Flex Permits

Introduction

Flex permits allow clients to specify variable prices for a lot, with the possibility of a different price for every hour. This allows for the increased option for the customization of permit prices, useful for situations like making permits more expensive for peak hours.

Flex permits are counted as type of temp permit, but separate from regular temp permits.

While it is intended for a site to use only one type of temp permit, both can be used at the same time if the client chooses.

Time Slots

Flex permits are controlled by a grid of customizable timeslots, which are configured for each lot from the lot edit page.

Time Slot Prices

Flex permits and related sections can be accessed on the lot edit page, from the new flex permits tab.

The page consists of two sections:

A time slot section, used for defining prices
An hourly grid, used to assign prices to hours in the week

The time slot section is located at the top of the page.

Time slots created by the user are located here.

Name - a user-friendly name to identify what the slot should be used for
Price - the price of booking a permit for the selected hour
Colour - the colour that the time cells in the week grid will be marked with when they are assigned this price

Time-slot Creation

Click the add new button to bring up the add time slot modal.

Fill in the required fields and press save changes to save the new time slot.

The time slot selection menu will reload and the saved item will appear.

Once a time slot has been created, there is no way to delete it .

Hourly Cell Grid

Below the time slot section, the hourly cell grid can be found. This is a representation of each hour within the week.

Here, each hour time slot within a week can be assigned a specific cost. When a user books a permit for a number of hours, the final price will be calculated using the prices associated to each hour selected within the booking.

Above the cell grid, several buttons can be found.

Clear - will clear the grid of all filled cells
Fill - will fill in the grid with the selected colour
Reload - will reload the grid data stored within the database, erasing any changes that were made

Hourly Price Assignment

To fill in the cell grid, first select one of the prices to assign to cells on the grid.

This can be done by clicking on the one of the selectable colours.

This will change the active colour to the colour selected, as indicated by the blue outline.

Cells on the grid can now be filled in by clicking and dragging the mouse across the cells.

The grid can be filled in using any number of time slots.

Note that any sections left blank (using the default option) will be set to free.

Cell price layouts will only be saved upon clicking the update lot button.

User-Side Permits

Once the flex permits have been filled in, they will begin to appear for sale on the user side.

One lots where it is enabled, the permits page shows a preview of the flex permits as a price range.

Flex permit options will now be available as a separate option to the page.

Selecting the flex option will show the input requirements to book a permit.

Date -

Start Time -

Duration - the number of hours to book the permit for. Flex permits are limited to booking on the hour. They do not currently support proration, meaning if a user arrives during the middle of an hour, they must pay for the entire price of the hour.

Vehicle - like normal for temp permits, the user can either select a vehicle on their account or enter a new plate as a guest vehicle.

Selecting an option in the date input will cause the prices for that day of the week to appear in a box to the left side of the page.

Selecting a different day will cause the flex prices box to reload with the new day's prices.

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