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Link to a Shared Calendar
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Linking to a Shared Calendar
With the Link to a Shared Calendar option, you can manually mount a calendar that has been shared to you via a mail list, or if you have accidentally deleted a shared calendar and wish to recreate it without asking the calendar owner to resend the share notification. Before linking to a shared calendar, make sure that the calendar has already been shared with you.
You will also need to know the following:
- The calendar owner’s e-mail address
- The shared calendar’s name
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Navigate to the Calendar tab in SFU Connect.
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Right click on the ‘Calendar’ header and a menu should appear.
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Choose ‘Link to Shared Calendar’.
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The ‘Link to Shared Calendar’ menu should appear.
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For ‘Email’, enter the e-mail address of the calendar’s owner.
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For ‘Path’, enter the calendar’s name as it appears in the owner’s calendar. For example, if the user has shared their default calendar with you (labeled ‘Calendar’), type in ‘Calendar’.
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Note that the ‘Name’ field is automatically populated based on what you type into ‘Path’. You can always change the ‘Name’ field and also the colour of the calendar. Once you have finished, click ‘OK’ to create the shared calendar.
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The shared calendar will then appear in your list of calendars on the left of the screen.
Note that shared calendars have a different icon from calendars created by you. They have an icon with two small figures.
Checking Access Type
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If you are unsure of what type of access you have, you can right click on the shared calendar and choose ‘Edit Properties’.
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The properties of the shared calendar will then be displayed.
- In this example, for ‘Permissions’, the share recipient is able to View, Edit, Add, Remove, Accept or Decline meetings. You can also change the name of the calendar and the colour in this menu. Click ‘OK’ once you have finished.
Common Error Messages
When the Calendar Has Not Yet Been Shared
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If the calendar has not yet been shared with you, a 'Permission denied' message will appear.
In this case, please contact the calendar owner to have them initiate the share.
Invalid Calendar Names
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If an incorrect or invalid calendar name is entered in the ‘Name’ field, after clicking ‘OK’, a 'No such folder exists' message will appear.
- Click ‘OK’ and re-enter the calendar name. If necessary, please contact the calendar owner to verify the name of the shared calendar.