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Color-coding-functionality for appointments and service activities for Group Calendar

Please note: GroupCalendar v5.58 or higher is required. The feature is available for all activity types. 

GroupCalendar for MS Dynamics CRM 2011 provides the possibility to define a specific color for each scheduled service activity and appointment (click here to download the latest GroupCalendar version).


GroupCalendar: Color-coding for Service Activities

With version 4.64 you have the possibility to set up for each service activity a specific color. GroupCalendar setup will create automatically a picklist attribute on the service activity entity which is used for this feature. To activate color-coding for service activities, you have to add this attribute to the main form of the entity. The attribute is named ptm_colorcode with the display name Color and is predefined with 12 colors.


How to configure different colors for activities in the Gantt View

Please note: Requires GC v4.61 or higher

There are four settings in the GC settings named

  • GanttColorAppointment1: Color 1 for specified appointment status codes
  • GanttColorAppointment2: Color 2 for specified appointment status codes
  • GanttColorServiceApp1: Color 1 for specified serviceappoinmtent status codes
  • GanttColorServiceApp2: Color 2 for specified serviceappointment status codes