How to use Calendar Plus

Installation

If you’re ready to install Calendar Plus by automagical.work and you haven’t already done so, you can do so by following the steps below:

Adding Calendar Plus to your board

Once Calendar Plus has been installed in your monday.com account, you can start using it right away. You can add the calendar to any board by following these steps:

Configuring Calendar Plus

Calendar Plus has many settings that you can adjust to make it work just the way your team wants. To access these settings, click on the cog wheel (⚙️) in the top right corner of the calendar view.

The chapters below document the disparate settings you can adjust to make Calendar Plus work for you.

Event columns

Calendar Plus can display events in the calendar based on a variety of columns in your board: date columns, timeline columns, and subitems. By selecting one or more event columns, you can control which events are displayed in the calendar. Showing multiple event columns is a Pro feature.

• Date column values are displayed as all-day events when no time is specified. When a time is specified, the event is displayed as a timed event.
• Timeline column values are displayed as a multi-day event, spanning the duration of the timeline. If your timeline is a milestone, it is marked with a diamond (◆).
• Subitems are displayed just like regular items. They will also show the name of their parent item. You can turn this off in the event settings. Subitems are part of our Pro plan.

Color events by

This setting determines which column is used to color events in the calendar. You can choose from any of the columns in your board, including status columns, text columns, and dropdown columns.

If you clear this setting, events will be colored per event column.

Color by group

This setting determines whether events are colored according to the group they belong to. If you choose Also, events are colored by both group and column.

If possible, events take on the color of the column or group. When events are colored by both group and column, they assume a random color. Consult the color legend at the bottom of the calendar to see what each color represents.

Public holidays

This setting enables you to display public holidays in the calendar. At the time of writing, you can choose from 230 world countries.

First day of the week

This setting determines which day is considered the first day of the week in the calendar.

Calendar functionality

Now that you have configured Calendar Plus to you and your team’s liking, you can start using it to manage your team’s work. You can perform the following actions in the calendar:

Navigate the calendar

• Use the arrow buttons located in the top left of the toolbar to navigate to the next time period.
• Click Today to jump back to today’s date.
• Use the date picker to navigate quickly to a time in the past or future. Click the current time period in the center of the toolbar to open the date picker.
• View your events per year, month, week, day, or as a list by selecting the appropriate mode from the top right of the toolbar.

Filter your view

Use the Search, Person, and Filter facilities provided above the calendar to filter down the events you want to see in the calendar.

Add and edit events

To add new events, click or drag any empty space in the calendar. Alternatively, use the New button near the top left of your screen to add new events to your calendar.

To edit events, either drag and resize events, or click on the event in the calendar to edit any of its columns.

Event duration

Calendar Plus also supports event durations by way of a second date column. To give events a duration, just resize it by dragging the end of the event down. Alternatively, you can click the settings icon at the top right of every event. A screen will appear to configure which column contains the end time.

To remove the duration from your events, you can clear the end time column via the settings icon at the top right of every event.

View people's avatar in calendar item

Add people's avatars to your items by opening the event settings, here you can choose a people column to show on the item. The week view shows a maximum of 3 people and the list view shows a maximum of 10 people. People are not visible on month or year view at this moment. This feature is part of our Pro plan.

See extra info in calendar items

To add more information to your calendar item in week view or day view, open the event settings and select the column you would like to use for extra information like a location or status. This information is only visible in the week view or day view of the calendar. This feature is part of our Pro plan.

View the color legend

The color legend is located near the bottom of the calendar. This legend shows you what each color in the calendar represents.

Weather automations

With the addition of new automations, Calendar Plus makes it possible to integrate the weather forecast into your boards and calendars. Keep yourself and your team informed of the weather situation so you can plan and reschedule accordingly.

Learn how to set up Weather

To set up the calendar to track your jobs and the weather forecast, you can follow these steps:

Conclusion

You now know how to install, add, and configure Calendar Plus by automagical.work. You also know how to navigate the calendar, filter your view, add and edit events, and view the color legend.

If you have any questions or need help, don’t hesitate to reach out to us here.