What is an Internet Calendar?
Internet Calendars are calendars that are shared through the Internet. This allows calendar information to be exchanged between people regardless of the application that is used to create or view the information.
Internet Calendars use the iCalendar format (not to be confused with Apple's iCal) and have the .ics file name extension.
There are two types of Internet calendar
- Snapshot - Static iCal File
- Subscription - Accessible through web address / URL
Adding Snapshot iCal File to Claromentis Calendar
You can get iCal files by exporting them from many popular calendar applications or being sent a file directly in an email.
This file will be a static calendar that can be updated only after the calendar owner sends you a new Calendar Snapshot and this is imported again into Claromentis.
1. Navigate to Calendar Application
2. Expand the menu and click on Import
3. Select the iCal file from your PC
Adding a Subscription URL to Claromentis Calendar
There are two places where you can add a calendar subscription in Claromentis
- Import to Personal / Existing Calendar
- Import to a new Group Calendar
- Importing Calendar Subscription URL to a personal/existing calendar in Claromentis
Use this method if you wish to import a subscription calendar to your personal calendar or existing calendar that has been created in Claromentis.
1. Navigate to Calendar Application
2. Expand the menu and click on Import
3. Enter the iCal URL and select which calendar to import to.
- Importing Calendar Subscription URL to a Group Calendar
1. Navigate to Admin > Calendar
2. Add new Calendar
3. Check box "Internet Calendar" and you will be presented with the field to populate with the link to iCal
4. Set the properties and Calendar permission as usual.
FAQS
How often will the internet calendar be synced with Claromentis?
Starting from Claromentis version 8.13.13 internet Calendars will be synced with Claromentis every 12 hours (twice a day), in the previous site versions this will only happen once - at import.
Can I add new events to the Internet Calendar from Claromentis?
Communication is not two-way.
Claromentis will check for new events in the external calendar and add these on a sync - it will not be able to add any new events created in Claromentis for that calendar to the external calendar.
Synced calendars should be read-only and treated as a calendar subscription.
Where can I find the source of the iCal URL?
Here is an example resource that provides Internet Calendar URL's:
https://www.officeholidays.com/
