Holidays

The Holidays page manages the list of public holidays for your school. Each holiday you add:

• Appears as a marked day on the school-wide calendar
• Sends an in-app notification to all organisation members on the morning of the holiday

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Adding a single holiday

1. Click Add holiday.

2. Fill in the form:

   Field	Required	Description
   Name	Yes	The holiday name (e.g. Republic Day, Diwali)
   Details	No	Optional description shown on the calendar event card
   From	Yes	The first day of the holiday
   To	Yes	The last day of the holiday (same as From for a single day)

   The total number of days is calculated and shown automatically below the date fields.

3. Click Add holiday to save.

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Bulk importing holidays via CSV

Use the import feature to add multiple holidays at once — useful when setting up a new school year.

1. Download the template

   Click Template to download a pre-formatted CSV file (holidays-template.csv). Open it in a spreadsheet app to fill in your holidays.

2. Fill in the CSV

   The file has four columns:

   Column	Format	Example
   name	Text	Republic Day
   description	Text (optional, leave blank if none)	National holiday
   from	YYYY-MM-DD	2026-01-26
   to	YYYY-MM-DD	2026-01-26

3. Open the import dialog

   Click Import, then click Choose CSV file and select your filled-in file.

4. Review validation results

   The system validates every row:

   • A green panel shows the number of valid rows ready to import.
   • A red panel lists any errors by row number (e.g. missing name, invalid date format).

   Fix errors in your CSV file and re-upload if needed.

5. Confirm the import

   Click Import (N) to add all valid rows. The holidays appear in the table immediately.

Caution

All dates must use the YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. 2026-12-25). Common formats like 25/12/2026 or Dec 25 will cause validation errors.

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Exporting holidays

Click Export to download all current holidays as a CSV file (holidays.csv). You can use this as a backup or import it into another school. The file uses the same four-column format as the import template.

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Editing a holiday

Click the pencil icon in the Actions column of any holiday row to open the edit form. Update any field and click Save.

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Deleting a holiday

Click the trash icon in the Actions column, then confirm in the dialog. Deleting a holiday:

• Removes it from the school calendar immediately.
• Cancels any pending in-app notification scheduled for that day.

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Holiday table columns

Column	Description
Name	The holiday name
Details	Optional description (shown truncated; shown in full when editing)
From	Start date
To	End date
Days	Total number of calendar days, inclusive of start and end

Use the search bar above the table to filter holidays by name.

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Who can manage holidays?

Only users with the Calendar — manage permission can add, edit, import, or delete holidays. Users without this permission can view the list but will not see the action buttons.