Contents
- 1 How do I add a calendar overlay in SharePoint?
- 2 How do I add an event to a SharePoint site?
- 3 How do I overlay multiple calendars in SharePoint?
- 4 How do I add more columns in SharePoint?
- 5 Which is the best option for SharePoint calendar?
- 6 How to show a pop-up on a SharePoint page?
- 7 How to create a group calendar in SharePoint?
To overlay a SharePoint calendar with another SharePoint calendar, follow these steps:
- In a SharePoint calendar, choose the Calendar tab and then select Calendar Overlay.
- In the Calendar Overlay Settings page, choose New Calendar.
- In the Name and Type section, type the Calendar Name and then select SharePoint.
Add an event
- Click Add event.
- Give your event a name at the top of the page.
- Choose date and times in the When section.
- In the Where section, enter a location or address.
- In the Link section, you can enter an online meeting link if you have one.
What is a calendar overlay in SharePoint?
SharePoint Calendar overlay feature allows users to merge multiple calendars sourced from different SharePoint lists in order to display all the events in a single view. Calendar overlay settings are very similar in all versions of the SharePoint platform.
Video | Screenshots Manage multiple calendars in SharePoint
- In the Calendar List, go to the Calendar tab and click on Calendars Overlay to open the Settings for Calendar Overlay.
- Click on New Calendar to add a new Calendar.
- Fill in the columns.
- Similarly create multiple calendars for your Calendars Overlay.
You can add most types of columns without leaving your list or library.
- Navigate to the list or library you want to create a column in.
- To the right of the last column name at the top of the list or library, select + Add column or +.
- In the dropdown, select the type of column you want.
How do I show upcoming events in SharePoint calendar?
Option 2: Create a new view in your SharePoint list
- Step 1: Create a new view. Go the Events page and on the Ribbon tab “Calendar” click “Create View” button.
- Step 2: Customize view. First, specify some view name (e.g. next-5-days):
- Step 3: Connect ShortPoint to newly created view.
SharePoint Option 1: SharePoint Calendar web part. Historically, this has been the only option to manage events in SharePoint. Behind the scenes, SharePoint Calendar is a SharePoint list, with rows for events and columns (Event Title, Location, Start Date, End Date, etc.) for metadata. Pros: Can easily customize and create your own metadata
Let’s see how this works. Okay – long story short. On all Classic SharePoint pages, you can call this function: SP.UI.ModalDialog.ShowPopupDialog (). Like it says, it quite simply just opens a pop-up dialog, showing the page that it finds from the URL.
Which is the only option to manage events in SharePoint?
Historically, this has been the only option to manage events in SharePoint. Behind the scenes, SharePoint Calendar is a SharePoint list, with rows for events and columns (Event Title, Location, Start Date, End Date, etc.) for metadata.
You can build a calendar view and display the dates in a calendar format. Can easily convert any list or library into a Calendar view (can be a great visual) Switching from SharePoint to Outlook, you can create a group calendar using the steps outlined in images below.