You can create a time block from the Calendar in a few ways:
Click Add from the calendar toolbar and choose New time block
Click on a calendar day and choose Add Time Block
Create one directly for a specific date from the day dialog
Time blocks let you mark time on your calendar that should be treated as unavailable or protected. They do not create lessons, events, invoices, or attendance records.
A time block appears on the calendar as its own calendar item and can be used to represent things like:
vacations
holidays
rehearsals
performances
personal appointments
any time you want to block off
If enforce conflicts is enabled on the time block, Cadence Calendar checks for overlapping lessons and events and treats those overlaps as conflicts.
Time blocks also affect appointment booking. Any time covered by one of your time blocks is excluded from the slots families can book on your appointment landing page, so a vacation or rehearsal block keeps appointments from landing on top of it too.
A time block can repeat on a schedule instead of covering a single day. When you turn on recurrence, you also need to set an end date for the series.
The end date must fall on or after the start date.
A recurring time block can run for up to one year from its start date. Set the end date within that range to save the series.
Cadence Calendar creates one occurrence for each date in the series, each using the time block's date and time settings and the calendar's timezone. Every occurrence in a series shares the same series ID, which is what lets you delete the series later.
If a lesson or event overlaps a conflict-enforced time block:
the calendar shows a conflict indicator
conflict icons can appear in the toolbar and on affected days
lessons or events with conflicts can show a conflict outline based on the related time block color
clicking into the conflict indicators opens a conflict dialog so you can review what overlaps with what
The conflict dialog can show:
the lesson or event that conflicts
the time block it conflicts with
the day and time of the overlap
From that dialog, you can also delete conflicting lessons or events, including deleting all currently shown conflicting items when needed.
Time blocks do not automatically:
cancel lessons
move lessons or events
delete lessons or events
mark attendance
create invoices
They are used to block time visually and to surface overlap problems clearly.
You can open a time block later to:
change its title
update the date or time
make it all-day or timed
change its color
turn conflict enforcement on or off
adjust its group or organization-wide settings where applicable
Click the trash icon on a time block to delete it.
Single time block: It deletes right away.
Time block that's part of a recurring series: Cadence Calendar asks whether to delete just that occurrence or delete this and future occurrences in the series. Turn on Delete this and future time blocks to remove the selected occurrence along with every later occurrence in the same series. Leave it off to delete only the one you clicked.
Time blocks are now more than simple visual markers. They still do not automatically change existing lessons or events, but they do actively surface and organize conflicts so you can review and resolve them from the calendar, and they keep appointment bookings from landing on blocked time.
