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Best Available Rate – BAR by Day

Using BAR in Property Views
Properties configured to generate BAR by Day decisions can be grouped into a property view to
allow you to view and work with BAR decisions for all properties at once.

To view the Best Available Rate tab using a property view:

1) Select a property view that contains the properties with which you want to work. The property
view can only contain properties configured for BAR by Day.

2) On the Main menu, click Manage Controls and then click

Best Available Rate. If Manage Controls has already
been selected, click Best Available Rate in the band
beneath it.
3) Optional: Use the Filter By options to select specific
information you want to view and click Retrieve.
 Type or use the calendar to select a Start Date.
 Type or use the calendar to select an End Date.

 Select an option from the Criteria drop-down to display dates that fit your criteria. Options
include:
 Show All Decisions – Show all BAR decisions for all dates in the timeframe specified.
 Occupancy forecast greater than– show dates where the occupancy forecast is greater
than a percentage you specify.
 Occupancy forecast less than– show dates where the occupancy forecast is less than a
percentage you specify.
 Dates with User Overrides – show only dates where a user override is present.
 Dates with Floor Overrides – show only dates where a floor override is present.
 Dates with Highest BAR Restricted – show only dates where the highest BAR rate in
your rate spectrum has been restricted.
 Dates where Overrides contradict with Rate Strategy – show only dates where
overrides are present and the selected rate has system use set to no (rate name is
italicized).
 Dates where System Decision > Web Decision – show only dates where the system
BAR decision is greater than the web BAR decision.
 Dates where Web Decision > System Decision – show only dates where the web BAR
decision is greater than the system BAR decision.

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Best Available Rate – BAR by Day

 Select Full in the BAR View option to see all decisions for the selected date range.
Select Differential to view only decisions that have changed since a date you specify.
 Select to sort by Property or Date.

4) Optional: Place a check in the check box for each day of the week for which you would like to
view BAR decisions. Remove the check if you do not want to display the decisions for that day
of the week.
5) Click Retrieve.

Override a BAR Decision in a Property View

To override a BAR decision within a property view:

1) Select a date range that includes the date for which you want to complete and override and
click Retrieve.
2) In the Property drop-down, select the property
for which you want to override BAR decisions.
3) Click Edit BAR. BAR Decisions and Override appears for the selected property and date range.
4) Click the drop-down menu next to the date for which you want to override the Best Available
Rate decision and select the rate to use as the override.
 To complete a User Override, click on the radio button in the U column next to the BAR rate
plan.
 To complete a Floor Override, click on the radio button in the F column next to the BAR
rate plan.
 The BAR rate plan in grey is the current system or web BAR decision. BAR Rate Plans in
italics are not available for system use, but can be selected as an override.
5) Click Done. If you do not want to save your overrides, click Cancel. If you use a Rate
Distribution service, click Upload.
6) To close the window and return to the Best Available Rate tab, click the X in the upper right
hand corner of the window.

Revert an Override in a Property View

To revert an overridden BAR decisions to the default BAR decision:

1) Select a date range that includes the date for which you want to revert an override and click
Retrieve.
2) To revert the override, you can:
 Check the box of the arrival date or dates to remove overrides. To select all dates, check
the box at the top of the column before Date.
 Click Revert to Default.
 Click OK on the confirmation message that appears. If you do not want to save your
changes, click Cancel.
 Click the drop-down menu for the Best Available Rate you want to revert to the default
value.
 Click the active radio button to remove the selection.
3) Click Done. If you do not want to save your changes, click Cancel.

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