Create Your First Parking

Turning a Physical Space into a Live Operation

Creating your first parking is where SISTEM shifts from setup to real-world operations.

Until now, you’ve defined your business structure.
Now, you connect SISTEM to an actual physical parking location. Once a parking space is created and later activated, SISTEM begins tracking vehicles, applying rules, recording revenue, and supporting daily on-ground activity.

Everything before this was preparation.
This is where operations begin.

What a parking represents

A parking space in SISTEM represents any real-world space where vehicles are managed.

It could be:

An open parking lot
A residential or office basement
An on-street parking zone
A mall, hospital, campus, or event site

Each parking area is treated as an independent operational unit. This means every location can have its own:

Capacity and layout
Pricing logic
Entry and exit methods
Pass and subscription rules
Facilities and services
Parking-level team members

This separation is intentional. It allows one organization to run very different parking environments without conflicts or compromises.

Parking setup is broken into clear stages, so you always configure one logical decision at a time what the space is, where it is, when it operates, and how it behaves.

Before you start

To create a parking, you need:

An active organization
Permission to create parkings (admin or manager role)

You do not need to select a subscription plan yet.
You can create and configure a parking space freely before going live.

Everything you set up during parking creation can be edited later. Nothing is locked prematurely. Parking profiles are designed to evolve as real-world conditions change.

As an organization admin, you can add a new parking area from the parking lots tabs.

Step 1: Choose the parking type

First, you define what kind of parking space this is.

Common types include:

Open lot parking
Building or basement parking
On-street or zone-based parking
Temporary or event parking

This helps SISTEM apply sensible operational defaults for entry flow, capacity handling, and reporting.
You can always adjust this later if your setup changes.

Step 2: Set location and address

Next, you define where this parking exists in the real world:

Address
City, state, and country

Accurate location data helps with:

Regional reporting
Tax and compliance alignment
Time zone accuracy
Future integrations

This information doesn’t affect daily operations directly but becomes important as you scale.

Step 3: Define parking identity

Here, you give your parking a recognizable identity:

Parking name
Short description
Optional images or media

This helps distinguish locations when managing multiple parkings and improves clarity for team members and future customer-facing experiences.

These details can be updated anytime from the parking profile.

Step 4: Add basic facilities at your parking

You now describe high-level physical attributes, such as:

Covered or uncovered parking
Security availability
EV readiness
Other key features

These indicators help classify the parking but do not yet activate pricing or services. They simply describe the space clearly.

Step 5: Set operating hours

Finally, you define when this parking operates:

Time zone (defaults from organization)
Open days
Daily operating hours

You can also mark a parking as:

24×7 open
Closed on specific days

Operating hours affect:

Session tracking
Rate enforcement
Reports and analytics

SISTEM strictly respects time zone boundaries to ensure accurate records.

Created parking vs Live parking

After these steps, your parking is created, but not yet live.

Created parking:

Exists in SISTEM
Can be fully configured
Does not accept vehicles

Live parking:

Accepts vehicle entries
Tracks sessions
Generates revenue and reports

Activation happens only after essential operational settings are completed. This prevents incomplete setups from entering live use.

What happens after creation

Once a parking exists, SISTEM unlocks operational configuration:

Define vehicle types and capacity
Configure pricing rules
Enable passes or subscriptions
Add facilities and services
Assign parking-level team members

These steps are guided in the Go Live Checklist.

Common first-time questions

If you’re unsure about:

What to configure first
Which settings are mandatory
What can be skipped initially

That’s normal. Most operators start with a simple setup and expand later. SISTEM is designed to support gradual growth without rework.

You’ll find answers in Common First-Day Questions.

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