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Sharepoint List Calendar Overlay

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I love the custom fields available on the new lists (not event lists)

I love that you can create a calendar view from the new list

 

How in the world do you overlay these calendar views? I've lost days of my life trying to track down what should be a simple feature.

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best response confirmed by zachciaburri (Copper Contributor)
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Unfortunately you cannot create a calendar view in a custom list and overlay it on a Calendar. You can only overlay lists created using Events/Calendar list templates. Calendar view on a custom list just creates a Calendar UI but it is not an Events/Calendar list in the backend and cannot be treated as one.

@Bharath Arja thank you for your answer! I think Microsoft really needs a calendar task force as their calendar functions and cross-compatibility across their products is abysmal. 

@zachciaburri I agree with @Bharath Arja. You cannot use overlays in modern calendar views similar to old/classic calendar lists.

Related ReadCreate a modern Calendar view in SharePoint Online/Microsoft Lists 


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best response confirmed by zachciaburri (Copper Contributor)
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Unfortunately you cannot create a calendar view in a custom list and overlay it on a Calendar. You can only overlay lists created using Events/Calendar list templates. Calendar view on a custom list just creates a Calendar UI but it is not an Events/Calendar list in the backend and cannot be treated as one.

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