AppointmentSchedulingPolicy
File Suffix and Directory Location
AppointmentSchedulingPolicy components have the suffix .policy and are stored in the appointmentSchedulingPolicies folder.
Version
AppointmentSchedulingPolicy components are available in API version 47.0 and later.
Special Access Rules
You must have the ViewSetup and CustomizeApplication user permissions to access the AppointmentSchedulingPolicy type.
Fields
Field Name | Field Type | Description |
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appointmentAssignmentPolicy | string | The name of the appointment assignment policy. This field is available in API version 53.0 and later. |
appointmentStartTimeInterval | picklist | Required. The proposed time interval in minutes between appointment start
times. For example, if you set the interval to 15, appointments can then begin at the top of the hour and at 15-minute
intervals thereafter (10:00 AM, 10:15 AM, 10:30 AM, and so on). Valid values are:
|
extCalEventHandler | lookup | Required. The API name of the custom Apex class that checks service resources’ external calendar events and returns the time slots where service resources are already booked. Available in API version 50.0 and later. |
isSvcTerritoryMemberShiftUsed | boolean | Required. Indicates whether to consider shifts of service territory members when determining the availability of service resources for appointments (true) or not (false). This field is available in API version 54.0 and later. |
isSvcTerrOpHoursWithShiftsUsed | boolean | Required. Indicates whether to consider the intersection of shifts and service territory operating hours when determining the availability of service resources for appointments (true) or not (false). This field is available in API version 54.0 and later. |
masterLabel | string | Required. The label for the appointment scheduling policy. |
shouldCheckExternalCalendar | boolean | Required. Indicates whether to check the external calendar for resource availability (true) or not (false). This field is available in API version 53.0 and later. |
shouldConsiderCalendarEvents | boolean | Required. Indicates whether to consider events on the Salesforce calendar to determine the availability of service resources to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldEnforceExcludedResource | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy prevents excluded service resources from being assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldEnforceRequiredResource | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy allows only required service resources to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldMatchSkill | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy allows only required service resources who have certain skills to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldMatchSkillLevel | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy allows only required service resources who have certain skills and skill levels to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldRespectVisitingHours | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy prevents users from scheduling appointments outside of an account’s visiting hours (true) or not (false). |
shouldUsePrimaryMembers | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy allows only service resources who are primary members of a service territory to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
shouldUseSecondaryMembers | boolean | Required. Indicates whether this appointment scheduling policy allows service resources who are secondary members of a service territory to be assigned to appointments (true) or not (false). |
Declarative Metadata Sample Definition
The following is an example of an appointmentSchedulingPolicy component.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AppointmentSchedulingPolicy xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<appointmentAssignmentPolicy>ResourceAssignmentRule1</appointmentAssignmentPolicy>
<appointmentStartTimeInterval>15</appointmentStartTimeInterval>
<masterLabel>Default Appointment Scheduling Policy</masterLabel>
<shouldCheckExternalCalendar>true</shouldCheckExternalCalendar>
<shouldConsiderCalendarEvents>true</shouldConsiderCalendarEvents>
<shouldEnforceExcludedResource>true</shouldEnforceExcludedResource>
<shouldEnforceRequiredResource>true</shouldEnforceRequiredResource>
<shouldMatchSkill>true</shouldMatchSkill>
<shouldMatchSkillLevel>false</shouldMatchSkillLevel>
<shouldRespectVisitingHours>true</shouldRespectVisitingHours>
<shouldUsePrimaryMembers>true</shouldUsePrimaryMembers>
<shouldUseSecondaryMembers>true</shouldUseSecondaryMembers>
</AppointmentSchedulingPolicy>
The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<types>
<members>sample</members>
<name>AppointmentSchedulingPolicy</name>
</types>
<version>47.0</version>
</Package>
Wildcard Support in the Manifest File
This metadata type supports the wildcard character * (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File.