Set Actual Start and Meeting End Times in Minutes Settings

The Actual Start Time and Meeting End Time fields in Minutes Settings allow you to record when a meeting officially begins and ends. This helps ensure your minutes reflect the true meeting timeline rather than the scheduled times. An Actual Start Time is also required to create timestamps using the “Set to Current Time” feature in the Events module.

This article explains how to update a meeting’s Actual Start Time and Meeting End Time within the Minutes Settings page.

Instructions

1. Sign in to your solution if you have not already

2. Navigate to the Meetings module:

   

3. Select the desired agenda:

   

4. Click the Go to Minutes button:

   

5. Ensure you are viewing the Minutes Settings page:

   

   Note:

   The Minutes Settings page should appear by default. If you are not viewing the Minutes Settings page, you will need to navigate to the View menu and select the Minutes Settings option from the dropdown list:

   

6. In the Minutes section, enter or select the meeting’s Actual Start Time, if needed:

   1. Manually set the event’s start time by entering or selecting the appropriate time in the Actual Start Time field using the 00:00:00 AM/PM format, if desired:

      

      Note:

      Clicking the Actual Start Time field opens a time picker that you can use to select the hour, minutes, seconds, and AM or PM:

      

   2. Or automatically sync the meeting’s start time with the current time by clicking the Set to Current button to the right of the Actual Start time field, if appropriate:

      

   Important Note:

   An Actual Start Time must be set here, or in the Events module’s Live Meeting and Timestamp view, to use the Events module’s Set to Current Time feature. If this information is not provided in one of these places, timestamps cannot be generated using that option.

7. Enter or select the Meeting End Time, if needed:

   1. Manually set the meeting’s end time by entering or selecting the appropriate time in the Meeting End Time field using the 00:00:00 AM/PM format, if desired:

      

      Note:

      Clicking the Meeting End Time field opens a time picker that you can use to select the hour, minutes, seconds, and AM or PM:

      

   2. Or automatically sync the meeting’s end time with the current time by clicking the Set to Current button to the right of the Meeting End Time field:

      

8. Your changes are saved automatically