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Difference between create new calendar and create new calendar view
Hello!
I try to follow the user guide on calendars (https://www.openproject.org/docs/user-guide/calendar/).
So far, I cannot understand the difference between the action of creating a new calendar (https://www.openproject.org/docs/user-guide/calendar/#create-a-new-calendar) and the other action of creating a new calendar view (see image below).
The first entry in the yellow box "Create New Calendar" was created using the green "+"-button. The second entry "Create new View" was created with "View // Save as" (or German "Ansicht // Speichern unter").
Both seem to bring the exact same result. Is there any difference and if not, why was this design decision taken?
Thank you in advance for your support!
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Hi Marcel,
great question!
Both things you circled yellow in your screenshot are calendar views. Basically, every calendar is a view of a set of work packages definded by the filters set.
So you can do two things here:
using an existing view, adjusting it as you need and save it as a new view (via "Speichern unter")
creating a new view from scratch
Both will ultimately lead to a new calendar view displayed in the left side menu.
Sometimes, you just want to "recycle" an already existing calendar view out of convenience. Example: You create calendar views which display the work packages a colleague is assigned to. If you have 5 colleagues you would need 5 calendar views. So you could simply change the "assigned to" filter in an existing view and use the "Speichern unter" option to create a new view. That's quite handy if you work with many filters.
If you use the [ + Kalender ] - button, you start without any filters pre-selected. That makes most sense if you new calendar view has nothing in common with already existing ones.
Best,
Alexander