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Create a Weekly Timeslot Template

When defining a weekly timeslot template, you can define specific hours in the day and even specific blocks of minutes within each hour that can be re-used in other contracts and contract templates.

To create a weekly Timeslot Template

1. In the Timeslot Templates page, click Add New/Weekly Timeslot Template.

   The Timeslot Details page showing a weekly grid opens.

2. The weekly timeslot is made up of two grids:
   • The hour grid contains columns for each day of the week and rows for every hour of the day.
   • The minute grid is made up of an hour broken down into twelve five-minute segments.
3. In Name, enter a name for the timeslot template.
4. In Description, enter a description for the timeslot template.
5. In Timeslot, define the timeslot as follows:
   • In the hour grid, click and drag to select the hour segments to include in the timeslot, and then click Include. The squares turn dark blue, indicating that they are included in the timeslot.

     For example, you might define a timeslot template called Typical Weekdays by clicking and dragging from 8:00 a.m. on Monday to 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

   • [Optional]. To exclude specific five-minute segments within a selected hour, select one or more segments from the hour grid, click and drag in the minute grid to select minute segments, and then click Exclude. The segments in the hour grid turn light blue to indicate that the hour is only partially included.

     For example, if you want to exclude the lunch hour (12:30-13:30) from the Typical Weekdays Timeslot template, you would do the following:

     Click and drag to select the 12:00-13:00 segment for Monday through Friday. The selected segments are framed in red.

     In the minute grid, click and drag from the 30-35 segments to the 55-00 segment and click Exclude. The time period 12:30-13:00 is removed from the timeslot.

     In the hour grid, click and drag to select the 13:00-14:00 segment for Monday through Friday.

     In the minute grid, click and drag from the 00-05 segment to the 20-30 segment and click Exclude. The time period 13:00-13:30 is removed from the timeslot.

     The lunch hour (12:30-13:30) displays in gray, indicating that it has been excluded from the timeslot.

     • Click a row header to select that hour for the entire week.
     • Click a column header to select the entire day.
     • Click Invert to reverse the settings
6. Click Save.

   The new weekly timeslot template is created and added to the list of timeslot templates.