Calendars in Phoenix keep track of holidays, weekends, and other periods of time in your project when work can't be done and must be delayed. The Calendar Creator can be found from the Info menu.

Only one calendar can be in use for your entire schedule as Phoenix does not support multi-calendar projects currently. If you selected the wrong calendar when first creating your project, you can either switch to one of the other default calendars by selecting it and clicking Set as Calendar, create a new one with the appropriate settings (see below), or modify the current calendar's settings.

The three default calendars included in all new projects are the 5 Day, 6 Day, and 7 Day calendars. The 5 Day calendar defines Saturdays and Sundays as non-work days by default, the 6 Day calendar defines Sundays as non-work days by default, and the 7 Day calendar doesn't define any non-work days.

Creating a New Calendar

You can create a new calendar with no non-work definitions by clicking Add New Calendar button and typing in the name of your calendar.

You can also duplicate an existing calendar by clicking the Clone Calendar button after selecting the calendar you wish to clone.

Setting up Non-Work Days

Non-work days can be added to any of the calendars including the calendars included by default by selecting the calendar you want to add them to, and adding one of the two types of non-work days that describes the behavior you want for that non-work day.

• Single Non-Work Day: This is the most simple of the non-work types you can add to a calendar. Just select the day you want to make into a non-work day, and click the Set as Non-Work button under the calendar. This will make that single day (of the selected month and year) into a non-work day and all activities that overlap that day will be pushed to finish one day later.
• Repeated Non-Work:' This type of non-work type is used when you need a specific day off with a set frequency. Select the day you want to make into a recurring non-work day, and click the Repeat... button under the calendar. You can choose between daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. This can be used set a yearly holiday or non-work days every other week. Set the expiration if you'd like to end the definition at a fixed date or after a certain number of occurrences.