Defining calendar views

This recipe walks you through how to display and edit information about dates and duration in your records in a visual way.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to add a calendar view for the hostel.room.category model:

1. Define a calendar view:

   <record id="hostel_room_category_view_calendar" model="ir.ui.view">
       <field name="name">Hostel Room Categories Calendar</field>
       <field name="model">hostel.room.category</field>
       <field name="arch" type="xml">
           <calendar date_start="date_assign" date_stop="date_end" color="parent_id">
               <field name="name" />
               ...