Calendar View Configuration

Calendar Data Views display your records on a date-based calendar. This guide covers the Calendar-specific configuration tabs that are unique to this view type: Calendar Date Info and ICS Feed.

Calendar Date Info Tab

The Calendar Date Info tab controls which Date/Date Time fields power your calendar display. This is where you map your collection's date fields to the calendar's start and end times.

Configuring Calendar Dates

1. Navigate to Team Administration → Data Collections
2. Click on the Data Collection
3. Go to Data Views → click on your Calendar view
4. Select the Calendar Date Info tab
5. Configure:
   • Start Date Field — The Date or Date Time field that determines when events begin on the calendar
   • End Date Field — Optional. The Date or Date Time field that determines when events end. If omitted, events are treated as point-in-time entries.

ICS Feed Tab

The ICS Feed tab lets you generate ICS calendar feed URLs that users can subscribe to in external calendar applications (Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook, etc.).

What is an ICS Feed?

An ICS (iCalendar) feed is a standardized calendar format that allows external calendar apps to subscribe to your Simply360 calendar view. Once subscribed, events automatically sync to the user's preferred calendar application.

Setting Up an ICS Feed

1. Navigate to the Calendar Data View
2. Select the ICS Feed tab
3. Enable the ICS feed
4. Configure feed settings:
   • Feed Title — Name that appears in the subscribed calendar
   • Event Title Field — Which Data Field to use as the event title in the calendar feed
   • Event Description Fields — Which fields to include in the event description
5. Copy the generated ICS feed URL

Managing Feed Tokens

ICS feeds use unique tokens for access control, similar to embedded view tokens:

• The feed URL includes a security token
• You can regenerate the token if it's compromised (this invalidates the old URL)
• Share the URL only with people who should have access to the calendar data

Subscribing to the Feed

Users can add the ICS feed URL to their calendar application:

• Google Calendar — Settings → Add calendar → From URL
• Apple Calendar — File → New Calendar Subscription
• Outlook — Add Calendar → Subscribe from web

Most calendar apps refresh subscribed feeds periodically (usually every few hours).

Impact on Users

• Calendar views display all records that have the configured date field populated
• ICS feed subscribers see events update automatically as records change
• Calendar views respect Data Permissions for logged-in users, but ICS feeds and embedded calendars are public
• Users need time zone awareness — all times follow the team's Primary Timezone

Related Topics

• Creating Data Views — General view configuration
• Data View Embedding Guide — Embedding views on external websites
• Managing Data Fields — Date and Date Time field types
• Account Details & Settings — Timezone configuration