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title: "Adding Lunch Hours to Auto Attendant in 8x8 Admin Console"
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updated: 2026-05-21T10:48:23Z
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# Adding Lunch Hours to Auto Attendant in 8x8 Admin Console

## Objective

Add a lunch hour or recurring meeting to your Auto Attendant schedule.

Does your business have a recurring lunch or meeting each week that requires your Auto Attendant to route calls differently? Admin Console supports the definition of intervals in your daily schedule to have an alternative call flow.

## Applies To

- Admin Console
- Auto Attendants

## Procedure

1. Log in to the [Admin Console](https://sso.8x8.com/sso/login).
2. Select the **Menu** (three lines).
3. Select **Auto Attendants** and then select **Schedules.**
4. Select **Edit** (pencil icon) to the right of the Schedule you wish you edit. ![2019-08-16_11-19-51.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e3a59e39-abd3-4423-964c-0a4008dc5673/Images/Documentation/2019-08-16_11-19-51.png)
5. Select **Edit** (pencil icon) to the right of the day to which you want to add a lunch hour or recurring meeting. (Schedules can not be less than 30 minutes) ![2019-08-16_11-23-02.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e3a59e39-abd3-4423-964c-0a4008dc5673/Images/Documentation/2019-08-16_11-23-02.png)
6. Select **Plus** on the right.
7. Select **Lunch** from the *Status* drop-down.
8. Select your desired **From** and **To** time frame. ![2019-08-16_11-24-41.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e3a59e39-abd3-4423-964c-0a4008dc5673/Images/Documentation/2019-08-16_11-24-41.png)

> [!TIP]
> Tip:
> 
> Want more than half hour intervals? You can create custom time start and end times by simply typing in your desired time and clicking the create button
9. Select **Save**.
10. Select **Save** again on the next page.

> [!NOTE]
> Note:
> 
> You will need to repeat this process for all days you want to include the lunch hour.

### Your New Weekday Schedule

You will now see that your lunch hour has been added to your Weekday Schedule overview. ![2019-08-16_11-28-47.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e3a59e39-abd3-4423-964c-0a4008dc5673/Images/Documentation/2019-08-16_11-28-47.png)

To add lunch hours to Auto Attendant, select Schedules under Auto Attendants and click on Lunch from the Status drop-down menu.