Manage holidays

Updated October 31, 2026 · Applies to Platform ONE 1.34

Public holidays apply in every product: they aren't counted as leave, no bookings are offered on them, and there's no capacity to plan. A holiday can apply to all locations or to one.

Prerequisites

  • The Admin role.

Add a holiday

  1. In the menu, under Administration, select Holidays.

  2. Under Add a holiday, enter the following information:

    Field Description
    Name Required.
    Date Required.
    Where All locations, or one location.
    Same date every year Select it for a holiday on a fixed date, such as January 1.
    Open for bookings Select it if bookings can still be made on that day.

  3. Select Add holiday.

    The Holidays page, with the year's holidays and the form to add one

The list shows one year at a time. Choose another Year to see it.

Import holidays from a calendar file

Governments and calendar providers publish holiday calendars as calendar files (.ics).

  1. Under Import a calendar file, choose who it's For: All locations, or one location.
  2. Under Calendar file, choose the file.

The all-day events in the file are added as holidays. Holidays that are already listed are skipped. A file can have up to 2,000 events.

Change or remove a holiday

  • To change one, select Edit, make your changes, and then select Save.
  • To remove one, select Remove. A holiday on the same date every year is removed for every year.

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