Blockouts
When you add Blockouts in Open Dental, the days / times these are added to will NOT show as available to patients who are attempting to schedule through LocalMed
Note: Adding "!!" immediately after the name of a blockout (not in the notes) tells LocalMed to ignore that the block is there
Examples of blockouts are shown below. The purple, red, and yellow blocks are blockouts:
Create a Blockout / Scheduling Block in Open Dental
Step by Step Instructions:
Right click in the schedule and select Add Blockout
Here, you can configure the blockout time, type, and operatory the blockout goes in
Click OK and it will produce a blockout similar to this one:
Blockout Cut-Copy-Paste
Refer to the OpenDental article to learn more about this topic.