Creating base calendars

You will create base calendars according to the need of the organization. The base calendars specifies the working time across organizations, it defines the work hours for a given project time period.
Changing project areas

When you log in to Tara, you are able to view and work in your designated project area. Depending on your job role and security permissions, you might have to switch to different project areas. For example, to perform an administrative task, you have to switch from the Tara project area to the Admin area.

  1. Log in to Tara with your user account.
  2. In the top right corner, click the Project menu , and select the project area.
To perform this task, you must be assigned to an administrator role with the required security permission. For more information about roles and security, see EPM security settings.
You will create base calendars depending on the different working hours that your project team works. For example, a team working on night shifts would use a calendar different from that of a team working on a regular day shift.
  1. Go to the Admin view, click the EPM Settings menu option.
  2. From the left pane, click Calendar, and click Add icon.
  3. Double-click on any of the fields to turn on the edit mode and add the details of the calendar in the following fields:
    • Name: Specify the name of the calendar.
    • Start Date: Click to select the start date of the project.
    • Finish Date: Click to select the finish date of the project.
    • Hours per day: Specify the number of working hours for a day.
    • Week starts on: Click to select the starting day of the week.
  4. Click Save save icon.
Related concepts
Changing project areas

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