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 schedules from running packages on the holiday. See the NextGen® BBP User Guide for more information You can override this setting for a specific schedule in the Background Business Processor. |
| Apply Holiday to These Resources | Select the resources that you want to create template exceptions for based on the holiday information. The template exceptions are created, but the appointment slot information does not update until the nightly process runs or 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, then the existing categories that are present in the resource's templates are removed and no category is assigned. |