"Duration" of X and / setting

[graham_mueller]

In the desktop client, you can specify whether the system displays in 5/10/15 minute intervals. Is this setting exposed via the API? I'm not sure what name to search, and I haven't been able to find something that seems appropriately named.

ETA: Specifically, in the Open Dental desktop application, you can find this setting in Setup -> Appointments -> Appointment Views

[justine]

In the desktop client, you can specify whether the system displays in 5/10/15 minute intervals. Is this setting exposed via the API? I'm not sure what name to search, and I haven't been able to find something that seems appropriately named.

ETA: Specifically, in the Open Dental desktop application, you can find this setting in Setup -> Appointments -> Appointment Views

Good evening graham_mueller,

You can find out the minute interval by using GET preferences.

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https://api.opendental.com/api/v1/preferences?PrefName=AppointmentTimeIncrement

Thanks!

[riteshchopra]

Does this "Appointment Time Increment" setting also decide how much the appointment duration will be when we are defining based on a Appointment pattern?

Via the API I'm getting this value as 10, which also aligns with the 10 min blocks that I see in OpenDental.

But when I book an appointment with pattern "//XX//" it gets booked in Open Dental as 30 mins. Isn't the Appointment Time Increment supposed to correspond to time for each / or X?

[RyanH]

Does this "Appointment Time Increment" setting also decide how much the appointment duration will be when we are defining based on a Appointment pattern?

Via the API I'm getting this value as 10, which also aligns with the 10 min blocks that I see in OpenDental.

But when I book an appointment with pattern "//XX//" it gets booked in Open Dental as 30 mins. Isn't the Appointment Time Increment supposed to correspond to time for each / or X?

Good morning riteshchopra,

The "Appointment Time Increment" preference doesn't affect how the appointment.Pattern is stored, each "/" or "X" will always represent 5 minutes. "Appointment Time Increment" is used to convert the appointment.Pattern as needed to 10 or 15 minute representations for display within OpenDental.

Further clarification can be found here.

Thanks!