The Settings in a Teamup Calendar allow calendar administrators to create and maintain sub-calendars and manage access links through an easy-to-use, web-based interface. This is the recommended way to configure the calendar.
In some exceptional use cases, administrators need to create a very large number of sub-calendars or access links. For these cases, Teamup offers the option to import sub-calendars and access links from CSV files. This process requires some familiarity working with the CSV file format.
How to import a CSV file
The import of sub-calendars and calendar keys is a hidden feature. You won’t find any reference to it in the user interface. Follow the steps below to proceed:
- Open the calendar Settings and select Import Events.
- Select input format to be Comma Separated Values (.csv).
- Select File to import. The required formats are described below. The import tool looks at the format of the file and determines if events, sub-calendars, or calendar links are to be imported.
- Click Save to start the import process.
How to import sub-calendars from a CSV file
This section explains the format required to import sub-calendars from a CSV file.
Example: CSV File to Import Sub-Calendars
Calendar Name, Color Id, Allow Overlap Conf. Room Newton, 25, true Conf. Room Thales, 17, true Auditorium, 20, true
Line 1 is a header line and defines all the columns of this file: Calendar Name, Color Id, and Allow Overlap. The header line must be present in the file exactly as shown in the above example. Each additional line below the header line defines a sub-calendar.
Supported Fields
The following table defines the supported field names and the format of the field values.
| Field Name | Required? | Description |
| Calendar Name | Yes | Name of the sub-calendar. Up to 100 characters. |
| Color Id | Yes | ID of color assigned to sub-calendar. All supported colors are defined in the API documentation. |
| Allow Overlap | No | Supported values are true or false. This defines if the sub-calendar allows overlapping events or not. |
How to import access links from a CSV file
This section explains the format required to import calendar access links from a CSV file.
Example: CSV File to Import Calendar Links
Link Name, Password, Calendars Shared, Permissions Admin, SecretAdminPassword, all, 0 Reception, , all, 1 Sarah, , selected, "Conf. Room Newton=1, Conf. Room Thales=2" Frank, , selected, Auditorium=1;
Line 1 is a header line and defines all the columns of this file. This line must be present in the file exactly as shown in the example above. Each additional line below the header line defines a calendar link.
Supported Fields
The following table defines the supported field names and the format of the field values.
| Field Name | Required? | Description |
| Link Name | Yes | Name of link. Up to 100 characters. |
| Password | No | A password is optional. If a value is provided for this field, a password check is activated for this link. |
| Calendars Shared | Yes | This field defines if all or only selected sub-calendars are accessible through this link. Supported values are all and selected. |
| Permissions | Yes | The value of the permission field depends on how field Calendars Shared is configured.
If field Calendars Shared is set to all, then this column takes an integer that defines the permission that is granted to all sub-calendars. The following permission values are supported:
If field Calendars Shared is set to selected, then this column takes a list of name=value pairs separated by commas. The name is equal to the name of an existing sub-calendar. The value is a permission value as defined below:
Examples: Let’s have a closer look at the example file given above. Link Name, Password, Calendars Shared, Permissions Admin, SecretAdminPassword, all, 0 Reception, , all, 1 Sarah, , selected, "Conf. Room Newton=1, Conf. Room Thales=2" Frank, , selected, Auditorium=1;
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Learn more:
- Bulk Export of Calendars to a File
- Import Data into a Teamup Calendar
- How to Save Calendar Data to a PDF File
Keywords: bulk sub-calendars, bulk calendar links, large calendar management