Make "Select Staff" mandatory when booking a service
When setting up a service to allow a customer to select a staff member, make it so it's mandatory to select a staff member instead of defaulting to "Anyone."
Currently if they don't select staff and leave it as Anyone, it randomly selects a staff member. For what we are using this for it needs to go to a specific staff member instead of a random staff.

24 comments
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Ruth Krochmalny commented
Can you allow Zoom to connect to bookings?
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Ruth Krochmalny commented
Has this been addressed?
When setting up a service to allow a customer to select a staff member, make it so it's mandatory to select a staff member instead of defaulting to "Anyone."
Currently if they don't select staff and leave it as Anyone, it randomly selects a staff member. For what we are using this for it needs to go to a specific staff member instead of a random staff. -
Anonymous commented
We need this ASAP!
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Ian Higgins commented
This is such sensible suggestion. I can't believe MS still hasn't provided this option.
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Anonymous commented
Crucial to our College where technicans are spread out across multiple campuses. Staff and students access is not helpful when "Any" is the option. We need to make it a mandatory field in order to provide assistance to the closest tech/location.
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Tim Ralph commented
This is huge. I'm a little shocked this was missed. Please allow the setup to force the user to select one from a list if it makes sense. We are a school who would like the parent to select a teacher. Not any random teacher or all random teachers.
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Anonymous commented
This is so crucial, especially in a school setting.
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Anonymous commented
Great option for businesses but not for school. Need to have the option to remove the "Anyone" option.
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Anonymous commented
The anyone option is not useful. It only confuses the parents.
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Ramón Bejarano commented
So helpful if a service is provided by one specific staff member. Instead you have to create different services
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Ramón Bejarano commented
This would help me avoid to create different services where one special staff person is required
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NB commented
This would be super helpful for us as a University. Having students choose Anyone as their staff member really messes up advising bookings. Someone needs to go back in and constantly make changes.
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Anonymous commented
It should make the customer select a staff member. Eliminate the "Anyone" option.
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Sean Sauve commented
This is all but a requirement for us to use Bookings in our team.
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Stéphane Roy commented
It should be a must to force staff selection. I'm waiting for this. Thanks.
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Anonymous commented
Make an option where selecting a specific staff member is required.
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danoki_ra@hotmail.com commented
Please, when can we have this simple solution available? When is optional and people are booking they don't realize they need to select someone and then no one is selected a booking/appoitment is missed.
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Maria Kontogianni commented
Definitely a necessary feature: when staff has to be selected, "Anyone" should not be an available option.
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Kirstin DeFusco Houtz commented
Please make this change! It is causing our staff a headache because clients don't notice the drop-down and schedule with anyone. We then have to spend time cancelling or rescheduling the appointment! Bookings is supposed to save us time!
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Strathy commented
Make "Select Staff" mandatory when booking a service please.