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Andy_J_R
Copper Contributor
Aug 09, 2019

Categories in Group Calendars

Hi all   We use group/team site calendars heavily within our organisation and departments. Up until recently, users have been able to tag/categorise calendar entries within group calendars that the...
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Ethan Li's avatar
Ethan Li
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Aug 16, 2019

Hi folks,

 

Thanks for reporting! A fix currently being reviewed by our engineering team and should roll out in the coming weeks.

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Brett_Carpenter
Copper Contributor
Aug 05, 2020

Ethan Li  Was this ever fixed? We just started using Group Calendars embedded in Teams and the option to edit categories is grayed out (but we're still able to select the default colors). On the Outlook side, the entire Categories option is grayed out.

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    DarylA
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 26, 2020

    Hi Brett_Carpenter, can I ask how you are using Group Calendar's in Teams? Is this via a 'website' tab with a link to the group calendar? I find this a little unclear as it will display any of the other calendars each user has access to and currently turned on. This makes the view unclear and easy for uses to add content to the wrong calendar etc.

    It would be very helpful to have a simple/clean view of 1 specific calendar only, which ideally could be viewed in a work-week/month view, so it displays the same information for everyone.

    Note, this would be very helpful for SharePoint as well instead of the current list type views available with the 'events' or 'group calendar' web parts.

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      Brett_Carpenter
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 26, 2020

      Hi DarylA!

      I'm not sure on the specifics of how the calendar is set up. It is under a tab in Teams.

      Here I have the option to turn off my calendar and only show the Marketing group calendar.

       

      BUT I'm not able to edit (or manage) any of the categories. (clicking Manage does nothing)

       

      Hope this helps to clarify? 

       

      • DarylA's avatar
        DarylA
        Brass Contributor
        Oct 26, 2020

        Thanks Brett_Carpenter, that's very helpful. 

         

        I think/guess that tab was set up as a website with a link to the group calendar. I think that setup will work as long as users are mindful of what calendars they have turned on or are using when they create a new event.

         

        As you indicated, I do not have access to edit/create/manage the categories either and they are actually greyed out in my view. 

         

         

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    jamesgrindrod
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 06, 2020

    I'd be interested in knowing if/when this issue is resolved, as not being able to categorise things on our shared calendar has stopped me from setting things up on it. I'm glad it's not just me being a bit slow - I thought I was missing something obvious. Brett_Carpenter