Skedda's latest integration with Slack allows your users to receive check-in reminders for their desk and room reservations, and notifications about their visitor arrivals, in the 'Messages' tab in Skedda's Slack app - the same place they collaborate and get their best work done!
Approval coming soon
When you start the setup process for Skedda's Slack app, you might notice a banner/message that reads as follows, "This app is not approved by Slack."
Because our Slack app is so hot off the press, Slack hasn't had a chance to review it and grant us our "Slack-approved" status yet! Rest assured that this is coming soon, and that our Slack app is built to the same level of security-conscious development standards as the rest of our system, with stability at its core.
You're safe to set it up and begin testing it out!
How it works
You can set up Skedda's Slack app in your workspace so that (1) your users receive Slack alerts (in the "Messages" tab in Slack) for two Skedda-related events, and (2) can find out who's booked in over the coming 7 days.
(1) Notifications
Booking check-in reminders
When it's time for a user to check in to their booking, they'll receive a message in Slack that looks like this:
Clicking on the, "Check in via Skedda," button will take your user to a page where they can complete check-in in just a few clicks!
Visitor-arrival alerts
When a user's visitor arrives (who they're hosting), they'll receive a message in Slack that looks like this:
(2) "Who's in?" feature
Your team can also add Skedda to channels in Slack and, by typing "/skedda in" (or "/skedda in") into to their channel chat, receive an on-demand summary of upcoming bookings for all the users in that channel!
In response to such summaries, your users can:
See more details for a given day (expanding the details will reveal exactly who has booked in where, and when!)
Make a booking (they can make bookings in response to the information included in the summary)
Share to channel (they can share this message with the wider channel if they'd like everybody to see who's coming in!)
Setup
To use Skedda's Slack app, you will need:
A Skedda venue with a subscription to one of the following plans:
Starter
Plus
Premier
A Slack workspace, where you are the Slack Workspace Admin
To set up the integration, make sure that you're logged in to Skedda (as a System Admin or Owner), and complete the following steps:
Navigate to "Integrations" in Skedda (Settings > Integrations)
First, navigate to your "Integrations" page in your Skedda settings:
Settings > Integrations
You'll see a section called, "Slack integration," which you'll use in the next step to initiate the integration.
Click "Add to Slack"
When you're ready to initiate the integration between Skedda and Slack, click, "Add to Slack".
Provide your workspace URL
Next, you'll be taken to this page, where you should provide your Slack workspace's URL, e.g. "skedda-hq.slack.com".
Once you've done this, click, "Continue".
Grant the required Skedda <> Slack permissions to complete the integration
Finally, Slack will show you a page asking you to review the permissions you're required to grant in order to complete the integration between Skedda and your Slack workspace.
Once you've reviewed these and are ready to consent, click, "Allow".
Adding Skedda to a channel to use the "Who's in?" feature to find out which of their teammates are coming in
If you, or your users, want to use the "Who's in?" feature to find out who will be in the office, Skedda needs to be added to the channel in which it is intended to be used.
This can be done in a few ways:
@mentioning Skedda in the channel
Right-clicking on the channel to manage it and add Skedda
Adding Skedda to a channel via the "Add Skedda to channel" button on the "Home" page
Success!
And, you're done! Any person who has a user account in your Skedda venue whose email matches an equivalent user account in your Slack workspace will be able to use the Slack app to:
Receive booking check-in reminders
Receive visitor-arrival notifications
Find out "Who's in?" for the next few days (by typing /skedda-in or /skedda in)
FAQs
What happens if Skedda's Slack app "breaks"?
If something goes wrong with your Skedda Slack app (perhaps you, or your users, aren't receiving messages as expected), please reach out to us! We'll be able to assist you with diagnosing the issue and getting you back up and running.
Does Skedda support Enterprise Grid Slack setup?
Skedda does not support Enterprise Grid Slack setup at this time. However, if this is something you'd like to make use of, please reach out to our Support Team with this feedback, and we'll be sure to note this down in our customer-feedback logs!
Can we book spaces or invite visitors in Slack?
Not currently. However, if this is something you'd be eager to see in Skedda's Slack app, please reach out to us with your thoughts! We'd love to hear from you.
We do provide a link that you, and your users, can follow to access the login page to Skedda, from the "Home" page in the Skedda Slack app:
