Jan 23, 2026

There are times where you may need to take a resource offline – this article explains how this option works.

Pre-requisites

You will need to be a SOBS Administrator or a Manager of this resource with ‘Edit’ permission.

Taking a resource offline

Navigate to the resource management area, and from the menu on the right select the “Take offline” option.

This will display a dialog showing existing offline periods. 

Use the menu on the top right of the table to add a new Offline period.  This will display the following dialog.

I have added a description (why the resource is being taken offline) along with the date range.  When we save this we are taken back to the first dialog where a list of offline periods are displayed.

The resource will not be bookable on these dates.

Existing bookings

If there are existing bookings for the resource during the offline period, a dialog will be displayed indicating the bookings with an option to delete these bookings, or send notifications and delete the bookings.

Use the “Delete” or “Notify and delete” buttons to perform this action.  Alternatively, click off the dialog and navigate to the bookings in order to move them manually or assign them to a different resource. The content of the notification email will read as: