Before a Diary of a Doctor can be used, the tables for the year must be built first.

NOTE: Make a BACKUP first.

• Click on Program on the Main Menu and select Build Tables / Maintain Time slots.

• Choose the tables that need to be rebuild by selecting the radio button of choice.

• Enter a Reason for the rebuild.

NOTE that all existing appointments for the selected year / month will be deleted unless the "Keep existing bookings" tick box has been selected.

• Click on OK.

• Only click OK if a backup has been made.

Generate Timeslots:

• The empty Diary displays.

• Click on Fixed Interval Setup on Monday.

• Select the Begin and End time.

• The Duration of appointments.

• The Mode.

• The Service Centre.

• And the Type of Appointment.

• Click on OK.

• The time slots for Monday is displayed.

• In the Copy single Day Setup section, select the day to copy from - this will be Monday.

• Copy to day(s): Select the rest of the days.

• Select the Doctors the time slots should be built for.

• Click on Copy.

• When finished, the set up will display like this.

• Click on the Create tables button.

• It is very important to ensure that all of these precautions have been adhered to.

• Click on OK only when all of the actions have been taken.

• When completed, the following message is displayed.

• Click on OK to continue.

Mark over days:

• If the set-up of only certain days of the week should be different than the original setup, this option can be used.
• It can also be used to create different set-ups for one day (Use the Timeframe).

• Select the Day(s) of the week that you want to rebuild.

• Select the Timeframe.

• Select the Service Centre and Type of appointment and click on Apply.

• Click on the Create tables button.