Tablet Room Actions turn a paired Skedda display into an interactive room terminal. Anyone standing at the tablet can check in to a booking, book the room on the spot, or free it up early - all without logging in to Skedda.
Overview
When Room Actions are enabled for a tablet pairing, three action buttons appear directly on the tablet display:
Action | What it does |
Check in | Checks the booking holder into a booking. |
Book now | Creates an ad-hoc booking for the current time slot. |
End meeting | Releases the room before the booking's scheduled end time. |
Prerequisites
The space must have a Skedda tablet pairing configured.
Room Actions must be enabled per pairing by a venue administrator.
Enabling Room Actions
Sign in to your Skedda venue as an admin.
Go to Settings → Tablet Pairings.
Select the pairing you want to configure.
Toggle on Enable room actions.
Save your changes.
How each action works
Check in
If a booking has a check-in window configured, a Check in button appears on the booking card when the window opens. Anyone at the tablet can tap it to confirm the room is in use - no Skedda account required.
Book now
If a room is currently free, a Book now button appears on the tablet.
Tap Book now.
Select an end time from the picker.
Confirm.
The booking is created immediately as an Internal Use booking assigned to the room. Start time of the booking is rounded down to the closest time-slot boundary based on your venue's booking granularity. If you tap at 10:47 on a 30-min granularity space, the booking starts at 10:30, not 10:47.
Note: Book now only supports bookings starting at the current time. Future-dated or multi-day ad-hoc bookings from the tablet are not supported.
End meeting
If a room is currently occupied, an End meeting button appears on the booking card.
Once user taps on "end meeting" the booking ends at the next time-slot boundary based on your venue's booking granularity. For example, if your granularity is 30 minutes and you tap End meeting at 10:47, the booking ends at 11:00.
If the booking is part of a recurring series, only the current occurrence is affected — the rest of the series remains unchanged.
Note: The lock-in policy does not apply to End meeting actions on the tablet. The room can be freed at any time within the booking.
Frequently asked questions
Does anyone need a Skedda account to use Room Actions?
Does anyone need a Skedda account to use Room Actions?
No. All three actions - check in, book now, and end meeting - can be performed by anyone at the tablet without logging in.
Can I restrict who can use Room Actions?
Can I restrict who can use Room Actions?
Not at the individual user level in the current release. Room Actions are available to anyone with physical access to the tablet. You can delete the tablet pairing and create a new pairing to add/remove Room Actions for a specific tablet at any time in Tablet Pairing settings.
Are bookings made via "Book now" visible in the main Skedda calendar?
Are bookings made via "Book now" visible in the main Skedda calendar?
Yes. They appear as Internal Use bookings and are visible to administrators and space users with the appropriate view permissions.
Does "End meeting" affect recurring bookings?
Does "End meeting" affect recurring bookings?
No - only the current occurrence is ended. Future occurrences in the series are not changed.
What if I don't see any action buttons on the tablet?
What if I don't see any action buttons on the tablet?
Check that Enable room actions is turned on for that specific pairing in Settings → Tablet Pairings. If it's enabled and buttons still don't appear, confirm the tablet is connected and displaying the live feed.