Blocked Times

Blocked times are times when appointments cannot be made. They are generally times that are part of the user's normal opening hours but need to be blocked. For example: for holidays and meetings.

Blocked Times Tab

The Blocked Times tab is where all times can be viewed and maintained by the user. To open the tab the user needs to click on the User button (showing the user's email address) in the top margin, select DiaryBook Settings sub-menu and click on Blocked Times.

The tab consists of the following:

A tool bar for the times containing buttons and menus
A grid showing the times and waiting rooms

Blocked Times Tool Bar

The tool bar contains buttons and menus.

Button	Description	Notes
	Select all records in the grid
	Deselect all records in the grid
	Add a new record
	Edit the record	The first selected record
	Delete record	All selected records
	Refresh the grid

Blocked Times Grid

The grid contains the list of all Blocked Times created for the account.

Column	Description	Notes
Reason	The reason for the blocked time
Start	The start date and time of the block
End	The end date and time of the block
User	The name of the user it affects	If blank it affects all users

Blocked Times Window

This section describes the fields in the Blocked Times window. The window allows the user to add new times and to edit existing ones.

Opening the Window

To add a time the user clicks on the plus icon in the tool bar within the Blocked Times tab. To edit a time the user can either double-click the record in the grid or highlight the record in the grid and click on the pencil icon.

Blocked Time Fields

Field	Description	Notes
Reason	The reason for the block
Start Date	The date the block starts	The user can type in the date or click the calendar icon to pick the date
Start Time	The time the block starts	The user can type in the time or click the drop-down to pick the time
End Date	The date the block ends
End Time	The time the block ends
User	The user affected	Leave blank to affect all users

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