Moving Calendars In/Out & Public Holiday Calendars

Supporting Tools Around Calendar & Availability

Exporting to an ICS File

Export any calendar (or a specific set of events) to a standard .ics file, importable into Outlook, Apple Calendar, or any calendar app that isn't directly synced (see the Appointments integrations article for live Google/Microsoft sync) — useful for a one-time handoff of a schedule rather than an ongoing connection.

Importing an ICS File

Bring events the other direction — import a .ics file (e.g. an event organiser's published schedule, or a one-off export from another system) directly into your Quickenerp calendar, rather than manually re-typing each event.

Public Holiday Calendars

Maintain a Public Holiday calendar per year, with individual holiday lines each having:

• A Date, which can be flagged as Variable for holidays that shift year to year (common for lunar/religious calendar-based holidays) rather than falling on a fixed date.
• Applicability to specific States/Regions, for countries where public holidays differ by state or province.
• An optional linked calendar Meeting/Event so the holiday actually shows up visually on everyone's calendar, not just as a background data record.

This same holiday calendar is what the HR course's Attendance and Time Off articles rely on to correctly exclude public holidays from expected working days, and what Appointment Types respect when computing available booking slots — set it up once per year and both areas benefit automatically.