Create recurring appointments

In the Scheduler, you can create a series of recurring appointments for a job. The appointments can occur daily, weekly, monthly, or annually. This can be done under one Job ID, and over non-consecutive or consecutive days.

This article describes how to:

Create an appointment

To create a job with recurring appointments:

  1. In Scheduler, choose CREATE JOB.

  2. In the New Job panel, enter the job details.

  3. Under Appointment, select how often you want the appointment to occur. You can choose "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly", or "Annually".

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    Note

    The default option is "Does not recur". When this option is selected, the job details will apply to one appointment only.

  4. Choose the options for the recurrence pattern you want.

    • Daily recurring appointments: Under Every, enter how often you want the appointment to recur (for example, every 10 days). Choose a start and end date for the recurring appointments.

    • Weekly recurring appointments: Under Every, enter how often you want the appointment to recur (for example, every 6 weeks). Under Recur on, select the day or days of the week on which the appointments will take place. Choose a start and end date for the recurring appointments.

    • Monthly recurring appointments: Under Every, enter how often you want the appointment to recur (for example, every 6 months). Select This day of the week if you want the appointment to recur on a specific day (for example, every Monday), or choose This day of the month if you want the appointments to recur on a specific day each month (for example, day 5). Choose a start and end date for the recurring appointments.

    • Annually recurring appointments: Under Every, enter how often you want the appointments to recur (for example, every 2 years). Choose a start and end date for the recurring appointments.

  5. Add a start time and job duration. Assign one or more technicians.

  6. Click SAVE. The appointments will appear in the Scheduler.

Recurring appointments in the Scheduler will have the Recurring icon Scheduler_recur_appt.png next to their title.

Edit recurring appointments in the Job panel

You can edit a series of recurring appointments, or a single recurring appointment in the Scheduler.

To edit recurring appointments:

  1. Click the appointment you want to edit. This opens the Job panel.

  2. Edit the appointment details.

  3. Click SAVE.

Edit recurring appointments using drag and drop

You can change the time and technician by dragging and dropping the job card within the Scheduler.

Note

All changes will apply only to the single appointment you edited, and not to the full series.

Edit a series of appointments

To edit a series of appointments:

  1. Click one of the appointments of the series in the Scheduler. This opens the Job panel.

  2. Click EDIT ALL in the banner below the header.

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  3. Make your edits and click SAVE.

Note

Changes will apply to all future appointments in the series.

Send recurring appointments to technicians

Once recurring appointments are created, you need to send a job alert for these appointments to the technician's mobile device.

To send a recurring appointment job alert to a technician:

  1. Open each appointment individually, and select the technician.

  2. Select Send job to technicians.

  3. Click SAVE. A job alert is sent automatically to the technician’s mobile device.

Save a recurring series to schedule later

Recurring appointments can be created and then scheduled at a later date. Until they are scheduled, they will sit in the Pending panel.

Appointments go to the Pending panel if there was no start time or technician assigned.

To schedule a recurring series of appointments from the Pending list:

  1. Click a recurring appointment in the Pending panel. This opens the Job panel.

  2. Add a start time, or assign a technician.

  3. Click SAVE. The appointments are displayed in the Scheduler.


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