The add-only permission is helpful when users contribute events to the calendars, but should not modify existing events. It allows users to create new events (and edit those events for a short amount of time) but not change or remove other events.
The add-only access permission can be very helpful for a shared community calendar, approval system, or booking calendar.
ℹ️ More about access permissions
The Add-only permission
If you have add-only permission to a calendar:
- You can add new events to the shared calendar.
- You can modify or delete the events you have added within the allotted time window.
- After the allotted time window, you cannot modify or delete the events you created.
- You can see all other events and event details on the calendar.
- You cannot modify or delete other events on the calendar.
Events that cannot be modified (events created by other calendar users) will have a small lock icon on them to indicate that they are read-only and cannot be modified.
The editing window
The add-only permission allows a window of time for modifying an event after the user has created it. Newly added events can be modified only during the user’s current browser session (up to approximately 30 minutes). If a user tries to modify or delete an event after that window, they will receive an error message.
Add-only, no-details permission
The Add-only, no-details permission does not allow a user to see the titles or details of other events. They will merely see other slots as Reserved.
If you have add-only, no-details permission:
- You can add new events to the shared calendar.
- You can modify or delete the events you have added within the allotted time window.
- After the allotted time window, you cannot modify or delete the events you created.
- You can see all other events on the calendar, but only marked as Reserved.
- You cannot see event details of other events on the calendar.
- You cannot modify or delete other events on the calendar.
The add-only, no-details access permission works well if you want to allow users to add and modify their own events but not see the details of what others have added to the calendar.