Editing Calendar Attributes

Once you create a calendar, you can alter the display by editing attributes on the Calendar Attributes page.

Note that to disable a view of a calendar, you must delete the Monthly, Weekly, or Daily buttons on the calendar page.

Topics:

Accessing the Calendar Attributes Page
About the Calendar Attributes Page

Accessing the Calendar Attributes Page

To access the Calendar Attributes page:

Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition. See "Accessing the Page Definition".
Access the Calendar Attributes page:
- Tree view- Under Page Rendering, double-click the region name.
- Component view - Under Region, select the region name.
  
  The Region Definition appears.
Click Calendar Attributes.
Edit the appropriate attributes. To learn more about a specific item on a page, click the item label.

When Help is available, the item label changes to red when you pass your cursor over it and the cursor changes to an arrow and question mark.
Click Apply Changes.

About Navigation Alternatives

The Calendar Attribute page is divided into sections.

You can access these sections by scrolling down the page, or by clicking a navigation button at the top of the page. When you select a button at the top of the page, the selected section appears and all other sections are temporarily hidden. To view all sections of the page, click Show All.

About the Calendar Attributes Page

The topics that follow describe specific sections of the Calendar Attributes page. You can use these attribute to specify general calendar formatting, define the dates included in the calendar, or create a link on the column or a day in the calendar.

Calendar Display

Use Calendar Display to specify a calendar template, date columns, and general calendar formatting. Table: Calendar Display Attributes describes Calendar Display attributes.

Calendar Display Attributes

Attribute	Description
Calendar Template	Determines what template is used when the Application Express engine renders a calendar.
Date Column	Defines the column from the table or query containing the dates to be placed on the calendar.
Date Item	Defines the item which holds the date on which the calendar is based
End Date Item	Specifies the item which holds the end date on which the calendar of type Custom is based
Calendar Type Item	Specifies the item which holds the calendar type.
Display Type	Defines the display type. Options include: Column Custom No Display Value If the Display Type is Column, use the Display Column attribute to select the column to display in the day cell of the monthly calendar. If the Display Type is Custom, in Column Format enter a custom column format using HTML expressions and supported substitution strings.
Display Column	Defines a specific row that displays on a calendar date.
Column Format	Enter HTML expressions to be shown in this column. Use `#COLUMN#` syntax to show column values in HTML. For example: #EMPLOYEE_NAME# This following example demonstrates how to display images in a column. <img src="#IMAGE_NAME#">

Display Attributes

Use Display Attributes to define the dates that are included in the calendar. Table: Display Attributes describes Display attributes.

Display Attributes

Attribute	Description
Begin at Start of Interval	Determines when the calendar should start. Selecting this option creates a calendar that spans an entire interval (such as a month). For example: If Begin at Start of Interval is selected, the date is June 15th, and the display is monthly, the resulting calendar spans from June 1st to June 30th. If Begin at Start of Interval is not selected, the date is June 15th, and the display is monthly, the resulting calendar spans from June 15th to June 30th.
Item Containing Start Date Item Containing End Date	These attributes define which items hold the calendar start date and end date. You can use these attributes to create calendars that span multiple months at a time. Note that the format of the date of either item must be `YYYYMMDD`: Item Containing Start Date points to an item that holds the start date of the calendar. Item Containing End Date points to an item that holds the end date of the calendar.
Start of Week for Monthly Calendar	Determines the day on which the calendar starts for the monthly view.
Start Day for Weekly Calendar	Determines the day on which the calendar starts for the weekly view.
End Day for Weekly Calendar	Determines the day on which the calendar ends for the weekly view. Time Format determines if the time displays in a 12-hour or 24-hour format. Start Time and End Time determine the start and end times to display in the weekly and daily calendar views.
Time Format	Determines if the time displays in a 12-hour or 24-hour format.
Start Time	Determines the start times to display in the weekly and daily calendar views.
End Time	Determines the end times to display in the weekly and daily calendar views.

Column Link

Use Column link to create a link on the column in the calendar.

To create a column link to another page:

Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.
Scroll down to Column Link.
From Target is a, select Page in this Application.
In Page, specify the target page number. To reset the pagination for this page, select reset pagination for this page.
In Request, specify the request to be used.
In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page numbers) on which to clear cache. Specify multiple pages by listing the page numbers in a comma-delimited list.

You can set session state (that is, give a listed item a value) using the next two attributes: the Set these items attribute and the With these values attribute.
To set session state:
1. Set these items - Enter a comma-delimited list of item names for which you would like to set session state.
2. With these values - Enter a comma-delimited list of values for the items specified in the previous step.
  
  You can specify static values or substitution syntax (for example, &APP_ITEM_NAME.). Note that item values passed to f?p= in the URL cannot contain a colon (:). Additionally, item values cannot contain commas unless you enclose the entire value in backslashes (for example, \1234,56\).
Click Apply Changes.

Day Link

Use Day link to create a link on a day in the calendar. This attribute creates a link on an actual number (or day) on the calendar.

To create a day link to another page:

Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.
Scroll down to Day Link.
From Target is a, select Page in this Application.
In Page, specify the target page number.

To reset the pagination for this page, select reset pagination for this page.
In Request, specify the request to be used.
In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page numbers) on which to clear cache. Specify multiple pages by listing the page numbers in a comma-delimited list.

You can set session state (that is, give a listed item a value) using the next two attributes: Set these items and With these values.
To set session state:
1. Set these items - Enter a comma-delimited list of item names for which you would like to set session state.
2. With these values - Enter a comma-delimited list of values for the items specified in the previous step.
  
  You can specify static values or substitution syntax (for example, &APP_ITEM_NAME.). Note that item values passed to f?p= in the URL cannot contain a colon (:). Additionally, item values cannot contain commas unless you enclose the entire value in backslashes (for example, \1234,56\).
Click Apply Changes.

To create a day link to a URL:

Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.
Scroll down to Day Link.
From Target is a, select URL.
In URL, enter the appropriate address.
Click Apply Changes.