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Set Up Group Scheduling
Give schedulers the ability to assign multiple attendees to one appointment.
Required Editions
Available in: Lightning Experience Available in: Enterprise and Unlimited Editions with Health Cloud |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To manage page layouts and related lists: | Customize Application |
| To use Health Cloud: | Health Cloud Foundation permission set |
- Add fields to page layouts.
- From the management settings for the Work Type object, go to Page Layouts.
- Click on a layout’s row, and select Edit, or simply click the name of the layout.
- Add the Attendee Limit and Appointment Category fields by dragging them onto the layout.
- Save your work.
- Repeat these steps to add the Appointment Category filed to the Shift page layout.
- (Optional) Repeat these steps to add the Attendee Limit field to the Shift Work Topic page layout.
- Add the Service Appointment Attendee related list to the Service Appointment page layout.
- From the management settings for the Service Appointment object, go to Page Layouts.
- Drag and drop the Service Appointment Attendee related list onto the Related Lists component.
- Save your work.
- Create an appointment category for group appointments.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Appointment Categories.
- Select New.
- Enter a name and select the Group option.
- Save your work.
- Specify the group appointment category for shift records.
- Create a shift record or select an existing shift record to modify.
- Select the group appointment category.
- Save your work.
- Specify the appointment category and attendee limit for work type records.
- Create a work type record or select an existing work type record to modify.
- Enter an attendee limit.
- Select the group appointment category.
- Save your work.
- (Optional) To override the work type attendee limit for group appointments, specify an attendee limit on Shift Work Topic records.
- From a shift record that supports group appointment, create or modify a record in the Shift Work Topic related list.
- Enter a value for the attendee limit. To override the work type attendee limit for group appointments, enter a higher limit in the shift work topic record.
- Save your work.
- (Optional) To support scheduling multiple group appointments within the same time slot, enable concurrent group scheduling.
- From Setup, enter Salesforce Scheduler Settings, and then select Salesforce Scheduler Settings.
- Enable Group Service Appointments in the Concurrent Scheduling section.
- (Optional) To support group appointment management for customer portal users in My Appointments, grant them access to the Service Appointment Attendee object and field-level security on the Status and Attendee Type fields.
See Also
- Add the Intelligent Appointment Management Component to Record Pages
- Considerations for Concurrent Scheduling
- Considerations for Group Scheduling
- Create an Appointment Category and Visit Types for Waitlist Management
- Customize Page Layouts with the Enhanced Page Layout Editor
- Field Permissions
- Object Permissions
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