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Patients are told online bookings aren’t available

Check that online bookings are turned on, you have at least one service, and at least one practitioner has a schedule with services and hours.

A practitioner has no times online

Paint hours on their schedule, inside their working hours. Leave, closures and your notice settings also remove times.

I can’t paint part of the schedule grid

Those hours are outside the practitioner’s working hours. Change their hours first. See Getting started. Try another.

Bookings arrive as requests, even though I chose to confirm instantly

Bilby confirms instantly only when it can match the patient to one existing patient. New patients, or patients whose details differ, arrive as requests. Set up card payments first, and give the appointment type a fee in Settings › Services & fees. These need the feature turned on for your practice. Sending booking links is for admins and reception only.

A patient can’t sign in to the portal

Check the portal is on and they’re using the email address on their record. They can ask for a new code.

A patient can’t cancel or reschedule online

Check you allow it in Settings › Patient portal. Appointments close to their time, repeating appointments and paid appointments can’t be changed online.