KennelBooker uses colour in two places. The small booking type tags are set by the system and can't be changed. The colour of a booking's bar on the calendar is yours to choose, with the Booking Color dropdown.
Booking tag colours (set by the system)
When you add a booking, KennelBooker labels it with a small coloured tag showing the type of booking. You'll see these booking tags on screens such as the Daily Overview, the Waitlist and a customer's booking history. The colour of a tag is determined by the system and can't be changed. The tag shows your own name for the service if you've renamed it.
Boarding (Green)
Board & Train (Indigo)
Daycare
Full Day (Blue)
Half Day (Zinc)
Hourly (Pink)
Full Day - Ext (Teal)
Half Day - Ext (Indigo)
Nightcare (Green)
Grooming (Orange)
Homestay (Yellow)
Training (Purple)
Walk (Gray)
Drop-in (Gray)
Sales (Red)
Cremation (Green)
Generic (Green)
Universal (Zinc)
Zinc is a neutral grey. The small tags in search results use their own colours, so a booking can look slightly different there.
Choosing a booking's colour on the calendar
The bar for a booking on the calendar doesn't follow the tag colours. You can set it for each booking with the Booking Color dropdown, for example to mark dogs that need extra care.
Open the booking, or start a new one with Add Booking.
Find Booking Color and pick a colour: Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple, Gray, Yellow, Pink, Fuchsia, Teal or Brown.
Save the booking.
The Booking Color dropdown is on boarding, daycare, homestay, walk and drop-in bookings. The colour shows on the booking's bar on the boarding calendar and the homestay calendar. Daycare bookings only appear on the boarding calendar if they're placed in a room. Grooming, training and universal bookings don't have a Booking Color dropdown.
Setting a booking colour for a customer
To use the same calendar colour for one customer each time, open their customer profile and choose Preferred Booking Color. New bookings that staff add for that customer start with that colour selected, and you can still change it on the booking.
Booking colours: frequently asked questions
Can I change the colour of the booking tags?
No. Booking tag colours are set by KennelBooker and can't be changed. You can only choose the colour of a booking's bar on the calendar, using Booking Color.
Can I add my own booking colours?
No. Booking Color has a fixed list of eleven colours: Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple, Gray, Yellow, Pink, Fuchsia, Teal and Brown.
Can I give each room, service or pet type its own colour?
No. A booking's calendar colour is chosen booking by booking, or set per customer with Preferred Booking Color. There's no colour setting for a room, service or pet type.
Why are all my bookings the same colour on the calendar?
Bookings use the default calendar colour, usually blue, unless a different Booking Color is chosen. Bookings made online by pet parents start with the default colour too, and staff can change them afterwards.
Do pet parents see booking colours?
No. Booking Color and Preferred Booking Color are only on staff screens. Pet parents don't see or choose them in the portal.
Does the booking colour change the price or the invoice?
No. A booking's colour only changes how it looks on the calendar. It has no effect on prices or invoices.
Booking colours: common problems
I changed the customer's preferred colour but their bookings didn't change
Preferred Booking Color only sets the starting colour for new bookings that staff add. Existing bookings keep their colour, so change Booking Color on each booking you want to update.
There's no Booking Color option on my booking
Booking Color is on boarding, daycare, homestay, walk and drop-in bookings. Grooming, training and universal bookings don't have it.
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