- Permission Required: Service Appointments

- Find out the Edition-specific limits for Service Appointments.

Create Service Appointments

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu and click Create.
   
2. Select the work order that you want to create the service appointment for.
   
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   The details of the selected work order are displayed.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter the following details, then click Schedule:
   
1. The values for Scheduled Start Date Time and Scheduled End Date Time.
   The Scheduled Start Date Time and Scheduled End Date Time should be within the same day. Use multi-day scheduling to schedule an appointment spanning multiple days.
2. A Service Resource (Agent or Crew)
   
   One or more resources can be assigned to the appointment. Only when the Scheduled Start/End Date Time is selected will the service resources be listed.
   
   
   

   The following agents or crews will be available for assignment: - Active agents or crews assigned to the territory that is chosen in the work order - The agents and crews who are active in the territory between the Scheduled Start Date Time and Scheduled End Date Time  - During the time when an agent is part of a crew, they will not be available as an individual resource.

   
   Hover over the name of an unavailable agent to know the reason for their unavailability.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Confirm in the confirmation message.
   
   

The appointment created can also be viewed under the Appointments tab of the work order for which the service appointment has been created. Under the Service and parts tab of the work order, you can see the appointment created for each service line item. Hover over the appointment icon [  ] next to the Service Line Item Name to see the appointment details. Click to navigate to the Appointment Details screen.

Creating Service Appointment for a Service

1. Follow steps 1-2 mentioned above.
   
2. Enter the following details, then click Schedule:
   
1. In the Service field, retain the services or service tasks you want to create the appointment for.
2. The values for Scheduled Start Date Time and Scheduled End Date Time.
   The Scheduled Start Date Time and Scheduled End Date Time should be within the same day. Use multi-day scheduling to schedule an appointment spanning multiple days.
3. A Service Resource (Field Agent or Crew)
   One or more resources can be assigned to the appointment.

Multi-Appointment Scheduling 

1. Navigate to the Dispatch Console module and click the Maps tab.
   
2. Click the Work Orders filter.
   
3. Filter the work orders by the New Status.
   
   
   
   To filter the work orders, click Edit next to Filtered By.
   
   
   
   
4. Hold the Command (for Mac) / Ctrl (for Windows) key and click on the markers for the work order for which you want to create the service appointments and click Schedule Appointment.
   The selected markers will be indicated as or . The selected work orders will be listed in the left panel. You can select a maximum of 10 work orders.
   
   
   
   
5. Select the desired scheduled dates, assign the service resources, and click Schedule or Schedule and Dispatch.
   By default, the schedule dates will be prepopulated based on the Business Hours. If business hours are not configured, then schedule dates starting from 12 am will be prepopulated. The time gap between the End Time of an appointment and the Start Time of the next will be based on the Interval selected.
   
   
   
   You should schedule the appointments such that their timings don't overlap.
   
   
   

The created service appointments will be listed.

You will not be allowed to choose work orders assigned to different territories.

Points to remember

1. You can only choose work orders in the New status to create the appointment.
   
2. For the work orders chosen, all the service line items in the New status will be considered while creating the appointment.
   

Multi-day appointments

Edit Service appointments

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu.
   
2. Click the service appointment you want to edit and in the Service Appointment details page, click Edit.
   
3. Click Save after making the changes. 

1. Delete permission of Service Appointments
   
2. Delete permission of the following related records:
   
1. Time sheets
   
2. Service report
   
3. Trips
   
4. Notes and Attachments

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu and click the service appointment you want to delete.
   
2. In the Service Appointment Details page, click Delete from the Edit button.
   
   
   
   Alternatively, in the Service Appointment List page hover over a service appointment, click the More Options [  ] icon and select Delete.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Delete in the Delete Service Appointment popup.
   
    

Points to remember

1. The deleted appointments will be deducted from the number of appointments available for a month.
   
2. Instead of deleting the service appointment and losing data, you can consider Cancelling the service appointment.
   
3. In case you want to change the appointment timing, you can consider Rescheduling the appointment.
   
4. When a service appointment is deleted, an entry will be included in the timeline of the parent work order indicating this.

Complete Service Appointments

To complete a service appointment:

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu.
   
2. Click the service appointment you want to complete and in the Service Appointment details page, click Complete Work.
   
3. In the confirmation message, click Proceed.

1. Complete all the services
   
2. Do not complete partially completed services

Cancel Service appointments

There may be instances when you do not want to proceed with a service appointment. For example, customer who had requested for an AC installation decides to not go ahead with the installation for the time being. In this case, the service appointment created for the this request will have to be cancelled.

When a service appointment is cancelled, its status changes to Cancelled.

To cancel a service appointment:

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu.
   
2. Click the service appointment you want to cancel and in the Service Appointment details page, click Cancel.
   The Cancel option will be available till the service appointment is completed.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Save in the confirmation message.
   
   
   

Terminate Service appointments

There may be instances when you cannot proceed with a service appointment. For example, the field agent goes to the service location and finds out that the customer is not present at the service location, or the field agent is unable to carry out their task due to faulty equipment. In these cases, the service appointment created for the this request will have to be terminated.

When a service appointment is terminated, its status changes to Cannot Complete.

To terminate a service appointment:

1. Select Service Appointments from the Work Order Management menu.
   
2. Click the service appointment you want to terminate. In the Service Appointment details page, click Terminate.
   The Terminate option will be available till the service appointment is completed.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Save in the confirmation message.
   
   
   

Appointment Usage Calculation

The details of the appointment usage can be seen in the left panel of a service appointment.

Single-Day Appointment

Multi-day Appointment