# Results and booking

Once a roundtable is published, the **Results** tab on its detail page shows who voted
for what, points out the time that works for the most people, and lets you book it. Open
it from any roundtable on the [Roundtables](/360/roundtables) page (or the *responses*
count on its card).

## The results grid

Every voter is a row; every candidate time is a column, grouped under its day. Each cell
shows that person's response: **Yes**, **Maybe** (if you allowed it), or **—** for a time
they didn't pick. As the organizer you always see the full grid — names and emails
included — even in **Blind** voting.

<Screenshot
  src="/help/screenshots/roundtables/results.png"
  alt="The Roundtable results grid: rows for four voters with their names and emails, columns of candidate times grouped under three different days, each cell marked Yes or — (a dash for a time that person didn't pick), a tally row counting picks per time, the leading time column highlighted, and a Book button under each time."
  caption="Voters down the side, candidate times across the top grouped by day. The tally row counts picks per time, the clear front-runner is highlighted, and a Book button sits under each time."
/>

A few things to read off the grid:

- **The tally row** under the votes counts the Yes + Maybe picks for each time.
- **The front-runner is highlighted** when one time clearly leads on both Yes votes *and*
  Yes-plus-Maybe. If there's a tie at the top, nothing is highlighted — that's your cue
  that it's a judgment call, so 42min leaves the choice to you.
- Only times that **received at least one vote** appear in the grid, so it stays readable
  even if you proposed many candidates.

## Quorum and required invitees (specific-people mode)

For specific-people roundtables, a progress bar at the top tracks responses against your
**quorum** — the minimum number of voters you set. If you marked anyone as **Required**
(shown with a `*` next to their name), they're listed under *Waiting on required
invitees* until they respond, with a **Resend reminder** button for each. A time can't be
booked — and auto-book won't fire — until every required person has voted.

## Booking a time

When you're ready, click **Book** under the time you want (the front-runner's button is
highlighted). Confirm, and 42min books it just like a normal booking through that event
type:

- it creates the meeting on your calendar with the event type's location (Google Meet,
  Teams, phone, and so on),
- it emails everyone the calendar invitation and confirmation, and
- it runs the event type's reminders and workflows.

The first person on the roundtable becomes the meeting's main invitee and everyone else is
added as a guest, all on the one meeting. Every participant is also saved to your
[contacts](/help/workspace/contacts). The roundtable flips to **Booked**, the remaining
calendar holds are released, and the booked time is marked on the grid.

<Callout type="note">
The meeting time is set in **your** roundtable time zone, and the meeting itself is a
standard 42min booking — you'll find it on your [Meetings](/360/meetings) list and can
reschedule or cancel it there like any other.
</Callout>

## Auto-book

If you turned on **Auto-book best time**, you don't have to watch the Results tab: as soon
as your quorum is met (and every required invitee has voted), 42min books the leading time
for you and notifies everyone. It books the time with the most **Yes** votes, breaking a
tie in favor of the earliest time, and never books a time that has no Yes votes or has
already passed. If no time qualifies by the deadline, the roundtable expires and waits for
you to decide.

## When the deadline passes

If voting closes with nothing booked, the roundtable becomes **Expired**: voting stops and
the calendar holds are cleared, and 42min emails you a nudge to pick a final time. An
expired roundtable is still bookable — open Results and hit **Book** on whichever time you
choose. (Times that have since passed can't be booked.)

## Common pitfalls

- **No clear winner highlighted.** Two or more times are tied at the top. Pick whichever
  works best — booking is always your call.
- **"Waiting on required invitees."** A required person hasn't voted, so booking is held.
  Resend their reminder, un-mark them as required, or book a time anyway once you're sure.
- **The Book button is greyed out.** That candidate time is in the past. Pick a future
  time instead.
- **"The booked meeting was canceled."** Someone canceled the underlying meeting from the
  [Meetings](/360/meetings) list. The roundtable stays Booked for the record; create a new
  one (the **Duplicate** action reuses the same times and people) if you need to reschedule
  the group.