Learn about the Calendar

The ALLO Cockpit Calendar serves as the central calendar for the workspace. Canvases and initiatives in the workspace that have due dates and times, as well as all the events under the integrated Google Calendar will be shown here. In this article, we will guide you through the following:

• The Calendar selection bar

• Advantages of integrating Google Calendar with ALLO

• How to create a Google Calendar event in ALLO
• How to create a schedule widget with shared content, enabling everyone with dashboard access to view the same events
• ALLO Calendar Pro Tips

The Calendar Selection Bar

The Calendar selection bar consists of four sections:

1. Google Calendar: Displays the Calendars you connected when integrating with your Google Calendar. When selected, the events under the calendar will be shown.

2. My Calendar: Filters canvases and initiatives with due dates where you are the owner, an assignee, or a collaborator.

3. OKR Sessions: Shows all the OKR sessions your team has created in this workspace. When selected, the initiatives with a due date that are under the session will be shown.

4. My Projects: Lists projects that are accessible to you, and displays canvases in the project with due dates when selected.

Advantages of integrating Google Calendar with ALLO

Integrating Google Calendar with ALLO also allows you to make your calendar events more collaborative. Once you integrate ALLO Calendar with Google Calendar:

• All the existing events you have on Google Calendar will automatically appear on ALLO Calendar with a canvas.
• All the events you newly create in your Google Calendar will automatically appear on ALLO Calendar with a canvas.
• When creating a new event(canvas) in ALLO Calendar, you can choose to make it appear on your Google Calendar as well

💡 Notes:

1. As of now, one Google Account can only be integrated with one ALLO workspace. If you integrate the same Google Account with another ALLO workspace, the integration in the original ALLO workspace will be disconnected automatically.
2. Once you disconnect your Google Calendar from ALLO Calendar, you will also lose access to all the canvases that are linked to the Google Calendar events. You will need a canvas invitation to access them in the future.

How to create a Google Calendar event in ALLO

To create a Google calendar event in ALLO, follow the below steps:

1. On the ALLO calendar, click the date you want to create the event.
2. Give the event(canvas) a name.
3. Under the “Projects” section, select the Google Calendar you want the event to be in.
4. (Optional) Under the “Due date” section, click “Add time” to set a specific start and due time for the event(canvas).
5. Click “Create”.
6. The newly created event will automatically appear in both the ALLO Calendar and your Google Calendar.

💡 Note: As of now, events that are created as a Google Calendar event, whether it is created in ALLO Calendar or Google Calendar, can only be modified and deleted in Google Calendar.

How to create a schedule widget with shared content

To enhance accessibility to shared canvases and events, quickly create a Schedule widget on your dashboards. Currently, each schedule widget can only display calendars from one account, even when the dashboard is shared with multiple collaborators. If you select your account in the widget after another person's account is already selected, the other person's account will be automatically deselected.

To view multiple people's calendars or see other people's Google Calendar in ALLO, you need to subscribe to their calendars in Google Calendar. If you don't subscribe to their calendars, events from other people's calendars will not appear in ALLO. You can find instructions on how to subscribe to other people's calendars in Google Calendar in Google Calendar's guide here.

If you want to work on collaborative calendars with your teammates, we recommend creating and sharing group calendars on Google Calendar and connecting them with ALLO. This allows everyone to easily manage calendars with shared content using the schedule widget in ALLO. You can learn more about creating and sharing group calendars on Google Calendar here.

ALLO Calendar Pro Tips

• Weekend Toggle: Easily control weekend visibility by clicking the Hide/Show weekend button in the top-right corner.

• View Switch: Alter your calendar view by clicking the Month/Week button in the top-right corner.

• Starting Day: Customize the calendar's starting day by clicking the three-dot icon in the top-right corner.