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[[Category:Set up Instructions]]
*'''Step 1: Enter the calendar URL you want to import.''' *Select whether the calendar specifies the end of the booking by last night or check-out date. '''Step 2: Define if certain bookings should be ignored so they do not import (optional) '''
== Ignore Containing ==
== '''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.
[[Category:Ical]]
[[Category:Error Messages from Channels]]
[[Category:Troubleshooting]]
<div class="heading">Ical Import</div>
This page is about the menu {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > Ical Import ICAL IMPORT and explains how to import bookings or block dates using an external iCal or google calendar''
== Capabilities ==
*The event summary is imported as the guest name.
*The event description is imported as the guest comment.
*The full event information from the iCal is stored in the api message Channel Info field of the booking.
The iCal export channel can be set up to ignore bookings imported using an iCal import channel, this allows two way connections to be made to google or similar calendars without creating duplicate bookings.
== Setup ==
Events in the iCal will be ignored if they contain this phrase in either their Summary or Description.
To specify multiple phrases, enter one phrase per line.
== Disconnect ==
*Remove the URL
*Set "Import2 "= Disable
== Custom Fields ==
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>
== Notes ==
