How to create a new public calendar with labels - Dataphin

Dataphin provides tenant-level public calendars with custom date types (working days and holidays) and flexible labels. You can use public calendars to configure conditional scheduling parameters for scheduling tasks, and reference them when creating tasks to avoid redundant definitions and reduce maintenance costs.

Permission description

Only super administrators or system administrators can add, modify, or delete public calendars.

Public calendar page overview

Area	Description
①Public Calendar List	Displays the created public calendars. You can search for calendars by name or encoding, and edit or delete them. The system checks for dependencies such as labels, calendars, and date types before allowing deletion. Remove all dependencies before deleting a public calendar.
②Operation Area	Built-in function description: The public calendar includes built-in functions for related calculations to improve development efficiency. For supported functions, see Public calendar built-in functions. Create a new public calendar: Use a public calendar in offline tasks, label conditions, and other calculation scenarios. For instructions, see Create a public calendar. Today: Click Today to quickly navigate to the current day on the calendar. Page turning: Navigate through the calendar pages using the and icons. Label search: Search for labels by entering label keywords. View calendar references: View the labels, date types, and calendars that reference the current calendar, including label names/encodings, date ranges, and reference counts. You can view details, edit, delete, and search for labels by name or encoding. Reference Labels: Shows the label name/encoding, date range, and reference count. You can view details, edit, delete, and search by name or encoding. Date Types: Shows the associated project/section, object name, object type, reference type, and reference time. You can view details, edit, and delete. Calendars: Shows the associated project/section, object name, object type, and reference time. You can view details, edit, and delete. Create a new label: Create labels for the current calendar to use in offline tasks, label condition calculations, and other scenarios. For instructions, see Create a new label.
③Calendar	The calendar displays each day's type (working day or holiday) and label name.

Create a public calendar

Navigate to the Dataphin home page and select Planning followed by Common Business Logic.
Proceed to the Create A New Public Calendar dialog box by following these steps:

Select Public calendar and then + Create A New Public Calendar.

In the Create A New Public Calendar dialog box, fill in the calendar information as follows:

Parameter	Description
Calendar name	Enter the calendar name. The name must meet the following requirements: Accepts Chinese characters, English letters, numbers, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). Must not exceed 32 characters in length.
Encoding	A unique identifier for the public calendar, used when referencing tasks. Only letters, numbers, and underscores (_) are allowed. Maximum length: 32 characters.
Calendar template	Select a template to initialize the calendar. Default templates include *4 13, 5-4-4, 4-5-4, and 4-4-5 fiscal calendars. Select one that suits your business requirements, or select Customize to create a custom fiscal calendar. The 4 * 13 Fiscal Calendar divides a year into 13 months, each with 4 weeks. An extra week is added to the last month every 6 years. The 5-4-4 Fiscal Calendar has 13 weeks per quarter, with months following a 5-4-4 week distribution. An extra week is added to the last month every 6 years. The 4-5-4 Fiscal Calendar has 13 weeks per quarter, with months following a 4-5-4 week distribution. An extra week is added to the last month every 6 years. The 4-4-5 Fiscal Calendar has 13 weeks per quarter, with months following a 4-4-5 week distribution. An extra week is added to the last month every 6 years. Custom fiscal calendar: Customize the week start day and fiscal benchmark day to suit your needs. Important** Changing the template invalidates all prior adjustments.
Week start day	The first day of the week.
Fiscal benchmark day	The last day of the fiscal year.
Overflow week attribution	For non-custom built-in fiscal calendars, specifies which month of the 6th year includes the extra week that occurs every 6 years.
Calendar title format	The title format for each month. Six formats are available: Format FY{YYYY} M{n} displays the 8th month of the 2024 fiscal year as FY2024 M8. Format FY{YYYY} Q{n} M{n} displays the 2nd month of the 3rd quarter of the 2024 fiscal year as FY2024 Q3 M2. Format FY{YY} Q{n} M{n} displays the 2nd month of the 3rd quarter of the 2024 fiscal year as FY24 Q3 M2. Format FY{YY} M{n} displays the 8th month of the 2024 fiscal year as FY24 M8. Format {YYYY} Fiscal Year Q{n} Fiscal Month displays the 2nd month of the 3rd quarter of the 2024 fiscal year as 2024 Fiscal Year Q3 Fiscal Month. Format {YYYY} Fiscal Year Fiscal Month {n} displays the 8th month of the 2024 fiscal year as 2024 Fiscal Year Fiscal Month 8.

Click OK to finalize the creation of the public calendar.

What to do next

After the public calendar is created, you can add labels as needed. For instructions, refer to Create a new label.