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Appointment booking components

The roles, properties, and tables for the appointment booking feature.

This plugin activates the Appointment Booking Demo Data (com.snc.appointment_booking_demo) plugin which provides the demo data.

Appointment booking adds the Appointment Booking menu to the application navigator and the following modules:

  • Appointment Booking Configuration: Use this module to create an appointment booking configuration for an application and then configurations for each service within that application.
  • Appointment Bookings: Use this module to view a list of appointments that have been booked for services. This list includes the work orders associated with each appointment.

Roles

Appointment booking adds the following roles.

RoleDescription
Appointment booking admin\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking.appointment\_booking\_admin\]Creates appointment booking configurations for services within an application.
Appointment booking manager\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking.appointment\_booking\_manager\]Creates and updates appointment booking records.
Appointment booking user\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking.appointment\_booking\_user\]Books appointments for services from the Customer or Consumer Service Portal. This user can also reschedule or cancel appointments and view appointment details.

Properties

Appointment booking adds the following properties.

PropertyDescription
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.user\_max\_new\_appointments\_dailyThe maximum number of appointments that a user can create daily. The upper limit is 100 appointments per day.- Type: Integer - Default value: 100 - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.max\_appointments\_returnedThe maximum number of appointment availability windows displayed in the Select Appointment window.- Type: Integer - Default value: 100 - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.return\_unavailable\_slotsDisabling this property enables you to display only available slots in the appointment window for appointment booking.- Type: True/False - Default value: true - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.DisableLockingOnBRLevelAllows you to specify tables where locking is managed differently to prevent double bookings when booking appointments. Enter a list of these tables, separated by commas, to disable lock validation at the business rule level.- Type: String - Default value: (blank) - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.DisableMaxApptLimitForUsersListStores a list of users (sys_ids) who are allowed an unlimited number of appointments per day.- Type: String - Default value: (empty) - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.fetch\_next\_available\_slotToggle the flag to enable or disable fetching the next available slot on opening the new Appointment Booking modal.- Type: True/False - Default value: false - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.logging.verbosityControl users logging for Appointment Booking.- Type: Choice list - Default value: error - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.SingleConcurrentLockAppointmentConfigsList of tables where Appointment Booking only allows one lock per time slot. Multiple concurrent locks are not supported for these tables.- Type: String - Default value: wm_order,wm_task - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.use\_read\_replica\_from\_uiCreates a read replica of the Appointment Bookings (sn_apptmnt_booking_appointment_booking) table when triggered from the UI.- Type: True/False - Default value: true - Location: System Properties list
sn\_apptmnt\_booking.use\_task\_activity\_catalogEnables the use of the column activity_catalog created on task_activity for querying (filters the task activities for a work order task based on appointments). ServiceNow recommends not to modify the value of the property as it affects performance of Appointment Booking.- Type: True/False - Default value: true - Location: System Properties list

Tables

Appointment booking adds the following tables.

TableDescription
Appointment Booking Service Configuration\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_service\_config\]Stores service configuration records for appointment booking.
Appointment Booking Configuration\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_config\]Stores application configurations records for appointment booking.
Appointment Bookings\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_appointment\_booking\]Stores records for all appointments, including booked, rescheduled, and canceled appointments.
Appointment Window Configuration\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_window\_config\]Store configuration setting for appointment windows.
Appointment Window​\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_config\]Defines appointment windows for bookings.
Bookable Window​\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_bookable\_window\]Represents specific time slots available for booking.
Service Configuration Mapping​\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_config\_mapping\]Configuration to map available services to territories or any conditions.​
Appointment Schedule​\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_schedule\]Mapping the service configuration to appointment slots​.
Appointment Schedule Override​\[sn\_apptmnt\_booking\_schedule\_override\]Stores override schedule changes. ​

Parent Topic:Components installed with additional plugins for Field Service Management

Related topics

Appointment booking

Configuring Appointment Booking

Managing appointments