Calendar display options

You can customize the appearance of the calendar and timeline to suit your needs.

You can set the appearance of the calendar in the following ways:

  • Set an initial, default view of the calendar.
  • Change options while you view the calendar.

You set the default view on the Calendar/Timeline Settings page (Settings > Distributed Marketing Marketing Operations Settings > Calendar/Timeline Settings).

Table 1. Fields on the Calendar/Timeline Settings page
Field Description
Include Weekend Days You can choose whether the calendar shows a five-day week or a seven-day week with this option.

Select Yes to display a seven-day week.
Weeks Should Begin On You can specify whether the calendar displays Monday as the first day or Sunday as the first day, even if weekends are shown on the calendar.

Select either Sunday or Monday. Sunday is the default.
Default Content of Calendar Section You can choose the objects to display on the calendar. Select:
  • Plans (the default)
  • Projects
  • Tasks
  • Programs
  • Instances
  • On-demand or Corporate Campaigns
  • Lists
  • On-demand Campaigns
  • Corporate Campaigns
Default Search of Calendar Section Selects the filter for the objects that display on the calendar.

Select a saved search to be the default when you click the Calendar menu item. The list of available items depends on which objects you selected for the Default Content field. For example, if you selected Projects for the default content, you can choose Active Projects for the default search.For example, if you selected Corporate Campaigns for the default content, you can choose Active Projects for the default search.

Display the timezone for the logged in user

Displays the timezone in which all times are shown in workflow columns.

If you have users in many locales, selecting this option can help you track of work across different timezones. If all your users are in the same timezone, you can turn this option off to save screen space.

The following parameters are available on both the Calendar/Timeline Settings page and on the Set View Options dialog that opens when you click Options (Local Marketing > Calendar Operations > Calendar or list pages).

Table 2. Fields on the Calendar/Timeline Settings page and Set View Options dialog box
Field Description

Default Layout of Calendar Section |

Display as / Time Scale

On the Calendar/Timeline Settings page, you use this option to choose timeline view and a time range to display, or a one month text or graphical calendar.

On the Set View Options dialog, you use the Display as and Time Scale fields to make these selections.
Enable Color Coding Color codes the calendar based on an attribute you select. Check this box, and then select the attribute to use for color coding objects on the calendar.
When displaying tasks, only show milestonesShow only selected milestone types in tasks Limits the amount of information to show when the calendar displays tasks. Check this box, and then choose the milestone types to display. Only the selected milestone types display.

The following option is available only on the Set View Options dialog when selected for tasks.

Table 3. Fields on the Set View Options dialog box
Field Description
Brief/Detailed Determines the amount of information that is displayed for tasks. This option is available for tasks only.