Add a holiday calendar

Subscribe your branch to a country or regional holiday calendar so statutory holidays block the schedule automatically, and skip the holidays you stay open for.

In the sidebar, open Settings, then choose Holiday Calendars under Scheduling. The page address is /settings/org/holiday-calendars.

Before you start

• Calendars apply to the branch selected in the top bar. The Scope card at the top shows which branch, or Organization when no branch is selected.
• Your role needs the holiday calendar permission. Without it you can read the page but Add calendar, Exclude and the other controls are greyed out.
• A holiday calendar only blocks time. It does not delete visits already booked on those days.

Steps

1. Under Add regional calendar, type in Search country or region and click the calendar you want, for example a national or provincial one.
2. Under Categories, tick the kinds of dates to include, such as Public holidays or Regional holidays. At least one stays ticked.
3. Under Scheduling effect, choose what those dates do. Block scheduling closes the day. Allow with flag and Informational show the date without closing it; Require approval does not close it yet either. Premium pay marks it for payroll review.
4. Check Exact date preview. It lists every date the calendar will add over the preview period, with its category and effect.
5. Press Add calendar. The calendar appears under Active calendars.
6. To stay open on one holiday, find the date under that calendar (the next few dates are listed) and press Exclude. Press Restore to block it again.

What you see

• Each active calendar shows its categories, its effect and a status button that reads Enabled or Paused. Press it to pause the whole calendar without removing it.
• The trash icon removes the calendar from this branch.
• Upcoming blocks at the top counts the dates coming up.
• Resolved availability preview at the bottom lists the blocked days from calendars and closures together and explains why each one is blocked.

If something looks different

• Active calendars reads "No active holiday calendars yet.": nothing is subscribed for this scope.
• Exact date preview reads "No dates in this preview range.": the calendar has no dates inside the preview period. Check the categories you ticked.
• You need a one-off shutdown rather than a recurring holiday: press Open Closures under Company closures, and see Add a closure.

Open Holiday Calendars