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Project calendar view
Plan by date, on the same jobs as your board.
Every project has a month calendar of its due dates. Drag a job to another day to reschedule it, and the board, the table and everyone on the project see the change.
A month of due dates
Every job on the day it's due
Choose Calendar at the top of any project. Each job sits on its due date, showing its priority, title, status and assignee, with open jobs ahead of finished ones.
- Today and the arrows move between months
- Any month other than this one is kept in the page address, so a link to it opens on that month
- Jobs with no due date wait in the Unscheduled tray beside the month, and completed ones stay out of it
- It is the same set of jobs as the board and the table, not a second calendar to keep up to date
The calendar view on a phone: a month of days with dots where jobs are due and Thursday 15 October picked, listing its four jobs with their status and assignee, and the jobs with no date below.
Reschedule by dragging
Move a date the way you would on paper
Drag a job to another day to give it a new due date, or back to the tray to clear it. The change shows on the board and in the table too, and everyone on the project sees it.
Drag to a day
Pick a job up and drop it on another day. Its due date changes everywhere the job appears.
Set date… or Remove date
Every job has a menu with Set date… and Remove date, for when dragging is not the easiest way.
Plan the undated work
Jobs without a due date wait in the Unscheduled tray. Drag one onto a day to schedule it.
Anyone who can change a job can reschedule it: administrators, team members on the project, and guests on the jobs they raised, are assigned to or were added to.
Filter it, save it, share it
The calendar you need, a click away
The project's filters work on the calendar too: members, statuses, priorities and due dates such as Due this week. Save a filtered calendar as a view and it opens on the calendar every time.
- Keep a view for yourself, or share it with everyone on the project
- In a workspace with client teams, a Client teams filter shows one client's work at a time
- A guest in a client team only sees their own team and your staff in the people filters
The saved views menu, open under “Viewing: My critical jobs (edited)” with an Update button beside it. It lists My views (My critical jobs, Due this week, shared) and views Shared with project by Leo Ortiz and Priya Shah, options to rename, share or delete the view on screen, and “Save current view…”.
On a phone
A day-by-day agenda in your pocket
On a phone the month becomes an agenda of what's due each day, with the jobs that have no date listed below. Set date… is how you reschedule there, in the browser, with nothing to install.
- The calendar is the board
- Move a job on the calendar and its due date changes everywhere.
- Nothing undated gets lost
- Jobs without a date wait in the Unscheduled tray.
- Built into every project
- There is no second calendar to keep up to date.
FAQ
What people ask about the calendar
The board, table and calendar guide shows the calendar step by step, and the table view lists the same jobs in rows.
Does it connect to our other calendar apps?
No. The calendar is built into Skybase and shows each project's jobs by due date. It doesn't send them to, or read them from, other calendar apps.
Can we see several projects on one calendar?
No, each project has its own. For due dates across projects, the At risk list in Reports shows every open job that's overdue, due today or due this week in the projects you can see, and the Inbox's Due soon filter shows your own.
Do tasks appear on the calendar?
No. The calendar shows jobs by their due date. A task's own due date shows on the job's Tasks tab, and in the Due soon filter of the Inbox of the person it's assigned to.
Who can reschedule a job?
Anyone who can change the job: administrators, team members on the project, and guests on the jobs they raised, are assigned to or were added to.
Will people be reminded as dates get close?
Yes. Skybase reminds the people on a job the day before it's due, on the day and on the first day it's overdue. Each person can also have a morning email of what's overdue, due today and coming up, and switch it off in their notification settings.
Is the calendar on the Free plan?
Yes. Every project has a calendar on both plans.
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- Guide Board, table and calendar The same jobs three ways: drag them across the board, sort and group them in the table, and plan due dates on the calendar. Read the guide
- Guide Saved views and filters Filter a project by person, status, priority or due date, share the link, and save the filters you use most as a view for you or the whole project. Read the guide
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