Creating Housing Blocks

Select the product to which you want to add a Housing Block from the Housing Product drop-down menu.

Click the Add Block button to open a new Housing Block record.

• Enter the name for the new block in the Name field.
• Enter the description for the block in the Description field.
• Enter the name of the parent block in the Parent field, if you are creating a sub-block,.
• The Type, Restriction Type, and Company fields are for tracking purposes only. If a hotel block is for a specify company, you can use these field to track that information, but your selections do not drive additional system functionality.
• Enter the name of a contact person for the hotel in the Contact field. This links to the corresponding Persons record.
• Enter the name of the hotel that corresponds to the block in the Hotel field. This links to the corresponding Companies record.
• Enter the name of the Housing Product to which this block belongs. This field fills in automatically if you open the new Housing Block record from the dashboard.
• Enter the Start Date and End Date for this block. These dates should correspond to the dates of an associated meeting.
• Enter the Coordinator in the field provided. This field links to the corresponding Employees record.
• Enter the Housing Transfer Type. This specifies the format of files created by the Housing Transfer wizard that can be sent to hotels for processing. For testing purposes, Aptify provides a Sample record. See Transferring Housing Information for additional information.
  
  

• See About the Housing Block Options Form for more information.