You can subscribe to the Timebutler calendar in a third-party calendar such as Outlook, Google Calendar, and others. Vacation requests and absence entries from Timebutler then appear in your calendar and update automatically.
To subscribe to the Timebutler calendar, proceed as follows:
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Open the third-party calendar (Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.), switch to the calendar view, and open the function to subscribe to an Internet calendar. Depending on the calendar and software version, the click path differs, so we cannot provide a detailed guide here.
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The calendar software now asks you for the subscription URL (also ICal URL or WebCal URL or ICS URL). Sign in to your user account in Timebutler and click the icon with the tear-off calendar at the top right (between the globe icon and the envelope icon). On the page, you get various configuration options for the calendar subscription. Choose the desired settings and then click the “Show subscription link” button. Copy the displayed subscription link.
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Switch back to the calendar software and paste the copied subscription link there.
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The Timebutler calendar is now subscribed and the entries sync automatically.
The third-party calendar (Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.) decides when and how often it syncs with Timebutler. Third-party calendars usually do not offer a way to view or change this interval. So it can take minutes to several hours until changes in the Timebutler calendar also appear in your calendar. You can access the up-to-the-second view in Timebutler at any time. You can bookmark the link to the Timebutler calendar view in your browser and open the calendar with one click.
If the calendar does not update automatically or if there are entries in the Timebutler calendar that do not transfer to the third-party calendar, you can find [solutions to problems with calendar synchronization(/frequently-asked-questions/calendar/sync-with-calendar-causes-of-errors/).
If you use a newer version of Outlook and warning messages appear when Outlook updates the calendar, you can find [information about warning messages during calendar synchronization with Outlook(/frequently-asked-questions/calendar/sync-with-calendar-outlook-error-message/).