Online booking

Scheduling new reservations

Select the appropriate instrument schedule calendar from the pull-down menu at the top of the "Bookings" calendar view. As you move the mouse pointer over the blocks, the active block is indicated in green. To make a reservation, you can either click on the name of the desired instrument on a particular date, or you can double-click when the pointer is over your desired start time in that instrument's row. Both of these actions will open up a new, smaller window (see below).

Use the pull-down menus to set the start and end times for your session - you may click on "Check Availability" to see if the resource is available during that time. Under "Summary" you may enter a brief description of your experiment or notes for the operator.

It is imperative that you enter brief notes about the specific needs for your experiment (for example, "sterile sort", "100 micron nozzle" etc.), in the "Summary" so that the operator can set aside enough time to set up your sort.

The reminder box to the right will instruct the scheduling system to send the owner an e-mail to remind them of their reservation. By selecting the appropriate time 'before reservation' from the pull-down menu, the user is able to adjust when the reminder e-mail will be sent.

REMINDER: Please note that you need to include a minimum of set up time in all reservations for cell sorting. For example, if you want to sort for 1 hour, your Reservation should be 1 hr 15 min in length. Failure to include this set up time may result in your sort being terminated early in order to provide adequate time to set up for the next sort appointment.

Please note, however, that sorts requiring special set-up conditions (eg., changing laser wavelength, single cell deposition unit) may require longer minimum booking times, at the discretion of the operator. For this reason it is critical that you inform the operator of any special needs in the "Summary" field of the "New Reservation" window, as mentioned above.

Note that your booking must conform to FCF policy with respect to maximum advance time, minimum appointment time, and minimum cancellation notice. FCF booking policies are outlined in our "Booking appointments section." If the time you requested is already booked or does not conform to the booking policy for that resource, you will get a message saying why the booking was not made. You will have the option to modify the times to conform to policy or to cancel the new reservation.