How to Create a Dynamic Monthly Calendar in Google Sheets - Template Provided

[@CalgaryBen]

I get so many questions about things like making Monday the first day of the week, or putting months side-by-side instead of on top or each other, or asking why a certain formula doesn't work for someone. PLEASE have a look at the sample I've provided: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RZ9RXTg44XkBBZx98eKeGWajYVgrULaz64Ws7FpaPGI It provides samples of all these scenarios. Please do not request edit access to the sample/template doc as I will not provide it; you simply need to follow the provided instructions to make a copy of your own, which you can edit and customize to your heart's content! Thanks.

[@ardianifa]

thank you so much!

[@rpyw2621]

This was so helpful! THANK YOU!

[@elisachong7397]

thank you for the template!!!

[@aurelieroque2006]

4 years later, and this was SUCH A HUUUUUUUGE HELP. I cannot thank you enough.

[@shannonvillines5703]

Just wanted to thank you for helping me turn a 2 hour process into a 10 minute process. I will be following and spreading the word to future subscribers! Thanks a bunch!!

[@gloriahernandez3310]

I needed to make a caledar of work I did back in 2002. I was praying for a way to create a caledear in google. I am so grateful in 2024 to have found your video. May God continue to bless you for your genorisity. I appreciate your calm tone and how you ACTUALLY explain how/what you are doing while you click. Again, God bless you!

[@elisabethfesler8878]

Thank you for making this template available. You made my life a lot easier. You Canadians really are the nicest people ever.

[@kelliephillips5754]

Very helpful, even in 2023. Thank you so much for sharing this. I followed the tutorial because I wanted to see if I could do it my self. I changed the colors and and sizes of the borders. I messed up towards the end with the shading, and it saved and had to start over, but it wasn't too bad. Thanks again. :)

[@kcron13]

I would love a video tutorial on how you set up the Linked to Event List calendar in your spreadsheet. Thank you for making this! Very generous and you saved me months of time :)

[@soniarao8700]

Hi Ben - Thank you so much for the amazing explanation and walking us all through this so clearly. Also, thank you for putting together the google spreadsheet that is ready to go. I'm a homeschooling mom, I came here to set up a calendar on google but now I'm so excited to learn more about using sheets! Thank you!

[@DrLazerbeam]

I never thought I'd be watching Excel tutorials recreationally but this was really useful for me and I'm really grateful. Thanks a lot

[@mikeramarao]

Love the tutorial. So crisp and clear! This is the kind of teaching that people need for learning more! Thank you!

[@GTAHomeGuy]

I haven't cracked into what the calendar you have provided yet but I want to say you are AMAZING for saying "bypass and link in description"! As well as explaining how to copy on the sheet. I needed something quick and you didn't make us wade through a tutorial if we just needed a quick fix. You really gave value glad I found your vid, thank you and all the best in 2020!

[@TammyTemple-b7h]

Thank you so much, Ben! I create a wall calendar every year for my school and have always used MS Publisher. They've just switched me to a Mac and won't purchase a license for MS Publisher so I've been looking for an alternative. Your tutorial is perfect and I really appreciate you including the link to the actual google sheet. I've made a copy and am well on my way to creating our 2024-2025 calendar!

[@AdrienneWalton-ck3ei]

This was very helpful--I'm using the link provided right now but plan to use your very detailed instructions to create an academic calendar, including national holidays and with a section for notes on the right side. Thanks so much for this!!!

[@oyewunmioyetola7402]

Woow I am impressed, It was so crystal clear, in fact I am so excited after watching the steps and creating my calendar. I am feeling like a PRO right now

[@sambrunt2457]

Listening to your dulcet tones while following your instructions was very soothing. I must have made an error or possibly because I didn't change my date format to the USA, so my efforts didn't pay off - but you provided all the work for me to copy anyway, so all round a very successful outcome. Thank you very much @CalgaryBen , you are awesome

[@aixrynx]

Wow, 3 years ago. Thanks enormously!

[@biblicalresourceswithgwend2561]

Thanks Ben this is awesome I really appreciate you taking the time to go slow with your instructions which gave me the opportunity to follow along thanks a bunch

[@todd5963]

This was super fun to do and I learned a lot! You went at a perfect pace. Thanks so much!

