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Importing and Exporting with Google Calendar

This page will provide specific information about importing and exporting via the Google Calendar service using the Google I/O add-on for Events Manager I/O. Only major differences from common options are mentioned here, for more general information see the importing and exporting documentation.

Selecting Calendars​

When importing or exporting, you will be able to choose a calendar from a dropdown which is grouped by your connected accounts.

Syncing Calendars​

Google Calendar I/O supports syncing, meaning you can create an import or export and sync events so they are not added twice in either direction and are also updated accordingly.

Importable/Exportable Information​

Google Calendar events allow a limited amount of information to be read/written by I/O via their API. The fields that are imported/exported are:

  • Event Title
  • Summary/Description
  • Date/Time
  • Timezone
  • Location (text only, no coordinates)
  • Event Link (exports only, link to your event page)

Importing Locations​

Locations are stored in Google as a full single line of text. There is no particular required format, therefore especially when importing you may get varying address information. For example, if importing a personal calendar, it's perfectly acceptable to add 'home' as your location when adding a Google calendar event, which will not translate well into an Events Manager location.

In these cases, if you cannot be sure that every event in the calendar has a strict format we recommend you use the Google API to improve or guess your locations when importing via locations.