Introduction
The Supplier Minimum Duration screen is used to mark a supplier (normally a hotelier) as requiring a minimum duration - normally a minimum number of nights stay.
The rules are checked for services whose source is AUTo and service status is Quote; the basis for this is shown below. Note that this means when a service that has been confirmed is changed to a different date or duration, no check against these rules is made; consider setting service status back to Quote as part of the workflow in this event, otherwise this will be handled when the supplier is notified of the change.
When a service which matches against a Minimum Duration rule is costed the user is notified in one of two ways:-
As the API uses automatic pricing these rules also apply to the API results - either an error is raised, or the non-enforced minimum stay details are returned to the caller - see the API documentation for more details.
To edit or view existing Minimum Duration rules
To add a new Minimum Duration
Open an existing rule as above and press Copy, or create a new rule from scratch.
The fields
Supplier
: The code for the supplier - required
Supplier Type
: Hotel or Supplier - required
Service Type
: Type of service to apply this rule to (e.g. Hotel)
Stay dates
: The rule will apply to any services that include a date between these dates: both dates required
Minimum duration:
The quantity and unit. e.g. Quantity 3, unit NIGHT.
Enforced
: If Yes, an error is raised when this rule matches; otherwise a warning message is displayed.
Disabled
: If this rule should no longer be applied, set to Yes.
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