[@dwdanceStudio]

Hello Mr. Ben, I just wanted to say, that your video has educated me, a little more. Have a great day! - Hans

[@shanaepaulino152]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BEN!!! This was IMMENSELY helpful for me. Even though it took me a long time to watch what you were doing and create one myself, it was worth it. I appreciate you taking the time to make this tutorial! :)

[@meganmotta898]

thank you so so much!! perfect step-by-step explanation, I was able to follow all the way through clearly:)

[@tmrfoushee]

Thank you, Ben! Your sharing has saved me so much time on behalf of my nonprofit all-volunteer group. I can migrate group's current speaker calendar from xl to Sheets and easily offer links with anyone interested... , one of the members who was up in middle of night wondering if we had a speaker lined up. THNAK YOU!

[@falielballo-allo3327]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this. I have been trying to look for this exact calendar for me and my homeroom. Your generosity is a blessing. Thank you

[@kendrahoffman9036]

Thank you soooooo much. The link to make a copy of the calendar was perfect. I am a teacher and this will make my like so much easier.

[@mariaeduardasanto7329]

Thank youuu! You just saved me! U dont have idea, spend many hours looking for a sheet like this!

[@rachelvelasquez5201]

SUPER HELPFUL!! Specially the template from which I was able to get the formulas and adapt it to my own calendar styles. Thank you so much!!!

[@gen3703]

Thank you so much! I just watched your tutorial and created a full year calendar thanks to your detailed video.

[@phoebedavis5526]

Great step by step tutorial. I actually created a calendar using this video though I ended up using the schedule generator template from someka. It's been very useful so far. Thank you for the video:)

[@warrenzonator]

excellent pace and explanations! I'm going to be working to integrate forms and an email list for making and confirming appointments, and this was exactly the starting point I needed. greetings from Alberta

[@LP-ge8ig]

Thank you so so much! so generous of you for sharing the template

[@JSmithOLMC]

Thank you for the easy to follow step by step guide (and the link in the description)!

[@malikastar9265]

Thank you Ben, That was genius and very helpful ! I wonder why is there only one video in your ytb channel, thank you so much again :)

[@gabrielajuarezs]

OMG This is so helpful!!! Why is this your only video? :( Post more!!!! Please!!!

[@adarshsharma5608]

Very helpful. Really appreciate the efforts you have put in to bring out this document.

[@Velimouree]

thank you so much I had to do this for an assignment that was due today I was gonna cry bless you 😪✋

[@sweetsurrenderspaqualityba4240]

So helpful and easy to follow, thank you very much for sharing.

[@altheapolyam]

Thank you so much for this video!! Very useful, and the fact that you share samples for if we run with any trouble is pretty awesome. Sorry it also gave you some trouble but I'm super thankful for this work you shared with us. Hope you have a nice day ^^

[@vishwanara5859]

Thank you so much dear. It helped me a lot to fix some of my problems. Many thanks.🤗🙏

[@josephzhao342]

Hi! I have a problem with my calendar I was hoping to get the solution for. You know how when you typed in a different month and year at the top, the calendar automatically changed and the days would appear for that month? For me, that doesnt happen. instead the days just disappear. i followed your steps exactly as shown and i cant pinpoint my mistake. do you have any idea as to how to fix it?

[@laha44]

yes! this happens to me too when the 1st of the month lands on a Sunday. Any advice on how to correct this would be amazing!

[@techyy9962]

the formular that he put for saturday, copy and paste that onto the first week monday to saturday. That should fix it

[@kevingoez9206]

how can I thank you enough??? It was all super clear and very simple to follow. Thanks so much!!

[@LNNordang]

Perfect, ty very much for the detailed description and link to the finished sheet.

[@antoinettehunt971]

This was awesome but I became a little lost so THANK SO MUCH for the sample calendar. You're Awesome!

[@kimvicuna5138]

Glad that I was able to find your video! This really saves me a lot of time! More tutorials to come! Thank you & God bless.

[@eyesforpurple]

Thank you for the detailed breakdown! I love my new calendar :)

[@god604]

Hey Ben! I had such trouble trying to figure out how to do this on my own, but after watching your vid I was able to get the hang of it and actually create my own calendar! I appreciate your tutorial video as it has helped me quite a bit! Hope you bring out more tutorial videos soon!

