When scheduling an appointment with several participants or resources, the Scheduling view shows free and busy time periods for the users and resources.
How to use the scheduling view for creating appointments:
You have the following possibilities to open the scheduling view:
To use the scheduling view before creating a new appointment, click on Scheduling page opens.
in the toolbar. TheTo use the scheduling view while creating a new appointment or editing an existing appointment, click on Scheduling window opens.
in the appointment editing window. TheEnter the name of a participant or resource in
.While entering the recipients, matching suggestions will be displayed. To accept a suggestion, click on it.
To select contacts from an address book, click the
icon on the right side of the input field.You can save the participants as distribution list. To do so, select
below the list.Search for a free time in the calendar. Use the following methods:
To set a time range, click on the date on the upper left side. You can also use the browse icons
To set the display size of the calendar sheet, use the control elements on the upper right side.
To set the
or date range, enable the respective entries in the drop-down.Use the
menu to adjust the view in the calendar sheet.To adjust the visible part of the time range, use the scrollbar below the calendar sheet.
Define the appointment's start and end by using one of the following options:
In the calendar sheet drag open an area ranging from the beginning to the end of the new appointment.
If pressing the [Alt] key before releasing the mouse button, the appointment's start and end date are entered on the appointment editing page.
To set the appointment's duration to one hour, click on the wanted time.
Depending on how you opened the scheduling view, either click on
or on to finish the process. The appointment editing window will be displayed.Complete the details for creating or editing the appointment.
User interface:
Subordinated actions:
Related topics:
Parent topic: Creating Appointments