How to Activate the Visitor Management System

This article explains how to activate the Visitor Management System and provides information about Visitor Management access rights.

1. How to activate the Visitor Management system

To begin using the Visitor Management System in a location, go to Visitors → Settings → [click on the name of a location] → VM Active

Visitor Management Settings page showing VM Active toggle

Configure the other settings:

  • VM Active: Activate/deactivate the Visitor Management feature for the specified location.
  • Auto pre-registration for bookings: If activated and specific space types are chosen, anyone involved in meetings in those spaces will automatically be added to the Visitor Management dashboard.
  • Pre-register for: Choose a space type from the provided options for pre-registration.
  • Email based Pre-registration: When enabled, users can invite visitors@yarooms.com to calendar events in Outlook or Google Calendar to process organizers and attendees as visitors automatically.
  • Visitor/Employee registration flow: Steps that visitors or employees must complete before confirmation. For setup details, read this article .
Note: If you don’t see the Visitor Management module, the functionality hasn’t been activated for your account. Contact your onboarding manager to set it up.

2. Visitor Management access rights

You can provide custom Visitor Management module access to users by:

  • Providing just the list view of the Visitor Management dashboard and address book.
  • Allowing users to manage visitors and visits (add, edit, or delete contacts from the address book or visits from the dashboard).
Note: For more information about module access rights, read this article .

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