What are rooms?
Rooms allow you to define areas with the desired capacity which can be used for seating plans, detentions, and exams. These are separate to your ‘Location' lookups within Satchel One.
Rooms can be created manually or via scheduled data imports from your MIS or Timetabler.
View rooms
🔒 The actions within this section require the Rooms permission.
To view your school’s rooms, go to Tools > School > Rooms.
You’ll see a list of all existing rooms, including their active state. You can search for specific rooms by name using the search bar above the list.
Actions
Edit - Update room details
Active toggle - Deactivate a room to hide it in Seating and Exams
Delete - Permanently remove rooms you no longer need
Create rooms
Typically rooms are imported via the MIS/Timetabler, but you may want to add new ones.
Go to Tools > School > Rooms
Click Create
Enter:
Room name - This is what staff will see
Short code - For internal use or quick reference
Capacity - The number of students that can be seated during lessons
Click Save
The room will be immediately available to use across the platform.
Exam rooms 
If you're using the Exams module, you can configure a room specifically for exam seating layouts.
To do this:
Create a new room or Edit an existing one
Enable the Exam room option
Enter:
Rows (A → Z) - Number of rows of seats in the exam room
Columns (1 → 10) - Number of seats per row
Click Save
This setup allows Exam officers to plan and allocate seating efficiently during exams.
