Connect a calendar provider
To establish a connection between On-Call Optimizer and a supported calendar provider follow these steps.
1. Login to On-Call Optimizer and navigate to the Calendars section.
- Select
Calendars
from the side bar - From the Calendars page, select
Add a new calendar provider
at the bottom of the page.
After following these steps you should be at https://app.oncall-optimizer.com/calendar_connections/new and be able to see the logo of your Calendar on screen.
2. Select your calendar provider and provide authorization
- Click on the connect button under the logo of the calendar provider you wish to connect to.
- You will be redirected to the website of your calendar provider and asked to grant On-Call Optimizer the necessary permissions to read your calendars.
- Follow the instructions and grant the requested permissions.
Authorization when re-connecting a calendar
If you have previously authorized On-Call Optimizer to access your calendar you may find yourself immediately redirected to the following step rather than being asked to complete steps 2 and 3 above.3. Configure which calendars to import
Once you have completed the authorization process you will be redirected back to On-Call Optimizer and shown a list of calendars that are available to configure as sources for availability information.
- For each calendar in the list choose whether or not to import availability information from it.
- Click
Finish
at the bottom of the list.
Refer to the configuration documentation for more detailed information on the options available in this step.
Finish
Once you cilck Finish
, the process of importing availability information will begin in the background and may take a few minutes to complete.
You can view the status of the import for each calendar on the main Calendars page accessible via the Calendars
entry in the side bar at any time.
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