{"id":9389,"date":"2026-02-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9389"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:20:04","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-an-appointment","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-to-create-an-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an appointment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Select calendar day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To create an appointment, navigate to the calendar module. There you can use the <em>+ symbol<\/em> (B) or simply click on the <em>calendar day<\/em> (A) on which you want to create the appointment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-scaled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1233\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-scaled.png\" alt=\"Calendar How to create an appointment\" class=\"wp-image-49140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-1536x740.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-2048x986.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_How-to-create-an-appointment-360x173.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Enter appointment information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(1) Select the <em>calendar<\/em> in which you want to create the appointment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(2) Give the appointment a <em>title<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(3) Give a <em>subtitle<\/em> (optional).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(4) With this option, you determine whether the appointment should <em>only<\/em> be <em>visible to logged-in users<\/em> if you have selected a public calendar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(5) Determine whether it is an <em>all-day<\/em> appointment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(6) Define the <em>start<\/em> and <em>end<\/em> of the appointment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(7) You can select whether it is a <em>recurring<\/em> appointment. If you want to create such a <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-to-edit-a-series-appointment\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"27250\">recurring<\/a> appointment, you can then enter until when and at what interval your appointment series should be repeated and, if necessary, exclude or add certain appointments from or to the series. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(8) You can use your own <em>appointment description<\/em> or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/writing-assistant\/16-what-ist-the-writing-assistant\/\">writing assistant<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(9) Insert a <em>link<\/em> (e.g. for video conferences or other websites).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(10) If you are creating the appointment <em>on behalf of<\/em> someone else, you can select this person here. To do this, type the name in the field and then select the person from the list. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(11) Add the <em>location<\/em> where the appointment will take place.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(12) You can add a <em>picture<\/em> that will be displayed in the calendar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(13) Add <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/basics-calendar\/how-to-filter-for-appointment-tags\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"41091\"><em>appointment tags<\/em><\/a> which can be filtered and searched for.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(14) Select whether the <em>creator of the appointment<\/em> should be <em>informed of your changes<\/em>. (This setting is only applied if you make changes to an existing appointment). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have entered the required information, you can either save the appointment (15) or save it <em>as a template<\/em> (16), which you can then use as a <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-do-i-use-appointment-templates\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-module\/termine-erstellen\/wie-nutze-ich-terminvorlagen\/\">appointment template<\/a><\/em> <\/em>when creating similar appointments (17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1388\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog.png\" alt=\"Calendar Create Appointment dialog\" class=\"wp-image-49142\" style=\"width:708px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog.png 1198w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog-884x1024.png 884w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog-768x890.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Calendar_Create-Appointment-dialog-360x417.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Article to read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-to-edit-a-series-appointment\/\">How to edit a (series) appointment?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/writing-assistant\/16-what-ist-the-writing-assistant\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7524\">What is the writing assistant?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/basics-calendar\/how-to-filter-for-appointment-tags\/\">How to filter for appointment tags?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-do-i-use-appointment-templates\/\">How to use appointment templates?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Select calendar day To create an appointment, navigate to the calendar module. There you can use the + symbol (B) or simply click on the calendar day (A) on which you want to create the appointment. 2. Enter appointment information Once you have entered the required information, you can either save the appointment (15) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[472],"doc_tag":[689],"knowledge_base":[224],"class_list":["post-9389","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-adding-appointments","doc_tag-screenshot-outdated","knowledge_base-churchtools-modules"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":314,"total_views":"2355","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Victoria Weidemann","author_nicename":"vweidemann","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/vweidemann\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Adding Appointments","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Screenshot outdated","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/docs-tag\/screenshot-outdated\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Modules","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/","term_slug":"churchtools-modules"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["churchtools-modules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9389"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49143,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9389\/revisions\/49143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=9389"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=9389"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=9389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}