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Edit the Base Calendar

The default shift for the base calendar is 8 hours per day. You can set new shifts to override the default shift. When you change a specific holiday on the resources calendar to a non-workday, the shift information or availability is removed. If you then change the day back to a workday, a check is made to see if a shift pattern already exists for that day in that calendar (or parent, as needed). One of the following actions occurs:

• If a shift pattern does exist for that day, the day is set to use that shift pattern.
• If a shift pattern for the day does not exist, a check is made for a shift pattern for the corresponding day of the week for that calendar (or parent, as needed).
  • If a shift pattern is found from the search, the day is set to use that shift pattern.
  • If no shift pattern is found for that specific day of the week, then the first day of the week shift pattern that found is used, starting with the first day of the week (Sunday).
• If no shift pattern exists for any day of the week, then the default shift patterns of 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM are set for that day.

When you reset the shift by resetting the base, the base calendar's shift information is picked up for that day. This is important when you use a shift other then eight hours and can affect availability, allocation, and reports.

To edit the base calendar

1. Select Base Calendars from the Project Management menu.

   The Base Calendars page appears.

2. Click the name of the calendar you want to edit.

   The Edit Base Calendars page appears. The Edit Calendar Exceptions tab is selected by default.

3. Select the month to edit at the top of the calendar. Use the Previous Month, Current Month, Next Month icons to switch to previous or future months.
4. Indicate which days are standard work days; select check box next to each date and then click Make Workday.

   To select dates by days of the week, click the day of the week at the top of the calendar instead of selecting specific dates. For example to specify that Monday through Friday be workdays for each week of the month, select check boxes next to Monday through Friday, then click Make Workday.

5. To change dates from workdays to non-workdays; select check box next to each date and then click Make Non-Workday.
6. Set resource shifts:
   1. Select check box next to days which will have the same shifts.
   2. Click Set Shifts.

      The Shifts page appears.

   3. Enter the starting and ending hour for up to four shifts.
   4. Click Submit.