Bookings Tab (Calendar)
The Calendar tab (also called Bookings) in the right panel shows all your bookings and scheduled events. View your calendar in multiple formats, manage each booking, and track status from request to completion.
What You See
The calendar displays:
- Confirmed bookings — Appointments that are confirmed and will happen
- Pending bookings — Awaiting confirmation or approval
- Team events — Internal meetings and availability blocks
- Available slots — Time that can still be booked by clients
- Blocked time — Out-of-office, holidays, personal events
Color coding helps distinguish event types at a glance.
Calendar Views
Switch between views to match your workflow:
Day view — Detailed hourly schedule for one day
Week view — 7-day overview with time slots
Month view — Full month calendar overview
List view — Chronological list of upcoming bookings
Each view can be filtered by:
- Service type
- Staff member (if team)
- Status (confirmed, pending, completed, etc.)
Viewing Booking Details
Click on any booking to see:
- Client — Name, email, phone
- Service — What was booked
- Date and time — When scheduled
- Duration — How long the appointment is
- Location — Where (virtual link, address, etc.)
- Status — Confirmed, completed, no-show, cancelled, rescheduled
- Payment status — If invoice is paid or pending
- Notes — Special requests or context
- Reminders sent — Which communications were delivered
- Staff assigned — Who is providing the service (if team)
Managing Bookings
From the booking details, you can:
Confirm — Approve a pending booking
Reschedule — Move to a different date/time
Cancel — Cancel the booking
Mark completed — When appointment finishes
Mark no-show — If client didn't attend
Add notes — Capture special requests or follow-ups
Send reminder — Resend confirmation or pre-appointment alert
View client — See full contact details
Create invoice — If payment is needed
Booking Status
Each booking moves through a lifecycle:
| Status | Meaning | Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| Pending | Just booked | Confirm or request more info |
| Confirmed | Approved | Client is notified |
| Completed | Service delivered | Mark when done |
| No-show | Client didn't attend | Record and follow up |
| Cancelled | Booking cancelled | Offer reschedule |
| Rescheduled | Moved to new time | Confirm with client |
Change status:
- Click booking
- Click "Status" dropdown
- Select new status
- Add notes if needed
- Client is notified of changes
Filtering and Searching
Find bookings quickly:
By status:
- Pending, confirmed, completed, no-show, cancelled, rescheduled
By service:
- Which service was booked
By staff:
- Which team member is assigned (if team)
By date:
- Today, this week, this month, custom range
By client:
- Search by name
Reminders
Automatic reminders are sent:
- Confirmation — Immediately after booking
- Pre-appointment — 24 hours before (or configured)
- No-show follow-up — If client doesn't attend
- Rescheduling — When appointment is moved
Manual reminders:
- Click booking
- Click Send Reminder
- Choose reminder type
- Reminder is sent immediately
Synced Calendars
If you've connected Google Calendar or Outlook:
- Bookings appear on your external calendar
- New events in external calendar appear here
- Real-time two-way sync
- No duplicate events
See Calendar and Bookings for setup.
Team Calendar
If you have multiple team members:
- Each person's availability is shown
- Bookings are assigned to specific staff
- Color-coded by team member
- Combined availability shown in public portal
Analytics
Quick metrics at the top:
- Total upcoming — Number of upcoming bookings
- Confirmed — How many are confirmed
- Pending — Waiting for confirmation
- Completed — This month or period
- No-show rate — Percentage of no-shows
Common Tasks
View this week's schedule
- Calendar view opens automatically
- Switch to Week view
- Scroll through time slots
- Click any booking to see details
Confirm a pending booking
- Find pending booking on calendar
- Click to open details
- Click Confirm
- Client is notified
Send pre-appointment reminder
- Click booking
- Click Send Reminder
- Choose "Pre-appointment"
- Reminder sent immediately
Reschedule a booking
- Click booking
- Click Reschedule
- Select new date and time
- Confirm
- Client is notified of new time
Mark as no-show
- Click booking (on or after appointment time)
- Click Status → No-show
- Optionally note reason
- No-show is recorded
- Follow-up workflow can be triggered
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Esc — Close booking detail
- R — Reschedule selected booking
- C — Confirm selected booking
- N — New booking (manual)
- L — Switch to list view
- W — Switch to week view
- M — Switch to month view
Related
- Calendar and Bookings — Full calendar features
- Booking Portal — Set up client booking
- Invoicing — Create invoices for paid bookings
- Schedule Tab — View scheduled workflows
- Dashboard Overview