# Project calendar

> See tasks, milestones and deadlines on a calendar, and sync them with Google Calendar.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/llms.txt).

Source: https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/guide/cloud/views/calendar

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The calendar plots tasks and milestones by date. Available on every tier.

It answers a question no other view answers well: **what is landing this week,
and is any of it colliding?**

## What appears

| Item | Shown on |
| --- | --- |
| Tasks | Their due date, or spanning start to due |
| Milestones | Their target date |
| Sprints | Their date range  |

Filter by project, assignee, priority or label to cut the noise.

## Views

- **Month**: Deadline clustering. Where is the crunch week?

- **Week**: Day-to-day planning. What is due, and who is it on?

## What it's good for

**Spotting deadline pile-ups**

    Six tasks due the same Friday is obvious on a calendar and invisible on a
    list. Move some now rather than discovering it that morning.

**Planning around absence**

    Overlay who is away against what is due. Reassign before it becomes a
    problem, not after.

**Client conversations**

    A calendar is the view non-technical stakeholders read without explanation.

**Finding empty weeks**

    A stretch with nothing due usually means work is not dated, not that there
    is nothing to do.

## Google Calendar sync 

Push Orangescrum dates into Google Calendar so deadlines sit alongside meetings.

**Connect the integration**

    See [Google Workspace](https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/guide/cloud/integrations/google-workspace).

**Choose what syncs**

    Usually your own assigned tasks and project milestones. Syncing everything
    buries your real calendar.

**Check the direction**

    Sync is from Orangescrum to Google. Do not expect edits in Google to flow
    back.

> **Sync everything and you will read nothing**
>
> A calendar with forty task entries a day is a calendar people stop opening —
> including for their actual meetings. Sync milestones and your own due dates.

## Making it accurate

The calendar only shows what has dates. If it looks empty, that is your finding:

**Find undated work**

    Filter the task list for tasks with no due date.

**Date what is committed**

    Anything promised to someone needs a date. Genuinely undated backlog items
    can stay undated — that is what a
    [backlog](https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/guide/cloud/agile/backlog) is for.

**Keep dates honest**

    A due date that everyone knows is fictional trains people to ignore all due
    dates.

- [Milestones](https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/guide/cloud/views/milestones): The delivery points behind the dates.

- [Gantt chart](https://helpdesk.orangescrum.com/guide/cloud/views/gantt-chart): Sequence and dependencies, not just dates.