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How do I manage appointment statuses?

Here you can see how to manage appointments, marking them as attended, no show, or cancelled.

Written by Sonja Gebhardt

๐Ÿ“Œ Note: Managing an appointment status looks a little different depending on the status of the appointment. Here you can find how to manage the appointment if the appointment is either scheduled or incomplete.

๐Ÿ“ This article includes:

  • How to mark an appointment status

    • If it is a scheduled appointment

    • If it is an incomplete appointment

  • Follow-up actions after making the appointment

    • Changing the appointment status

    • Rescheduling a cancelled or no-show appointment

    • Deleting a cancelled or no-show appointment

    • Creating a follow-up appointment


How to mark an appointment status

If it is a: Scheduled appointment

An appointment is considered โ€˜scheduledโ€™ if it is upcoming

  1. Click on the scheduled appointment ๐Ÿ“… you would like to update (You can do this in the client record or on the calendar)
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  2. In the top right-hand corner select the โ€˜โ€ฆโ€™ button ๐Ÿ‘‡
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  3. Select how you would like to update the appointment Calendar (as attended, no show, or cancelled by client

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4. This will update the appointment from within the calendar

5. You have updated your appointment from within the calendar! ๐ŸŽ‰
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You can also edit it from within the Client record:

  1. Find the appointment ๐Ÿ“… you scheduled

  2. You then need to select the status and you can change it from the default to any of the statuses listed on the drop down menu
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  3. Select โ€˜Saveโ€™ โœ…

  4. You have updated the status of your appointment! ๐ŸŽ‰


If it is an: Incomplete appointment

An appointment is considered incomplete if the appointment time has passed and the status has not yet been updated

  1. Click on the incomplete (yellowโš ๏ธ) appointment you would like to update

  2. Select one of the three options on the right to update the status of the appointment

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โœ… Mark the appointment as attended

๐Ÿšซ Mark the appointment as a no show

๐Ÿ‘ค Mark the appointment as cancelled by client

3. Once you select an update, a page will pop up for you to add any notes โœ๏ธ about the appointment

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4. Select โ€˜Saveโ€™ โœ…

5. You have updated the status of your appointment! ๐ŸŽ‰


Follow-up actions after marking the appointment

Changing the appointment status

  1. Select the appointment ๐Ÿ“… you would like to change the status for

  2. Click on the โ€˜โ€ฆโ€™ button ๐Ÿ‘‡ in the top right-hand corner
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  3. Select the updated appointment status ๐Ÿ‘‡
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  4. Select โ€˜Saveโ€™ โœ…

  5. You have updated the appointment status! ๐ŸŽ‰


Rescheduling a cancelled or no-show appointment

  1. To reschedule an appointment, the appointment must be marked either as a no-show or cancelled

  2. Once the appointment has either been marked as a no-show or cancelled, select the appointment

  3. The sidebar will pop up and you can select the calendar icon ๐Ÿ“…
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  4. Select a new time for the appointment โฐ
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  5. Select โ€˜Saveโ€™ โœ…
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  6. You have rescheduled the appointment! ๐ŸŽ‰


Deleting a cancelled or no-show appointment

๐Ÿ“ŒNote: If you delete an appointment, the notes and information attached to it will also be deleted!

  1. To delete an appointment, the appointment must be marked either as a no-show or cancelled

  2. Once the appointment has either been marked as a no-show or cancelled, select the appointment ๐Ÿ‘‡

  3. The sidebar will pop up and you can select the bin icon๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ
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  4. Select โ€˜Yes, deleteโ€™ โœ… to confirm

  5. You have deleted the appointment! ๐ŸŽ‰


Creating a follow-up appointment

  1. To create a follow-up appointment, the appointment must be marked as attended (see above)

  2. Once the appointment has been marked as attended, select the appointment ๐Ÿ‘‡

  3. The sidebar will pop up and you can select the calendar icon ๐Ÿ“…
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  4. Search for the client ๐Ÿ” you would like to make an appointment with and fill the โ€˜Titleโ€™ and โ€˜Dateโ€™ of the appointment
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  5. If you would like to add any notes about the appointment, scroll down and select the blue โ€˜+โ€™ next to โ€˜Notesโ€™
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  6. Scroll down and type your note โœ๏ธ

  7. When finished, select โ€˜Saveโ€™ โœ… in the top right-hand corner

  8. You have created a follow-up appointment! ๐ŸŽ‰

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