Calendar datasource
To create a calendar datasource you need to create and authenticate your Google or Microsoft credential in the Wallboard system.
Google Calendar credentials:
1. Navigate to Settings > Cloud Integration > Google credentials
2. Click on the Add new
and select the Calendar
scope
Google calendar can be modified from content, if the Read only
option is switched off.
- If you create a credential when the
Read only
is enabled, you will not be able to modify it from content. - To change the
Read only
state, you have to create another credential, where theRead only
button is in the desired state.
Microsoft Calendar credentials:
1. Navigate to Settings > Cloud Integration > Microsoft credentials
2. Click on the Add new
and select the Calendar
scope where you can choose between SharePoint or Personal types.
After you created a calendar credential, you will not be able to modify the type
, only the name of the credential.
If you wish to change the type of the credential you have to create a new with the type you need.
After you created your credential(s), you can create your calendar datasource.
Create datasource
Go to the Datasources > Click on the Add new
inside the External datasource tab > Choose the Calendar
type.
-
Select the credential type for the calendar this could be Office365 (Microsoft) or Google.
-
For Credential, select the
credential
you created before then select your calendar. -
You have to decide how your datasource updates from the original source, either by selecting a
Refresh Frequency
or by specifying aCron Expression
- More about External Datasource Refreshing: External Datasource Refreshing
-
You can randomize arrays if you enable the
Randomize arrays
function. -
If all this is done you can click on the
save
then you are done!