--- title: "Project Calendar View for Tasks and Deadlines | Orangescrum" description: "See every task on a project calendar as a bar from start date to due date. Drag to reschedule, filter by anything, log time from the day." canonical: https://www.orangescrum.com/project-calendar --- # Project Calendar View for Tasks and Deadlines | Orangescrum > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.orangescrum.com/llms.txt). [Home](/) / [Features](/features) / Project Calendar Project calendar # A Project Calendar That Shows _What Lands When_ A board tells you what state work is in. A calendar tells you when it is due, and warns you about the week that has eleven deadlines in it. Available in[Cloud](/pricing "Cloud - included")[Self-Hosted](/self-hosted "Self-Hosted - included")[Open Source](/open-source/free-download "Open Source - included") [Start Free Trial →](/sign-up?utm_source=website&utm_medium=feature&utm_content=project-calendar)[Book a Demo](https://calendly.com/orangescrum) Free forever plan · No credit card required · Set up in minutes ## What is a project calendar? A project calendar shows tasks on dates rather than in a list or a board. It is the fastest way to spot a bad week before it arrives, because a pile up is obvious visually in a way it never is in a task list. In Orangescrum the calendar is another view of the same tasks, so nothing is entered twice, and work with a start date and a due date is drawn as a bar across the days it actually occupies. The problem ## Why deadlines _surprise people_ A list hides the pile up Nine tasks all due Thursday look the same as nine tasks spread over a month. ✓ A calendar makes the clash visible immediately. Dates live in another tool Deadlines are in a separate calendar that drifts out of date. ✓ The same tasks, shown on dates. Rescheduling is fiddly Moving a date means opening the task and editing a field. ✓ Drag it to the new day. What you get ## Your work, _on dates_ Grouped by what you do with it: the views, what appears on them, moving work, narrowing it down, the time log calendar, and the other calendars around it. 01Events - ### Milestones and deadlines The dates that matter stand out from ordinary task due dates. 02Views - ### Month and week Read the calendar as a whole month or as a single week, with previous, next, and today. - ### One project or all of them Look at a single project, or switch to every project you can see and catch clashes between them. - ### A modern month grid The Community Edition adds a lighter month page that starts the week on Monday and tints tasks by status. - ### Work with no date That page also lists undated tasks under the grid, so nothing hides by having no deadline. - ### It is a saved default The calendar can be set as the view you land on, so it is where your day starts. 03Events - ### A bar across the real days A task with a start date and a due date is drawn across every day between them, not just on the deadline. - ### One day when that is all you have A task with only a start or only a due date takes a single day, and one with neither falls back to the day it was created. - ### Coloured by your statuses Each task takes the colour of its status from your own workflow, so the month reads at a glance. - ### Who owns it Every event carries the assignee's avatar and names them on hover. - ### Subtasks are marked A subtask is flagged as one, so a busy day is not misread as ten separate pieces of work. - ### Which project it came from In the all projects view each event carries its project short name and task number. - ### Open the task from the day Click anything on the calendar to open the full task without leaving the month. 04Scheduling - ### Drag to reschedule Move a task to a different day by dragging it, and both its start and due dates move together. - ### It refuses a bad move A drop into the past, before the task existed, or onto a resolved or closed task is rejected and snaps back. - ### Create work on a day Drag across empty days to open a new task with those dates already filled in, if you may create tasks. - ### A warning when they are full If the assignee has no room on the day you dropped it, the calendar says so instead of letting you find out later. - ### A reason when a date moves The Cloud sprint calendar asks why a due date changed and keeps the answer on the task. - ### It updates as others work The Cloud sprint calendar redraws when a teammate changes a date, without a refresh. 05Filters - ### The same filters as the board Project, status, priority, type, label, assignee, and member all narrow the calendar. - ### Epics, features, and groups Cut the month down to an epic, a feature, a milestone, a task group, or a skill. - ### Search and date ranges Search by keyword, and filter by created date or due date range. - ### Reuse a saved one Apply a filter you already saved elsewhere instead of building it again on the calendar. 06Time - ### Month, week, and day A second calendar shows logged time, and this one does have a day view. - ### Totals for what you are looking at Total, billable, and non billable hours for the visible range sit above the grid. - ### Log against a day Click a day to add a time entry already dated, with the start and end times filled in from the week and day views. - ### Edit an entry in place Click a logged entry to open and correct it, if you may edit time logs. - ### Export the timesheet Send the visible time entries straight out as CSV from the calendar toolbar. 