# Calendar

#### When should you use this? <a href="#when-should-you-use-this" id="when-should-you-use-this"></a>

* Collecting a date from the visitor
* Booking appointments

#### How do I set it up? <a href="#how-do-i-set-it-up" id="how-do-i-set-it-up"></a>

To set up the 'Calendar' action block, you can follow the following steps;

* Add action block on canvas by clicking on '+'
* Choose 'Calendar'
* Configure following on right panel
  * **Date Selection:** Configure the following under 'Date Selection' in the configuration message;
    1. **Show Message:** You can set the message that you would like to send to the visitors along with calendar to book the appointment
    2. **Define Variable:** Define variable in which the response of the visitors will be stored
    3. **Date Selection:** Select nature of date selection from available options . You can enable 'Show Past Dates' to show the visitors past dates
  * **Exclude Dates:** Select the 'Exclude Dates' tab and define any exclusion of dates that you don't want to be visible in the calendar UI. You can exclude dates by either;
    * Selecting the days all together like Saturdays, Sundays etc.. This way all of these will not be selectable to the visitor.
    * Selecting special dates like Christmas, Diwali, EID etc..