Importing calendar events

You can import events from another calendar application, such as Microsoft Outlook, into your IBM® Web Mail Cloud calendar.

Before you begin

Note: This procedure is only applicable for IBM Web Mail Cloud. Importing calendar events is not supported in the SmartCloud Notes® web client.
Before you import calendar events to Web Mail Cloud, you must export the calendar events from the other calendar offering or application. See the following list:
  • For Microsoft Outlook 2003, individual events can be saved as .ics files. To export the entire calendar, each event on the calendar must be saved. For more information, see the Microsoft Outlook 2003 product documentation.
  • For Microsoft Outlook 2007, there is more than one way to export calendar events. Use the full details option to export so that the .ics file includes all relevant information. For more information, see the Microsoft Outlook 2007 product documentation.
  • For IBM Domino®, calendar events can be exported to an .ics file, but the exported events do not contain the name of the organizer or the attendee list. In addition, all-day events cannot be exported. For more information, see the Domino product documentation.

Make sure that you know the directory path of all files that contain information that you want to import.

Check the file size of each file that you want to import. If the file size is greater than 10 MB, the import process cannot successfully complete.

Procedure

Repeat the following procedure for each file that contains calendar events that you want to import:

  1. Navigate to Calendar.
  2. Select Import events.
  3. Select Browse to navigate to the .ics file that you want to use to import calendar events.
  4. After you select the file, select Import. During the import process, you can use Web Mail Cloud.

Results

If the import process requires more than a few seconds, a status message indicates that the calendar events are being imported. The import process can take several minutes.

Failures during the import process can occur for the following reasons:
  • An event that you are trying to import contains unsupported information.
  • If too many failures occur, the import process is halted.
If there are failures during the import process, check your .ics file for invalid data or data that is not in your Web Mail Cloud calendar.