Find an answer to your question below:

• What meetings will Clockwise move?
• What time of day does Clockwise move meetings?
• Do the other attendees on a meeting have to be Clockwise users for Clockwise to take their availability into account when rescheduling?
• Will Clockwise move a meeting that happens that same day?
• What time period does Clockwise look at when optimizing my calendar?
• Will Clockwise move a meeting I have with someone who doesn't work at my company if I mark it as flexible?
• My meetings are all in conference rooms. What happens to the room if I mark the meeting as flexible?
• One of my teammates is in a different timezone and isn't a Clockwise user. Can I mark a meeting with her as flexible?
• Will Clockwise book over other meetings or holds on my calendar?
• I only like to meet in the afternoons. Can I set more advanced preferences like that for flexible meetings?
• How can I tell what meetings are marked as flexible right now?
• How can I turn off flexible meetings?
• What meetings can not be made flexible? 
• Why is Clockwise saying my flexible meeting is paused?
• Why did Clockwise not resolve my conflict?

All questions:

What meetings will Clockwise move?

Flexible meetings are 100% opt-in, so no meetings will move unless you or another Clockwise user attending the meeting marks the meeting as flexible. 

What time of day does Clockwise move meetings?

Clockwise analyzes your calendar at 4 pm every workday to see if any of the meetings marked as flexible can be moved to better times. If there is a better time available that works for all attendees, then Clockwise will automatically move it.  This occurs once per day.

Do the other attendees on a meeting have to be Clockwise users for Clockwise to take their availability into account when rescheduling?

No – due to the way Google Calendar works, Clockwise can tell when the other meeting attendees are free or busy, and only moves meetings into time slots when they are free. If the attendees are Clockwise users, then the meeting preferences of that attendee can be taken into account (when they get into the office, when they eat lunch, etc).

Will Clockwise move a meeting that happens that same day?

No – Clockwise will never move a meeting the same day it occurs.

What time period does Clockwise look at when optimizing my calendar?

Clockwise looks at the current week and the next calendar week. It does not use a rolling 14-day window.

Will Clockwise move a meeting I have with someone who doesn't work at my company if I mark it as flexible?

No – currently, Clockwise can only move internal meetings automatically because those are the only people whose availability we can see. We will not move a meeting with an external attendee.

My meetings are all in conference rooms. What happens to the room if I mark the meeting as flexible?

Clockwise will let you select if you prefer to meet in the same room, or if you are willing to switch to a similar room.  If you select "Keep original room", Clockwise will only move the meeting to a time when that room is available.  If you select "Ok to move to similar room", then Clockwise will use your past meeting rooms and the average number of attendees in those rooms to identify similar conference rooms to the one you chose.

One of my teammates is in a different timezone and isn't a Clockwise user. Can I mark a meeting with her as flexible?

Yes – Clockwise can automatically tell what timezone your teammates are located in using their Google Calendar settings. Clockwise will adjust that non-user's default working hours to reflect their local timezone.

Will Clockwise book over other meetings or holds on my calendar?

Clockwise will not book over other events on your calendar unless the event is set as "free" in Google visibility settings. This tells Clockwise to ignore the event and schedule over it. Such events will be tagged with the "free" tag in the event details to let you know why Clockwise scheduled over it. 

I only like to meet in the afternoons. Can I set more advanced preferences like that for flexible meetings?

Yes – you can customize a number of preferences about your ideal schedule under Advanced Settings.

How can I tell what meetings are marked as flexible right now?

Chrome extension:

You can access your flexible meetings from the "Flexible meetings" section of the Settings menu. It shows all the meetings currently marked as flexible, as well as the meetings Clockwise recommends be marked as flexible.

Web App:

You can access your flexible meetings and suggestions from your Clockwise homepage.

How can I turn off flexible meetings?

Before un-marking a meeting as flexible, we recommend checking to make sure you have set the right flexible meeting parameters to continue to optimize your meeting moves and resolve conflicts on your calendar. If for some reason you still need to manually control a meeting, you can un-mark it as flexible by doing the following:

1. Click into the event details 
2. Un-mark the "Flexible meeting" toggle

You can also click "Flexible meetings" in your Chrome extension under your Account name and it will give you a list of all your flexible meetings and you can turn it off there. 

What meetings can not be made flexible? 

You cannot enable flexible meetings for an external meeting or a meeting you don't have permission to view or if it's on a calendar that Clockwise does not have access or control over. (example, if you have multiple work calendars but we only have access to one)

Why is Clockwise saying my flexible meeting is paused?

Clockwise will pause a flexible meeting if the meeting was manually updated by the user.

The user will have to unpause the meeting to make it flexible again.

You can see all your paused events by clicking on the link telling you which flexible meeting is paused and you can click into the meeting history to unpause it from there.

Why did Clockwise not resolve my conflict?

Other flexible meeting questions?  Email us at support@getclockwise.com