2008 Procedure 7 Season Template

Templates make defining a season easier than ever. Like loading the season in the Season screen, it is recommended that everyone log out of Fore! Reservations when loading or purging a template. Making a template and defining a template can be done while others are active, but loading and purging should only be done while there is no activity on the system.

Making a Template

1) Log into Fore! Reservations.

2) Open the Season Template screen by selecting the File | Setup | Season Template menu item.

3) The Season Template appears. Click on the New button.

4) Leave the "Copy Existing" checkbox checked if you wish to create a copy of your existing template.

5) Type in a Name for the template.

6) Click on the OK button or continue on with Step 4) in Defining a Template.

Defining a Template

1) Log into Fore! Reservations.

2) Open the Season Template screen by selecting the File | Setup | Season Template menu item.

3) Click on the template name pull-down menu and select one of the existing templates or begin by setting up a new template described above.

4) On the first open line click on the Day of Wk pull-down menu and select a day of the week.

5) Tab to the Start Time. Type in the first tee time for this golf course.

6) Tab to the End Time. Type in the last tee time for this golf course.

7) Tab to the Course Name and select the course from the pull-down menu.

8) Tab to the Interval. The default interval appears for this course but it can be modified.

9) Continue this process for each desired course.

10) Click the OK button or continue on with Step 4) in Loading/Purging a Template.

Loading/Purging a Template

Like the season screen, Load makes the defined schedule active on the schedule screen and Purge removes the defined entries from the schedule.

1) Log into Fore! Reservations.

2) Open the Season Template screen by selecting the File | Setup | Season Template menu item.

3) Click on the pull-down menu next to the template field and select an existing template.

4) From the start date pull-down menu, select the start date.

5) From the end date pull-down menu, select the end date.

6) Click on the Load button.

7) A second window appears with Load, Purge, Block and Unblock options. Click the Load or Purge radio button, depending on whether you are adding to or deleting from the schedule. Click the OK button and a dialog box warns not to continue if others are logged into Fore! Reservations.

8) Click OK to this message.

9) A progress thermometer indicates progress status in the status bar. Completion time depends on the number of entries and the date span of the load. Do not interrupt this process once started.

10) When the load/purge is complete, it returns to the template window.

11) Click the OK button on the Season Template screen.

Purge and Load

Selecting Purge and Load purges out all open tee times while simultaneously loading the new course defined in the season template.

1) Log into Fore! Reservations.

2) File | Maintenance | Local Backup.

3) Click OK to the "Backup successful!" message.

4) File | Setup | Season Template.

5) Either enter the template to load for that day or click the New button and create a new template.

6) Click Load.

7) Select Purge and Load and click OK.

8) Existing reservations within the date span are displayed in a log file.

9) Make use of the log file to help identify tee times to cancel or move to the new course (use drag and drop on the schedule).

10) Repeat Steps 6 through 9 until no more reservations are listed in the log file.