Calendars define the number of available work-hours in every calendar day, also specify national holidays, organizational holidays and resource vacation days. You can create and assign calendars to every resources and activity. You can establish an unlimited number of calendars to accommodate different work patterns, Example if some activities require a five day workweek, while others are performed seven day workweek.
There are three kinds of calendars. These are Global, Resource and Project. The global calendar contains calendars that apply to all projects in the database. The project calendar is a separate pool of calendars for each project in the organization. The resource calendar pool is a separate pool of calendar for each resource.
CREATE A GLOBAL CALENDAR
STEP: ENTERPRISE------àCALENDAR. Choose Global. Click Add then select the calendar you want to copy for the new global calendar and then click the Select button. Type the new calendar’s name. Click modify for edit the new calendar.
CREATE A RESOURCE CALENDAR
STEP: ENTERPRISE-----àCALENDAR. Choose Resource. Click Add and select the calendar you want to copy then click select. Click modify for edit the selected calendar.
CREATE A PROJECT CALENDAR
SAME LIKE CREATES A RESOURCE CALENDAR. BUT CHOOSE “PROJECT”.
MODIFY CALENDAR
If your calendar has a different schedule i.e. one calendar specifies a Monday to Friday workweek and another calendar that specifies 7-days workweek (Monday to Sunday). Define the workhours for each day in the regular workweek, and define the default hours per time period.
STEPS: ENTERPRISE-----àCALENDAR. Select anyone of the calendar and Click modify.
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