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Reserve Services

An overview on reserving services through MinistryPlatform, including how to book one service for one event, one service for multiple events, and multiple services for one event.

Those with edit rights on the Events page can add service requests to an Event at any time. Once you associate a service with an Event, you can copy them as part of a recurring series to all future instances of the Event series. You must reserve each service individually.

Single Service to Single Event

  • You must have edit rights on the Events page to do this.
  1. Go to Events and open the Event you want to add the service to.
  2. Click the Servicing tab.
  3. Click New Service Request.
  4. Select the service you want to add to this event from the Service drop-down list.
  5. Complete the remaining required fields.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Click Close.
The service displays on the Event's Servicing tab.

Multiple Services to Single Event

  • You must have edit rights on the Events page to do this.
  1. Go to the Events page and open the Event you want to add the services to.
  2. Click the Servicing tab.
  3. Click Actions > Add Servicing.
  4. Enter, search for, or select the services you want to add to this Event from the Services drop-down list.
  5. Complete the remaining required fields.
    Note: The information you enter here applies to all selected services.
  6. Click Add.
The services display in the Event's Servicing tab.

Single Service to Multiple Events

  • You must have edit rights on the Events page to do this.
  1. In the Advanced menu, go to Facilities > Event Services.
  2. Select the service you want to add to multiple events and open it.
  3. Click the Events tab.
  4. Click Actions > Add Events.
  5. Enter, search for, or select the events you want to add the service to from the Event drop-down list.
  6. Complete the remaining required fields.
  7. Click Add.
The service displays in the service's Events tab.

View Service Reservations

You can view your service reservations in several places in the Platform.

From Service Reservations:
  1. In the Advanced menu, go to Events > Service Reservations. This page lists each service reservation line-by-line per event.
    Tip: This is a great page to make custom views on.
From Event Reports:
  1. Go to Events.
  2. Go to Reports > Selected Event Setup Form.
From Facility Reports:
  1. In the Advanced menu, go to Facilities > Service Reservations.
  2. Go to Reports > Selected Event Setup Form.