# Project Information Dialog

## Content



The **Project Information** is used for scheduling a new project. It appears on clicking the **Project Information** button on the toolbar. The Project Information dialog consists three tabs, **Schedule**, **Calendar Options**, and **Duration Formats.** It also includes **Default Days Off** groupbox that lets you select the days off in the project schedule.

### Schedule

The following image shows the schedule tab of the Project Information dialog:

![Schedule Tab](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/14a478dc-2b0f-437a-969b-b17e430e375e/images/schedule-tab.png)

The Schedule tab includes various options as follows:

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| Schedule From | Schedules the project either from Project Start Date or Project Finish Date. By default, any project schedule begins from the project start date. |
| Start Date | Selects the Project Start Date from the drop-down calendar if you wish to schedule your project from project start date. |
| Finish Date | Selects the Project Finish Date from the drop-down calendar if you wish to schedule your project from project finish date. |

### Calendar Options

The following image shows the Calendar Options tab of the Project Information dialog:

![calendar options tab](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/14a478dc-2b0f-437a-969b-b17e430e375e/images/calendaroptions-tab.png)

The Calendar Options tab includes the following items:

| **Option** | **Purpose** |
| --- | --- |
| Weeks Start On | Specify the day of the week on which the scheduled task starts from the drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Sunday. |
| Hours Per Day | Specify the hours per day for the scheduled task in the numeric box. GanttView calculates duration units as One day equals 8 hours. |
| Grid Date Format | Specify the date format appearing in the grid in the text box. |
| Days Per Month | Specify the total working days in a normal calendar month for automatically-scheduled tasks in the numeric box. By default, one month has 20 working days. |
| Hours Per Week | Specify the working hours per week for the automatically-scheduled task in the numeric box. By default, one working week equals 40 hours. |
| Chart Date Format | Specify the format for date appearing on chart in the text box. The format is based on standard or custom date format specifier. |

### Duration Formats

The following image shows the Duration Formats tab of the Project Information dialog:

![calendar options tab](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/14a478dc-2b0f-437a-969b-b17e430e375e/images/duration-formats.png)

The Duration Formats tab includes the following options:

| **Option** | **Purpose** |
| --- | --- |
| Minutes | Specify the format string for minutes. |
| Hours | Specify the format string for hours. |
| Days | Specify the format string for days. |
| Weeks | Specify the format string for weeks. |
| Months | Specify the format string for months. |