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Create New Calendars

Use the Calendars dialog to create calendars that you can later edit and delete. When you create a calendar, you can define work schedule and holidays.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Project ribbon.
2. Click Edit in the Calendar group.
3. Click New in the Calendar Editing section.
4. Enter a name for the calendar.
5. Select a calendar on which to base the new calendar from the Based On drop-down list and click OK.

   The new calendar inherits all of the base calendar holidays and other settings.

Edit a Calendar

To edit a calendar, define the fields in the following sections:

System Options:

• Hours per Day. Displays the number of hours that can be worked per day.
• Hours per Week. Displays the number of hours that can be worked per week.
• Week Start. Specifies the day on which the normal work week begins.

  Values: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

• Current Calendar. Specifies the name of the calendar that you want to apply to all projects.

  Default: Standard

Calendar Editing:

• Name. Defines the name of the calendar.
• Based On. Specifies the base calendar on which to base this calendar. If you create a calendar, it inherits the settings of the base calendar.

More information:

Calendars

Apply a Calendar to Projects

Delete Calendars

Define the File Location