Slot Type Restrictions - Mapping

You can map Slot Type Restrictions to appointment slot types to prevent bookings from being made for patients in specific slots. For example, you could map a female only Slot Type Restriction to slots in a maternity session, to prevent bookings being made for male patients accidentally in those slots.

See Slot Type Restrictions for details on adding Slot Type Restrictions.

Mapping a Slot Type Restriction to Appointment Slot Types

To map a Slot Type Restriction to an appointment slot type:

  1. From the Appointments Setup menu, select Slot types - Restrictions .
  2. The existing appointment slot types and restrictions display.
  3. Filter the slot types, if required:

    Note - The search feature only searches on the Slot type and Restrictions columns.
  4. Tick to select individual or multiple slot types to map the restriction to:

    Training Tip - You can select multiple slots or tick the top option to select all the slots in the list.
  5. Select Add restriction .

  6. A list of the Slot Type Restrictions displays:

  7. Select a Slot Type Restriction to map it to the slot type(s).
  8. Select Save to save your changes or Reset to cancel any changes:

    Note - If you map multiple restrictions to the same slot type, they display in the following order - sex, numerical and then alphabetical:

Removing Slot Type Restrictions from Appointment Slots

To remove a Slot Type Restriction from an appointment slot type:

  1. From the Appointments Setup menu, select Restrictions .
  2. The existing appointment slot types and restrictions display.
  3. Either:
    • Select Delete on a restriction to remove it individually:

      or

    • Tick a slot, and then select Remove restrictions to remove all the restrictions from the slots selected:
      Training Tip - You can select multiple slots or tick the top option to select all the slots in the list.
  4. Select Save to save your changes or Reset to cancel any changes:

See Slot Type Restrictions for more information.
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