Note: Prospective customers please see the intro article on this feature.
In the Floor plan & maps settings manage the interactive elements of your custom-designed maps.
For troubleshooting see the FAQs section.
New Map: Mark spaces on a new map
If you haven't done so already, please add spaces (desks / rooms) to your venue (Adding 'Spaces' to your account). If a space isn't marked on your map, it will still be bookable through the other views (Day, Month, Grid, List) if no other rules prevent this. Think of the floor plan & maps feature as a view of Skedda and not a way to create rules/conditions for user bookings.
To mark spaces on a new map,
Go to Settings -> Floor plans & maps
Click on the 'Spaces' dropdown and select 'Mark'.
This will allow you to select the spaces that you would like to mark on the map.
Once you've selected the space that you would like to mark on the map, you have two tools to use: 'Pick' tool and the 'Drag' tool
Using the 'Pick' tool to mark spaces on the map
The 'Pick' tool is used when you have well defined shapes that you are marking spaces on. For example, rectangles and circles as shown below.
Using the 'Pick' tool, you can simply click on the shapes on the map to mark them. You can see below that as you click on the shapes, the blue banner changes to say that you are marking the next space.
To reverse an action at any point while marking spaces, you can click on the 'Undo' option which will reverse the last immediate action.
The 'Pick' tool is not suitable for marking amorphous areas on the map. For example, open spaces with no defined shape around it as shown below. In this case, you can see that the space gets marked in the middle of the map. This is because the pick tool relies on regular shapes.
How it works:
In the backend it draws a rectangle around the shape that you clicked. In case of the amorphous area shown above, the tool picks up the entire map as the immediate shape that it can use to draw the rectangle in the backend.
Using the 'Drag' tool to mark spaces on the map
In case of an amorphous area on the map without a well defined shape, or an open room that you would like to make bookable, you should use the 'Drag' tool to draw the rectangle on the map which the system normally draws.
Do this by selecting the 'Drag' option, click, hold and drag on the area that you would like to draw the rectangle as shown below.
You can also use the drag tool to make a group of desks bookable as a single space if needed. Click on 'Stop' if you would like to go back to the main interface as shown below.
Remove spaces from the map
To remove marked spaces from the map,
Go to Settings -> Floor plans & maps
Click on the 'Spaces' dropdown and select 'Remove'.
Simply click on the spaces that you would like to remove and click on 'Done' when you are finished.
Edit already marked spaces
To edit already marked spaces,
Go to Settings -> Floor plans & maps
Click on the indicator of the space that you would like to edit.
Click on the dropdown to select another space that you would like to replace it with and click 'Save changes'.
Map options
Under the 'Map' dropdown, you have other options that you can use the adjust the general settings of the map, publish the map or delete the map.
General map settings
Click on 'Settings' from the 'Map' dropdown to adjust the general map settings.
Here you can change the map name if you need to.
You can also change the indicator size. This changes the size of the green booking icon that appears on the map.
The rotation angle for mobile devices, decides how the map will rotate when viewed on a mobile device.
In case of maps that are wider than it is tall, 90 degrees is the best choice. You have options to change this in case the map is differently shaped.
Publishing the map
Once you have marked the spaces you need to on your map and set it up the way you want, you are ready to publish the map.
Click on Map -> Publish -> 'Publish as a new map' (if it is the first of its kind) and confirm by clicking on 'Yes, do it'.
This will move the map from the 'Draft' to the 'Published' state and will now be available on the scheduler on the map view.
Updated Map: Marking spaces on an updated map
To replace your existing map with an updated version,
Go to Settings -> Floor plans & maps
There you will see the current published map and the updated version which is the draft state
Before you publish the draft map, there might be some changes that you will need to make. You may have moved your desks around in which case, the previously marked spaces will look out of place in the draft map.
In this case, you will need to remove these spaces and then mark them on the map again.
To select those spaces again, you will have to scroll down and click on 'Show already marked spaces as well..." since those spaces are already on the published version of the map.
You can then proceed to select those spaces and mark them on the map as usual.
Once you have marked those spaces and made changes to any map settings as required, you can then select on the publish option under 'Maps' and select 'Replace existing map'.
Choose the map you want to replace and confirm by selecting 'Yes, replace'.
Request a new map or update
To request another map, or change the static graphic elements of an existing map, please send us a message saying "Maps change request or inquiry" in the chat widget at the bottom right.
FAQs
How do I get my own map? Where do I upload my map?
I marked a space, but I can't click on it to book - help!
The marked clickable area may be too small, but it should be there! This can sometimes happen if you choose drag and then accidentally make a very small rectangle. Zoom in as far as you can to the middle of the green circle and remove the space.
How can I change the orientation for the map on mobile phones? My map is flipped the wrong way!
In the Floor plan & maps settings page, select the map and click the More drop down menu on the top right. In Map settings change the Rotation angle for mobile devices value. 0° won't rotate the map at all; this is best for maps that are taller than they are wide.