This function lets you temporarily lock resources of the resource type Room to prevent other users from using them. When you lock rooms for a certain period, they are no longer available for selection during this period.

This function is useful, for example, when rooms need to be maintained or serviced.

It may be necessary to temporarily lock a room that is to be renovated. In this case, you would use this function to lock the room for the period of the renovation and unlock it afterwards.

This function is used in the application components Room Reservation Management and Training and Event Management.

If you want to use this function, you must first define what is termed an initial service in Customizing for Room Reservation Management under Basic Settings for Room Reservation Management ® Dialog Control ® Technical Settings ® Define Initial Objects.

The user must specify the resource to be locked and the time period. The system locks the resource for the required period.

The lock is automatically removed when the lock period expires. You can, however, remove the lock at any time by deleting the lock record with the function Unlock Resource.