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title: "Resource pools: Overview"
description: "Resource pools allow you to dynamically distribute bookings among a group of Team members in the same department, location, or with any other shared characte..."
url: "https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/resource-pools-overview"
---

[Resource pools: Overview](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/OgiXNojqhxo?wmode=opaque)

[Resource pools](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/introduction-to-resource-pools "Introduction to ScheduleOnce Resource pools") allow you to dynamically distribute bookings among a group of Team members in the same department, location, or with any other shared characteristic.

The Resource pool **Overview** section summarizes the main properties of the selected Resource pool and provides real-time visibility into booking metrics of the Resource pool.

![](https://help.staticso2.com/_astro/1560429761805.DaFt20Gr_1WHrmV.png)Figure 1: Resource Pool Overview section

## Booking metrics

[Section titled “Booking metrics”](#booking-metrics)

![](https://help.staticso2.com/_astro/booking-metrics.BRONl3is_ZP7CEp.png)Figure 2: Booking metrics

The **Booking metrics** section (Figure 2) gives you quick access to the pool’s statistics. All metrics are real-time and show the state of the pool within the current [Reporting cycle](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/resource-pools-reporting-cycle "ScheduleOnce Resource pool: Reporting cycle").

* **Total bookings:** The total number of bookings that Team members [](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/event-types-booking-pages/booking-pages/introduction-to-booking-pages "Introduction to Booking pages")in the Resource pool have received to date, within the Reporting cycle period.
* **Average bookings:** The average number of bookings that each Team member in the Resource pool has received to date, within the existing Reporting cycle.
* **Most booked:** The Team member in the Resource pool who has received the highest number of bookings to date, within the existing Reporting cycle.
* **Least booked:** The Team member in the Resource pool who has received the least number of bookings to date, within the existing Reporting cycle.

## Main settings

[Section titled “Main settings”](#main-settings)

![](https://help.staticso2.com/_astro/1560430515955.CLxFlNSB_Z1SpbrB.png)Figure 3: Resource pool main settings

The **Main settings** section (Figure 3) shows the following:****

* **Distribution method:** The selected Distribution method is listed here. The Distribution method determines how bookings are assigned across Team members within the Resource pool. Resource pools can use [Round robin](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/round-robin-distribution-method "Resource pool distribution method: Round robin"), [Pooled availability](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/pooled-availability-distribution-method "Resource pool distribution method: Pooled availability"), or [Pooled availability with priority](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/resource-pool-distribution-method-pooled-availability-with-priority "Resource pool distribution method: Pooled availability with priority").
* [**Reporting cycle**](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/resource-pools-reporting-cycle "ScheduleOnce Resource pool: Reporting cycle"): The selected Reporting cycle is listed here. The Reporting cycle determines how often the statistics for your Resource pool will be reset.
* **Time zone**: If the Reporting cycle of the Resource pool is set to Monthly or Quarterly, the Time zone that determines when the statistics for your pool are reset is listed here.

## Included Booking pages

[Section titled “Included Booking pages”](#included-booking-pages)

![](https://help.staticso2.com/_astro/1560430604774.BzHMep5m_25yMye.png)Figure 4: Booking pages included in the Resource pool[](https://help.scheduleonce.com/customer/portal/articles/2948961-resource-pool-resources-section)

Each Resource pool groups Booking pages together according to characteristics you define. Here, you will see a list of all the Booking pages that are included in the specific Resource pool.

## Included in Master pages

[Section titled “Included in Master pages”](#included-in-master-pages)

![](https://help.staticso2.com/_astro/1560430756775.Ji0LlkEn_iGO2P.png)Figure 5: Master pages that the Resource pool is included in

Resource pools are only active once you [add them to Master pages using team or panel pages](https://help.staticso2.com/scheduleonce/master-pages-resource-pools/resource-pools/adding-resource-pools-to-master-pages "Adding Resource pools to Master pages"). When Customers schedule on Master pages that include a Resource pool, the booking will be assigned to a pool member according to the Resource pool’s Distribution method. A single Resource pool can be included across multiple rules within a single Master page and can be included across multiple Master pages.