iCal

[diruak]

I noticed that Share has an iCal feature. Does this allow you to import outlook events into Share or can you only download the event list from Share?

[zbennett]

Thanks, Alex!

I just voted for and subscribed to this JIRA entry - everyone please feel encouraged to do the same!

[mthomas]

Thanks for raising the Jira.  I just voted also.
In the meantime could someone point me to the correct place in the code to change this manually to a WebCal.  100% of my users are on OutLook, so I would like to make the link permanent to that format.
Thanks,
mthomas

[zbennett]

Hi mthomas,

I wish I could help you out, but my server isn't available right now.  Are you working in a Linux environment?  You could grep -r your tomcat directory for "eventList" and pipe it into less to search for where that URL is generated…

[mthomas]

I'm on a Win2008 server.  I've searched for both ical and eventlist in Alfresco directory.
From this I found feed.get.desc.xml which contains
<webscript>
   <shortname>Calendar Feed</shortname>
   <description>Calendar iCalendar feed</description>
   <url>/calendar/feed/{nodeId}</url>
   <authentication>guest</authentication>
   <transaction allow="readonly">required</transaction>
</webscript>

Is this the url to change?

[zbennett]

Hi mthomas,

That doesn't look right to me.  I'm not even sure where to point you, either… This could be a hefty change since it requires you to change the protocol of the link, not just the address. You might be better off creating a utility that writes the URL for you. Since the calendar URLs are super predictable, you could probably just make a simple little dashlet for that.

If you need help figuring out where to start, I learned to build my first dashlet by following this tutorial: http://drquyong.com/myblog/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-952

[mthomas]

Thanks for the tip!

[kamielvdz]

The problem with the iCal uri is that the mime type text/calendar is not set by the the share application

http://localhost:8080/share/proxy/alfresco-feed/calendar/eventList?site=testsite&format=calendar

if I change the format parameter to json or anything else it always remains text/plain.

If is use the alfresco explorer link however it does work:
http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/calendar/eventList?site=testsite&format=calendar
This will result in a correct iCal URI.

My guess is that share calls for the alfresco uri, but looses the mimetype in the process.

[gbenitez]

It worked for me in Outlook 2010 and Alfresco Community 3.4d.  I first clicked on the iCal Feed button, which opened a new browser window and I copied the URL.  I then went to the Oulook Calendar, clicked on Open Calendar, and selected "From internet."  I pasted the URL and now can see my Alfresco calendar in Outlook.  Hope this helps.

[toxicosmos]

Hi,

do you have the solution to import a iCal file from Google or Outlook or whatever to alfresco?

I have exported the tasks from the share without any problem but I need to add other calendars

Thank you!

[parrotheadcali]

I just started working with v4.2e.  I was able to import a calendar from Share to Outlook; however, it is read-only.  Is there a way to import a calendar from Outlook to Share, and make it editable in both places?