> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xpressbot.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Service Settings

> Everything you can set on a service: details, look, schedule, rules, FAQs, customer questions, waiver, reminders, and links.

## What is this?

Click a service in the list to open its page. The tabs along the top hold every setting for that service. Changes are saved with the save button on each tab; if you leave with unsaved changes you're asked whether to **Discard** them.

The page header also has **Publish**/**Pause** and **New booking**, and tiles for **Today**, **Upcoming**, **Pending**, and **Completed** bookings.

\[SCREENSHOT: booking-studio-service-tabs — A service page with its tabs: Overview, Booking page, Schedule, Booking rules, FAQs, Questions, Waiver, Team, Locations, Calendar, Delivery, Registration, Public link, Bookings]

## What can I do here?

Each tab covers one job:

| Tab | What it's for |
| - | - |
| [Overview](#overview) | Name, link name, kind of service, group, description, and picture |
| [Booking page](#booking-page) | The look of this service's public page |
| [Schedule](#schedule) | Time zone, length, buffers, seats, place, and class timetable |
| [Booking rules](#booking-rules) | Notice, how far ahead, daily limit, approval, rescheduling, and cancelling |
| [FAQs](#faqs) | Answers shown on the service page |
| [Questions](#questions) | What customers answer when they book |
| [Waiver](#waiver) | Terms customers accept first |
| [Team](/workspace/booking-studio/team-locations-calendar.md) | Who takes this service |
| [Locations](/workspace/booking-studio/team-locations-calendar.md) | Where it's offered |
| [Calendar](/workspace/booking-studio/team-locations-calendar.md) | Google Calendar sync |
| [Delivery](#delivery) | Emails and reminders |
| [Registration](#registration) | Labels added to customers, and deleting the service |
| [Public link](#public-link) | The links to share |
| [Bookings](/workspace/booking-studio/bookings.md) | The bookings made for this service |

## How to use it

### Overview

* **Name** — shown to customers.
* **Link name** — the last part of this service's own link. Letters from any language work.
* **Kind of service** — Sports and fitness, Beauty and wellness, Education, Medical and health, Public and professional, Personal meetings and services, Driving lessons, or Something else.
* **Group** — services with the same group are listed together on your page.
* **Description** — up to 5,000 characters.
* **Picture** — a wide image shown on the service.

### Booking page

Customise this service's public page: a **Headline**, a **Short text under the headline**, a **Main colour**, and an **Accent colour** (pick a colour or type a hex code such as `#2563eb`).

### Schedule

| Setting | What it means |
| - | - |
| **Time zone** | Hours, days, and reminders for this service are worked out in this time zone |
| **Length** | How long one booking takes (5 minutes to 24 hours) |
| **Time before** / **Time after** | Gaps kept free around each booking, for example to clean up. Other bookings can't use this time. |
| **Start times every** | How often start times are offered. `30` offers 09:00, 09:30, 10:00, and so on. |
| **Seats per start time** | `1` for one-to-one; more for a class. Several people can book the same start time until the seats are used up. |
| **Largest group per booking** | How many people one booking can include (never more than the seats) |
| **How** | **In person**, **Phone call**, **Online meeting**, or **Other** |
| **Address or room**, **Meeting link**, or **Phone number to call** | The detail that matches how it happens |
| **Offer only at fixed times** | For classes on a timetable. Add days and time windows, for example Monday and Wednesday 18:00–19:00. Only times inside those windows are offered. |

### Booking rules

| Rule | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Minimum notice** | How far ahead the earliest booking can be, in minutes, hours, or days |
| **Book up to (days ahead)** | How far into the future customers can book (1 to 730 days) |
| **Daily limit** | The most bookings per person per day. Empty means no limit. |
| **I approve each booking before it is confirmed** | New bookings wait as **Pending** until you approve them |
| **Customers can reschedule** | Lets customers change the time themselves, up to a cut-off before the start |
| **Customers can cancel** | Lets customers cancel themselves, up to a cut-off before the start |

Staff can always cancel or move an active booking, whatever these settings say.

### FAQs

Click **Add a question** and enter a **Question** and **Answer**. They appear as expandable answers on this service's booking page.

### Questions

Add extra questions customers answer when booking, beyond name, phone, and email. Each has a **label**, a type — **Text**, **Number**, or **Choice list** — and a **Required** switch. For a choice list, type each option and press Enter. Answers appear on the booking.

### Waiver

Turn on **Ask customers to accept a waiver**, then add a **Waiver title** and the **Waiver text**. Customers must tick that they accept it and type their full name to sign before they can book. Staff see **Waiver signed** on the booking.

### Delivery

* **Email the customer about their booking** — sends a message when a booking is received, confirmed, cancelled, or moved, from your platform's email setup and branding.
* **Send a reminder** — sends an automatic reminder email, **hours before** the booking (from 1 to 720).

> [!NOTE]
>
> Messages go by **email**, so the customer must have given an email address — it's optional on the booking form. WhatsApp messages aren't part of Booking Studio yet.

### Registration

* **Labels for the customer** — added to the customer's contact when they book, so you can segment them later. Type a label and press Enter.
* **Delete service** — the button at the top of the tab moves the service to the trash. You need the delete permission.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The **Assign new customers to** option on this tab is shown but isn't used yet.

### Public link

Copy or open this service's **Service booking page** and your **Business page** (which lists every service). The link opens once the service **and** your booking page are published. See [Your Booking Page](/workspace/booking-studio/booking-page.md).

## Troubleshooting / Technical Notes

* **Customers see no times.** Check the service is **Published**, a person is assigned, and that person has working hours — see [Team, Locations & Calendar](/workspace/booking-studio/team-locations-calendar.md). Also check **Minimum notice** and **Book up to**.
* **A time I expected isn't offered.** It may fall outside working hours, collide with another booking or its buffer, or be blocked on a linked Google Calendar.
* **People can book more than the seats.** They can't — a start is offered until its seats run out, and a group needs that many free seats.
* **Customers can't cancel.** Check **Customers can cancel** is on, and the cut-off hasn't passed.
* **A reminder wasn't sent.** Reminders go only to **confirmed** bookings that haven't started — one waiting for approval is reminded after you approve it. The customer also needs to have given an email address, and **Send a reminder** must be on. Each booking is reminded at most once.
* **"You have unsaved changes."** Save the tab, or **Discard** to leave.

## Related docs

* [Services](/workspace/booking-studio/services.md)
* [Team, Locations & Calendar](/workspace/booking-studio/team-locations-calendar.md)
* [Bookings](/workspace/booking-studio/bookings.md)
* [The Customer Booking Experience](/workspace/booking-studio/customer-experience.md)


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