Adding resources is a great way to show your team what is available on that desk or in that meeting room. A resource can be anything from projectors to presentation tools to monitors and other peripheral devices.
It's very easy to add a resource:
As an Admin click on your profile picture and select Settings.
Next select "Resources" tab.
You will see the following tabs:
Resource view
Preset view
Desk view
1. Resource view. This is where you add new resources.
Click on "+Add resource" to get started. In the pop-up add a name and description. Don't worry about presets as we haven't set those up yet. Click Save.
You can search for a resource by using the keyword filter on the right hand side.
Click on ellipses to the right of each resource to modify or delete it.
2. Preset view. This is where you group resources into presets.
Start by adding a new Preset by clicking on "+Add preset". Type preset's name and type resource's name and hit enter. This will add that resource to this specific preset. You can add as many resources to a preset as you want. Hit Save when done.
You can modify or delete a preset by clicking on ellipses to the right of each preset.
3. Desk view. This is where you can assign and remove resources/presets to your desks in bulk.
On opening this tab initially, you will see the complete list of all of your desks. You can filter down this list by selecting a location and an area.
Once you select a desk or desks, an additional inputs will appear: Action and Search.
Under Action you will the following: Add resource, Remove resource, Add preset and Remove preset. For Search input, start by typing in the name of the resource or a preset. When ready, click on "Apply" to bulk update your desks with resources.
Click on "View resources" to view all of the resources assigned to that desk.
You can also add resources to your meeting rooms.
In order to do this, you must have granted Deskfound proper Google Calendar permissions during the login/signup process:
Once this is done, navigate to Settings page and click on Google tab (visible to admins only).
Click on the down arrow to expand meeting room controls. If you don't see your meeting rooms, click on "Refresh Meeting Rooms" button at the bottom of the page.
Click on "Edit" to open a pop-up window.
In this pop-up, you can add resources or presets by simply selecting one or the other, typing in the name of the resource/preset then pressing on "+" icon. Added resources will appear in the list below. Don't forget to click "Save" when you are done.