[@YoukoVignau]

Hi, this is awesome. Thank you for sharing. This had been uploaded for a couple years. Not sure if you will see this. On the event page. You set up a description link to the calendar. What if I have more than 1 event happening on the same day? Let's say "7/4 Acopy delivery" and "7/4 Testing start". The current setup will show only one cell's description. Is there a way can have both of them show on the calendar? Thank you.

[@TRESSS]

Thank you Ben, this really helped me make a workout schedule!

[@Julie-ni8ln]

Loved this! It was exactly what I needed. I had to back up and review several times, it was all pretty fairly new to me. Thank you for sharing!

[@wizzywidge9039]

Thanks! This was a very helpful video. Making a calendar for a group to share. Learned a lot!

[@Maigue-tm9rg]

thank you so much for the tutorial. i've been wanting to learn this for the longest time. great work!

[@NicholasAHanley]

Thank you so much, You are powerful and you will accomplish everything this year. 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@HeyBear]

Thank you, Ben. Exactly what I needed!

[@patineishon]

Thanks a lot, specially for the template! Hope you're doing fine during this time. Wish you the best.

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

Thanks so much!! Very helpful. One question: For some reason, the months in which “1” starts on SUNDAY are not working properly (all the other months look great). Any hints on how that might be fixed? Thnx again!

[@franciscobaraquel]

Still relevant in 2021. Thank you!

[@pizzabella4257]

The template is everything we needed! Thanks so much for this. You're the best!

[@wilsononu2162]

Ben, thank you so much for this. Truly helpful. All the best.

[@abtextiles912]

Thanks so much Ben, this template and tutorial are just what I needed!

[@She_Builds_Kingdom_Marriages]

Thank you so much for this. Your area of expertise saved me tons of time! You rock!!!!

[@tiffanyhogue1186]

Thank you! This video was easy to follow and understand. Great tutorial!

[@Kristin-hn5eu]

Your voice gives me ASMR.

[@gabrielpatrick1581]

your voice is oddly soothing...kinda like Christopher cross.

[@CalgaryBen]

Thanks! That's high praise! And I agree with the "oddly" part, since I haven't heard that before. Soothing/boring is a good way to put my kids to sleep... ;-P

[@yawnoir4581]

Thanks. I wanted to create something from scratch and learn and adapt from it.

[@orangedragon1238]

fantastic tutorial!! super clear and prob the most useful thing ive ever made so far. thank you ben for making this video, truly appreciate it :)

[@thecalmcoolcollected6087]

Hi Ben! This is SUPER HELPFUL! Thank you for making this video. A couple questions- can you keep multiple event lists to update on one calendar? And also are you for hire to help create customized calendars? Please let me know! Thank you!

[@rhphares]

This calendar is great and saved me MUCH time on a project that I'm working on. One question, On the calendar that pulls data from a seperate page, is there a way to get the calendar to show two events in the cell (if I had two items with the same date on the source page)?

[@WattooPlays]

Hey, did you ever work out a way to do this as i have the exact same question/problem

[@bigmanting1874]

I would have never figured this out myself and I took a class on this🤣

[@purpletyc]

Thank you, this took me some time and I really LOVE IT!!!! I need to see your other videos. UPDATAE: I don't see you have other videos

[@madkulo9145]

Hey Ben, awesome video. Kindly let me know how I can download the template for 2022 as I could not figure that out. Also, I wish to add personal family pictures either as background or on top part of the calendar. Thirdly, I wish to do all this on my iPad 15.3 which I can then get printed at Costco.

[@jackienorena6843]

Thank you for making it so simple to use.

[@choirlivingwater9115]

Hey, wonderful video. Is there a way I can connect the notes spaces with the month switches? Like if I switch month, I would like for the notes to change with it

[@EzraOmoke]

This has been helpful. How can I populate more than one event on one day in the calendar?

[@ons585]

For the linked calendar, how do you list multiple events on the same date? For example, if Event 1 and Event 2 take place on 6/1/2020, how do you make it so the calendar for that date lists both events on calendar cell 6/1/2020? Thank you for your help!

[@amazingytvideos5214]

THANK YOU very much for this tutorial!!!

[@ekpenosunbor1519]

Great video, Ben. Thank you so much.

[@simonmcdonald4124]

Very generous of you - thank you! May the karma Gods be kind to you!

[@smo2497]

Great video!! This is perfect for the content calendar I'm building.

[@frederickahannor340]

This was awesome!!! The only thing I had to differently was when I added my dates, I had to do =Column(B1) instead of just having ().

