How to Create Service Calendars in Sparkforge

A Service Calendar is a calendar type built for service businesses. Each calendar represents one service — cut, color, exam, detail — with its own staff, location, duration, and price. Group several Service Calendars together and they show up on a single Service Menu booking link.

Enable Service Calendars

1. Open Calendar Settings.
2. Click Preferences.
3. Under In-App Preferences, toggle Service Menu on.

Service Calendar now appears under Create New Calendar. Only agency admins can flip this setting.

Create a Service Calendar

Step 1: Essentials

From your sub-account, go to Calendars → Calendar Settings, click Create Calendar, and pick Service Calendar. Fill in:

• Service Name and Description.
• Staff Assignment and Location — pick the team members who deliver the service. Each staff member's meeting location can be set to phone (sub-account number by default), address (sub-account address by default), a custom value, a dynamic Zoom link (Zoom integrated under My Profile → Calendar Settings → Video Conferencing), or Google Meet (Google integrated and Google Calendar set as the linked calendar).
• URL/Slug, Duration, and Availability.

Step 2: Service Details

• Service Logo — shown only on a single Service Calendar's booking widget. For Service Menus and Groups, use the Service Cover Image instead.
• Link to Service Menu — select a group so the calendar can be added to a Service Menu (for example, group Hair with Hair Cut, Hair Spa, and Hair Coloring).
• Appointment Invite Title — the event title shown in Google, Outlook, or Apple Calendar.
• Event Color — syncs to Google Calendar.

Service Calendars are designed for in-person services, so Zoom and Google Meet locations don't apply at the calendar level here.

Step 3: Availability

• Weekly Working Hours for the default repeating schedule.
• Date Specific Hours for one-off availability or blackouts.
• Service Duration, Service Interval, and Post-Buffer Time.
• Minimum Scheduling Notice for how far ahead bookings close.
• Date Range for how far into the future clients can book.

The slot interval is fixed at 15 minutes.

Step 4: Forms and Payments

Forms — use the default Name, Email, and Phone form, or build a custom form under Sites → Forms → Builder and pick it from the dropdown. You can toggle and customize the consent checkbox. Custom forms apply to bookings made directly on a Service Calendar; bookings made through a Service Menu use the default form.

Confirmation Page — show a thank-you message or redirect to a URL.

Payments — with a payment gateway integrated, set the amount and Sparkforge collects it during booking.