Can Calendar Pro Export Additional Fields to iCal

[Darren]

I know the Calendar Pro can have additional fields for events and that Calendar Pro can export to iCal… But can Calendar Pro include those additional fields in the ical export? Example of additional field in the ical file would be nice too, if handy.

Thanks!

[Geoff]

Hey Darren!

That’s a great question. I wanted to say “yes” right away but did double-check and discovered that it is not possible to export custom fields with iCal. the reason has less to do with how The Events Calendar handles the data, and more to do with the iCalendar data format itself, which does not support additional fields. I suppose we could make that happen, but we’d need to hijack an existing iCalendar field and inject our data into it, likely at the expense of something else.

Sorry for the bad news, but does this at least help answer your question? Please let me know.

Cheers!
Geoff

[Darren]

Thanks for the quick response Geoff!

Does Calendar Pro offer another kind of export (CSV, JSON, etc.) that would include these additional fields?

[Geoff]

Hey Darren, thanks for following up!

The WordPress Export Tool (Tools > Export) will indeed include all event data, including additional fields. I think that is the only true place where it can be exported because the front-end export options (i.e. Google Calendar and iCal) do not include it.

Cheers!
Geoff

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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