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title: "Basic configuration | Grafana Plugins documentation"
description: "Learn how to configure the Business Calendar panel to load and display events from any data source."
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# Basic configuration

The Business Calendar panel allows you to load events from any data source and display them on your Grafana dashboard.

## The data category

To use the plugin, you must provide a mapping for two required data elements: **Text** and **Start time**. You can also define optional fields to make your calendar more informative.

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| Field       | Required | Description                                                                                                                    |
|-------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Text        | Yes      | Event title. By default, the first text field is used.                                                                         |
| Description | No       | Event description. Supports multiple comma-separated values.                                                                   |
| Location    | No       | Event location.                                                                                                                |
| Start time  | Yes      | Event start time. By default, the first time field is used.                                                                    |
| End time    | No       | Event end time.                                                                                                                |
| Labels      | No       | Event labels. Supports multiple comma-separated values.                                                                        |
| Color       | No       | Event background color. Specify a number field. Grafana colors the event background according to the specified **Thresholds**. |

[](/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/business-calendar/calendar-data.png)

## Week start

For the **Week** and **Month** layouts, the plugin uses the Grafana system settings to determine the first day of the week: Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. If no setting is specified, the plugin uses the default day from Grafana settings.

[](/media/docs/grafana/panels-visualizations/business-calendar/week-start.png)