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title: Create a Provisional Booking
slug: create-a-provisional-booking
icon: 😶‍🌫️
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createdAt: 2023-06-29T10:26:10.379Z
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# Introduction

A provisional booking is initiated when there's a need to start booking-related tasks without immediately assigning a reference number. It's a practical solution for the import department, facilitating document and workflow management. 

Note that provisional bookings have temporary creation dates, which update to the conversion date when they become real bookings. When the provisional booking needs to be turned into a real booking, the user must deselect the provisional booking checkbox.

# Conditions

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- You must select the "provisional booking" checkbox to initiate it.
- You must enter the details of the client for whom the booking is intended.
- You must deselect the "provisional booking" checkbox to turn it into a real booking.
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# Guided steps

## Create a Provisional Booking

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## How to Convert a Provisional Booking

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# What I learned

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Provisional bookings initially have temporary creation dates, but these automatically change to the conversion date when they become real bookings.
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When the provisional booking is ready for conversion into a real booking, the user must uncheck the provisional booking checkbox.
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This feature streamlines import department tasks, improving document and workflow management.
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