Setup & Admin
Appointment Types
Creating and customising the appointment types available when scheduling.
For (management)OwnersPractice Managers
Appointment types are the kinds of booking your clinic offers - Consult, Vaccination, Surgery. Each carries a colour and a default duration, which is what makes the calendar readable at a glance.
Settings → Appointment Types. Everyone can reach it - unlike most of Settings, this one isn't management-only.
Common tasks
| I want to... | Do this |
|---|---|
| Add a type | Add Type → fill the form → Save |
| Change one | The row's ⋯ → Edit → Save |
| Stop it being bookable | Click its Active badge. Reversible |
| Delete it | The row's ⋯ → Delete → confirm. Can't be undone |
The form
- Name (required) - what it's called.
- Colour - shows on the calendar. 21 to choose from. Hover a swatch for its name; the chosen one has a ring around it.
- Default Duration - in hours and minutes:
00:30,01:15. Only a starting point - you can adjust any individual booking. - Description - optional, for your team.
- Active - on by default. Inactive types don't appear when booking.
- Requires Patient - leave on for normal appointments. Turn it off for blocks that aren't about an animal (breaks, admin time, meetings) so the patient picker is hidden when booking.
Wattle ships with 8 ready-made types, so you can use them as-is, tweak them, or add your own.