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File management module

Backyou's home page gives you a direct view of the Alerts that require action on your files and requests awaiting processing.

The Folder section is the default home page. It is divided into 3 separate tabs: 

  • Assets: files not closed or for which the check has not been passed
  • Closed: all cases closed manually or automatically by the issue of an invoice, and cases declined either by the hotelier or by the customer.
  • All: You will find all your active and closed files in chronological order by default in relation to the date the request was created. 

 

Active tab: the management module displays alerts requiring action in bold or allows you to filter files according to certain statuses.

  • Pending: The file is awaiting processing, no commercial proposal has been sent.
  • Modification without response: the customer has made a modification request on their Backyou space and is awaiting a response from the hotelier.
  • No person in charge: no person in charge has been assigned to the file
  • Option to be confirmed: The customer has requested an option from their Backyou space and is awaiting a reply from the hotelier.
  • Forward option: an option placed on a file has expired
  • Booking to be confirmed: the customer has asked to book from their Backyou space
  • Tasks: a task has been notified on a folder and is due to be completed.
  • To be sent to PMS: The reservation has been confirmed, the products need to be sent to the PMS.
  • To be invoiced/closed: the check-out date has passed, the file must be invoiced and/or closed.
  • Late payment: the payment deadline for a file has passed.
  • In progress with no tasks: these are unreserved "in progress" files, with no tasks recorded and potentially no follow-up planned.
  • Upcoming bookings: these are all current bookings (with or without registered payment).  

 

On the right-hand side of the screen, different pictograms can be used to display different folders:


Classic view:  allows you to view folders in list form with a detailed view.


Simplified view: a more elliptical view, without tasks or notes, you can click anywhere on the line to access the folder.


Statistics view: table view with the following elements: File ID, Date of stay, Hotel, File status and sales figures. 


Pipeline view: allows you to view folders according to their different statuses.


Calendar view: files are organised by date of stay, month by month, with colour codes: grey = pending / blue = open / orange = under option / green = reserved. 

Reading a folder thumbnail - Classic view 


Front row: 

  • The name of the company
  • The dates of your stay
  • The person responsible for the file 

Second line: 

  • The name of the establishment 
  • The date of the request
  • The folder reference generated automatically by Backyou 
  • Customer reference, if specified
  • Source: 
    • Direct (the request was entered by the school) 
    • Your website (the request was made on your website) 
    • Groupcorner (business introducers)
  • The allocated segment
  • A "No accommodation" tag when the request does not include an overnight stay
  • The eye enables you to see how many times the sales proposal has been viewed by the customer
  • Use the pencil to manage the file (reference, person responsible, segment, note)
  • The two sheets allow you to duplicate the request 
  • File status 

Third line: 

  • The customer's name and contact details 
  • The customer's budget, if available
  • Tasks and notes relating to the file
  • "Responding to demand": direct entry into the demand and specifications