07More - ### A release calendar Releases sit on their own month grid with type and status filters, and are ticked when they actually ship. Available in Self-Hosted. - ### The team's month An attendance and leave grid puts every person against every day, aware of weekends and your company holidays. Available in Self-Hosted. - ### Your working calendar Company holidays and the working week are configured once and shade the timesheet grids. - ### Two way Outlook sync Map an Outlook calendar and sync either way or both, with events becoming tasks and tasks becoming events. Available in Self-Hosted. 08Access - ### Its own permission Seeing the calendar is a separate right, so you can give it to the people who need dates and not to everyone. - ### Unlimited users Every plan includes unlimited users, so everyone whose week is on the calendar can actually open it. How it works ## How teams _use it_ 1 Give tasks dates Set a start date and a due date so work is drawn across the days it really needs. 2 Look at the month Check for weeks where everything lands together. 3 Rebalance Drag work to a more realistic day, and take the over-booking warning seriously. 4 Check per person Filter to one person and see whether their week is actually possible. Who it's for ## For work that is _driven by dates_ Marketing teams Campaign and content calendars with real owners. [Learn more →](/solutions/marketing) Agencies Client deliverable dates across several accounts. [Learn more →](/agency-project-management) Education Term dates, deadlines, and coordinated schedules. [Learn more →](/solutions/education) Availability ## Which edition includes _what_ Orangescrum runs as managed cloud, self-hosted on your own servers, or as the open-source Community Edition. Here is exactly what each one includes. The calendar view is in every edition, including the free Community Edition. | Capability | CloudManaged SaaS | Self-HostedOn-premise / private cloud | Open SourceCommunity Edition | | Milestones on the calendar | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | | Calendar view of tasks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Month and week views | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Drag to reschedule | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Filter by person, project, or epic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Time log calendar with CSV export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Over-booking warning on a drop | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | | Realtime updates and due date reasons | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | | Release calendar | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | | Attendance and leave team grid | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | | Two way Outlook calendar sync | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Frequently asked questions ## Project calendar _FAQ_ ### Does Orangescrum have a calendar view? Yes. The calendar is one of the standard task views, alongside the list and the Kanban board. Tasks appear on their dates, and you can drag them to reschedule. ### Does a task show on one day or across several? Across several. A task with a start date and a due date is drawn as a bar over every day between them, so a two week piece of work looks like two weeks. A task with only one date takes a single day. ### Is the calendar in the free edition? Yes. The calendar view is available in every edition, including the free and open source Community Edition, which also adds a lighter month page listing undated work below the grid. ### Can I move a deadline by dragging? Yes. Drag the task to a new day and its start and due dates move together on the task itself, so the board and reports stay in step. Drops into the past, before the task was created, or onto closed work are refused. ### Will it stop me overloading someone? It will warn you. If you drop a task onto a day where the assignee has no capacity left, Cloud and Self-Hosted tell you at that moment rather than letting the clash sit there. ### Can I see one person's calendar? Yes. Filter by assignee to see just their work, which is the quickest way to check whether someone's week is realistic before committing them to more. ### Can I see several projects on one calendar? Yes. Switch to the all projects view to catch two projects both landing on the same person in the same week. ### Do milestones appear on the calendar? Milestones are a filter on the calendar rather than events drawn on it, so you can narrow the month to one milestone's work. For milestone and sprint dates as a timeline, use the Gantt chart. ### Can I log time from the calendar? Yes. There is a second calendar for time, with month, week, and day views, running totals for billable and non billable hours, click a day to log time, click an entry to correct it, and a CSV export. ### What is the difference between the calendar and the Gantt chart? The calendar shows when things are due, which is best for spotting a busy week. The Gantt chart shows how long things take and what depends on what, which is best for planning a sequence. They are two views of the same tasks. ### Does it sync with an external calendar? The Self-Hosted edition includes a two way Outlook calendar integration, where you map a calendar and choose whether events flow in, tasks flow out, or both. Otherwise the calendar lives inside Orangescrum. ## See the week before it hits you The calendar view is in every edition, including the free Community Edition. [Start Free Trial →](/sign-up?utm_source=website&utm_medium=feature&utm_content=project-calendar_cta)[Book a Demo](https://calendly.com/orangescrum) ## Related capabilities [Gantt chartSequence and dependencies](/gantt-chart)[Kanban boardState rather than dates](/kanban-board)[Task managementWhere the dates are set](/task-management)[Workload managementWhether the week is realistic](/workload-management-software)