This article is part of the systems administration guide. You will require administration access to view the pages mentioned in this article.
Set the Default Appointment type
- Click Administration.
- Select Appointments from menu.
- Select Calendar Session Types.
- Click the New button.
- Fill in fields using the table below as a reference.
- Choose Default Appointment Type from the drop down menu
- Click Create Calendar Session Type.
| Field | Description |
| Name | Give the session a descriptive name |
| Location | Specify the location that the session type is delivered at |
| Enabled for theatre (check box) | Indicates that this Session type should have the extra fields required for external Theatre bookings It also activates Theatre fields for any appointment booked into this a session of this Session Type and makes the session appear on the Theatre Screen |
| Category | This must be one of Procedure or Consultation - or Hybrid (Which means it would allow a mix of both types, if desired) Unavailable sessions can be used to block out a period of time if a provider is not available or on holiday. No appointments can be booked into an unavailable session. |
| Service Location (Display only if "Enabled for Theatre ticked") | Service location that prints on the Theatre List printout for sessions of this Session Type. If not selected the Location of the appointment will display instead. |
| Duration (minutes) | Length of the Session Type in minutes |
| Inactive (check box) | Inactive = FALSE - Session Type appears in Pick Lists Inactive = TRUE - Session Type does not appear in Pick Lists |
| Sort Order | Where the calendar session appears in the pock list when selecting it and also on the Administration > Appointment > Calendar Session types screen |
| Colour | Coloured background for the session (Appointment will have a smaller slab of colour so contrast against this .) You can select from the picker or enter the hex value. |
| Default Appointment Type | When creating an appointment in this session, this appointment will be automatically selected. The choice can then be changed to a different appointment type. So a Review Session default Appointment Type "Review(Short)" |
