Calendar App Integration with MS Outlook

Ric T

Hi Smartsheet community,

Having issues on setting up access to a Smartsheet Calendar App in Outlook. Just a quick clarification that this is a different the same question as setting up a sheet Calendar View in Outlook (answer for that found here).

After logging into calendar.smartsheet.com, I've enabled "Publish" for my calendar of interest.

• I've copied the "Published Via Link" URL, and added it into Outlook; "Add calendar via Internet".
• At first I got an Outlook error that says "We can't add the calendar for.... right now. Please try again later", however this was a known MS issue that can be resolved by disabling Outlook's "Turn on shared calendar improvements" in the advanced Account settings.
• After disabling in Outlook's advanced settings, the Outlook error disappears but fails to sync my Calendar App calendar of interest.
• However, I am now able to sync a published Calendar View sheet with no problem. I would still like to have my dedicated calendar setup on Calendar App sync with Outlook instead to maximize its features.

Extra info that may be helpful:

• I notice that the Calendar App's published URL starts with "https://calendar.smartsheet.com/calendars/published/example_URL",
• whereas the sheet's Calendar view published URL starts with "webcal://publish.smartsheet.com/example_URL.ics".

Is there an issue with the formatting? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Ric

Ric T

UPDATE:

Smartsheet Support team was helpful to provide the following:

"There currently isn't a way to connect Calendar app with Microsoft Outlook in Smartsheet. I found a similar feature request from another customer in the online Community, here."

Lindsay Whitbread

@Ric T , the team I work with created a connector to push Smartsheet data (reports or sheets) into Outlook Calendar as events (with an actual start and end time, not just a day booking).

Would this help you with what you were aiming to do?

If this is of interest to you, check out the marketplace listing on the Smartsheet web site, and reach out if you have any other questions.

https://www.smartsheet.com/marketplace/apps/outlook-calendar-connector

Cheers,

Lindsay

Lindsay Whitbread

Another update regarding the Outlook Calendar connector. There has been a lot of demand for this connector and the InfoSpark development team has been busy building out enhancements so that the connector can satisfy every single customer. We now support full two-directional sync, including creating calendar events in Outlook and having the data flow through into the correct sheet in Smartsheet.

Information is available on the Smartsheet Marketplace.

We also have a brief info doc available, which I've attached.

Outlook Calendar connector for Smartsheet v2.pdf

You can contact InfoSpark through the Marketplace listing, or directly via the InfoSpark web site.

Regards,

Lindsay