# Holidays Inforiver admins have the ability to create a custom holiday calendar. The calendar can be used to ensure that subscription jobs are kept on hold during holidays and forecasts are not automatically closed on holidays. In the Inforiver console, navigate to Settings > Holidays to view the list of holiday calendars. Click the **Add New List** button to create a new calendar.

You have the option of bulk uploading a set of holidays or adding each holiday separately.

{% hint style="info" %} To edit a holiday calendar, click the

icon. You will be able to update each holiday. To delete a holiday calendar, click the

icon. {% endhint %} ### 1. Bulk Upload **Step 1:** Click the download sample link. Inforiver provides a template Excel spreadsheet that you can use to fill in the list of holidays.

**Step 2:** Open the Excel file. Enter the holiday names and the date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

**Step 3:** Click the upload button and choose the file. Inforiver creates a preview of the holiday calendar that is being uploaded. Click the Add button.

**Step 4:** Enter the calendar name to identify it from the calendar list. Click save.

The new calendar is added to the list.

### 2. Add date - add individual holidays **Step 1:** Enter the calendar name in the Add date window.

**Step 2:** Click the add date option to open the dialog box to enter holidays.

**Step 3:** Enter the holiday name and choose the date from the calendar.

**Step 4:** Click Create. The holiday is added to the calendar.

**Step 5:** Repeat the steps above and click Save to create the holiday calendar.