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Appointment length
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:50 pm
by saskia
I'm looking at the appointment API (
https://www.opendental.com/site/apiappointments.html) and was hoping to be able to see how long an appointment is. Am I overlooking something or can I make a feature request? Thanks!
Re: Appointment length
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:01 pm
by DerekR
Good Afternoon Saskia,
An appointments length is stored in the Pattern field of the appointment table. See the
Appointment Table Schema for more information.
Thanks!
Re: Appointment length
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:23 pm
by saskia
Good afternoon!
Thanks for the quick response - good to know which field I'm looking at but struggling to understand how the values work. I think
"Pattern": "//XXXX//"
Means 2 x 5 minutes assist time, followed by 4 x 5 minutes doctor time followed by 2 x 5 minutes assist time? For a total of 40 minutes?
Thanks!
Re: Appointment length
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:53 pm
by DerekR
saskia wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:23 pm
Good afternoon!
Thanks for the quick response - good to know which field I'm looking at but struggling to understand how the values work. I think
"Pattern": "//XXXX//"
Means 2 x 5 minutes assist time, followed by 4 x 5 minutes doctor time followed by 2 x 5 minutes assist time? For a total of 40 minutes?
Thanks!
You are absolutely correct, '/' represents assist time and 'X' represents doctor time. Both '/' and 'X' characters represent 5 minute increments which is used to determine the length of the appointment.