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Appointment field

Use Appointment to let respondents choose an available time slot within your working hours.

Example: weekday consultation booking

  1. Open Fields > General and select Appointment.
  2. Select the field and open Edit.
  3. Set the label to Choose a consultation time and Name to consultation_time.
  4. In Appointment settings, set Interval to 30 for half-hour slots. The value must be between 1 and 60 minutes.
  5. Set Start hour to 09:00 and End hour to 17:00.
  6. Enable Monday through Friday and disable Saturday and Sunday.
  7. Turn on Required Field and set Custom error text to Choose an available consultation time.
  8. Preview. Check the first and last slots, each disabled day, and the timezone shown to the respondent.

Settings

SettingUse it for
IntervalThe duration of each available slot.
Start hourThe first booking boundary.
End hourThe final booking boundary.
Available daysThe days on which respondents may book.
Required FieldMakes a slot selection mandatory.

Expected result

The respondent can choose only a slot within the allowed hours and days. Confirm the final available slot leaves enough time for the actual service before publishing. Appointment v2 settings drawer.

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