--- title: What is the difference between Retail Calendar, Financial Calendar and Calendar? description: Defining the 3 calendar options available in the cube - Retail Calendar, Financial Calendar and Calendar (Gregorian). --- [Skip to content](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/knowledge/what-is-the-difference-between-calendar-retail-calendar-and-financial-calendar#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Customer portal](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/support-client-view?hsLang=en) ![mousemat.png\]](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/hs-fs/hubfs/mousemat.png?height=40&name=mousemat.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Customer portal](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/support-client-view) - Go to theretailscore.com Go to theretailscore.com The Retail Score Fundamentals - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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This can be accessed using the embedded hierarchy fields that have a '+/-' button to expand and collapse from 'year' down to 'date'. Alternatively the unique field can be viewed under the 'more fields' folder. Click on the link xx to view the instructional video. ![](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-24-2021-12-26-53-33-AM.png) There are 3 options available:  ### 1. Retail Calendar - Uses set Retail weeks that run Monday - Sunday (or as defined by the individual business) - Following the Financial months of July - June (or as defined by the individual business) - And a rolling 4,4,5 weeks per month (or as defined by the individual business) - to sum to a neat 52 weeks in a year ![](https://fundamentals.theretailscore.com/hubfs/image-png-Aug-24-2021-12-01-03-88-AM.png) ### 2. 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