Block types are the labels on non-patient time: Lunch, Day Off, Sick Leave. A short list with distinct colors keeps the calendar readable at a glance.

What a block type is for

Every unavailable block on the calendar has a type, and the type is what everyone else reads: Lunch, Annual leave, Admin, Training. A new clinic starts with Lunch (60 min), Day Off (8 h) and Sick Leave (8 h). Keeping the list short and the colors distinct means a glance at a column tells you why the time is out. Open Settings, then Unavailable Blocks.

This list is one for the whole clinic; every location uses it, and there's nothing to set up again when you add a location.

Add or change a type

1

Name

Shown on the block itself and in the booking warning staff see, as in Overlaps Annual leave (09:00–17:00), so keep it plain.

2

Duration

The length a new block of this type starts with. Set Lunch to 45 minutes and Annual leave to a full day, and staff rarely need to adjust the end time.

3

Color

The color of the block on the calendar. Choose something that doesn't clash with your main appointment types.

The Unavailable Block Types page listing Training, Admin, Vacation, Sick Leave, Day Off and Lunch with durations and color swatches, and an Add Block type form with Name Team meeting, Duration 1 hour and a color grid.
The Unavailable Block Types list with six types, and the form for a new type.

Retire a type

Archive a type you no longer use. Blocks already on the calendar keep their name and color; the type isn't offered for new blocks. Unarchive it to bring it back.