Set Up Practice Preferences for Holidays

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Practice Preferences for Holiday Setup

The table describes the preferences available for holidays in your practice. Field Description Suspend Appointment Scheduling Select the checkbox to prevent appointments from being scheduled on the holiday. The providers are not available for appointment search for the holiday or for a multiple-day event chain that includes the holiday. You can override this setting for a specific provider from the Scheduling Administration window in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Apply Holiday to These Resources Select the providers that you want to create template exceptions for based on the holiday information. After the template exceptions are created, the appointment slot information is updated only after the nightly process runs or after the process is manually run. Apply Category To Resource's Templates Select the category to apply to the time slots that are within the company holiday date and time range. If you do not choose a category, the existing categories that are present in the resource's templa

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Configure Providers as Available On Holidays

When you set holidays in practice preferences, you can make a provider available for all holidays or for no holidays. You cannot select individual holidays. In NextGen® Enterprise PM, select Admin > Scheduling Admin. The Scheduling Administration window opens. Select the Resources tab, and then double-click a resource in the list. In the Edit Resource window, select the Available On Holidays checkbox, and then select OK. Parent topic: Set Up Practice Preferences for Holidays

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Holidays Practice Preferences

The Appointment Scheduler and the NextGen® Background Business Processor can recognize your holiday schedule. By entering the holidays that your practice observes, you specify dates and times that appointments should not be allowed and that Business Background Process (BBP) jobs should not be run. Holidays affect Appointment Search Ahead, Appointment Conflict Checking, and the NextGen® Background Business Processor Job Scheduler. Set Up Holiday Practice Preferences Holiday Practice Preferences Descriptions Resources Available On Holidays Parent topic: Practice Preferences

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Holiday Practice Preferences Descriptions

The following table provides descriptions for the fields found in Holiday Practice Preferences. Field Description Description Enter a name for the holiday. Start Date Enter the date that the holiday starts. End Date Enter the date that the holiday ends. Start Time Enter the time that the holiday starts. End time Enter the time that the holiday ends. Suspend Appointment Scheduling Select the check box to prevent appointments from being scheduled on the holiday. If someone tries to schedule a resource on a holiday, a message informs that the date is a global holiday and the resource cannot be scheduled. Also, the resource is not available for Appointment Search Ahead for the holiday or for a multiple-day event chain that includes the holiday. When you select this check box, you can select additional resource and category options. You can override this setting for a specific resource in the Scheduling Admin in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Stop BBP Select the check box to prevent the BBP schedu

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Set Up Holiday Practice Preferences

Open Practice Preferences, and then select the Holidays Practice Preferences. Select Open Menu , and then select New. To add a new holiday, select Open Menu , and then select New. To modify a holiday, select the holiday in the list, select Open Menu , and then select Open. You can also double-click the item to open it. The Holidays window opens. Enter a Description, Start Date, End Date, Start Time and End Time for the holiday. These fields are required. Complete the remaining fields to complete your holiday setup. When you are done setting up your holiday preference, select OK to save and close the window. Parent topic: Holidays Practice Preferences

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Resources Available On Holidays

When holidays are specified in Practice Preferences, you can make a resource available for all holidays or for no holidays. You cannot select individual holidays. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the Admin menu, select Scheduling Admin. The Scheduling Administration window opens. Select the Resources tab, then double-click a resource in the list. The Edit Resource window opens. Select the Available On Holidays check box. Select OK. Parent topic: Holidays Practice Preferences

Set Up Practice Preferences for Holidays

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