Java Desktop System Email and Calendar User Guide

Managing Subscriptions

If you have the required access permissions, you can subscribe to calendars owned by other users. If you do not have permission to read a calendar, you can see that the calendar exists and subscribe to the calendar, but you cannot read any of the calendar contents.

To Display All Calendars

To display all calendar folders on the Calendar Server, including folders that belong to other people, right-click on any Calendar Server folder. Choose Manage Subscriptions from the popup menu to open the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

The available calendars are listed in table format. The following table describes the columns in the calendars table:

Column 

Description 

Subscribed

Indicates whether you are subscribed to the calendar. 

Calendar ID

Provides a unique identifier for the calendar. 

Owner

Specifies the owner of the calendar. 

Description

Provides a short description of the calendar. 

For information about how to change the current view, save the current view, or create custom views, see Using Views.

Click Cancel to close the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

To Display a Subset of Calendars

By default, all calendars are listed. To display a subset of calendars, perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on any Calendar Server folder, then choose Manage Subscriptions from the popup menu to open the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

  2. Select one of the following search criteria from the drop-down list:

    • Any field contains

    • Calendar ID contains

    • Owner contains

    • Description contains

  3. Type the search text in the text box.

  4. Click on the Find Now button. Email and Calendar lists only the calendars that match the search criteria.

    To clear the search, click on the Clear button.

  5. Click Cancel to close the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

To Subscribe to a Calendar

Perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on any Calendar Server folder, then choose Manage Subscriptions from the popup menu to open the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

  2. Select the calendar to which you want to subscribe.

  3. Click on the Subscribe button.

  4. Click OK to save your changes and close the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

    Email and Calendar displays the selected calendar as a subfolder of the specified Calendar Server folder.

To Unsubscribe From a Calendar

Perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on any Calendar Server folder, then choose Manage Subscriptions from the popup menu to open the Remote Calendar Subscriptions window.

  2. Select the calendar from which you want to unsubscribe.

  3. Click on the Unsubscribe button.

  4. Click OK to save your changes and close the Remote Calendar Subscriptions dialog.

    Email and Calendar deletes the selected calendar from the specified Calendar Server folder.