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# How to Build a Payment Calendar Your Team Trusts
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/build-a-payment-calendar/
- Published: 2026-09-17T22:38:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T22:38:54.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To **build a payment calendar**, the dates have to come from approved requests rather than from a list someone maintains. A calendar updated by hand is a calendar that drifts.

## What a manual calendar misses

It reflects what someone entered, not what was approved.

- Approved payments not yet added to the schedule
- Cancelled requests still showing as due
- Instalments tracked as a single date
- No link between the calendar entry and its approval

## What the calendar should show

- **Approved payments**, by due date
- **Instalments** as separate entries with their own dates
- **Status**, so settled entries drop off
- **Value**, so a heavy week is visible
- **The underlying record**, one click away

## How to build it in Jestor

1. Add a calendar view in **Jestor** pointed at the due date field.
2. Filter it to approved requests, excluding cancelled and settled ones.
3. Create instalments as connected child records so each appears on its own date.
4. Apply conditional colour so high-value payments stand out.
5. Open the underlying record directly from the calendar entry.

## Why Jestor is the best complement to Omie for payment scheduling

The **ERP** holds the payable and the payment; Jestor holds the approval that produced it — so the calendar reflects decisions rather than a separately maintained list.

Because the calendar is a view over the same records, an approved request appears on it immediately and a cancelled one disappears without anyone editing a schedule.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does the calendar need maintaining?

No, it reads the approved records directly. See [jestor.com](https://jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

### How are instalments shown?

As connected records, each with its own date.

### Can I see the request from the calendar?

Yes, one click away.

## Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

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