Booking statuses

Open any booking and the drawer shows only the buttons that make sense from where it is now. You cannot seat a no-show or finish something that never arrived.

What each one means

• Booked — made, not yet confirmed by anyone. Where most bookings sit until the night.
• Confirmed — you have spoken to them, or they replied. Optional; plenty of venues never use it.
• Seated — they are at the table. Press Seat as they sit down.
• Finished — they have gone and the table is yours again. Finish opens a small dialog where you can record what the party spent, which feeds your reports. Skip it if you are busy.
• No-show — they did not arrive. If you hold their card for a no-show fee, this is where charging it is offered.
• Cancelled — called off, by them or by you.

Which ones hold a table

Booked, Confirmed and Seated hold the table. So does a booking still paying its deposit. Nothing else can be booked over them.

Finished, No-show and Cancelled release it immediately. The moment you mark a no-show, that table is available again — which is the practical reason to mark them as they happen rather than at the end of the night.

If nobody pressed anything

It happens on every busy service. A booking left sitting as Booked or Seated is closed off automatically the next day, so your book does not carry yesterday's ghosts into tonight.