Seat Groups allow you to bundle multiple individual seats together under a single, bookable entity. When you reserve a Seat Group, all member seats are reserved together as a set — making it easy to book a cluster of workstations or a designated team area in one action.

Add a Seat Group to the Map

1. Navigate to the Map Editor tab.
2. Select the location and map to open.
3. Click Load. 
4. In the menu to the right, locate the Objects tab.
5. Click on the Data tab.
6. Under Resource Groups, select  Seat Group.
7. Click anywhere on the map to drop the seat group in that location.

Seat Group Settings - Info

1. Select the Seat Group of interest 
2. Locate the Info tab to configure the following:
   • Name
   • Type
     • The available types are defined in Maptician Settings > Organization > Lists > Seat Types.
   • Seats - The number of member seats attached to the seat group.
   • Reservable Group
     • Checked - the seat group will be reservable.
     • Unchecked - the seat group will not be reservable.
       • Note: Setting a seat group as non-reservable does not affect the reservability of its individual member seats.

Seat Group Settings - Display

1. Select the Seat Group of interest 
2. Locate the Display tab to configure the following:
   • Icon Size
     • Tiny
     • Small
     • Medium
     • Large
   • Color
   • Outline Color
   • Background Color

Seat Group Settings - Labels

1. Select the Seat Group of interest 
2. Locate the Labels tab to configure the following:
   • Label Visibility 
     • None
     • On Select
     • Always
   • Label color
   • Font size

Seat Group Settings - Members

1. Select the Seat Group of interest 
2. Locate the Members tab

Adding Members to a Seat Group:

1. Click the Edit Members button
2. In the map on the right, click the seats you want to add to the seat group.
   • Green - Seat can be added to the seat group.
   • Blue - Seat has already been added to the seat group.
   • Grey - Seat can not be added to the seat group.
3. Click on the Done button to confirm your selections
4. Save the Map

Removing Members from a Seat Group:

There are four ways to remove seats from a seat group:

1. Clicking on the Clear button will remove all seats from the seat group.
2. Clicking the Edit Members button and deselecting seats will remove them from the seat group.
3. Clicking the X button next to a seat in the Members tab will remove the seat from the seat group.
4. Changing a member's seat usage to a usage type other than Reservable will automatically remove the seat from the seat group.

➡️ What are seat usage types, and how do I use them?