Calendars allow you to visualize organizational level events in your reports down to team level events and meetings. Below, find instructions on how to set up a calendar and create events within that calendar.
You can create as many calendars as you would like but here are a few best practices to keep in mind.
Teams should only subscribe to one calendar that is visible on the Date Picker.
Try and keep only one Organizational level calendar visible in the Date Picker.
Click Settings in the top navigation of Flow. Using the left navigation under Report Settings, click Calendars.
Tip: Calendars is a permission based feature. You need to have the Manage calendars permission in order to view and create calendars. Learn more about Administrative permissions.
Click Add calendar.
In this modal you will need to fill out the following fields:
Calendar Name
Calendar Description
Calendar Type
Organization - Select this option if your events are applicable to all teams and Users.
Group - Select this option if your events are applicable to only a select group of teams. You will need to subscribe teams to group calendars.
Reports - events will appear directly in your reports
Date Picker - This option should be used for creating custom date ranges or sprint cycles. Events will appear in the Date Range filter in your report so you can easily navigate to a specific time frame.
Once you have filled out your calendar details click Save.
You have successfully created a calendar and it will be visible in your calendar list.
Once you have your file, navigate to the Settings menu. Under Report Settings click Calendars.
Tip: Calendars is a permission based feature. You need to have the Manage calendars permission in order to view, create and import calendars.
Click Bulk Upload (.csv). A modal will appear that will prompt you to choose a file to import.
Make sure to make changes to these settings if needed before proceeding.
Overwrite items if found - This will overwrite existing events/calendars if they overlap with events/calendars in the .csv file.
Add calendars if not found - This will add any new calendars that do not already exist in your account.
Click Nextto import your file. Confirm your import by clicking Yes, Import
If no errors were found with your file you will see the following success message:
If errors were found you will see a message with a link to view the results of your upload. Click See detailed results to view the fields/rows that need edits.
Tips & Next Steps
If you created new calendars, you may want to:
Check the group type and show on properties.
Group Type: Determines whether the events are relevant for the whole organization (Org) or just for certain teams (Group).
Show On: Determines where the events for that calendar will be visible. Either in the Date Picker, on the Reports, Both or None.
Subscribe teams to those calendars to be sure that the events are visible to relevant teams.
Now that we have created a calendar, let's add some events.
Tip: You can also bulk import events.
Click on any calendar in your calendar list to view the Calendar details page.
On the Calendar details page click Add event.
In this modal you will need to input the following information:
Event Name
Date of Event and Timezone
Repeating - With any repeating event you can select an end date if applicable or have it set to repeat indefinitely.
Does not repeat
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Event Type - There are three types:
Informational
Meeting
Time Off
Once you have filled out all your event details click Create.
Success! At this point you can continue to create additional events or you can click Done.
You will now see all the events you created in your event list. You can make edits to your event at any time. Learn more about your Calendar details page.
Note: If you create a recurring event it will create an event for each day that it repeats.
You can see your calendar events in two different places depending on the Calendar Show On setting.
Show On: Reports
For any events within a calendar that is set to show on reports, you will see your events in the report itself. You will need to verify the following:
Events filter is set to include the type of calendar events you are wanting to view:
If your calendar events are under a group calendar, you will need to filter to the subscribed team Once you have those two filters set appropriately you will see your events appear as shown below:
Tip: If you are filtering to both organizational and group calendars you will see both types of events. As seen above, the org level event is in pink and the group level event is in purple.
Show On: Date Picker
The Date Picker is designed to create custom date ranges, specifically sprints. These generally are associated with a group calendar with specific teams subscribed. Events associated with a calendar that appear in the Date Picker will appear regardless of what is or is not selected in the Events filter. For any event that is set to show on the Date Picker, you will need to ensure you are properly filtered to the correct team, if the events are only assigned to a specific team.
To turn on custom date ranges, make sure you have the Manage configurations permission, then go to Settings then Configurations. Scroll to the bottom of the General tab to the Custom Date Ranges section. Toggle on Enable custom date ranges and customize your label.
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