Pass event categories through using icalendar import from Outlook

[Andrew Bruske]

Hi

Is it possible to include an event category in a .icalendar import from Outlook for particular events?

Regards
Andrew

[Andras]

Hi Andrew,

If it is a scheduled import, then there is no option to add a category to only some events of the import. A category can be added to all events that are being imported, or to none.

It might be possible to achieve what you want with custom coding, but that is beyond the scope of support we can provide here in the helpdesk.

If you are doing a one time import, then you can select which events you want to import and assign a category to those.

Let me know if this helps and if you have any further questions.

Cheers,
Andras

[Andrew Bruske]

Thanks Andras

Is this the same for Google calendar imports?

[Andras]

Yes, this is the same for all imports.

Additionally, if an event has a category in the source calendar (Outlook or Google) that category will be imported and assigned as well.

A.

[Andrew Bruske]

Hi Andras

Sorry I’m confused. What do you mean by “Additionally, if an event has a category in the source calendar (Outlook or Google) that category will be imported and assigned as well”?

Are you saying I can assign a category in the source calendar in Outlook? That’s exactly what I want to be able to do… If so, how do I do that in outlook?

[Andras]

Hi Andrew,

Sorry about the confusion. Let me try to clear this up for you.

Although we are not providing support for Outlook related questions 🙂 when creating an event in outlook you can assign categories to it like this:

• in the Outlook application: https://cloudup.com/cP1BybykIz8
• on the web interface: https://cloudup.com/ckte7RB4QnK

When importing the feed, if the feed contains the category data, then the category will also be imported and automatically assigned to the event.

When importing with Event Aggregator, then you can assign one additional category to the event like this: https://cloudup.com/cHXMGNpgi-4

Note, this category needs to be created before the import is set up.

Does this help?

Cheers,
Andras

 

[Andrew Bruske]

Thanks Andras

I tried that by creating a category in Outlook, assigning it to the event and then creating the same category in Events Calendar and running the import. It didn’t detect the category in the import though and didn’t populate anything.

Ive managed to do a workaround where I run a separate import per category that I want to assign and run that manually and it does what I need. It would be nice to set the category directly in Outlook but I guess my workaround will have to do for now

Thanks

[Andras]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for sharing that! Sorry to hear that the categories from Outlook didn’t get imported. I just checked it and it looks like that the .ics export from outlook does not contain the category data, so unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this. I’m sorry.

Your workaround is a good one, that is a great way to do it in the light of the above note. Congrats on finding this solution.

Is there anything else I can help you with before we close this down?

Andras

 

[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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