Configure Everyday User Process Templates

This topic covers the following concepts:

Everyday User – Someone who can request or reserve space and services in any EMS Software application other than EMS Desktop Client. You assign these users to templates.

Everyday User Template – Defines and controls what a user can do. EMS uses two types of everyday user templates:

• Security template – A security profile. It controls which menu items are available to the users assigned to the template, which booking information fields display to them, and other information. Previously known as Web Security Templates.
• Process template – A booking template. It controls what users can do for different types of reservations (conference room, workspace, study room, and so on). This type of template also controls users' date/time restrictions, room security (reserve, request only, no access), and service availability (A/V, catering, and so on). Previously known as Web Process Templates or Web Templates.

1. On the EMS menu bar, click Configuration > Everyday Applications > Everyday User Process Templates.

   The Everyday User Process Templates window opens on the Everyday User Template tab.

   This window lists the process templates that have been defined for your EMS Web App implementation. The predefined user called "unauthenticated user" is included in all EMS implementations. You use this template to manage settings for anonymous or “guest” users. For a user to be able to view and use this template, you must assign the user to the template.

   To view all everyday user process templates in your EMS database, regardless of status, under Show, click Inactive.

2. Click New.

3. Enter the information for the new everyday user process template.

   For more information on the various tabs and settings:

   • Process Template Tab

   • Booking Rules Tab

   • Defaults Tab

   • Video Conference Tab

   • Rooms Tab

   • Categories Tab

   • Event Type Tab

   • LDAP Groups Tab

   • User-Defined Fields (UDF) Tab

   • Parameters Tab

   • Web Text Tab

   • Menu Text Translations Tab

   • Terms and Conditions Tab

   Clear the cache in the EMS Web App whenever parameter changes are made in the EMS Desktop Client.

   The Book a Meeting Room configuration dialog displays. Enter the information for the new everyday user process template. Learn about Everyday User Process Template Field Definitions.

   Use the Request Status field to configure booking templates for the "Request/Approval" booking model, in which everyday users request space and administrative users approve those requests (using the Dashboard menu icon). For example, if you set this field to Request, then the booking will not be finalized until an administrator has approved it. Learn how to Create Templates for Desks and Workspaces.

   You can use the Request/Approval Model to Oversee "Managed Space." Learn how to Configure Managed Space.

   In the Everyday User Application Settings section:

   • Enable for Web App – enable the template on EMS Web App.
   • Enable for Outlook – enable the template for the EMS for Outlook add-in, which can override booking rules such that users can book a room that is in conflict. For this situation, you can also configure a system-generated email to be sent to the user if any rooms are not available for dates booked. An additional tab becomes available if you create a template with the option enabled, Outlook Conflict Email.
   • Enable Integration to Microsoft Exchange – enable the template for Microsoft^® Exchange when your organization does not use EMS for Outlook.

4. Click OK.