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A quick map of how Harness fits together. The rest of the docs build on these terms.

Your studio and its people

Your studio is your whole workspace: your calendar, your students, and your books. You run one. A student is someone you teach. A billing account is who pays for them, often the student, sometimes a parent covering several children, so one bill can cover a family. Contacts are the people attached to a student: some receive lesson emails, and an account’s contacts receive its invoices. See Accounts and students.

Your calendar

Everything you do sits on the calendar as an event. An event is either a lesson (which you teach, mark attendance for, and can bill) or any other entry, like a gig, a rehearsal, or a personal block. A recurring event repeats on a schedule, so a weekly lesson is one event, not fifty. See Navigate your calendar.

Letting people book you

Scheduling links are shareable links that let students or families book time from your open availability; a reschedule link lets someone move an existing lesson. Annotations are labeled blocks you paint on the calendar to visualize availability. See Scheduling links.

Getting paid

Money flows one direction:
  • A charge (what’s owed) comes from a lesson’s attendance, or from a paid event like a gig.
  • An invoice collects charges into a bill sent to the account.
  • A payment settles it. A credit (goodwill on an account) lowers a future bill, and a refund returns money.
  • An account’s balance is what it owes, or holds in credit.
See How billing works.

Your books

Beyond billing, Harness tracks your expenses and turns your income and costs into a Profit & Loss statement for tax time. See Reports.

Your plan

Harness has two plans: Hobby (free, up to 5 students) and Professional (no student limit, plus online payments and automatic invoicing). Manage yours under Settings → Subscription.