# Event types


# Event types

An **event type** is one kind of meeting you offer — a 30-minute intro call, a 60-minute strategy session, a quick 15-minute check-in. Each one gets its own settings and its own booking link, so people book exactly the meeting you intend.

You manage them under **Event types** in your dashboard. Create a new one with **New**, then open any event type to edit it.

![An event type with its owner-scoped booking link ready to copy](/img/screenshots/calendar/event-type-link.png)
*Each event type has its own shareable link built from your handle and the event slug.*

## Create an event type

1. Open **Event types** and click **New**.
2. Give it a **title** (what invitees see, e.g. "Intro call") and an optional **description**.
3. Set the **duration** — how long the meeting runs.
4. Adjust any of the settings below.
5. Save. Your link is ready to share.

## The basics

- **Title** — the name invitees see on your booking page.
- **Description** — a short note about what the meeting is for. Shown on the booking page.
- **Duration** — how long the meeting lasts (for example, 15, 30, or 60 minutes). You can also offer **multiple selectable durations** (enter them as `15, 30, 60`); the first is the default, and the invitee chooses which one they want when they book.
- **Slug** — the custom URL piece for this event type. With handle `priya` and slug `intro-call`, the link is `calendar.imatic.ai/book/priya/intro-call`. Keep it short and readable.
- **Color** — a label color to tell event types apart at a glance in your [Calendar view](./calendar-grid).

## Control when it can be booked

These settings shape which slots appear on your booking page. They work together with your [Availability](./availability).

- **Buffer before / after** — padding around each meeting so you are not booked back-to-back. A 10-minute buffer after a call keeps the next slot free for notes.
- **Minimum notice** — how far in advance someone must book. Set it so nobody can grab a slot 5 minutes from now.
- **Maximum notice** — how far into the future people can book. Useful to stop bookings months out.
- **Daily cap** — the most bookings of this type allowed in a single day. Once you hit the cap, that day shows no more slots.
- **Slot interval** — the spacing between offered start times (for example, every 15 or 30 minutes).

:::tip[Buffers and caps protect your day]

A short buffer plus a sensible daily cap is the easiest way to keep a busy calendar humane. The booking page only ever offers what these rules allow.

:::

## Window mode

**Window mode** decides the range of dates people can book:

- **Rolling** — a moving window, always offering the next *N* days from today.
- **Range** — a fixed start and end date (great for a one-off event or a limited campaign).
- **Indefinite** — no end date; bookable as far out as your maximum notice allows.

## Visibility

Control who can find this event type:

- **Public** — listed on your profile and openly shareable.
- **Unlisted** — not listed publicly, but anyone with the link can book.
- **Private** — hidden; useful while you are still setting it up.

## Require your confirmation

Turn on **Requires confirmation** and bookings for this event type start as **pending** instead of going straight onto your calendar. You then **confirm** or **decline** each request from your [Bookings](./bookings) list — useful when you want to vet who books before committing the time. The invitee sees a "request sent" confirmation, and is notified once you approve.

## Location

Choose where the meeting happens with **location kind**:

- **Phone** — you or the invitee calls; the booking captures the number.
- **In person** — a physical address you provide.
- **Custom** — any instructions you write (a Slack huddle, a venue, your own link).
- **Zoom** — a Zoom meeting; you supply the Zoom link.
- **Google Meet** / **Microsoft Teams** — a video meeting with an **auto-generated link**.

**Auto-generated video links.** When you've connected the matching calendar on the [Integrations](./integrations) page, imatic Calendar mints the meeting link for you: a **Google Meet** link when your **Google** calendar is connected, and a **Microsoft Teams** link when your **Outlook** calendar is connected. The link is created when the booking is written back to that calendar and travels with the confirmation. **Zoom** links aren't auto-generated yet — choose Zoom (or a custom location) and paste your own link.

**Offer multiple locations.** You can add several **location options** to one event type and let the invitee pick which one they want at booking time — for example, "Google Meet or Phone."

## Custom questions

Collect what you need before the meeting. Add questions invitees answer when they book:

- **Question types** — short text, email, phone, number, dropdown **select**, **checkbox**, or a longer **textarea**.
- **Required** — mark a question as required so booking can't complete without it.

Answers arrive with the booking and show up in your [Bookings](./bookings) list.

## After booking: redirect

Set a **redirect URL** to send invitees somewhere of your choosing right after they book — a thank-you page, a payment link, or a resource. Leave it blank to show the standard confirmation.

## Next steps

- [Availability](./availability) — set the hours these slots draw from.
- [Your public booking page](./booking-page) — see how invitees book this event type.
- [Embeds & sharing](./embeds-sharing) — put the link on your website.
- [Routing forms](./routing-forms) — send the right people to the right event type.