# Manage Holidays

The ability to manage holidays for individual offices is a very useful tool for an organization spanning multiple locations. Use this option to customize holidays for each office of your organization.

From the [Welcome Page](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-all-users/untitled/welcome-page), click on [**Admin**](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration)**,** and click on [**Organization**](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/67141724/Organization) from the drop-down list that pops up. This will launch the [**Organization**](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization) menu (*as shown in the screenshot below*).

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/manageholiday.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1552927846976\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

From this menu, select **Manage Holidays**. This will display the following:

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/holidays.PNG?version=1\&modificationDate=1553623047543\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

### **Add Holidays** 

This option allows you to create new holidays for each office in your organization. 

1. Click the blue **Create Holiday** button at the top-right of the screen:![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/thumbnails/67141730/create%20holiday.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1402085750115\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2\&width=100).This will launch a new page: 

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/createHoliday.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1552737462017\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

    **2.  Fill** the required fields: 

1. Name
2. From Date
3. To Date
4. Repayment Scheduling Type
5. Repayment scheduled to
6. Description (this is not a required field, but is still available. You may also **Edit** this holiday at another time to add a description or edit the current description).

    **3. Select** the office(s) the holiday applies to by clicking on the small '**+**' icon beside **Applicable Offices**. This will open a list of offices for you to choose from. Check the boxes to mark the office(s) you would like to include.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/availableOffices.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1552737633946\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

    4\. Click **Submit**.

### **View Holidays**

 Once you have selected **Manage Holidays,** a chart of all holidays will be displayed. The following fields will be displayed:

* Holiday Name
* Start Date
* End Date
* Alternate working day
* Status - Active or Deleted

![](https://2235457518-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb-oDYAENt-r5hW1bjo%2F-LjGy9inLbKKsi9R1Iau%2F-LjH-fKs2GeAShmio4w1%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=4d6782fd-54ce-4bb4-95c0-03f64ddc0a87)

**Tip:** Use the **Filter by Name** field to locate the holiday you are searching for. Begin typing the holiday name and Mifos X will automatically filter the results.

You may also filter holiday results by using the drop-down menu at the center of the **Manage Holidays** screen to select an office:

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/selectOffice.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1552738477802\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

### **Edit/Delete Holiday**

To **Edit** this holiday:

1. Click on a holiday in the list to view more details:

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/67141730/holidayDetails.png.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1552738707793\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

    2\. Click on the blue **Edit** button at the top-right of the page. This will launch a page where you can change the name of the selected holiday. You may also add or change a description of the chosen holiday.

To **Delete** this holiday:

1. Click the red **Delete** button at the top-right of the screen.
2. Click **Confirm**.

Related articles

* Page:[Working Days](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/working-days)
* Page:[Manage Tax configuration](https://docs.mifos.org/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/products/manage-tax-configuration)

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