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# Schedule an appointment with Conversational Appointment Booking

# Schedule an appointment with Conversational Appointment Booking {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

As a customer or consumer, schedule an appointment from the Virtual Agent chat window on the service portal.

## Before you begin

Role required: customer, consumer

## About this task

You can only schedule one appointment per location. Only logged-in users can schedule
appointments.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to the Customer Service Portal or Consumer Service Portal home page by adding the suffix /csm or /csp to your instance URL.  
   For example: https://yourportalurl.com/csm
2. Select the chat icon (![Chat icon.]()) to open the chat window and begin a Virtual Agent chat.
3. Enter <kbd class="ph userinput">schedule appointment</kbd>.  
   Figure 1. Start scheduling an appointment
4. Choose a date from the calendar.  
   Figure 2. Choosing a date from the calendar

## Result

The appointment is scheduled and the chat is complete.Figure 3. Finished scheduling an appointment
**Related tasks**   

* [Reschedule an appointment](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/K9QMPR4Fnv~thDTFV_qcBQ "As a customer or consumer, reschedule an appointment from the Virtual Agent chat window on the service portal.")
* [Cancel an appointment](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/7Nd5IZsWrjl0kAOI3TC_3g "As a customer or consumer, cancel an appointment from the Virtual Agent chat window on the service portal.")