Inputs

Below are a list of attributes available for each tag when using als_create_reservation.cgi

All attributes require double quotes : Name="example"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>

<root>

<row hotel="24" date="2010-05-12" lastname="Garland" firstName="Steve" notes="This is a note"

email="steve@activitylinksystems.com" fax="faxphone" homephone="homephone" time="17:00"

phonecell="cellphone" otherphone="otherphone" />

</reservation>

</products>

<seats>

</seats>

<queue>

</queue>

</root>

reservation

Attribute	Optional	Description	Example
lastname	Required	Last name used on the reservation	lastname="Smith"
firstname	Required	First Name used on the reservation	firstname="John"
date	Required	Date of the event. Must match the required event date or is used along with the time to lookup an event with sufficient seating as defined in the products.	date="2010-07-04"
event	Required	Value returned from the eventcode when getting availabilty via als_get_events.cgi . If the date does not match the event choosen an error will be returned.	event="7832"
time	Required if not using an event	Used only if an event is not passed in.	time="17:00"
notes	Optional	Internal notes for the reservation	Notes="Jack is elderly and needs help"
email	Optional	Email address	email="steve@activitylinksystems.com"
fax	Optional	Fax number	fax="faxphone"
homephone	Optional	Home Phone Number	homephone="homephone"
phonecell	Optional	Cell Phone Number	phonecell="cellphone"
otherphone	Optional	Other Phone Number	otherphone="otherphone"
span	Optional	Allows for events to be booked that span multiple events. If 10 Seats are required and only 7 are available on a singe event then if another event with 3 is available the reservation will be created using 2 events for that leg.	span=true
noalt	Optional	If a package event includes an alternate time then alternate times maybe used. Using noalt supresses this option	noalt=true

products

Attribute	Optional	Description	Example
product	Required	product choosen for the reservation. see als_get_products.cgi	product="1"
productcategory	Required	als_get_rates.cgi returns categorycode values. This is used for the productcategory param.	productcategory="9"
qty	Required	Quantity of the productcategory requested. If the item is a seated item, then an seat entry is created for Qty number of the product category.	qty="2"
targetprice	optional	allows a targetprice to be defined and the discount will be calculated in order to back into the targetprice. The targetprice should include all taxes and fees.	targetprice=189.00
discount	optional	applies a discount to the set price. Note: targetprice and discount cannot be used concurrently. If they both have values an error will be returned.	discount=20.00

seats

Seating information is optional. When a reservation is created seating entries are created one each for each product Qty that is defined as a seat. Thus in the example below there are 3 entries for the total qty of seats requested as 2+1.

Items that are not defined as seats do not use a seat entry.

</products>

<seats>

</seats>

Attribute	Optional	Description	Example
productcategory	Required	Must match the productcategory contained in the products tag	product="1"
itemno	Required	Ordinal from 1 to Qty times for each product category. Thus if you have qty=2 in a products entry there would be 2 entr	itemno="1"
lastname	Optional	Last Name of the Passenger. Defaulted to the last name of the person as defined in the reservation tag	lastname="Smith"
firstname	Optional	First Name of the Passenger	firstname="Jerry"
weight	Optional	Weight of the Passenger. Only used if your AL-Pro system supports weights	weight="170"
weighttype	Optional	Weight Types as defined in als_get_weight_types.cgi	weighttype="1"
age	Optional	Only supported if your AL-Pro system is supports AGE on seating	age="36"

queue entries are optional and implements the als_insert_queue.cgi interface which inserts a queue entry. The call requires a reservation:integer and a queuetype:Integer. Entries made with this call can be retrieved with als_get_queues.cgi

Parameter	Description	Required	Example	Data Type
Reservation	Code of the Reservation	Required	reservation=54232	Integer
QueueType	QueueType using one of the codes returned from als_get_queue_types.cgi	Required	queuetype=56	Integer
usercode	The code of the user making the entry. The default webportal settings will be used to fetch the usercode.	Optional	usercode=23	Integer
note	An optional text field that can be populated	Optional	notes=Sample text	String