Inventory

Inventory Reporting

Inventory is required for IDeaS RMS to trigger processing which optimizes forecasts and decisions which the RMS produces. IDeaS refers to processing as Business Day End (BDE) and Intra-Day Processing (IDP) events.

Inventory by Room Type

Inventory messages are expected to always be a full overlay, providing all dates and room types with every submission, regardless if there are changes to room types, Sold or Out of Order changes. Inventory must be provided as single entry by occupancy date for each room type within the inventory window.

Zero-Capacity Room Type / Non-Sleeping Rooms Reporting

Do not include room types that are non-physical room types, such as pseudo/accounting room types, and meeting rooms in the inventory sent to IDeaS.

Inventory Handling

As inventory is broken out into smaller payloads, each payload must contain all room types for the occupancy dates reported in the payload. In addition, the dates in the payload must be consecutive, without gaps between dates. Inventory reporting duplicate entries for same occupancy date(s) will create issues in handling.

Calculating `roomsSolds` from Reservations and Group Blocks

Below is an example of reservations and groups block remaining availability (Block minus Pickup). Accurately representing group and reservation data in the Inventory Sold Counts is required.

Examples	30-Sep	01-Oct	02-Oct
Reservation: A: 30-Sep, D: 2-Oct	1-Sold	1-Sold
Reservation: A: 2-Oct, D: 3-Oct			1-Sold
(2) Multi-Unit Reservations: A: 1-Oct, D: 2-Oct		2-Sold
Share Reservation: A: 2-Oct, D: 3-Oct			1-Sold
Group Block Unpicked-Up Rooms(Block minus Pickup): Occ Dates: 1-2 Oct		1-Sold	1-Sold
Reservation Cancel: A: 1-Oct, D: 3-Oct		0-Sold	0-Sold
Reservation NoShow: A: 1-Oct, D: 3-Oct		0-Sold	0-Sold
Reservation DayUse: A: 1-Oct, D: 1-Oct		0-Sold
Reservation on Pseudo RT: A: 1-Oct, D: 3-Oct		0-Sold	0-Sold
(A=Arrival, D=Departure)

Calculating roomsSolds: (Block-Pickup) + Reservations = Total Solds

Inventory Reporting for Intra Day Processing (IDP)

To support the IDeas RMS functionality for Intra Day Processing (IDP), the submission of Inventory should be the same as the daily submissions with up to 45 days past and a minimum of 365 days future.