Every office requires a lunch break during their working hours. Let's explore how to add the lunch break to the daily schedule of your practice.
There are two methods to add lunch blocks to the Scheduler.
1. Production Calendar (Recommended Method)
- Navigate to the System Menu > select Production Calendar.
- Select your practice Location.
- Choose the suitable Template from the left.
- Choose your preferred Time Slot for lunch (For example: 1-2 PM).
A Production Slot modal will appear,
- Select the Production Type as Lunch Break or Lunch Block.
| Tip: You can add custom production types at System Menu > select Practice Settings > Scheduler > Production Types. For more information, click here. |
- The Duration will be displayed on the modal.
- Click Save.
| Tip: While adding the lunch block, click and drag towards the right within the same time range to apply the lunch break for all operatories. |
- Click Update Changes on the top right to update the Production Calendar with the lunch block.
- Ensure you replicate the lunch blocks for all the intended Days of the week as needed.
- The saved lunch block can be viewed from the Scheduler.
2. From Scheduler
- Navigate to the Scheduler.
- Click the drag on the intended Time Slot to create the lunch slot (For example: 2-3 PM).
| Tip: Users can directly create a block slot by right-clicking and dragging the required slot, which will open the Block Slot modal. |
- Click Block Slot on the Appointment Details modal.
- Select the intended Operatory(ies).
- Select a unique Block Color for the lunch block.
- If you need to set up the same lunch block daily, select the Recurrence Mode as Daily.
- Select the Date Range for Recurrence.
- Enter Block Note to be displayed on the lunch block (optional).
- Click Block Slot.
- The Lunch Block will be visible on the Scheduler across all selected operatories.
Practices can use this simple guide to add lunch blocks to their daily schedule across multiple operatories.