What's the best way to change the occupancy for a location in version 2020? I remember in 5.3... that we could change the 'maximum occupancy' number for a location and allow multiple patients.
In v2020 you just acquire a location object and then that location is unavailable for other people to acquire. If you need more occupancy you need to add more location objects.
The only objects that are more than single occupancy are the MultiLocation objects which are just a bunch of individual location objects inside another object. However, you can treat a multilocation object as a location with infinite capacity if you just send people there without making people acquire and release spots within the multilocation.
The occupancy setting on locations in 5.3 caused a lot of headaches since it often messed up location stats and frequently caused errors when doing things like reserving the current location. Because of this and the fact that it didn't mesh well with the new system of acquiring and releasing locations, we chose not to carry over the occupancy feature.
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The idea I had in my mind is when multiple patients check-in to the registration area and multiple staff can see multiple patients at this time. However, only 1 patient is allowed at the registration location.
Here's an example of a registration desk that can process up to 4 patients at a time. I added a prop desk panel and then placed 4 computers on top of the desk. The patients acquire the computers rather than the desks.
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