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Appointment colors

AppointmentsAppointmentA task scheduled to a resource for a specific period - the scheduled instance you see on the planning board. on the planning boardPlanning boardThe main graphical scheduling surface where dispatchers drag tasks onto resources across a timeline. are color-coded by their categoryCategoryA visual indicator (a color) applied to appointments to classify or label them., time markerTime markerA visual indicator on an appointment, separate from its category, used to flag a status or condition at a point in time., and pin. You set these colors per indicatorIndicatorCollective term for the visual signals - categories and time markers - that identify and label appointments., and they are the main way planners tell job types, statuses, and flags apart at a glance.

Most back-office systems seed the indicators (the categories, time markers, and pins) but not their colors. So you typically set the colors once inside Dime.Scheduler, after the indicators arrive.

Configure it​

Open the indicators page and pick a color per row: see Indicators for the full walkthrough.

You can read more about how indicators surface visually on the board in Planning board - Visual indicators.