Question
- How do I export my MS Bookings activities?
- How do I see my MS Bookings appointment data?
- Does MS Bookings provide appointment data?
Environment
- Oregon State University
- OSU Employees
- MS Bookings
Explanation
MS Bookings has a default report available that displays high-level appointment data. The report includes 120 days of appointment data; the past 60 days and the future 60 days. It is presented in a TSV file that can be changed into a XLS file to be opened in Excel.
Resolution
Step 1 - Export the data from MS Bookings
- From the MS Bookings webpage, select the "Home" tab on the left-side menu
- Click on the blue link that says "Export 120 day view using a TSV file." under "Booking activities (30 days)
- When the download pop-up opens, select "Save File"
Step 2 - Edit the data file and open in Excel
- Open your file viewer and select the .TSV data file that was just downloaded (it should be named "BookingsReportingData.tsv"
- Highlight the .TSV data file, right click on it and select "Rename"
- Rename the file from "BookingsReportingData.tsv" to "BookingsReportingData.xls"
- You will be prompted with an alert notifying you that you are changing the file type, choose to change the name
- Open the newly renamed file with Excel
- Re-Save the opened Excel worksheet by clicking "Save As" then changing the file type to an Excel workbook (*.xlsx) to an easy to find location on your computer
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