Company Calendar for Jira v 3.3.x Administration. Permissions. Configuration. Calendar Management. Custom Event Types. Help.

Owned by Mariia Korolishyna
Aug 23, 2019
3 min read

Administration area for Company Calendar for Jira can be reached, using the next path:

Administration→ Manage apps→ Company Calendar for Jira for Server versions and Jira settings→ Apps→ Company Calendar for Jira for Cloud versions

Administration for Company Calendar for Jira contains the next sections: Permissions, Configuration, Calendar management, Event Types and Help.



Permissions

In Permissions section, administrators can set permissions for calendar menu visibility and calendar creation.


Configuration

Configuration section of the Administration consists of two sub-sections, Default options and Global options.

In Default options section, administrators can define default settings for all new users. Users can redefine those settings. 

In Global options section, administrators can set Reporter or Assignee as event organizer during iCalendar export. 

For instance, you have an issue created that contains both, reporter and assignee.

As admin, in global options, you've set the assignee as iCalendar organizer. 

As result, the exported from Company Calendar to Outlook calendar will display the issue above the next way:

The assignee of the issue will be displayed as an event organizer. 

Calendar Management

In Calendar Management section, administrators can manage the calendars. Here, calendars can be edited and deleted. Administrators can change the calendars' permissions and ownership.

Here, administrators can search for the calendars by using a search box.

Or, administrators can select a user to find the calendars he or she owns.


Custom Event Types

Custom Event Types have been moved to Administration area. Now, custom event types can be created, edited and deleted only by administrators.Custom event types can be used for creating custom event sources.

Currently there are 8 default event types.

"iCal", "Jira dates", "Jira sprints" and "Jira versions" event types are external to Company Calendar add-on meaning that they bring data from external sources. All the rest event types store events in Company Calendar plugin database.

All necessary custom event types can be created here.

After clicking 'Add Event Type' button, administrators can provide a name for a custom event, set requirements and select an icon.

For instance, administrator can create a custom event type "Presentation" with the next requirements and icon:


Help

Help section leads user to the Company Calendar for Jira documentation.