Global Calendar settings
Access to system settings
Select Calendar from the setting screen for system administrators.
Various different settings, which we call global settings, can be viewed on the WBS Gantt-Chart administration screen. To access the administration screen follow these steps:
Select Jira settings → Apps from the cog icon on the top-right corner.
Select the settings you would like to view from the WBS Gantt-Chart section on the side menu.
To view settings, one of the following permissions is needed:
Jira System Administrators
Jira Administrator
What is the calendar?
Holidays are taken into consideration when project start and finish dates are set. All holidays are managed in WBS Gantt-Chart's holiday calendar.
The calendars set in the Global calendar setting can be used in all gantts.
Holiday calendar example
This is an example of the holiday calendar, showing two scenarios, A and B, as follows:
Conditions:
Scenario A
Yes / No | |
|---|---|
Irregular holidays | Yes |
1st regular holiday | - |
2nd regular holiday | - |
Holidays | No |
Scenario B
Yes / No | |
|---|---|
Irregular holidays | No |
1st regular holiday | Saturday |
2nd regular holiday | Sunday |
Holidays |
|
Note: is Monday.
Issue values
Value | |
|---|---|
Start date |
|
Finish date |
|
Duration | 2 days |
Operations
Drag-and-drop the Gantt bar so the issue starts on .
Results
Scenario A
This scenario does not have holidays, so the issue values are as follows:
Value | |
|---|---|
Start date |
|
Finish date |
|
Duration | 2 days |
Scenario B
In this scenario, , , and will not be counted since they are defined as holidays.
Value | |
|---|---|
Start date |
|
Finish date |
|
Duration | 2 days |
Confirm holiday calendar settings
Click Calendars on the left-hand side of the Gantt configuration screen.
Holiday calendar items
Irregular holidays
You do not set any specific days of the week as holidays.
1st holiday
The first regular holiday you specify. If you select Yes for irregular holidays, this would not be shown.
2nd holiday
The second regular holiday you specify. If you select Yes for irregular holidays, this would not be shown.
Holidays
This is a list of the dates you have registered as holidays.
Update holiday calendar
Click Edit on the upper right-hand side of the holiday calendar configuration screen.
Choose Irregular holidays.
Choose 1st holiday and 2nd holiday if you do not turn on Irregular holidays.
Enter specific holidays using YYYY-MM-DD format. Enter one date per line.
Click Update.
Working time setting
Settings
Hours per day
The number of working hours per day. This follows Jira's global settings.
Working Time
The length will be determined according to the Hours per day and Break Time settings.
If the Start time of this setting is the same as the Start time of the task, the time will be omitted and only the date will be displayed in the Start column of the WBS/Gantt Chart view.
If the Finish time of this setting is the same as the Finish time of the task, the time will be omitted and only the date will be displayed in the Finish column of the WBS/Gantt Chart view.
Break Time
Set the time to be treated as a break in the work hours.
Duration unit
This setting is used to set the display unit of the Duration column displayed in the WBS/Gantt-Chart view.
When "day" is selected, the duration of the task will be displayed in days according to the settings of Hours per day, Working Time, and Break Time.
Example
Calendar
Yes / No | |
|---|---|
Irregular holidays | No |
1st regular holiday | Saturday |
2nd regular holiday | Sunday |
Holidays | - |
Working time
items | value |
|---|---|
Hours per day | 8 |
Working Time | 09:00 - 18:00 |
Break Time | 12:00 - 13:00 |
Task
items | value |
|---|---|
Start | 09:00 |
Finish | 12:00 |
The duration of this task will be "27 hours" if the duration unit is "hour".
The duration of this task will be "3.375 days" if the duration unit is "day".
Additional Help
If you have any questions please feel free to ask a member of the Atlassian community!
Add the tag "addon-jp.ricksoft.plugins.wbsgantt-for-jira" when you ask a question.