Add meeting invitation to calendar with one click

Online meeting invitations are attached to emails as .ics calendar files. When this file is saved to SmartFiles, the invitation’s subject, date, time, and organiser appear in the details panel; with Add to Calendar, the meeting is added to your calendar with one click. No invitations are written to the calendar without your explicit addition; meetings you add are also recorded in the file’s activity history. Meetings appear in the Upcoming dates section of the Tasks screen with a meeting link and remind you 30 minutes before start. Details: team collaboration.

  • User
  • Read permission in the area

How to add a meeting invitation to the calendar with one click?

Online meeting invitations are added to email as .ics calendar files. Who can do this: User; Read permission in Area. The meeting is added only to your calendar; the same invitation is not added twice. When this file is saved to SmartFiles, the subject, date, time, and organiser of the invitation appear in the detail panel; Add to Calendar adds the meeting to your calendar with one click.

Steps

  1. Save the invitation file (.ics) to SmartFiles; if it came via email, you can save it with one click from SmartMail.

  2. Select the file; the invitation appears in the Calendar tab of the detail panel.

  3. Click Add to calendar. The added invitation displays In calendar beside it.

  4. The meeting appears in Upcoming dates above the Tasks screen 1; if there is a meeting link, open it with Join 2.

Upcoming dates in the Tasks screen: documents, folders, meetings, and SmartMail reminders
  1. 1Next 90 days, from all DBLinx products
  2. 2Meeting link
With demo data.
"Result The meeting is added only to your calendar; the same invitation is not added twice. If the invitation is cancelled, it is not added and appears as 'cancelled invitation'.
"Warning Recurring invitations (weekly, monthly, or yearly) are added with their recurrence; for invitations spanning multiple days of the week or repeating every few weeks, only the first meeting is added.
"Tip Reminder notifications set up in SmartMail also appear in the upcoming dates list; the calendar is shared across DBLinx products.

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