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With global blockers, you lock several or all of the resources in your account for a specific period at once. This is especially useful for public holidays, company closures, or maintenance windows when no bookings should be possible. You manage all blockers in the sidebar under Bookings > Blockers. There, New also lets you add global blockers and public holiday blockers for several resources.

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Create a global blocker

1

Open blockers

In the sidebar, open Bookings > Blockers.
2

Create a blocker

Click New and select Add global blocker. Enter a Name (for example “Company closure” or “Maintenance”).
3

Set the period

Choose a Start date and End date for the blocker.
4

Choose the target group

Define which resources should be locked:
  • All resources: Locks every resource in the account, including ones created in the future.
  • With restriction: Choose whether a single Resource, a Group, a Category (for example meeting rooms, parking spaces), or a Tag should be locked, then select the entry.
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Create

Click Create. anny locks the affected resources shortly. They then appear as blocked in the calendar.
You can also create a global blocker via New > Create blocker: switch to Global blocker in the dialog.
Only use global blockers when you are sure you want to block the chosen resources for that time. With the “All resources” option, resources created in the future are automatically locked too.

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Set up a holiday blocker

With holiday blockers, anny automatically creates blockers for public holidays.
1

Open holiday blockers

Open Bookings > Blockers, click New, and select Add public holiday blockers.
2

Choose the state and period

Choose the country and subdivision (state) and the period for which holidays should be created (for example Next 7 days, Next 30 days, This year, or Next year). Optionally, limit the blockers to specific resources with With restriction.
3

Create

Click Create. anny shortly creates blockers for all public holidays in the chosen period.

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Allow bookings across a blocker

If bookings before and after a blocker should still be possible, you can enable this per booking option.
1

Open the booking option

Open the booking option under Catalog > Services or via the relevant resource.
2

Open the booking rules

On the General information tab, open the Booking rules group in the Settings area.
3

Enable the feature

Enable the option Allow cross-blocker bookings and click Save. Bookings can now be created across the blocker.
This setting is helpful when, for example, a room should be booked as a multi-day booking across a holiday weekend without the holiday preventing the booking.

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Check the result

Open the calendar in the admin area. Affected resources show the global blocker as a dashed, gray entry across the chosen period. On the booking page, the locked periods are no longer bookable for customers. Under Bookings > Blockers, you see the individual blockers anny created for the affected resources. Use the Global blocker filter to show only the blockers of a specific global blocker.

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FAQ

A normal blocker locks only a single resource. You create it in the calendar by clicking and dragging, with ⌘B, or under Bookings > Blockers via New > Create blocker. A global blocker is created via New > Add global blocker and can lock several or all resources at once.
Yes, if you choose “All resources” as the target group. When you restrict it to a group, category, or tag, only the resources assigned to that group, category, or tag at the time of the blocker are locked.
Yes, you can create several holiday blockers with different states. Each holiday blocker is configured separately.
Open Bookings > Blockers. Use the Global blocker filter to show only the blockers of a specific global blocker. Delete a blocker via the three dots in its row > Delete, or select several blockers and click Delete. This works the same for global and individual blockers. You can also remove individual blockers directly in the calendar.
Yes. Open Bookings > Blockers and choose Convert to Booking via the three dots in the row. This works for global and individual blockers.

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Troubleshooting

Under Bookings > Blockers, use the Global blocker filter to check which resources received blockers. If All resources was chosen instead of With restriction, delete the created blockers and create the global blocker again with the correct restriction.
Check whether the “Allow cross-blocker bookings” setting is enabled on the affected booking option. If it is, deactivate this option in the Booking rules group of the booking option.
Make sure you set the calendar to the correct period. Holiday blockers are only created for the chosen period (for example 30 days) and appear after a short time. If the holiday falls outside this period, create another holiday blocker with a longer period (for example This year or Next year).