Admin Guide - Start & Finish Week

Last Modified On: October 28, 2026

Inspire Planner can display Start Week and Finish Week values for project tasks, helping users identify when tasks are scheduled to begin and end within the project timeline.
 

• Start Week: The calendar week in which a task is scheduled to start, based on its Start Date.
• Finish Week: The calendar week in which a task is scheduled to finish, based on its Finish Date.

This article outlines the configuration steps administrators must complete to enable these fields and make them available to users in the project schedule.

Required Permissions

You must be a Salesforce System Administrator to complete the steps outlined in this article as it requires access to Salesforce Setup and Administration.

Grant Access to Start Week and Finish Week

The following Inspire Planner Standard Permission Sets already include access to the Start Week and Finish Week fields in the Project Task object.

• Inspire Planner Standard User - v1.12 Permission Set

If you are using custom permission sets, you must update them to grant users access to these fields.

1. In Setup, enter "Permission Sets" in the search box. Then, click Permission Sets.
   
   
    
2. Click on the name of your custom permission set. The image below is just an example.
   
   
    
3. Go to Object Settings.
   
   
    
4. Go to Project Tasks.
   
   
    
5. Click Edit.
   
   
    
6. Enable Read Access for both Start Week and Finish Week. Then, click Save to save your changes.
   
   

Configure the Week Start Day

Configure the Week Start Day setting in Inspire Planner to specify which day of the week is used as the starting point when calculating the Start Week and Finish Week values for project tasks. If no value is configured, Monday is used as the default.

1. In Setup, enter "Custom Settings" in the search box, and then click Custom Settings.
   
   
    
2. Click Manage beside Inspire Planner Config.
   
   
    
3. Click Edit.
   
   
    

4. Set the Week Start Day to specify which day of the week is used as the starting point when calculating the Start Week and Finish Week values for project tasks.
    

   Enter the corresponding numeric value for your preferred start day:

   • Sunday - 1
   • Monday - 2
   • Tuesday - 3
   • Wednesday - 4
   • Thursday - 5
   • Friday - 6
   • Saturday - 7
      

   Click Save to save your changes.
   
   Note:If no value is configured, Monday (2) is used as the default.
   
   

Add Start Week and Finish Week to Field Set

To make the Start Week and Finish Week fields available as columns in the Project Gantt, you must add both fields to the Inspire Planner Custom Fields field set on the Project Task object.

1. In Setup, go to Object Manager.
   
   
    
2. Enter "Project Task" in the search box and click Project Task.
   
   
    
3. Go to Field Sets and click Inspire Planner Custom Fields.
   
   
    
4. From the list of available fields on top, drag both Start Week and Finish Week into the box labeled In the Field Set. Click Save to save your changes.