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How Do I... Subscribe to a Calendar

Introduction
Procedure
See Also

Introduction

This procedure will describe how to subscribe to calendars within Western's Calendar System, Java Enterprise System (JES). You can subscribe to any calendar that you have at minimum Read permissions. Subscribing to a calendar allows you to

easily view individuals calendars
manage other individuals calendars, if you have appropriate permissions

The preferred method used to subscribe to calendars is through the web at http://mail.uwo.ca, also known as Convergence. However, we are seeing increasing options available such as the Outlook Connector (SJOC) and Lightning (Thunderbird extension).

We do not recommend that you subscribe to a calendar in order to check on its availability. For this please refer to How Do I... on Create a Calendar Event.

Procedure

Convergence (Western's Calendar System)
Lightning (Thunderbird Extension)
Outlook Connector (SJOC)

Convergence (Western's Calendar System)

To subscribe to a calendar, perform the following steps:

Login to http://mail.uwo.ca
Select Calendar from the service selector pane.
Click on the Create or Subscribe calendar icon
Select Subscribe to Calendar
The Subscribe calendar tab appears on the right pane. Enter the user name or resource calendar Id in the text box provided.

Search criteria is done on first then last name and/or Western email address. Please note that it will only return results on calendars that you have a minimum of read access. A list of all users matching the search criteria are listed in the search pane.

Select the corresponding name of the owner for the calendar that you want to subscribe to.

All calendars belonging to the user are listed in the right pane. For each calendar, the permissions assigned to the calendar is also provided. All calendars that are already subscribed by the user and those that cannot be subscribed by the user are disabled. These calendars cannot be selected.
Select check box for each calendar you want to subscribe to
Click Subscribe

The selected calendar is added to the list of subscribed calendars in the Calendar service pane and is available for viewing by selecting it from the left side of the screen.

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Lightning (Thunderbird Extension)

Option #1

There is an Add-on for Thunderbird that after the install makes it much easier to subscribe to calendars.

Installation of the CALDAV - Search/Subscribe add-on

Select Tools...Add-ons
From the Search all add-ons
Enter calDAV and hit return
For the CALDAV - Search/Subscribe select Install
Select Restart now

Subscribing to calendars using CALDAV - Search/Subscribe add-on

Right click on your calendar and select search for calendar (calDAV)...
Enter the full name or email address of the user/resources
Select Search
Under the heading Select calendars to subscribe to:
Highlight the entry for the individual's calendar you are trying to access
Select List calendars
Place a checkmark on any calendar you want to subscribe to
Select Subscribe

Option #2

Select File... New... Calendar
Select the radial button On the Network ... Continue

Select the radial button CalDAV
In the Location field
Enter the URL https://calendar.uwo.ca/davserver/dav/home/userid@uwo.ca/calendar/
Select Continue

Note: Replace the email address with the name of the calendar that you are subscribing to.

Enter a "friendly name" for the subscribed calendar
Pick a colour for your events and click Continue

Select Done

Outlook Connector (SJOC)

Please note read access is required in order to access subscribe calendars using the Connector. Any calendars that an individual has subscribed to using the method above should be pushed down to the client from the server, making them automatically available. On occasion you may need to perform some Connector troubleshooting to pull down the subscribed calendars. The troubleshooting steps can be as simple as restarting your Outlook session. However, they can sometimes include:

Checking the status of the Connector within Outlook
Pull down subscribed calendars from the sever
- From the Outlook menu bar select Go... Folder List
- Click on Shared Calendars and expand out the directory structure, if you see the calendar in question it should show up in the calendar section of outlook.