Reading the studio calendar

• Month and Week views

  A toggle at the top switches between Month and Week. The arrows step back and forward (a month at a time, or a week at a time), and Today jumps you back to the current date.

  In Month view, each day shows one colored bar per artist who has bookings that day — their calendar color and their username. Studio-wide items get their own fixed-color bars too: job interviews as ITW bars, studio events as EVT bars, and team meetings as MTG bars.

  In Week view you get seven day columns side by side over a shared timeline from early morning to late evening, so you can read the shape of each day.

• Opening a single day

  Tap a day (in Month, tap the day cell; in Week, tap the column header) to open that day's screen. There you can switch between a Timeline and a List, and the timeline has a Compact and a Detailed view.

  On the timeline, everyone's bookings share one time axis. When two bookings overlap, their bars sit side by side and narrow to fit. Guest artists show in the reserved guest color with a Guest badge; residents show in their own color.

• Filtering what you see

  Three filters stack from broad to narrow:

  • Team — All, Residents, or Guests.
  • Type — by discipline (Tattoo, Piercing, Body mod, PMU, Laser removal, or Guest). You can pick more than one.
  • Artists — specific people. The first chip is All, then every member of your team — the row wraps onto multiple lines if you have a large team.

  The filters reset as you move down the list, so you always start from a clean narrower choice: changing Team clears the Type and Artist picks, and changing Type clears the Artist picks. Pick the broad filter first, then narrow.

• What the colors mean

  Most bars use colors you choose in Settings → Member colors: each resident's bar is the color you gave them, and that same color marks the days they're away on a guest spot elsewhere. A few colors are fixed by InkMap for the studio-wide items, so they always look the same:

  • Orange — visiting guest artists (also flagged with a Guest badge)
  • Teal — job interviews (ITW)
  • Pink — studio events (EVT)
  • Purple — team meetings (MTG)

• Badges and banners

  • A red dot on a day flags a capacity conflict — more overlapping bookings than your studio can run at once. See Capacity vs work-station conflicts.
  • A gold school badge marks an apprenticeship milestone.
  • Away bars stretch across the days an artist is away (for example on a guest spot elsewhere).
  • Below the grid, a banner appears if there are work-station issues to resolve.

• Opening a booking

  Tap a booking to see its details. From the studio side this view is read-only — it's there so you can see what's booked, not to run the client-facing booking. The artist (or the studio, through Money Settlement and Accounting) handles the actual booking actions elsewhere.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my calendar empty even though artists are booked?

Three things to check. First, the filters — a Team, Type, or Artist filter may be hiding them. Second, whether those bookings are actually confirmed: the calendar only shows confirmed appointments, so anything still being negotiated (date, time, or duration not yet agreed) won't appear. Third, if the whole tab says "No team members," add artists to your studio from the Team tab.

Can I change a booking from the calendar?

Not the booking itself — that view is read-only for the studio. What you can do from the calendar is assign or change an artist's work station for the day. See Assigning and changing work stations.

I don't see someone in the Artist filter. Where are they?

Check the broader Team and Type filters first — changing those clears the Artist picks, so you may need to re-select the person. If they're still missing, confirm they're on your studio team from the Team tab.