Randomizing Resource Weights in Booking Forms

Modified on Tue, 5 May at 11:24 AM

Randomizing resource weights in booking forms

Booking forms use resource weights to decide which available time slots to suggest first. By randomizing these weights you spread bookings more evenly across all eligible resources — no single person always gets the first spot.

TL;DR

Get resources with bookingForm.getCalendarResources(), assign a random number (e.g. 10–50) to each resource.weight, then apply with bookingForm.setCalendarResources(resources). Place the script in an HTML component so it can be reused across forms.

Get started in 3 steps

Open the booking form. Go to Styling → Custom JavaScript or create/edit an HTML component attached to the form.

Paste the script below. It fetches all resources, assigns a random weight between 10 and 50, then pushes the updated values back:

function getRandomWeight(min, max) {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
}

var resources = bookingForm.getCalendarResources();
var resourceKeys = Object.keys(resources);

resourceKeys.forEach(function(key) {
    resources[key].weight = getRandomWeight(10, 50);
});

bookingForm.setCalendarResources(resources);

Save the form and test on the public URL. Refresh several times and confirm that different resources appear first in the suggested slots.

When to use: multiple equally qualified resources · Avoid: when you need fixed priority rules or tier-based routing