This part of the Calendar Settings allows users to set the mode in which their Calendar is shared with others. It also allows user to specify particular accounts with which the Calendar is shared, and to assign permissions to these accounts.
The dialog will appear as follow:
Sharing Settings & Public URL
Option |
Description |
Private |
None of the Events/Notes/Tasks/Contacts are shared. No one is allowed to see the user's entries even though the account is set in Friends with Full Control permission. |
Friends |
Accounts specified in user's Friends are allowed to see the entries in dependence on the assigned permissions (see My Friends for more information) |
Public & Friends |
This is the same as the Friends option, however anyone can see user's Calendar via a Public URL (specified below) over the Internet. Users who access a Calendar via a Public URL view the calendar in the same manner as a Friend with View permission only. |
Public URL |
On this URL anyone can access user's Calendar with View permission if user set Sharing Settings to Public & Friends. |
If Public URL doesn't work this is due to Anonymous Access being disabled by the server Administrator
My Friends
The user's Friends are shown here. Friends with View/Modify or with Full Control permission are shown in bold text. Users can manage the list of Friends after clicking on the My Friends link. The following dialog appears:
Users can use their Address Book to Add Friends or they can add addresses manually. If users need to add more than one address, they can use a semi-colon as a delimiter. Each Friend must be assigned a permission:
Option |
Description |
View |
Friend with this permission can see only Events/Tasks/Notes which have Sharing option set to Public or Events which have Sharing option set to Shows as busy |
View/Modify |
Friend with this permission can see/modify all Events/Tasks/Notes which have Sharing option set to Public or Events which have set it to Shows as busy. Can't see Private entries. |
Full Control |
Friend with this permission have the same rights as the user itself. Friend can View/Modify also the Private entries. |
Already defined Friends are in the lower part of dialog. User can change the permission or delete the Friends easily there.
Shared Calendars
This option allows user to pre-define addresses for the Shared Calendar feature in the Calendar Interface. This is described in the Shared Calendars section. Additional addresses can be specified by using semi-colons as delimiter.
Sharing Example
Here are several possible scenarios. This is shown on the Event example but Private Tasks and Private Notes are the same as Private Events (this means that Sharing for Event is set to Private) and on the other hand, Public Tasks and Public Notes are the same as Public Events(it means that Sharing for Event is set to Public).It is only a different form of first chart.