Getting Started
Core Concepts
Key concepts to understand before using Calendence.
Your Account
When you sign up, you create a Hub — your top-level account. Your Hub holds your subscription, payment method, and all your businesses.
- One subscription covers all your businesses
- Switch between businesses instantly from the Hub Panel
- The Hub Panel appears automatically when you have 2+ businesses
Businesses
Each business you create has its own:
- Staff members and schedules
- Services and pricing
- Locations and resources (bays, equipment)
- Clients and bookings
- Booking widget and public booking page
Everything is kept separate between businesses — clients, bookings, and staff don't overlap.
Roles
Every team member has a role that determines what they can see and do:
| Role | Access |
|---|---|
| Super Admin | Full access including billing |
| Admin | Manage staff, services, bookings, invoices |
| Manager | Manage bookings and clients, view reports |
| Staff | View own schedule, manage assigned bookings |
The same person can have different roles in different businesses.
Resources
Resources are anything that needs to be scheduled alongside staff:
- Bay — a physical workspace (detail bay, service lift)
- Equipment — shared tools that can only be used by one job at a time
- Vehicle — company vehicles for mobile services
Calendence checks all resource availability before showing a time slot to clients. Two jobs can't use the same bay or equipment at the same time.
Booking Statuses
Every booking moves through these statuses:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | Awaiting confirmation |
| Confirmed | Booking is locked in |
| In Progress | Job is being performed |
| Completed | Job finished |
| Cancelled | Cancelled by business or client |
All bookings are preserved for reporting — nothing is deleted.