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Objective
Quickstream enables your organization to manage appointment flow by service, ensuring staff availability by aligning to your clients’ peak booking times.
Steps
Quickstream blocks are used to manage the number of appointments available for online booking at any one time. They can be created, edited, and deleted in-app.
NOTE: Quickstream is an add-on feature. Please connect with your Customer Success contact to get started.
Hot Tip!
To understand how Quickstream blocks are impacted by and impact other areas of the Coconut platform, please review this article.
Create a Quickstream block
To create a Quickstream block:
From the navigation menu, click Quick Stream
Search for and select the location that will apply to the Quickstream block
Do one of the following:
Click +Add
Within the calendar, click the date and time you want the Quickstream block to begin
Set the date and time for the Quickstream block
Select the limit for the Quickstream block
NOTE: The limit represents the number of appointments that can be booked concurrently at the same location
Click Recurrence and set the details to make the Quickstream block recurring
Click Services and select the services that clients can book appointments for during the Quickstream block
Click Save
Edit a Quickstream block
To edit a Quickstream block:
From the navigation menu, click Quick Stream
Search for and select the location that applies to the Quickstream block you want to edit
From the calendar view, click the Quickstream block that requires editing
Make the necessary updates
Click Save
Delete a Quickstream block
To delete a Quickstream block:
From the navigation menu, click Quick Stream
Search for and select the location that applies to the Quickstream block you want to delete
From the calendar view, click the Quickstream block that requires editing
Click Delete
A note on access and visibility
Admins and managers can manage Quickstream blocks.