How To Copy Appointment Periods

You can click Copy Appointment Periods to quickly create multiple appointment periods for a dispatch group by copying appointment periods from the same or a different dispatch group. The Copy Appointment Periods window opens when this button is clicked.

In the Copy Appointment Periods window, you can:

Use Copy From Dispatch Group to define the dispatch group from which you want to copy appointment periods.

Use Copy To Dispatch Group to define the dispatch group for which you are creating appointment periods.

Use Copy To Start Date and End Date to define the period for which you are creating appointment periods. The system will display each date's day of the week and the Total Days in the period.

Use Copy Method to define how appointment periods will be copied from the Copy From Dispatch Group to the Copy To Dispatch Group. The following options are possible:

• Use Copy from the matching day in the template week if you want to copy the appointment periods from a matching day of the week from a template week. When this option is selected, you must identify the Start Date of Template Week. Adjacent to this date, the system will display:
  • The day name of the start day
  • The number of appointment periods in the start day
  • The last day in the 7 day period (i.e., a day 7 days in the future)
  • The day name of the last day
  • The number of appointment periods in the last day
• For example, if you enter a Copy To period of 1-Jan-2004 to 31-Jan-2004, the system will create appointments for every Monday in this period by copying the appointment periods from the Monday in the Template Week (it will do the same for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc. in the Copy To period).
• Use Copy the same day repeatedly if you want to copy the appointment periods from a Template Day. Adjacent to this day, the system displays:
  • The day name of the start day
  • The number of appointment periods in the start day
• For example, if you enter a Copy To period of 1-Jan-2004 to 31-Jan-2004, the system will create appointments for every day in this period by copying the appointment periods from the Template Day.

Before you press OK, consider if holidays during the Copy To period should be treated differently than the template days. If so:

• Use Calendar in which Holidays are Defined to define the work calendar that the system should use to identify holidays. The system will display the number of holidays it finds in the Copy To period adjacent.
• Use For Holidays, Copy the Periods from this Date to define the template day whose appointment periods should be used for holidays.

After you have carefully verified this information, press OK. Please see the following notes if you detect a mistake after you press OK.