Appointment Time Slot Calculation for Concurrent Shifts
A territory manager or a service resource creates concurrent shifts by defining the
maximum number of appointments for the associated topic. If they create overlapping shifts with a
different concurrency for each of these shifts, then Salesforce Scheduler selects the maximum
number of concurrency for a shift duration and minimum concurrency while determining the
overlapping time slots within these shifts.
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Available in: Lightning Experience.
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Example John, a banker, works in the 1 Market St. branch, attends to customers who have queries
about wealth management. He creates these three shifts.
Shift Number
Start Time
End Time
Maximum Appointments
1
9:00 AM
12:30 PM
10
2
10:30 AM
01:00 PM
20
3
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
30
Salesforce Scheduler breaks these shifts into smaller durations by considering the
maximum number of appointments for overlapping shifts.
Duration
Start Time
End Time
Maximum Appointments
1
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
10
2
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
20
3
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
30
4
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
20
In the shifts that John created, the work type duration is 1 hour and the appointment
start time interval is 30 minutes. So, here’s how Salesforce Scheduler shows John’s time slot
availability.
Time Slot
Start Time
End Time
Maximum Appointments
1
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10
2
9:30 AM
10:30 AM
10
3
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
10
4
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
20
5
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
30
6
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
20
7
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
20
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