Calendars are an essential for a lot of task management solutions. If you have actually opted to choose the open source OpenProject platform, you’ll need to include calendars, as they aren’t developed by default.
Image: Piman Khrutmuang/Adobe Stock OpenProject is a job management service you can easily deploy by means of Docker to your on-premises data center or to a third-party cloud host. OpenProject includes the majority of the features you need to manage your tasks, such as kanban, files, stockpiles, news, time/costs, budget plans, online forums, wiki, and members. There’s likewise a calendar module that enables you to create multiple calendar views and associate multiple tasks with each calendar. This produces an effective view that can help keep a task on speed for on-time delivery. SEE: Hiring set: Job manager(TechRepublic Premium)Best company software application As you might presume, the Calendar function isn’t enabled out of package.
Let me show you how to enable the module and after that how to create a calendar
with an associated job. The
procedure is remarkably basic. What you’ll need to add a calendar to OpenProject To include calendars to OpenProject, you’ll require a running instance of the platform and a valid member with admin advantages.
That’s it. Let’s get to work. How to enable the Calendar
module The primary step is to allow the Calendar module. To do that, log in to OpenProject as an admin user, pick the project you want to deal with and click Project Settings
in the left navigation.
From the brand-new sidebar, choose Modules, and after that, click the check box for Calendar( Figure A). Figure A< img src ="https://www.techrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/opcalendara-1.jpg" alt =""width="599"height= "838 "/ > Allowing the Calendar module in OpenProject. After enabling the module, click Save.
Then, back out 
of Project Settings. You should now see the Calendar entry in the left navigation for your task. How to create a new calendar Click
Calendars in the left navigation. In the resulting window (Figure B ), click+
Calendar in the top-right corner. Figure B 
Creating our very first calendar for OpenProject.
A brand-new calendar will appear, with your tasks included from the present working project (Figure C).
Figure C
Our as-of-yet unnamed calendar with an existing task. Prior to you do anything else, click Unnamed Calendar in the upper left, and offer the calendar a name. Once you have actually done that, you can then include more tasks to the calendar by clicking Include Projects. From the resulting list (Figure D), examine all of the tasks you wish to contribute to the calendar.
Figure D
Including other projects to our
OpenProject calendar. You can include as many tasks as you like, however if you add too many, you’ll find the calendar might end up being a bit too busy.
From any calendar, you can click on a job to see and/or modify (Figure E).
Figure E
You can view and edit jobs from within the calendar in OpenProject.
You can also add jobs from the Calendar view by merely clicking an empty area in a date and adding the needed details for the new job.
An easy but essential addition
If you manage jobs of any size, you understand how essential a calendar view can be. By enabling and utilizing this basic module, you’ll find OpenProject to be much more valuable as an in-house job management solution. With the aid of the Calendar module, OpenProject becomes a more robust tool that can assist you keep your tasks running smoothly.
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