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TL Ferrell commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Hi Mia –
It’s difficult to say what exactly might be wrong in your set-up. I would say just double-check all the pieces. Given that the filters for each view seems to be showing up on the left, the first thing I’d look at is that each appointment is flagged with a category. Next, that the [...] -
Mia commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Hi,
Thank you so much for your very helpful and informative blog! I am having difficulties getting this to work. I followed all your steps exactly as written and essentially, it’s working except for the color-coding in the calendar itself. I successfully have views for each category. The buttons on the left are there, and color-coded, [...] -
TL Ferrell commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 1 month ago
Ah, I missed the part where they are on 2013. Yes, Group Scheduling is gone, and I never knew anyone who was happy with it anyway. I was even hesitant to mention it, but in the interest of full disclosure …
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Kim Ryan commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 1 month ago
Hello again,
Thanks for the detailed reply! I set up a Gantt view (your option #3), and the resources are much more manageable.
I’m using a home-grown solution with a metadata field lookup to a resource type, as the client is using SharePoint 2013, and Microsoft has decided to remove group scheduling (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607742.aspx).
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TL Ferrell commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 1 month ago
I think a lot depends on whether or not it’s important to see EVERYTHING all together on one calendar, and whether or not a calendar grid is important. The truth is that having 100 “accounts” (whether it’s resources or people) on a single calendar grid is a usability issue, whether you are talking about SharePoint [...]
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Kim Ryan commented on the blog post Color-Code Events on a SharePoint Calendar 1 month ago
I’ve tried setting up each room with a separate calendar and using overlays, and also setting up a resource list with each room there and then using a lookup column in a calendar to select a room. Both ways work OK, only with a total of over 100 resources (rooms, meeting rooms, AV equipment, etc.), [...]
