Housekeeper Sections

Depending on the size of your Property, it may be necessary to divide it into Housekeeper Sections. A housekeeper section is a physical group of rooms (which are generally near each other) that can be cleaned in a specified time by one attendant. A section may be a floor or a hallway, a main building or annex, or simply a physical area where the rooms are grouped together to simplify the process of assigning rooms to attendants for daily cleaning. Housekeepers may be assigned to specific sections, and housekeeper sections is one of the categories that may be used to filter your rooms and reduce the size of the list of rooms requiring housekeeping when generating Housekeeping Room Assignments, to make the allocation more simple when designating rooms for a specific housekeeper to clean. Rooms may be assigned to these sections for cleaning purposes on the Room Definitions screen, where your specific room details are entered.

This is part of the OPTIONAL configuration for Skyware Systems. You may edit the configuration to suit your Property at any time if you have the appropriate access/authorization.

This selection is part of the Property and System Configuration area of Skyware.

 

 


Select Managers Screen from the Quick Menu on the left side of the screen, then select Configuration > Housekeeper Sections.

Quick Menu with Manager's Screen option selected

Select Manager's Screen to be taken to the MANAGER'S COMMANDS screen.

Manager's Commands Menu

Select Configuration to be taken to the PROPERTY AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION screen.

Manager's Commands Menu with Configuration option selected

Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option.

This will take you to The Property System Configuration Menu.

Property and System Configuraion Menu

The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.

Select Housekeeper Sections from the Optional Configuration section.

Optional Configuration section of Property System Configuration menu with Housekeeper Sections command selected

 

The Housekeeper Sections Maintenance screen display is split into two frames, with the left side of the screen listing any already configured Housekeeper Sections for the Property and the right side containing the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit a Housekeeper Section for your Property. Any changes made on the right, once saved, will be updated in the listings to the left.

Housekeeper Sections Maintenance screen example

The currently configured options are displayed by:

Order: List Order of the Housekeeper Sections. If there is no list order number, the Housekeeper Sections will be displayed alphabetically.

Code: The Code name of the Housekeeper Section.

Name: The Description of the Housekeeper Section (how you wish to refer to it).

 

Selecting any Housekeeper Section on the left will display the details on the right.

Your options include the following:

Generate a new entry:

Click the New Generate New Entry button button from the toolbar to add a new Housekeeper Section.

Complete the fields described below.

OR:

Select an existing Housekeeper Section from the list on the left, and click the Replicate Replicate Current Entry button button from the toolbar. Then change the field information as described below.

Edit the current selection:

Change the field information described below.

Housekeeping Sections Maintenance screen right side detail for editing purposes

Section: Enter the code for the Housekeeper Section. This is the code used by Skyware for recording your sections.

This field is required.

List Order: Enter the desired List Order for this Housekeeper Section. If there is no list order number, the Housekeeper Section will be displayed alphabetically.

This field is optional.

Section Name: This is the description of the Housekeeper Section. You should enter the full name or description of the Housekeeper Section here.

Note: This will be displayed in the Housekeepers account screen or Housekeeping Room Assignment screen for use by your staff. It is also the name displayed on the Room Definitions screen, where your rooms may be assigned to the sections for cleaning purposes.

 

When you are finished adding or editing any Housekeeper Sections, click the Save Save button button to save the changes.

To view any changes made, click the Activity log Activity Log button button in the local tool bar.

 

Date Updated July 25, 2022