The Tape Chart is a powerful tool for managing rooms and bookings. On the Tape Chart, you can perform several functions:

• Mark Rooms Clean or Dirty
• Mark Rooms Out of Order
• Check-in Guests
• Manage Bookings
• Check-out Guests
• View Availability

Tape Chart View: To change the view of how the Tape Chart is displayed, use the Room drop-down list and the date range selectors. By default, all Rooms are displayed.

• If you would like to view the list with one Room Type at a time by selecting a room type from, the drop down list.
• To change the date range, select the first date of the range by using the calendar icon. Then enter the number of days you want to view. and click Refresh. The system will display up to 60 days, however more than 30 days often creates an excessively large screen that could take up to several minutes to render. For best performance, the Tape Chart defaults to 15 days and we recommend you limit the tape chart to no more than 30 days.
• To advance or go back 15 days in the Calendar view, click on the links title "Prev 15 days | Next 15 days"

See a summary of each function below, view details in the following sections.

Tape Chart Color Key (found at bottom of Tape Chart)

For related information on the status of Rooms and Bookings see the following:

• Bookings Status
• Mark Rooms Clean or Dirty
• Housekeeping Reports
• Out of Order Rooms 

Every cell displays a number that reflects how many rooms are left of that room type for that date. In the example to the right, on October 7^th, there are 5 out of a total of 9 Petite Suites available while on the 6th there is only one Petite Suite available.
  One of the best features of this page is the ability to drag and drop reservations to change their rooms. This is particularly useful when trying to manage room assignments on busy days. Simply click on the icon preceding the guest name. Hold the left mouse button down as you drag the mouse to the room you want it in. The guest can be dragged and dropped to any room of the same type within the same booking date range. If you need to change the room type or arrival or departure dates it must be done from the edit screen on the booking itself.
By single clicking on the booking, you can read the reservation comments as shown in the image to the right.

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