Outlook/Exchange/365 Personal Calendar Subscription
Outlook 365 Video Setup | Outlook 365 Step By Step | Traffic Considerations | Resources
In order for the Project Manager/Traffic Manager to better understand the total workload of the team, Workamajig allows you to connect an individual's Microsoft365 Outlook into the Workamajig Calendar that will feed into the Traffic management area of Workamajig.
This method does not require any login information to work.
The Workamajig Calendar contains a default personal calendar. Do not use this one to link to your Outlook calendar. You must create a new calendar per the instructions below for this method to work.
NOTES:
- When creating a calendar in Workamajig to link your Outlook/GCal calendar, you must select Blockout Meetings: Only Block out if Meeting is Busy or All Blocked Out for the calendar to affect Traffic/Resourcing information.
- When syncing from Workamajig to Outlook, the initial setup will be instant. But syncs going forward can take a few hours.
Outlook 365 Video Setup
VIDEO: Setup Outlook Personal Calendar
Outlook 365 Step By Step
1. From Outlook, click on the Gear icon in the top right corner>>View All Outlook Settings.
2. Select Calendar > Shared Calendars > under Publish a Calendar.
- Select the appropriate Calendar.
- Select the appropriate permission.
- Click Publish.
3. Click on the "link" under ICS: >>Copy Link.
4. Click Copy.
5. From Workamajig > click on Workamajig > Everyone > Calendar.
6. from the calendar: click on ...more>Display Options.
7. Click +Create new personal calendar.
8. From the New calendar screen fill in the following:
- Calendar name.
- Check Subscribe to a Calendar From URL.
- Click into Subscription URL> Paste Link from G-Workspace Personal Calendar.
- Restrict to Date Range: Default = All - set how far in past the system will look for events
- Blockout Meetings>select how the calendar should handle the subscribed meetings Not Blocked Out/Only Block Out if meeting is busy/All Blocked Out
- Project Number in Description: (Optional)>if checked, Workamajig will look at the meeting description for a project number and task number.
- Subscribed Calendar Time Zone: select time zone of calendar if different than Workamajig time zone.
- Parse Description for Project/Task: allows system to find a project number| task ID in event description
In Outlook calendar meeting description use the format [ProjectNumber|TaskID] >Ex.[19-abc-123|4.1]
**open single-square-bracket+Project Number+PIPE (shift+\ ) +Task ID + close single-square-bracket**
- Click Save
9. Click on the X icon in the top right corner to close the panel and go back to the main calendar page
The connection to Outlook is now set up and you should see events from your Outlook calendar in the view.
NOTE: The subsequent syncs from Outlook are done according to timing from Microsoft, we have no control over this. But it appears to occur at least once per day.
If you need the calendar to refresh sooner:
a) click on ...more>Display options.
b) click on the Outlook calendar.
c) click Refresh Feed.
Traffic Considerations
The Blockout meetings settings will ensure that events on the Outlook calendar will be seen as a "blockout" on the Workamajig calendar, and thus visible in the Traffic Manager>Staff Schedule screen