Providers can indicate, on a separate calendar, their availability for appointments. Then, any user trying to schedule an appointment for the provider outside the provider's availability will receive a warning message saying that the provider will not be available at the desired time. If online booking is enabled, the the patient will only be offered times at which the provider is available according to the provider's availability calendar. Users without the Override availability booking user privilege will not be able to schedule events outside providers' availability as defined by the availability calendar.
At Setup > Locations, edit the details of the desired location, and check Availability enabled.
Set the duration of available time using the scroll bar.
Hover the mouse over the yellow time-block, in the preview panel, to drag and drop to the desired start time. Use the mouse to drag-and-drop the top or bottom of the time-block to the desired duration. |
Check the Repeat box to select a repeat pattern.
In the Edit repetition details dialog box, enter the repeat pattern details. If the provider is available three days a week, make a Weekly repeat pattern, and check the days of availability. Select an End date. Click Save. |
Make sure that the End date is not specified before the Start date. |
9. Click once done.
Blocked times appear on the schedule. Click the button to see the appointments. Shaded areas on the schedule indicate times when the provider is not available. |
Select Edit details.
In the Edit availability dialog box, make any necessary adjustments. Click the button to adjust the repeat pattern. Click Save. |
Use the drop-down menu to select This instance only. Click OK to edit only the one instance of the time-block.
Use the drop-down menu to select All instances. Click OK to edit all instances of the time-block.
Selecting All instances completely removes all previous time-blocks in the series, and re-creates the series using the start date of the instance being edited. |
Click Cancel to disregard changes.
Use the drop-down menu to select This instance only. Click OK to delete only the one instance of the repeating time-block.
Use the drop-down menu to select All instances. Click OK to delete all instances of the repeating time-block, past and future.