{"id":474,"date":"2019-03-13T17:02:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T17:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/?p=474"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:42:46","slug":"salesforce-lightning-scheduler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Salesforce Lightning Scheduler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lightning Scheduler <\/strong>: In this article we are giving an overview of Salesforce.com Lightning Scheduler. We will be discussing its features, its pros and cons and its differences with Field Service Lightning.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Salesforce-Lightning-Scheduler.jpg\" alt=\"Introduction to Salesforce Lightning Scheduler\" class=\"wp-image-476\" style=\"width:680px;height:340px\" title=\"Salesforce Lightning Scheduler\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Salesforce-Lightning-Scheduler.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Salesforce-Lightning-Scheduler-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-left-text counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/#What_is_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\" >What is Salesforce Lightning Scheduler?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/#Capabilities_of_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\" >Capabilities of Salesforce Lightning Scheduler<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/#Field_Service_Lightning_vs_Lightning_Scheduler\" >Field Service Lightning v\/s Lightning Scheduler<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/#Get_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\" >Get Salesforce Lightning Scheduler<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/blog\/salesforce-lightning-scheduler\/#Salesforce_lightning_scheduler_pricing\" >Salesforce lightning scheduler pricing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\"><\/span>What is Salesforce Lightning Scheduler?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salesforce Lightning Scheduler helps your customers and prospects in scheduling appointments with the right person in organization at the right time and location. You can use Lightning Scheduler to quickly set up appointments within standard objects like leads, opportunities, and accounts. With the help of Lightning Scheduler, we can assign resources more efficiently and customer needs can be met more accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Capabilities_of_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\"><\/span>Capabilities of Salesforce Lightning Scheduler<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Salesforce Lightning Scheduler you can &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maintain employee&#8217;s information including their skills, locations, and availability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create your company locations and hours of operation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setup appointment context &#8211; a business activity for which you will be setting up the appointments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Match the employees with the right skills for appointment evaluating their skills, expertise etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scheduler will schedule appointments and add relevant attendees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We can use Lightning Scheduler within Salesforce workflows and processes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Field_Service_Lightning_vs_Lightning_Scheduler\"><\/span>Field Service Lightning v\/s Lightning Scheduler<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has similar features to Field Service Lightning. However, they are not the same. While Salesforce Lightning Scheduler only focuses on scheduling a person, Field Service Lightning can schedule other resources as well. Field service Lightning has more advanced scheduling features with the use case in Field service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Get_Salesforce_Lightning_Scheduler\"><\/span>Get Salesforce Lightning Scheduler<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it is available as an add-on product with <br>Enterprise and Unlimited editions of Salesforce. Lightning Scheduler is only available with Lightning Experience of Salesforce. Scheduler is not available with Force.com licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact us if you need to buy this add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Salesforce_lightning_scheduler_pricing\"><\/span> Salesforce lightning scheduler pricing <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it is available as an add-on license. You will have to buy as many licenses as the users that will be scheduled resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhruvsoft.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a> for pricing of Salesforce Lightning Scheduler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lightning Scheduler : In this article we are giving an overview of Salesforce.com Lightning Scheduler. 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