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How do I avoid double booking appointments?
Tips to Avoid Double Bookings
- Don’t book meetings as All Day Events.
- Don’t Change, Delete or Update Meetings without Sending an Update.
- Don’t try to get around the system.
- Avoid using your mobile to work with calendar invitations.
- Remove a meeting properly.
Changing the Scope of Calendar in SharePoint You can view your calendar in day, week, or month scope. Select the calendar, click on the Calendar tab in the ribbon, and then select Day, Week, or Month in the scope group. This will provide a temporary update for the calendar view.
How do I create a resource calendar in SharePoint 2016?
In the calendar, in the ribbon, click the Calendar tab, and then click List Settings. On the List Settings page, click Title, description, and navigation. On the General Settings page, in the Group Calendar Options section, set Use this calendar for Resource Reservation to Yes, and then click Save.
How to check double booking in SharePoint calendar?
As a workaround, you may create a new site/subsite using template called “Group work site”. This site template provides “Resources List” and “Group Calendar”, so that you could book resources with “Check Double Booking” working perfectly within “Reservation” content type. Once you create a Group Work Site.
How can I make double booking work properly?
(Formula: = [Check Double Booking] User message: warning! ) When I save this, I get a double booking warning all the time, even if there is no double booking. How can I make this work properly? Thanks in advance for your help! The “Check Double Booking” column is not useful if you only add this column to the event content type.
When to use double booking validation in SP?
That’s just asking for trouble down the road, i.e. when upgrading to future versions of SP. “Check Double Booking” is used depending on “Resources” column in “Reservation” Content type. Therefore you could not use validation formula to achieve your purpose.