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Blocks in the diary

  • December 19, 2025
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As a practice, we find the option of lunch and tea breaks being in the diary as movable appointment blocks.

Our superiors want us to use the break blocks that are fixed in place when added as part of the clinicians schedule. Would it be possible to make these moveable from the diary page, without having to delete and re-add for a different time? We often shift the breaks to fit around patients.

Hope that makes sense.

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we have this problem, we work around the patients, and being able to move zones or blocks with ease without having to go into diary and change things around would be great.   something similar to Exact where you just right click to add a clinic


Saymon
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  • December 29, 2025

Hi ​@DJmum, thanks for sharing this. At the moment in Dentally, there’s a difference between breaks that come from a clinician’s schedule and blocks added directly in the diary, which is why you’re seeing different behaviour.

Breaks set up as part of a clinician’s schedule (for example lunch or tea breaks) are tied to availability rules, so they aren’t currently movable directly from the diary view. If the timing needs to change, this has to be done by updating the clinician’s schedule.  Blocks added directly to the diary are more flexible and can be moved around as needed.

That said, the workflow you and ​@Katrina Lamont describe is something I’ve heard before from other practitioners coming from SOE Exact. I’ll have a chat with the product team to understand if this is something we’re planning and I’ll make sure to track it as a feature request so it can be reviewed.

 

As with all feature requests, it’ll go through our usual review process, and while I can’t promise timelines or outcomes, it’s really useful to hear how this impacts day-to-day scheduling. 😊

 

If other practices work in a similar way, feel free to add your thoughts below, it helps us build a clearer picture of how widely this would be used.

 

Thanks again for taking the time to share your feedback.