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# Scheduling an Appointment Outside of Normal Employee Hours

Here's how you'll schedule an appointment during an employee's typical "OFF" time.

**Proceed to: Manage** > **Basic Settings** > **Business Settings** > **Scheduling Hours**

**\*Notes:**

* Keep your Business Scheduling Hours extended to the EARLIEST possible time *any* Service Provider could *ever* take a guest, and the LATEST possible time any Service Provider could ever finish with a guest.
* Keep your Business Scheduling Hours CONSISTENT per day so you do not run into any funky Schedule issues on a Mobile Device. To easily apply the same hours to each day of the week, click the grid calendar icon.

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/Ba9JfhYBfqX7DMj8oNgV/blobs/Yx17iPHuZEhuCAvfLB4b/image%20png%20May%2022%202024%2008%2058%2047%207397%20PM.png)

* As long as the [Employee's Scheduling Hours](/business-settings/editing-scheduling-hours.md) are not changed, this will not automatically open those times on the Schedule for clients to Schedule online.

## Scheduling During "Not Working" Time

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### Click the "Not Working" time

Click on the grayed-out area where it says "Not Working" at the time the employee wishes to **start** a service.

![](https://support.rosysalonsoftware.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/rtaImage-Aug-19-2022-12-37-16-16-PM)

![Grayed out area - scheduling](https://content.gitbook.com/content/Ba9JfhYBfqX7DMj8oNgV/blobs/0Wj1bGrws9Txew4yWmCR/Grayed%20out%20area%20%20%20scheduling.png)
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### Choose the number of hours

Choose the number of hours the employee will be open/servicing their client for.

![](https://support.rosysalonsoftware.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/rtaImage-Aug-19-2022-12-37-16-41-PM)

![Schedule Time On](https://content.gitbook.com/content/Ba9JfhYBfqX7DMj8oNgV/blobs/LEWgGSjvNw0XzwN4zc2I/Schedule%20Time%20On.jpg)
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### Open the time

Click **Open**.
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**The employee's column is now open for that time and an appointment can be scheduled!**

This process goes hand-in-hand with presetting an Employee's Schedule for inconsistent weekly hours. [*Employee Schedule*](/reports/employee-schedule.md)