# Recording a note prior to checkin

If you want to record a note on an appointment prior to the check-in, you'll click on the check-in icon next patient's name on the schedule as if you were going to check them in. However, don't enter any payment info. Instead, you'll add a note in the "Add note only" box at the bottom and click save:

[![note-only-2.png](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2020-08/scaled-1680-/nTPM9DgkpZaK52ig-note-only-2.png)](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2020-08/nTPM9DgkpZaK52ig-note-only-2.png)

Once you add the note and click Save, the checkin icon next to the patient's name on the schedule will turn yellow:

[![note-only-3.png](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2020-08/scaled-1680-/iVcYxS0f9Qmcyg8P-note-only-3.png)](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2020-08/iVcYxS0f9Qmcyg8P-note-only-3.png)

When you check in the patient, your recorded note will appear in the "Add a note only" box, and in the box above the payment method:

[![apples.png](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-03/scaled-1680-/G9BosL9YtEwSYzH4-apples.png)](https://help.openacu.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-03/G9BosL9YtEwSYzH4-apples.png)

Here's a quick video showing how it works:

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