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title: "Using the Calendar"
url: "https://helpcentre.fieldpal.co.uk/en/article/using-the-calendar"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-01-20T09:45:52.406Z"
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# Using the Calendar

The calendar view allows you to visually see workload across your team and consists of the following major components:

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/37f36c98-530a-4c70-97ce-31445cdd09a3)

1.  **View Picker**  
    Select between *Day*, *Week* or *Month*.  
    Note: When viewing in either *Week* or *Month*, you will be asked to choose a particular resource if a resource isn't currently selected.  
     
2.  **Data Picker**  
    Allows you to choose the date that you're interested in.  
     
3.  **Unallocated**  
    When in the day view, the Unallocated column shows any jobs that you have added into a specific timeslot for the day, but have yet to allocate to a specific resource.  
     
4.  **Status Filter**  
    A job goes through a range of status changes throughout its [lifecycle](https://helpcentre.fieldpal.co.uk/en/article/lifecycle-of-a-job). You can visually see the status of any particular job by the colour of the job card. You can use the **Status Filter** to hide/show jobs of a particular status.  
     
5.  **Resource Filter**  
    Use the resource filter to restrict the view to a particular resource. Simply begin typing into this box to search for a particular resource.  
     
6.  **Backlog**  
    The [backlog](https://helpcentre.fieldpal.co.uk/en/article/work-backlog) queue shows the list of jobs that you've created, but have yet to assign to both a resource and a particular time slot.

## Interacting with the Calendar

You can interact with the calendar in various ways in order to allocate, schedule, and create jobs:

### Creating a Job

To create a job using the calendar, double-click on a slot in the calendar to create a job for a particular date/time and resource. If you want to create a job for a particular time slot but aren't sure as to which of your resources to allocate the work to, then simply click the slot within the *Unallocated* column.

### Rescheduling a Job

To change the start time for a particular job using the calendar, drag a job card to an alternative time slot. To change the duration for a particular job using the calendar, grab the bottom of the job card and drag down to increase the duration of the job.

### Reallocating a Job

If you wish to swap a job from one resource to another, drag and drop the job card that you wish to swap, to the new resource and time-slot.