> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getcuemanager.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Managing tables

> Add snooker and pool tables, set rates, and take reservations.

**Manage Tables** is where the table records themselves live — adding a table, naming it, setting whether it is a snooker or a pool table, and retiring it. Day-to-day status changes happen on [the live floor](/tables/live-floor); this page is the setup behind it.

<Frame caption="Manage Tables for Crown Snooker Club">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/cuemanager/Yd0RubnGW7xOwfjj/images/tables-manage.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Yd0RubnGW7xOwfjj&q=85&s=7faa32eebfe7e57e3b719b9ed70712d5" alt="Table Management list showing Snooker 1-4 and Pool 1-2 with type and status columns" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/tables-manage.png" />
</Frame>

## The table list

Open **Manage Tables** from the Tables section of the sidebar. The list is searchable and sortable, with one row per table: **Table #**, **Name**, **Type**, **Status**, **Active**, and row actions. SuperAdmins also see a **Branch** column.

Use the search box to filter by number, name, branch, status, or type.

## Adding a table

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose Add Table">
    The dialog opens with the create form. SuperAdmins pick the **Branch** first; everyone else creates in their own branch.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter the Table Number">
    Required, up to 20 characters. This is the label staff see everywhere else in the app, so keep it short and physical: `Snooker 1`, `Pool 2`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a Table Name (optional)">
    A friendlier label, for example `VIP Table`. It appears under the number on the floor card.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the Table Type">
    **Snooker** or **Pool**. This drives which games can be played on it and which rate a session defaults to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the Initial Status and Active flag">
    New tables usually start **Available** and active. Clear **Active** to take a table off the floor without deleting its history.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Create">
    The table appears on the live floor immediately, on every device.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Editing works the same way — the row's pencil opens the same form with **Update** at the bottom.

<Warning>
  Deleting a table is permanent and asks you to confirm by number. If a table is only temporarily out of use, set its status to **Maintenance** or clear **Active** instead — deleting removes it from the floor entirely.
</Warning>

## Snooker tables and pool tables

The type is more than a label:

* A **Snooker** table can host every game — the start dialog offers **Snooker**, **8-Ball**, and **9-Ball**, and defaults to Snooker.
* A **Pool** table offers only **8-Ball** and **9-Ball**, and defaults to 8-Ball. Snooker is not selectable.
* Only snooker games can be scored with the [snooker marker](/sessions/snooker-marker).

## Rates

Rates are set per branch and per table type, not on the individual table. A branch carries a per-frame, per-hour, and per-minute rate for snooker, plus optional pool rates that override them; where a pool rate is left empty, the snooker rate applies.

When you start a session, the frame price defaults from the branch rate for that table's type — so a session on `Pool 1` picks up the branch's pool frame rate, and one on `Snooker 3` picks up the snooker rate. Staff can still override the price for a single session in the start dialog.

Set and change these rates in [Branches](/admin/branches); the initial values are captured during the [onboarding wizard](/getting-started/onboarding-wizard).

## Reservations

Bookings are taken from the live floor, not from this list. On an available table's card, choose **Reserve**.

<Frame caption="Booking Snooker 2 for a customer">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/cuemanager/Yd0RubnGW7xOwfjj/images/tables-reservation-dialog.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Yd0RubnGW7xOwfjj&q=85&s=16cbe7944f3d03d8d5fccca496c0e50f" alt="Reserve Table dialog with customer name, phone, reservation time and duration" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/tables-reservation-dialog.png" />
</Frame>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter the Customer Name">
    Required. Add a **Phone Number** if you want to be able to call and confirm.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the Reservation Time">
    Date and time, in 15-minute steps. Past times cannot be selected.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a Duration">
    **30 minutes**, **1 hour** (the default), **1.5 hours**, **2 hours**, or **3 hours**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add Notes if useful">
    For example, which game the group wants or how many players are expected.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Create Reservation">
    The table's card immediately shows a **Reserved · name · time** row and the board counts it under **Reserved**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A reservation moves through **Pending**, **Confirmed**, **Completed**, or **Cancelled**. Only pending and confirmed bookings for today appear on the floor cards.

<Warning>
  Cancelling a booking from the card removes it. The confirmation names the customer, so read it before accepting — there is no undo.
</Warning>

A booking does not block the table: staff can still start a session on it if the group arrives early or the booking is a no-show.

## Cameras

Tables can be paired with a camera for automatic frame-end detection. Once paired, the floor card shows a camera chip, and a table whose camera is down warns you when you start a session on it. Pairing, RTSP credentials, and camera health live in [Settings](/admin/settings).

## Related pages

* [The live floor](/tables/live-floor) — status colours and real-time updates
* [Branches](/admin/branches) — per-branch snooker and pool rates
* [Starting a session](/sessions/starting-a-session) — how the rate reaches the bill
* [How billing works](/concepts/how-billing-works) — the pricing models explained