Why is there no availability on my direct booking links?
This guide will cover some common reasons as to why your availability isn’t showing up correctly when scheduling interviews via a direct booking link.
Sometimes direct booking links don’t reflect the availability you expect for scheduling interviews. Common reasons include:
- You have a busy event on your calendar at that time
- Your personal, team, or interview Meeting Hours exclude that timeframe
- You have a Pre and/or Post Meeting buffer in place on the corresponding scheduling interview activity
- Recruiting Blocks are enabled, but Ashby cannot find a matching block event for the interviewer or schedule.
If your organization is on the Enterprise plan or has purchased the Advanced Scheduling Automation Add-OnAdvanced Scheduling Automation add-on, check whether Recruiting Blocks are enabled for the interviewer or schedule. Direct booking only shows times inside matching Recruiting Block events. See Recruiting Blocks: How They Work and How to Set Them Up for more information.
In all of these cases, you can use the Troubleshoot Availability option to confirm the reason, and use the information to fix it. The troubleshooting tool will display all possible time slots with an exclamation mark or a check mark beside it.
- Exclamation mark: This time is not available for booking. You can click on the time slot to see why.
- Check mark: This time slot is available for booking.