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iCalender

iCalender APP

Customer greeting with one click from your calendar

With the iCalendar app, you can integrate your Outlook or Google calendar. A wide variety of templates are available to display your upcoming or individual calendar entries.



What you need

  • ics calendar link
  • Google or Outlook calendar account

Google Calendar

Step 1 - Log in

You have several options for displaying the customer greeting or showing elements from your Outlook or Google calendar. You can also share the calendar with other users so that they also have access to the calendar entries.

Step 2 - Settings

Click on the "Einstellungen" (settings) section

Step 3 - Calendar selection

Select the desired calendar under the "Einstellungen für meine Kalender" (settings for my calendars) section

Step 4 - Copy ics link

Click on your desired calendar and copy the link in the "Öffentliche Adresse im iCal-Format" (public address in iCal format) section to your clipboard, or use the link in the "Privateadresse im iCal-Format" (private address in iCal format) section

Step 5 - Calendar entry

Create your first entry in your calendar. Various fields are available to you.

Step 6 - Install iCalendar

Visit the App Store and install the iCalender APP in your revolutionSCREEN account.

Step 7 - Create instance

Create an instance in the iCalender APP

Step 8 - Connect calendar

  • Give your instance a unique name.
  • Paste the URL you copied to your clipboard into the URL field.
  • Personalize your iCalender settings.

Step 9 - Configure

As soon as you have pasted the URL, various options for personalization are available to you.

In addition to language selection, fonts and colors, various layouts with different display modes are also available.

The layouts are responsive and are therefore available in both portrait and landscape orientation.

Step 10 - Publish

You can easily publish the instance directly to displays, integrate it into a Playlist, or use it as part of a Layout.

Outlook Calendar

After you have installed the Outlook APP in revolutionSCREEN and created a new instance, you can first authenticate yourself via the "loggin" button so that your desired calendar is displayed.


If everything worked, various fields are available for personalizing the customer greeting.

Step 1 - Log in

Log in to your Outlook calendar.

Step 2 - Settings

Click on the "Einstellungen" (settings) icon

Step 3 - Select calendar

  • Click on the "Kalender" (calendar) section
  • Click on "Geteilte Kalender" (shared calendars)
  • Select your desired calendar and click on the "Freigeben" (share) button

Step 4 - Copy ics link

Copy the ICS link

Step 5 - Create calendar entry

Add an appointment to your calendar. Several fields are available to you, which deliver different outputs depending on the layout selection.

Step 6 - AppStore

Visit the revolutionSCREEN AppStore and install the iCalendar app.

Step 7 - Install instance

Create an instance by clicking the "Neue Instanz" (New instance) button.

Step 8 - Configure instance

Once you have inserted the URL, various personalization options are available to you.

Besides language selection, fonts and colors, various layouts with different display modes are also available.

Step 9 - Publish

As a final step, publish the Outlook instance to your Playlist, Layout or directly to your Screen.

Layout design and configuration

Under the "Layout" section, various display options are available to you - depending on your use case.


Upcoming:

Shows all your appointments in a list


Upcoming 2:

Shows all appointments in fullscreen mode


Today:

All daily appointments are displayed


Week:

Shows all appointments with a weekly overview


Single:

Shows all appointments one after another in slide mode.


Next Event:

Shows you the next appointment. Additionally, you have the option to set the lead time for displaying the appointment. By default, 15 minutes are set.

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