How to use the Calendar integration

fynk’s calendar integration lets you bring document-related dates and tasks into your own calendar app, so you can keep track of important deadlines without checking the document calendar manually.

You can add a live calendar feed that stays in sync, or download a one-time .ics snapshot of the current calendar data.

The calendar integration allows you to sync dates from a fynk dashboard to an external calendar application.
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You can create calendar feeds for:

Calendar feeds are based on dashboards. This means the feed reflects the dashboard it was created from, including the filters set on that dashboard.

For example, if your dashboard only shows documents assigned to you, the calendar feed will only include calendar entries from those documents.

When dashboard filters are updated, the calendar feed reflects those changes as well.

To add a calendar feed, open the dashboard whose dates you want to sync and click the calendar feed icon in the dashboard calendar.

The dashboard you are currently viewing will be preselected automatically. You can still choose a different dashboard before creating the feed.

From there, choose whether you want to add:

Then click Create link.

Once the link has been created, you can use the chain icon to open it with your default calendar app. In most cases, this is the easiest option and no manual setup is required.

fynk supports two ways of exporting calendar data.

A live calendar feed creates a subscribable iCalendar link. Once added to your calendar app, the calendar can update automatically when the underlying fynk calendar data changes.

The refresh frequency depends on the calendar application. For example, Apple Calendar on macOS lets you choose refresh intervals of up to every 5 minutes.

A one-time .ics download creates a snapshot of the current calendar data.

Use this option if you only want to export the current dates once and do not need future updates.

The calendar feed uses the standard iCalendar format, so it may work with many calendar applications that support calendar subscriptions.

The following calendar apps have been tested:

Other calendar apps may also work, but have not been tested.

Manual setup is usually only necessary if you want to add the feed to a calendar app that is not your operating system’s default calendar app.

For example, if Apple Calendar is your default calendar app but you want to use Google Calendar or Outlook instead, copy the calendar feed URL and add it manually in the respective calendar app.

Google controls how often subscribed calendars are refreshed, so updates from fynk may not appear immediately.

For Outlook, add the feed in the Outlook web app.

After the calendar has been added in Outlook on the web, the events will also be visible in the regular Outlook app.

Apple Calendar also supports webcal:// links, which may open directly when using the chain icon in fynk.

All calendar feeds you created can be found in your user settings.

Go to User settings → My calendar feeds to view and manage your feeds.

From there, you can:

Calendar feeds respect your fynk access rights.

If you lose access to the dashboard used for a calendar feed, the calendar data will no longer be available through that feed.

This can happen, for example, if:

This ensures that calendar feeds only expose data you are still allowed to access in fynk.