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How do I integrate my Google Calendar with Daycast?
Follow the integration guide here.
Why do my Google Calendar events look faded out in Daycast?
Items imported from Google Calendar appear automatically in your Daycast as mere suggestions, hence the lighter, faded look. Calendar items in this state aren't trackable, editable, or movable. They're also not visible to anyone but you.
To make a Google Calendar item part of your day plan, click the [+] icon to the left of the suggested item you want to add. Once accepted into your plan, it will look like any other task with the exception of the Google Calendar icon that appears in the far right of the task field. Like any other task, you'll be able to edit it, clock into it, and choose a project category for it. Teammates can see accepted calendar items if they browse to your plan, or if your clocked-in status reflects a calendar item.
No. This integration syncs data in one direction: from Google Calendar to Daycast. If you’d like to make changes to events in Google Calendar, you must edit the event in Google Calendar. We’ve made this easy: Just click the Google Calendar icon in the far right of your task field and you’ll be taken directly to the event in your browser where you can make any changes you like.
Changes you make to calendar items in Daycast will remain only in Daycast.
Will changes I make in Google Calendar sync to Daycast?
Yes. Note that the changes will take up to five minutes to arrive in your Daycast, and if your calendar item in Daycast is an accepted item in your day plan when you make changes to the original event in Google Calendar, you’ll need to return it to its suggested state in Daycast in order for the changes to sync. You’re free to re-add it to your plan after your edits appear in Daycast.
How do I remove a calendar item from my day plan without deleting it?
Go ahead and click the trash can icon that appears to the right of your task when you hover over it. “Deleting” calendar items merely returns them to their suggested state.
How do I delete a calendar item from my day plan altogether without deleting it in Google Calendar?
You can hide suggested calendar items by clicking the icon to the right of the project category field. If your item is not recurring, it will simply disappear. If your item is recurring, you'll need to choose whether you'd like to hide just the one instance or all of them.
When there are hidden calendar items in your day plan, you'll see an eye icon between the last task in your plan and the Finalize Day button.
Click that icon anytime to see the items you have hidden in that day's plan. You can add any of those items to your day plan by clicking the [+] icon to the left of the item's task field. Re-hide hidden items by clicking the eye icon again.
Does the Google Calendar integration support Google Reminders and Google Tasks?
No. It’s possible that Google Tasks may one day be supported, perhaps as a separate integration. If this capability would make Daycast more valuable to you, please let us know.
At this time Google does not provide a Reminders integration endpoint. When Google provides such an API, we will consider expanding this integration to include Reminders.
