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# Appointment Scheduling

System administrators have clear guidance at every stage to quickly set up appointment scheduling topics, assign staff, and complete all prerequisite steps.

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Editions Needed"><caption>Editions Needed</caption> <colgroup><col style="width:100%"></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions with Education Cloud</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[Appointment Objects in Education Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_appt_objects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Education Cloud provides powerful and flexible objects to support your institution's data model.
- **[Appointment Availability in Education Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_appt_availability.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When learners select an appointment topic, Salesforce checks the staff's availability based on the data that you set up, such as the mapping between topics and engagement channels.
- **[Set Up Appointment Data by Using Manage Appointments](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_prepare_elements_appointment_scheduling.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Appointment scheduling requires configuring several foundational elements. Set up these elements to provide simplified, intuitive guidance to administrators and advisors for managing appointments within Education Cloud.
- **[Set Up Appointment Data Manually](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.ec_set_up_appointment_data.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Understand and manually set up all the required objects in Education Cloud for appointment scheduling.