Set Up a Service Time

Let's start with something simple by configuring our service times (schedules) under Admin Tools > Check-in > Schedules. You'll use the values on this list later in the check-in configuration. They are used to help determine which services are active (allow check-in) at any given time.

  1. Schedule Menu Tree - Shows a hierarchical list of schedules defined in Rock. Notice that there are separate categories for Service Times and Event Schedules.
  2. Name - The name to use for the schedule item.
  3. Abbreviated Name - If present, the Abbreviated Name will appear in Group Scheduling areas.
  4. Description - A brief description of what the schedule refers to and how it will be used.
  5. Enable/Close Check-in - The times check-in will start (before the scheduled time) and end (after the scheduled time). If your Close Check-in time extends beyond the length of your service (based on the service's scheduled Duration), check-in will close when the service ends. In other words, if your service is one hour long then check-in will close after one hour even if your Close Check-in is set to more than 60 minutes.
  6. Edit Schedule - Click to edit the start date and time, event duration, and recurrence pattern.
  7. Inactivate Schedule When Complete - You'll probably leave this unchecked for your service times, but you might use it for event schedules. Checking this box will automatically set the schedule to Inactive if the schedule has no more occurrences.
  8. Show Publicly - Setting this allows you to filter out schedules that are not public-facing.
  1. Configure your weekend service schedules at Admin Tools > Check-in > Schedules.
  2. Modify, and if needed, add additional services times to the Service Times category. If you have multiple campuses with different service times, add each unique start time to this list. If two campuses share the same start time, you should only add it once. Our suggestion is to put 
  3. Be sure to set the correct check-in start and end times. The built-in example values start check-in 30 minutes before each service begins and end 30 minutes after the start. Adjust these values to fit the needs of your organization.
  4. Schedules that overlap will present the person checking in with a choice during that overlap period.
  5. Click Edit Schedule to set the day, time and recurrence settings as pictured below.