[@marcotrunzo]

I’m trying to do this for Feb 2021 and the calendar goes blank??? Anyone know why?

[@SH-db6qd]

@CalgaryBen Great video. Thank you for the help. However, is there a way to have the calendar automatically populate with all the events entered according to the month selected? So if I select july 2022 all of my July events will show. Then if I select August, all of my july events will go away and my august events will show. And then if I decide to go back to july, all my july events will then populate again.

[@theashleyshow7815]

Hey I really hope you reply! I watched your video it helped me a lot with creating a calendar for the coaches at my job! When I want to write something under a day how can I write multiple things in separate text boxes. Or hit enter without it going to a new box just to separate the events under one day? It all types as one paragraph.

[@CalgaryBen]

If you need multiple cells per day, it would have to be designed with that in mind from the outset. If you just want multiple lines of text in a single cell, end each line by pressing Alt-Enter instead of just pressing Enter.

[@theashleyshow7815]

@@CalgaryBen YES! Thank you!! Alt-Enter works!

[@brook3518]

Hello, this helps a lot on my work. thanks. got some questions. If I have my clients' reservation tables in the other sheets, Can it be automatically add to the calendar?

[@PriyaKumari-wm5ik]

Thank you so much Ben! This video tutorial was a massive help! Can't thank you enough :D

[@Thashi179]

Thank you for being so generous! appreciate you sharing the template :)

[@nextdoordreamer]

Hi! Thank you, this is so helpful. But I have a question. I saw the updated version of the calendar and was wondering if it's possible to add a column on the left for time? Like, 10:00 - 11:00 then 11:00 - 12:00 and so on. Will that affect any of the formulae?

[@robertoarguello3142]

Thank you, Ben. Very helpful.

[@crystalboatwright731]

Loved your video and following along with you in creating my calendar i had a little hiccup with the months Sept and Dec for some reason but i got them fixed.

[@nicolemadin5034]

Hey, how did you fix this? It’s hurting my brain, it’s the same for me for sept and December 2024. Thanks in advance! X

[@crystalboatwright731]

@@nicolemadin5034 you want to go into cell B4 on Sept or Dec and in the parenthesis after abs you want to change that to A4 close the parenthesis then change the other B4 to A4 and got and paste that all the way across your calendar for the first week

[@brittanyfernandez7191]

Thank you so much for this! I have been doing a monthly budget on pen and paper, and am trying to take everything digital so I can stop printing so much. :) This leads me to my question... is there a way to document reoccurring bills each month? I want the 1st of every month to reflect that rent is due, but when I add it to the 1st of a month, when I move onto the next month, it is there, but in the same cell, rather than on the specific date that I am wanting. Is there a formula for that? Any help is appreciated!

[@cryptonursery5027]

thank you so much for sharing and teaching this. made my own as i watched and works perfectly for what i needed!

[@fredericc1633]

thx CalagaryBen ! Gonna use is for our marketing band publication !

[@anianitaanita]

You are a life saviour! Thank you so much!

[@georgieanngetton]

Thank you so much for this! I have been looking for how to do this and you gave a perfect explanation

[@DeeKM12]

This was fantastic. Really saved me lots of time on work projects!

[@dimpleadalja2198]

Great video. However, what if the format I am working on is from Mon-Sun how do I use the if weekday formula then? Thank you

[@CalgaryBen]

Please refer to the sample document in the description, and go to the tab labeled "January 2019 - alt (Monday as first day of week)". You can then make a copy of the template document for your own uses.

[@faizanhari4913]

Thankyou for sharing the template!

[@vanessaapodaca3039]

Thanks for the template! This is really helpful for my work!

[@viradokumen6847]

thank you so much for your helping, may goodness will return to you :D you save my life

[@selomitagwireyi3288]

This was really helpful. Thank you

[@gullubhaihai]

Thank you Ben for this wonderful and informative tutorial. Is there a way to add multiple tasks in the same day? I tried with existing formulae but it doesnt take multiple entries

[@ronaldjohnson_ita]

Thanks, very helpful. How do you create a dynamic calendar "with" dynamic drop downs. So, if I have a set list of drop downs, and I change the month those drop-downs will follow the days of the calendar in order. I am trying to create a cleaning schedule, and M-Friday a team-member is assigned to clean, I want it to be able to automatically assign team-members based on Mon-Friday if I change the date. Is this possible?