> ## Documentation Index
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# Set a Booking's conditions and shares

> Set the distributor share, minimum guarantee and per screening or per admission rates on a Booking, one at a time or for many Bookings at once.

A Booking's conditions say how the cinema pays the distributor: a percentage of the net, a flat minimum guarantee (MG), or a rate per screening or per admission. The Booking owns its conditions. Its invoice is calculated from them until the invoice is issued. You set them in the **Commercial terms** section of the Booking panel, or on many Bookings at once with **Conditions**.

## Before you start

* You need permission to edit Bookings. Changing conditions on a saved Booking is limited to admin, operations and finance roles.
* Know whether the Booking has an invoice. A change can reopen or replace it. See "What happens to invoices" below.
* A Booking with day-by-day terms, such as a special projection, settles per day. Change those terms on its **Projections** tab, not here.

## Set the conditions on one Booking

**1. Open the Booking**

On **Bookings**, click the Booking. On the **Details** tab, scroll to **Commercial terms**.

**2. Choose the condition**

Open **% Distributor**. The list offers your firm's percentages, then **MG**, **Per screening** and **Per admission**. You can also type any percentage, for example 38, and choose it.

**3. Fill in the amount**

Depending on your choice:

* A percentage: optionally set **MG amount** (hint: Optional floor on this % deal) and **MG rule**.
* **MG**: set **MG amount** (hint: Guarantee toward the cinema).
* **Per screening** or **Per admission**: set **Rate** in CHF per screening or CHF per admission. **MG amount** (Minimum CHF for the week) is optional. There is no maximum.

**4. Choose when the MG applies**

**MG rule** reads **Never**, **First week (no follow-up)** or **Always**. It decides when the MG floor applies to a percentage deal.

**5. Save**

Click **Save changes**. If the Booking has an invoice, a confirmation opens first.

On a new Booking, **Use film defaults** is on. DOS fills the terms from the film's terms for the playing week, and shows a line such as the week and the percentage it found. When you change a term yourself, the switch turns off. A saved Booking keeps its own terms: changing the film's terms later does not change it.

## How 50.00 reads as 50%

Older Bookings may store the share as 50.00. DOS reads 50.00 and 50 as the same share and shows it as **50%**. The same goes for 47.50, which reads as 47.5%. Nothing for you to fix.

## Change many Bookings at once

**1. Select the Bookings**

On **Bookings**, tick the rows. A bar appears with **Conditions**.

**2. Open Conditions**

Click **Conditions**. The panel is titled **Change conditions of N Bookings**. Only what you tick changes.

**3. Tick what to change**

Tick **Condition**, **MG amount** or **MG applies**, then set the value. An empty MG amount clears it.

**4. Read the summary, then save**

**What Save does** shows how many Bookings change, how many already have these conditions, how many are left out and why. Open **Bookings that change** to see each before and after. Click **Save N Bookings**.

Bookings are left out with a reason, for example: cancelled Bookings keep their terms, Bookings that settle per day, an MG deal that needs an MG amount, a historical invoice that cannot change, and an invoice already sent. Tick **Also replace sent invoices** to include those. Each gets a new invoice with its own number, for you to send.

## What happens to invoices

When a change reaches an invoice, DOS opens **This Booking has an invoice** before saving. It tells you what will happen to each invoice:

* Not issued yet: it is calculated again from the Booking.
* Reviewed: it takes the change and stays reviewed. Click **Generate invoice** on it to make the PDF again.
* Marked Invoiced: it goes back to Review, keeping its number and payment reference.
* Already sent: it stays as it was and is marked Outdated. A new invoice replaces it, for you to send.
* Historical import: it cannot change.

Nothing is sent to any cinema, and nothing is cancelled or credited in your accounting system. See [Invoice statuses](https://wiki.distribution-os.ch/invoices/invoice-statuses.md) and [Amend an approved invoice](https://wiki.distribution-os.ch/invoices/amend-an-approved-invoice.md).

## Day-by-day conditions

Single days and special projections have a condition per day: **% Share**, **Fixed / day**, **Per screening**, **Per admission** or **Gratis**. **Gratis** is free, and a Booking whose days are all **Gratis** gets no invoice.

## If something looks wrong

> [accordion] The percentage I need is not in the list
>
> Type it in the **% Distributor** search box, for example 38, and choose **Use 38%**. The list your firm is offered is kept in **Settings**, under Invoicing, on the **Conditions** card. Existing Bookings keep their saved percentages whatever that list says.

> [accordion] Enter the rate for this weekly condition
>
> You chose **Per screening** or **Per admission** without a **Rate**. Fill it in.

> [accordion] An MG deal needs an MG amount
>
> The batch panel leaves a Booking out when you choose **MG (flat amount)** and no amount is set. Tick **MG amount** and enter it.

> [accordion] A Booking is left out: its invoice was already sent
>
> Tick **Also replace sent invoices** if you want a new invoice for it, or leave it as is.

> [accordion] A Booking is left out: its invoice is marked Invoiced
>
> Only an admin can put it back to Review. Ask an admin, then run the change again.

> [accordion] Save is disabled in the batch panel
>
> Nothing is ticked yet, the summary is still loading, or the input is incomplete. The hint under the fields says what is missing.

## Related

* [Create a Booking or a special projection](https://wiki.distribution-os.ch/bookings/create-a-booking.md)
* [Invoice statuses](https://wiki.distribution-os.ch/invoices/invoice-statuses.md)
* [Amend an approved invoice](https://wiki.distribution-os.ch/invoices/amend-an-approved-invoice.md)


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