Hoteling reservations (bookings) are stored in the Workplace Transactions (rmpct) table.

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