What can you set under Reservation settings?

Answer

The Reservation settings window (the cog under Reservations) brings together how the reservation overview looks and how booking works: the time interval, check-in, automatically setting no-show and what can be chosen under Add reservation. Everything applies to the whole business.

Where to find it

Menu Reservations > Reservation settings cog at the top right (/Reservations). You save changes with Save.

Explanation

The window starts with the blocks for the timeline (filter and order, appearance); see the article about the reservation overview. Below that are two blocks of settings: Reservations and Add reservation. A setting that depends on another (Waiting time until No-show, Turn on walk-in automatically, Turn on Check in now automatically) only counts when the setting above it is set to Yes.

Buttons and settings

Name	What it does	When to use it	Note
Screen when opening Reservations	Which view Reservations opens: Overview, List view or Week view.	Choose the view your team uses most.	-
Time interval between reservations	How many minutes apart a reservation can start. With 15 minutes, bookings can be made every quarter of an hour, in the dashboard and online. The times in the widget and the grid of the timeline follow this step.	Choose a smaller step if you want guests to be able to start at any moment.	The Crowd reduction counts per arrival time that fits in this grid.
Time before arrival	How long before the arrival time you can already check a guest in. Earlier than that, the status cannot yet change to Arrived.	When guests often arrive early.	-
Automatically set to No-show	Yes or No. If a reservation is still Open after the arrival time, Jimani sets it to No-show by itself, after the time you choose under Waiting time until No-show.	To free up tables without having to click yourself.	The guest gets an SMS if you have created the SMS for No-show. Open receipts of the reservation expire. See the article about no-shows.
Waiting time until No-show	How long after the arrival time a reservation without a guest is automatically set to No-show: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour.	Only when Automatically set to No-show is set to Yes.	If the choice is empty, Jimani uses 30 minutes.
Change reservation button when cancelling	Also shows a button to change the reservation on the screen where a guest cancels their reservation.	When you would rather let guests reschedule than cancel.	-
Show walk-in	Shows the Passer-by (no guest details) checkbox under Add reservation: a reservation without name, email or phone, for example for a guest who walks in right away.	For walk-in guests.	-
Turn on walk-in automatically	The Passer-by checkbox is already ticked for a new reservation.	When most reservations are walk-ins.	Only counts when Show walk-in is set to Yes.
Show Check in now	Shows the Check in now checkbox under Add reservation: after saving, the guest is immediately set to Arrived.	For guests who are already there.	-
Turn on Check in now automatically	The Check in now checkbox is already ticked for a new reservation.	When you mostly record walk-in guests.	Only counts when Show Check in now is set to Yes.
Show lock table swap	Shows the Locking table change checkbox under Add reservation: the table of that reservation is not swapped automatically.	For guests who have to stay at a fixed table.	Only for Restaurant.
Sort tables	The order of the tables to the left of the timeline. This is the same choice as in the timeline block.	See the article about the reservation overview.	Save stores this for the whole business.

Related

How does the reservation overview work in Jimani?, What happens when a guest does not show up (no-show)?

Keywords: reservation settings, reservation time interval, automatic no-show, walk-in, check in now, lock table swap, open reservations

Last checked: 2026-10-16

Translated from the Dutch knowledge base; the Dutch version is leading.