Define Non-Working Days and Weeks for a Project

For any give project, you can define non-working days and/or weeks and Inspire Planner will automatically adjust project tasks so that they do not fall on the non-working days and/or weeks defined for the project. 

This help article will walk you through how to define non-working days and/or weeks for a project.

1. Open the Project.
    
2. Click on the Show Calendar icon located at the top right corner of the Project UI.
   
   

Navigating within the Calendar

The calendar defaults to the current month with the current date highlighted. To switch between months, you can click on the arrows on either side of the current month or click on the month on top.

 

When you click on the month, it will give you the option to switch years as well. Simply click on the month and the year you want and click on OK.
 

Add Non-working Days

This section will walk you through how to define non-working days for a project.
 

1. To add a non-working day, click on the Non-working Days tab.
   
   
    
2. Next, you can either click on a specific date from the calendar and click on the Add button or you can simply click on Add.
   
   
   This will then add a non-working day below, within the Non-working Days tab.
   
   
   You can then choose to add a name for the non-working day (i.e. holiday or office closed) and/or edit the date. 
   
   
   You can add as many non-working days as you need by repeating the steps above. Then when finished, click on Ok. This will close the window, adjust the project task dates (so they don't fall on the non-working days you specified) and save the project.
    

Add Non-working Weeks

This section will walk you through how to define non-working weeks for a project.
 

1. To add a non-working day, click on the Non-working Weeks tab.
   
   
    
2. Next, you can either click on a specific date from the calendar to indicate the start of the non-working week and click on the Add button or you can simply click on Add.
   
   
   
   This will then add a non-working week below, within the Non-working Weeks tab.
   
   
   
   You can then choose to add a name for the non-working week (i.e. holiday or office closed) and/or edit the inclusive dates. 
   
   
   You can add as many non-working weeks as you need by repeating the steps above. Then when finished, click on Ok. This will close the window, adjust the project task dates (so they don't fall on the non-working weeks you specified) and save the project.
    

Remove a Non-working Day or Week

To remove non-working day(s) or week(s), simply click the non-working day/week you wish to remove and click on Remove.
 

When finished, click on Ok. This will adjust the project task dates within the project and save the project as well.