Magic Availability Check is the switch beside the date at the very top of the appointment form, and turned off, it saves the start and end you type without asking whether the slot is free.
- Open Appointments, select New, then Appointment.
- Beside the date at the top of the form, switch off Magic Availability Check.
- Choose the pet and its services, then set Start Time and End Time on each service.
- Answer Notify customer?, then select Create Appointment.
On, you pick from the times the booking engine says are free. Off, the time fields become a start and an end you type yourself, and the appointment saves whatever you put there. The line that appears underneath is the trade in one sentence: no availability check, so nothing warns you that the team member or the room is already taken. Use it for a squeeze-in you have agreed with the client, and leave it on the rest of the time.
Trap
A plain new appointment opens in whichever mode you used last, so the next one opens with the check off too. Switch it back on once the squeeze-in is booked.