# Meeting polls

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<Lead>
When several people need to find one shared appointment, a single booking link does not help: a **meeting poll** suggests several times, everyone votes, and you finalize the best slot at the end. Ideal for owner families, communities of heirs or appointments with several decision-makers.
</Lead>

You find meeting polls in the **Event types** area under the **Terminumfragen** tab. Each host manages their own polls; whoever may configure the tool sees all of them. The empty state asks, fittingly, when it works for everyone.

## Creating a poll

<Steps>
  <Step title="Fill in the dialog">
    Title, duration (15 to 120 minutes), location (**on site**, **phone** or **video call**) and an optional description.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Pick suggested times">
    2 to 10 suggested times. Slots come from your schedule's free times; on top you can add any time via **Eigene Zeit** (custom time).
  </Step>
  <Step title="Share the link">
    After creating, the tool shows the poll link and asks you to share it with everyone who should vote. You can always find the link again via the poll's context menu. Send it by email or messenger to all participants.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Voting from the guest's point of view

Participants open the link and vote **without a login**. Each suggested time has two levels: **"Passt"** (works) and **"Wenn nötig"** (if needed). Each person enters their name and marks for every time whether they can make it.

## Results and finalizing

The poll's results area shows the votes per slot and highlights the **best slot**. From there you finalize:

- **Finalizing** creates an appointment on the chosen slot for every person with a "works" vote. Everyone receives a confirmation with a calendar invite.
- The resulting appointments carry the source **Terminumfrage** (meeting poll) in the meetings area.

<Warning title="Overlap warning">
If a slot collides with your existing appointments, the tool warns before finalizing that it overlaps with N confirmed appointments. You then consciously decide whether to finalize anyway or pick another slot.
</Warning>

## Cancelling and deleting

Two separate actions in the poll's context menu:

<DefinitionList>
  <DefItem term="Cancel poll (Umfrage absagen)">Open polls only. The poll is ended; the link then tells participants the poll is over. The votes remain visible.</DefItem>
  <DefItem term="Delete (Löschen)">Removes the poll with all votes for good. Already finalized appointments remain; cancel those separately in the meetings area if needed.</DefItem>
</DefinitionList>

## Further reading

Back to the overview: [Appointment Booking](/tools/booking). Related: [Event types](/tools/booking/terminarten) for bookable links and [Meetings](/tools/booking/termine) for the finalized appointments.