I would like to be able to add an appointment on the calendar that is NOT associated with any shoot. Is there a way to do this? If not, I would love to see this added. (For instance, just a staff meeting or a vendor networking meeting)
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This would be a very handy feature.
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agreed.
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Did anyone find out if this is possible? We have a lot of appointments that aren't associated with a specific shoot. How do you handle this?
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It's not possible currently. We'd love it if this were a current feature. Our clunky workaround is a separate Google calendar linked in ShootQ.
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What is up with ShootQ? Why is it so advanced in some areas and missing such rudimentary basic features in others?
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This is a very necessary feature if you are a portrait studio. I chose ShootQ over other options based upon the workflow pipeline feature. However the more I learn, ShootQ may not be as Portrait Studio friendly as I had hoped. -
I completly agree with you Vicki. The more I use this the more I think of how amazing this could be if they could get it all together. No everyone does weddings and would be great if this was a software that would help ALL photographers -
Is this feature still lacking? Need to be able to schedule appointments with Vendors not associated with a specific shoot.
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We ended up having to create a generic Studio Appointment shoot for appointments like this that don't apply to a specific shoot. I do wish ShootQ would fix this. It's been a year since this request was posted.
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Hello,
We appreciate your feedback. ShootQ's calendar system is set up to sync with your own calendar software program (iCal, Google Calendar etc). It was not designed to be a stand alone calendar. That is why appointments can only be scheduled to an associated shoot. This gives you the ability to still use your calendaring system and have it sync with ShootQ.
You can use the generic studio appointment shoot like you mentioned. However the best practice is to use your own calendar system and have it feed into ShootQ. Then to also have ShootQ's shoots feed to your own calendar system. I personally use my iCal for all my misc. appointments, but schedule my actual shoot appointments through ShootQ.
I will pass along the updated requests to our development team as a feature request.
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Katie,
I can understand that the ShootQ calendar was not meant to be a stand alone calendar. But if you want to require appointments be attached to something, can't you require a relationship instead? I am just thinking about appointments with leads that may not have a solid event date yet (maybe they are considering 2-3 dates that you are available). Just a thought.
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THERE IS A WAY!!!
Please read through my list of ShootQ work arounds here:
http://help.shootq.com/entries/21334127-shootq-work-arounds-thing-we-have-done-to-stream-line
Ad if you find any helpful workarounds please post them for all to see also!
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Here is your solution!
We discovered the inability to schedule appointments, meetings, anything that was not directly connected to a shoot in process. We hated the idea of having to use multiple calendar platforms to be able to schedule everything accordingly. What we did is this, we created a lead in ShootQ, named this lead "Office Calendar Only". WE manually booked the shoot, with a line item of $0.00, scheduled "1 photographer", and booked the event out for May 1, 2020. Now, when we need to book any meeting, appointment, even who is on the main phone line that day, we can open "Office Calendar Only", select the proper employee, create a calendar event for them and not have to worry about cross platform calendars. It's all in shootQ and attached to the employees calendar. Same thing for studio/ office tasks, just use this event for all in house needs for calendar purposes.
If you have any questions on how to do this feel free to contact us, you can use the forum, email me directly at rdh@kalistaimaging.com or even call me via my direct number. really I do not mind, if I am free I will answer.
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This would be a great progression for ShootQ- the idea to streamline is always the best.
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