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Calendar: Booking half days

Learn how to book a half-day event in the Calendar or Planner using the Part of day option.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

Who it's for: All users

Platform: Sense HR web app

Available on: All plans


Navigation paths:

All users (Company Calendar):

Sense HR Dashboard > Calendar > Book


All users (booking for yourself):

[Your name] (upper right) > Manage profile > Planner > Book


Administrators (booking for others):

Sense HR Dashboard > People > [select profile] > Planner > Book


Quick Steps

1. Open Calendar from the Dashboard, or open a user’s Planner, then click Book.

2. In the Event dropdown, select Holiday or another event with an entitlement measured in days.

🖊️ Note: Any event with a day-based entitlement includes the half-day option by default. Locked days also include this option.

3. Click Add to open the booking form.

4. If booking from the Company Calendar, choose who to assign the event to.

  • If booking from a Planner, the event is automatically assigned to that person.

5. Select whether the event is A day or less or More than a day

🖊️ Note: If booking More than a day, you can still select half days for the Start and End Date

6. Select the Date, or the Start and End dates if booking more than one day.

7. In Part of day, select First half of shift or Second half of shift.

8. (Optional) Enter Notes

9. Click Save to confirm.

✅ The half-day event is now recorded in the Calendar and the assigned person’s Planner.

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