Automatically make dates unavailable if they're already booked via Google Calendar.

Hi

While testing the form, Jotform offered me Timeslots where already bookings have been made; not available slots…

I integrated Jotform with google calendar. What else can I do to be sure it offers only free slots?

How can I install jotform with direct bookings so I don’t have to confirm ?

Hi Miriam,

Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. Unfortunately, it's currently not possible to automatically make dates unavailable on your Jotform form if the dates are already booked through your Google Calendar. It's because the Google Calendar Integration currently works as a one-way integration, which means it can only automatically pass data from Jotform to Google Calendar. While the feature you’re looking for isn’t currently available, rest assured we’re always working to add new services and features to Jotform. I've gone ahead and escalated your request to our Developers. When or if it's implemented depends on their workload, how viable it is, and how many other users request it. If there are any updates, we’ll circle back to this thread and let you know. 

Although that feature isn’t available yet, as a workaround, you can use the Appointment element on your Jotform form, then add Vacation and Holidays to it to disable days that are already taken. Let me show you how to do that:

1. In Form Builder, click on Add Form Element in the upper left corner.
2. Drag and drop Appointment onto your form.
3. Click on the Gear icon to open Properties, and go to Limits.
4. Enter the dates that should be unavailable under Vacation and Holidays. In my example, I have January 4th and 5th as unavailable.

Take a look at the screenshot below to see my results:

Additionally, if you want to limit one booking per day on your Jotform form, you can put 1 under Maximum Appointment Per Day.

In my demo below, I selected January 25th and submitted the form. When another user opens the form, the slot for January 25th is already greyed out. See the screencast below:

Give it a try and let us know how it goes.