--- title: "Defining Resource Limits" slug: "defining-resource-rules" updated: 2025-02-26T13:33:46Z published: 2025-02-26T13:33:46Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.nexudus.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Defining Resource Limits You can define resource limits to control details about your resource including: - **[Availability](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#availability)** - **[Capacity](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#capacity)** - **[Requests and cancellations](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#requests-and-cancellations)** - **[Duration](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#duration)** - **[Customers and teams](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#customer-and-teams)** - **[Combined resources](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#combined-resources)** - **[No-return policies](/v3/docs/defining-resource-rules#noreturn-policies)** If you want to implement different limits for different customers (members vs contacts), times of day or even for specific durations, we recommend you [implement resource rules](/v3/docs/defining-resource-access-rules) instead. --- 1. Log in to [dashboard.nexudus.com](https://dashboard.nexudus.com/) if you aren't already. 2. Click [**Inventory > Resources**](https://dashboard.nexudus.com/billing/resources). 3. Click on the relevant resource. 4. Click on the **Limits** tab. 5. Click on any section to open the available options. 6. Edit the limits as needed. 7. Repeat the process for each limit you want to apply. 8. Click the **Save Changes** button. All set! Repeat the process for all your other resources. --- ## Resource Limits Settings ### Availability This section lets you define when customers can book the resource. Choose from the following: - **Always** - **Mon-Fri** - **Every day** - **Weekends** Resources are always available by default, but you can tweak their availability schedule any way you need. ### Capacity You can define the resource's capacity in this section. #### Simultaneous bookings Select from the following options to define how many times the resource can be booked. - This resource can be booked up to x times simultaneously. - This resource can be booked just once at a time. #### Limit the number of guests in each booking based on the capacity Toggle on this option to automatically prevent customers and admins from adding more guests than the resource can accommodate. ### Requests and cancellations This section lets you control when bookings can be made, changed or cancelled by customers from your portal. Admins can override these limits when they make a booking for a customer. #### Advanced bookings Select how far in advance the resource can be booked. - This resource can be booked **any number of hours in advance**. - Reject bookings made more than *x hours* before the booking starts. #### Late bookings Select how close to the booking's start time the resource can be booked. - This resource can be booked **as close as needed to the start** of its bookings. - Reject bookings made less than *x hours* before the booking starts. #### Late cancellations Select when the booking can be cancelled or shortened, and define a cancellation fee for cancelled bookings. - Bookings for this resource can be **cancelled or shortened at any time** before they start. - Reject cancellations or to make bookings shorter *x minutes* or less before the booking starts. - Charge a cancellation fee if bookings are cancelled or made shorter *x minutes* or less before the booking starts. #### Bookings for this resource must always be confirmed by an administrator. Toggle on this option to ensure bookings are always manually confirmed by an admin. ### Duration These parameters let you define how long a booking can be, the booking interval, and its start and end times. #### Maximum duration Select how long the resource can be booked for. - Bookings for this resource can be **as long as needed.** - Reject bookings longer than *x minutes.* #### Minimum duration Select how short the booking can be. - Bookings for this resource can be **as short as needed.** - Reject bookings shorter than *x minutes*. #### Fixed interval Define the length of the booking interval. - Bookings for this resource can be **made in any time interval**. - Bookings for this resource must be made in *x minutes* intervals. The shortest booking interval you can define is 15 minutes. #### Limit the start/end times when booking this resource Define the booking's start and end times and how they appear to customers. **Start/end times expression** ### Customer and teams This section lets you define the types of customers that can book the resource. You can also restrict specific teams and customers from other locations from booking the resource. #### This resource can be booked by Select the type of customer that can book the resource. - **All customers** - **Contacts** - customers without an active contract. - **Members** - customers with an active contract. #### Restrict the teams which can book this resource to Select the teams you want to restrict from booking this resource using the drop-down menu. #### This resource can only be booked by customers with a home location of *your location name* Toggle on this option to prevent customers from locations other than *your location name* from booking this resource. ### Combined resources This section lets you connect the resource with other resources so they form a unit. The connected resources are blocked from being booked when combined. #### This resource locks other resources when booked. Select all the other resources you want to combine with using the drop-down menu. ### No-return policies This section lets you control how long after a booking the resource can be booked again - great for defining any time for cleaning or preparation between bookings. Make sure you define a return policy for the resource. If you define more than one return policy, the broadest restriction will be applied first. - Bookings for **this resource** don't need to be separated by a time gap. - Bookings for **this resource** must be separated by a *x minute* time gap. - Bookings made by the **same user or team** for **this resource** don't need to be separated by a time gap. - Bookings made by the **same user or team** for **this resource** must be separated by a *x minute* time gap. - Bookings made by the **same user or team** for **this and any other resource** don't need to be separated by a time gap. - Bookings made by the **same user or team** for **this and any other resource** must be separated by a *x minute* time gap.