--- title: The basics of understanding & using your availability in Taggg description: Understand how to best use Taggg by first understanding the options around how to set and use your availability properly. --- [![Taggg-logo-animated](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Taggg-logo-animated.gif?width=107&height=60&name=Taggg-logo-animated.gif)](https://www.taggg.com) - [Product](https://www.taggg.com/product) ## [Product Features See how Taggg helps you and your team solve meeting scheduling like never before.](https://www.taggg.com/product) [![play-button-taggg](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/play-button-taggg.svg)](https://www.taggg.com/product)[See How It Works](https://www.taggg.com/support/overview) ### [![Group Bookable Link Icon](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/Group%20Bookable%20Link%20Icon.svg)  Group Scheduling Schedule group meetings with ease.](https://www.taggg.com/group-scheduling) ### [![New-Connection-Icon](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/New-Connection-Icon.svg)  Connections Connect calendars to find a time that works for everyone.](https://www.taggg.com/connections) ### [![Instant-Scheduling-Icon](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/Instant-Scheduling-Icon.svg)   Instant Scheduling Schedule instant meetings with your Connections.](https://www.taggg.com/instant-scheduling) ### [![Bookable-Link-Icon](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/Bookable-Link-Icon.svg)   Bookable Links Shareable scheduling links to meet with you or a group of people.](https://www.taggg.com/bookable-links) ### [![Round Robin Scheduling](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/Round%20Robin%20Scheduling.svg)   Auto Scheduling Find and book the first available time that works for everyone.](https://www.taggg.com/automated-scheduling) ### [![Integrations Icon](https://www.taggg.com/hubfs/Integrations%20Icon.svg)    Integrations Enhance and add to your scheduling experience.](https://www.taggg.com/integrations) - [Solutions](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ## [Problem, solved See how Taggg helps solve your meeting scheduling issues.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Management When time is money you need a flexible way to schedule meetings.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Assistants Mark your self as "Optional" to schedule a meeting for others](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Agencies Connect with your team, clients and contractors to quickly schedule group meetings.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Sales Teams Create embeddable demo calendars with shared availability and Round Robin scheduling.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [CS & CX Teams Keep the team efficiently scheduling onboarding calls, renewal conversations, and hand-offs between teams.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Marketing Teams Convert leads into scheduled meetings and sales demos faster. ](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Startups Connect calendars with your investors and contractors to save time booking meetings.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) ### [Investment Funds Connect calendars to efficiently book meetings with your portfolio company contacts.](https://www.taggg.com/solutions) - [Pricing](https://www.taggg.com/pricing) - [Resources](https://www.taggg.com/resources-overview) ## [Meeting Resources Get the latest on scheduling and running better meetings.](https://www.taggg.com/resources-overview) ### [Blog 🥂 To Better Meetings.](https://www.taggg.com/blog) ### [Resource Center Downloadable resources.](https://www.taggg.com/resources) [Login](https://app.taggg.com/login) [![Get Started Free](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20065650/a36c3f5b-d12b-42a3-a12f-42e82133d00a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20065650/a36c3f5b-d12b-42a3-a12f-42e82133d00a) Getting Started # The basics of understanding & using your availability in Taggg Understand how to best use Taggg by first understanding the options around how to set and use your availability properly. [Support Center](https://www.taggg.com/support/author/support-center) Jun 7, 2022 --- Think of Taggg as a way to find openings for meetings within your calendar.   Think of Taggg as starting with a wide open calendar. ![Blank-Calendar-2](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blank-Calendar-2.png?width=688&name=Blank-Calendar-2.png) You then connect your calendar which has events. These events then overlay on your calendar to only show openings where you do not already have an event. ![Overlay-Calendar](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Overlay-Calendar.png?width=688&name=Overlay-Calendar.png) You can then specify your availability by setting up and overlaying Working Hours. So, for example, if you only wanted to see openings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays you could create a custom working hours that blocks all other days other than Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  So, now you have a calendar that shows openings where you don't have events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.    ![Tuesday-Wednesday](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Tuesday-Wednesday.png?width=688&name=Tuesday-Wednesday.png) But you can take it further by also specifying Buffer Times or Notice Periods. A Buffer Time, such as 30 minutes around all events, will make you not available for 30 minutes before or after any calendar event. Here is what adding a 30 minute buffer to your events would then look like. As you can see there is now a grey block before and after the events. ![30-min Buffer](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/30-min%20Buffer.png?width=688&name=30-min%20Buffer.png) A Notice Period will determine how soon you can be booked for a meeting. So if you set a 1-Day Notice Period you will only ever first show an available opening on your calendar at least 1 day from the current time.   The last thing you can do is override these settings one step further with Allow or Block. This might be used to override a specific buffer period around a meeting and Allow the 30 minutes before to show as available but just for a certain event, or to Block a one-off period of time where you may not have an event but do not want to be booked for that period of time. Here is showing a Block override that will not allow you to be scheduled within the red space. ![Allow-Block-2](https://www.taggg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Allow-Block-2.png?width=688&name=Allow-Block-2.png) As you can see, there is complete flexibility over your calendar with Taggg.   Just think of it as starting with a blank slate, a fully open calendar. 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