The calendar gives you an overview of when something needs to be done. If you set a due date on a task (or a start and end date for a task list) it’ll appear on the calendar automatically. ActiveCollab also lets you create custom calendars and add events that don’t belong to any of the projects.
ActiveCollab Calendar Overview, Tasks, Events & Absences
- Click on the Calendar tab.
- This will display all of the tasks and events added to that Calendar.
- By clicking on a specific date you'll see all the tasks that occur on that day and all of the users that are available/unavailable.
- You can cycle between daily/weekly/monthly view by selecting the icon in the upper right corner.
Creating All-Day and Hourly Events & Their Impact on Employee Workload
You can also create events for individual, groups and teams, while also including the event in their workload.
- Click on the "+" icon in the upper right corner.
- Select the start and/or end date for the event.
- You can select for the event to last for the entire day or in a specific time frame.
- You can now fill out the detailes for the event.
- Select the "Add to participants workload" for the event to be included and shown in all participants workload tab.
- If you hold&release your mouse cursor over a certain period it will create an event on that day for the desired period.
- If the "Add to participants workload" is selected, these events will appear in participants workload.
How to Export the ActiveCollab Calendar?
ActiveCollab lets you synchronize your calendar and project dates to Google Calendar, OS X Calendar, Outlook, and other similar application that supports iCalendar feeds.
- To export your Calendar you'll need to:
- Click on the "Manage Calendars" icon in the upper right corner.
- Click on the "..." menu.
- Click on "Export events".
- Click on "Subscription Link" or download ICS file.
- In Google Calendar select the "Import from URL".
- Paste the link, select for the calendar to be public and add the calendar.
