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[[Category:Set up InstructionsTroubleshooting]]<div class="heading">Ical Import</div> This page is about the menu {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > ''Importing Bookings ICAL IMPORT and explains how to import bookings or Blocking block dates using an external iCal or google calendar''

*The full event information from the iCal is stored in the api message Channel Info field of the booking.

*'''Step 1: Enter the calendar URL you want to import.''' *Select whether the calendar specifies the end of  '''Step 2: Define if certain bookings should be ignored so they do not import (optional) '''  Events in the booking by last night iCal will be ignored if they contain this phrase in either their Summary or check-out dateDescription.

== '''Step 3: Select whether the calendar specifies the end of the booking by last night or check-out date '''  *"Ignore Duplicates ==Bookings duplicates" will be ignored ignore bookings if there is a another booking from another any channel with the same dates which is not cancelled.*"Ignore if all dates unavailable" will not import a booking if the room is not available for any reason (no inventory, blackout).*"Dont reuse cancelled if different" will import a new booking if there is already a cancelled booking with a different UUID, the default is to uncancel the existing booking. <span style="color: #f3e504; font-size: 150%;" >{{#fas:lightbulb}} </span> If you accidentally imported from a wrong iCal or imported with the wrong settings click on the "delete booking tool link" to delete all imported bookings.

*Set "Import2 "= Disable

The following custom fields can be used in the from an iCalfeed are supported. If present, in the iCal feed the data is imported into the relevant booking field.For further information contact the supplier of the iCal feed. <code>X-EMAIL: [email protected]</code> <code>X-PHONE: 12345678</code> <code>X-NUMADULT: 2</code> <code>X-NUMCHILD: 0</code>

X-EMAIL: [email protected] X-PHONE: 12345678 X-NUMADULT: 2 X-NUMCHILD: 0 <code>X-PRICE: 100</code>

The '''skip ignore duplicates''' options will not import a booking from the iCal if a non cancelled booking already exists in the same room for the same dates regardless of the source of the booking. For example a booking might be made on your booking page and exported via iCal to a third party system. If using a skip ignore duplicates option, iCal import will not re-import that booking. Note that only the dates are used to determine a duplicate, this means a booking will not import from ical if a booking for the exact same dates already exists in the room, even if it is in reality a different booking.