{"id":1150865,"date":"2016-08-12T02:35:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T09:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/ical-import-overwriting-categories-chosen-after-import\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T02:35:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T09:35:29","slug":"ical-import-overwriting-categories-chosen-after-import","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/ical-import-overwriting-categories-chosen-after-import\/","title":{"rendered":"iCal Import overwriting categories chosen after import"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello,<\/p>\n

I’ve searched the forums for an answer to this, and this is the closest I could find but it doesn’t address my issue exactly: https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/imported-categories-are-overriding-the-chosen-category\/. So I’m opening a new thread.<\/p>\n

I have a Events Calendar installed on a school website, and set to check for and import new events on a daily basis using the iCal importer.<\/p>\n

I have the iCal default category for import set to to category, as the events that come in have to be manually categorized once they are imported. For example, some are “Meetings” and some are “Academic Calendar” etc.<\/p>\n

Once imported, the site admin changes the categories manually and they save until the next auto import. Once he next import occurs, it overwrites all the manual categorization. <\/p>\n

I’m hoping this is an error in configuration on my part, but ideally the new events added to the Google calendar would come in without a category, and any existing events already in the calendar (previously imported) would not be changed. I’m guessing its reimporting everything, but I do not see a way around this.<\/p>\n

Any help appreciated! Screenshot of my import set up attached. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1150865","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\niCal Import overwriting categories chosen after import -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/ical-import-overwriting-categories-chosen-after-import\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"iCal Import overwriting categories chosen after import -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello, I’ve searched the forums for an answer to this, and this is the closest I could find but it doesn’t address my issue exactly: https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/imported-categories-are-overriding-the-chosen-category\/. 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