Book a User onto a Course through the Shopping Basket
Steps to book a User onto a Course through the Shopping Basket
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Learn how to make a Delegate booking as an admin, on behalf of your customer, through your accessplanit shopping basket!
There may be times when your customers are not able to make their own Course bookings, whether they do not have access to the Internet, or they do not have the confidence to use a computer, in these cases you are able to process the booking for them!
Please note, this page relates to the accessplanit Shopping Basket (also known as SB3). To learn how to process a booking through Checkout, our guide on ‘Book a User onto a Course through the Checkout Basket’ is more relevant.
Follow this page to learn the steps to take a booking on behalf of a customer!
Find and add the Course(s) to your basket
You will first need to identify which Course your customer would like to book onto, adding the Course to your Basket will allow you to select Delegates and/or create new Users to attend.
Depending on whether you are checking Courses in a Classroom or Online, open the relevant Courses DataGrid on the main menu on the left
Once you have opened your Course DataGrid, you can search for your Course using the Search bar at the top right hand side
Right click on your selected Course and click ‘Add to Basket’
You will see a confirmation pop-up to let you know when the Course has been added to your basket
Once your Course has been added, you can go ahead and view your basket
The first page will show you the Course(s) that are within your basket, and here you can select how many Delegates you wish to add to this Course
Click the ‘Next Step’ button to progress to the ‘Login’ step where you will select the Booking User for this booking.
Select or register the Booking User
A Booking User can be the Delegate attending the course or they can be an employee that is responsible for making bookings.
Your name will auto populate the Booker option
You can change the Booker by clicking the ‘Select Another Account’ button
This will display a pop-up with a list of Booker's for you to choose from. You can use the search criteria at the top of the pop-up box to define your search.
Click ‘Select’ button next to the Bookers name, this will populate the Booker option
You can now click ‘Continue’ for the next step
If your Booker is not listed as an existing User, please follow the next process to register them as a new User
If your Booker is not listed as an existing User, you will need to register them as a new User
You can register the User by clicking the ‘Register and Continue’ button
Provide the Users Email address and Password
Click ‘Next Step’ to complete the Registration Form steps
Please note, your registration form may look different depending on what configuration you have.
Provide the required information needed for the User
Click ‘Next Step’
You will receive confirmation that your new User has now been created. From here you can return to Basket.
Select or register the Delegate Users
Now you can choose the Delegates who will be attending the course, these users will receive any automated communication you have set up and will be able to access the portal to view their bookings.
Please note that, unless you are booking an eLearning/Document Course or you are booking onto a waiting list, you can proceed to the Payment step without selecting Delegates if you do not know who will be attending. This is called a ‘Placeholder Booking’.
Once your Booker has been selected, the next step is to add your Delegate(s)
You may see your name will automatically populate as the selected Delegate, to change this, click the ‘Remove’ link next to your name
A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm you want to remove yourself as the Delegate
Click ‘Yes’
Once you have removed yourself, click ‘Assign Delegate’ to select a different User
This will display a pop-up with a list of Users for you to choose from, you can use the search criteria at the top of the pop-up box to filter the list of Users and search for the right person
Click ‘Select’ next to the required Delegate, this will populate the Delegate option
You can now click ‘Next Step’ to proceed to the payment step of the basket
If your Delegate is not listed as an existing User, please follow the next process to register them.
Once your Booker has been selected, the next step is to add your Delegate(s). You will see your name will automatically populate
To change this, click ‘Remove’
A pop-up window will appear asking you to confirm you want to remove yourself as the Delegate
Click ‘Yes’
Once you have removed yourself as the Delegate, click ‘Assign Delegate’
This will display a pop-up with a list of Delegates for you to choose from.
In the bottom right, click the ‘Create New’ button
A new pop-up box will appear with a new form for you to provide the details of the new User
Once the form has been populated, you can go ahead and click ‘Save Delegate Details’ in the bottom right
Once saved, the new Delegate name will appear in the Delegate option
Click ‘Next Step’
Optional - Manage Product & Service add-ons
If the Course you are processing the booking for has optional Products & Services assigned to it, you will have the option to add these to the booking
If you have any optional Products & Services assigned to your Course, they will be visible under your selected Delegate(s) as 'Add ons'
You can select the Product or Service for each Delegate and, if the Product & Service is not directly linked to your Delegates, you can also amend the quantity to be purchased
Click ‘Next Step’
Optional - Select the Sessions
Sessional courses are made up of multiple course dates, when booking a sessional course you will have the option to select from any non mandatory sessions.
Once you reach the Sessions stage of the basket, select any optional sessions that the Delegate(s) should be booked onto, the mandatory sessions will already be selected and greyed out
Click ‘Next Step’
Complete the payment stage
The last stage of the basket is to select your payment method, there are multiple payment methods available. Please see our Account Finance Options for the different methods available to you.
The Payment step will show you an overview of your Basket, below this you will be required to provide information about the payment such as billing details, payment details, and any Discounts to be assigned to the booking.
Use the ‘Discount Code’ text box to add a Discount Code in for manual discounts, automated Discounts that you booking meets the criteria for will have automatically been applied to your booking and they will show above your total
You may be required to apply a ‘Billing address’ for the booking
The next step is to enter your payment details.
Here you can choose which payment method should be used for the booking, this will include any Payment Methods that you have enabled on your platform
You will be required to accept the Terms & Conditions
Click ‘Complete’
Once Completed, you will receive an ‘Order Summary’ confirming your Booking
FAQ’s
What is the difference between Booking Agents and Booking Users?