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Calendar datasource

A Calendar datasource reads events from one of three service providers:

  • iCalendar: any calendar published as an iCal (.ics) feed URL. No credential is needed.
  • Google and Office 365: these connect through a Google or Microsoft credential, which you create and authenticate in Wallboard first, as described below.

Google Calendar credentials:​

1. Navigate to Settings > Cloud Integration > Google credentials

2. Click on the Add new and select the Calendar scope

Read only option is enabled by default.

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 the Read 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.

Please note

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 Settings > Datasources and open the External Datasources tab. Click Add external datasource, then on the Choose a datasource type screen select Calendar.

  1. Choose the Service provider: iCalendar, Google or Office 365.

  2. Set up the calendar:

    • iCalendar: paste the feed address into Calendar feed URL. You usually find it in your calendar's sharing or export settings. Then fill in the Display settings: Date format, Time format, First day of the week, Show events for next X days (for example, 7 shows the next week) and Timezone.
    • Google or Office 365: select the credential you created before, then select your calendar.

  3. Set how often the datasource updates under Refresh settings: a Simple interval or an Advanced schedule (cron). Learn more: Refresh and caching

  4. Click Save.

To shuffle the order of the events, or to filter them, use the datasource's advanced settings. Learn more: Advanced datasource settings

To show the events of several calendars in one list, combine them with a Calendar merger. Learn more: Calendar merger