Configure an appointment reminder and pre-appointment questionnaire

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • By default, appointment reminders aren’t sent to the user. To enable appointment reminders, you must configure the appointment reminder in the appointment configuration record. You can also configure the pre-appointment questionnaire for users.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    The appointment reminder sends a reminder email and a pre-appointment questionnaire to the user at a specified time.

    Procedure

    1. To configure the appointment reminder.
      1. Navigate to Vaccine Administration Management > Administration > Appointment Configurations.
      2. Open the Schedule Vaccine Appointment record.
      3. In the Appointment reminder field, select the reminder time.
        Note:
        If the field doesn't appear on the form, a user with the admin role must configure the form layout to include it. In the form header, click the form context menu icon (Form context menu icon.). Navigate to Configure > Form Layout and move the Appointment reminder field to the Selected list, then click Save.
        By default, appointment reminders aren’t sent to the user. If you want the user to receive the email reminder, configuration of both the appointment reminder and the pre-appointment questionnaire is required.
      4. Click Update.
    2. Configure the pre-appointment questionnaire.
      1. Navigate to Vaccine Administration Management > Administration > Pre-appointment Questionnaire.
        The Pre-appointment Questionnaire record producer is displayed.
      2. In the Variable Sets related list, open the Pre-vaccination screening record.
        The Pre-vaccination screening variable set is displayed.
      3. In the Variables related list, create or update variables for the questionnaire.
        For details on how to configure a variable, see Service catalog variables.
        Important:
        Don’t configure the task_id and is_portal variables.
      4. Click Update.