Work with Calendar Plus views

Work with Calendar Plus views

Overview of Calendar Plus user display

Calendar Plus toolbar with views highlighted
A variety of calendar views are available from the Calendar Plus toolbar.

When working with Calendar Plus views keep in mind:

  • Individual calendar views (or the entire toolbar) can be hidden from the General Settings configuration screen.

  • The Display Legend will adjust based on the items displayed in the calendar view

View Display
Today
  • Will take you into the Day view for the current date.
Day

Image with Day button in toolbar and a calendar date highlighted

  • This view of calendar items for a specific day can be accessed from the toolbar, or by clicking a date in the Month, Week or Work Week views.

  • Only the working hours identified in the Day and Work Week configuration settings will be displayed by default.
    Day view in Calendar Plus and the display legend

  • To see items that are outside of working hours, click Show 24 hours at the bottom left of the display.

  • From the extended view click Show Business Hours to return to the default display.

Work Week
  • The default work week is 8:00AM – 5:00PM Monday – Friday.

  • This default work week can be modified in the Day and Work Week configuration screen.

  • To see items that are outside the defined working hours, click Show 24 Hours at the bottom left of the view. Work week shows work days in columns and the display legend

Week
  • Displays calendar items for a 7 day week

  • By default Sunday is the first day of the week. This can be changed in the Day and Work Week configuration settings. Week days in rows from the designated start of week at the top of the display

Month
  • Displays calendar items over the course of a month.

  • Click a date in a calendar cell to view the Day view for that date.

  • By default up to 5 items will be displayed in a cell. This can be adjusted in the web parts General Settings

  • If there are More… items clicking the link will take you to the Day view.
    Calendar month view with display legend

Quarter
  • This view will display events in 3 or 6 month intervals based on the settings of the Quarter and Year configuration settings

  • The default start month for the view is January. This can be modified in the Quarter and Year configuration settings.

  • Clicking More… will take you to the Month view.

  • Use the arrows to move to the next set of months in the Quarter interval.
    Quater view lists months in horizontal rows

Year
  • Displays calendar items over the course of a year.

  • The Year view (and the Quarter view) can be configured to show items with or without color coding and icons.

  • Clicking More… will take you to the Month view.

  • Click a number (1, 2,…) in the left column to see the months in that row displayed in the Quarter view.
    Year view displays months in rows, with 3 months per row

    NOTE: The Starting Month and the option to color code items in the Quarter and Year views is jointly configured

Gantt
  • The interval shown in the Gantt chart is defined in the Gantt and Task configuration settings.

  • Dynamically sort items in the Gantt view by clicking the column header. Sort feature added in Calendar Plus 4.5
    Gantt chart with legend

Note: If SharePoint List And Library is the calendar data source, you can only show one list or library in the Gantt and Task view.