How to Schedule Staff Unavailability in the Booking Diary

EmployeesUpdated 23 Sep 20262 min read

When a technician is on leave, in training or working a half day, blocking that time in the Booking Diary stops jobs being booked against them. This article shows you how to schedule staff unavailability.

Unlock Time-Saving Efficiency: Seamlessly Schedule Technician Unavailability Across Multiple Days. Navigate effortlessly to Settings, where you can access our intuitive Schedule feature. Instantly identify technicians' unavailable times with our distinctive yellow bars, while blue bars signify scheduled times. Streamline your workflow with clear visual cues for optimized scheduling efficiency.   1. Go to, Settings > Schedule > press on the action star top right-hand corner. Workshop Software screen showing go to, settings > schedule > press on the action star top right-hand corner 2. Select Set Unavailable Times Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing set unavailable times 3. Select Technician. Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing technician 4. Select Start Date  > End Date Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing start date > end date 5. Select Yellow Unavailable All Day. Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing yellow unavailable all day When your technician has specific times they can't work for an extended period, just pick a start time and an end time for that period > Save Workshop Software screen showing when your technician has specific times they can't work for an extended perio...   Deleting unavailable time is a breeze: 1.Tap on the yellow bar representing the day you want to modify. Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing yellow bar representing the day you want to modify 2. Hit the yellow minus sign to remove the selected unavailable time. 3.Save your changes to update the schedule accordingly. Workshop Software schedule unavailability showing your changes to update the schedule accordingly

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