iCalendar (iCal) is a standard way to exchange calendar information between software systems. BookThatApp (BTA) supports the iCalendar standard so you can export and import your bookings to any calendar product that supports that standard such as Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Airbnb for example.
Using iCal is not real-time. For example, Google checks BookThatApp's iCalendar feeds anywhere between every 6 - 24 hours. BookThatApp checks incoming calendar feeds once per hour.
Please note that BTA can also connect directly to a Google Calendar via the API. The advantage of this approach is that the synchronization between calendars happens in real-time. Please see our article on Staff Accounts to learn more.
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Is there a way to import additional details such as customer name/ transaction ID/ notes?
Hi Azmolek
No, sorry not at the moment. You can view full booking information using the built-in Run Sheet in the app.
Thanks
Jack
But how do we access this on the run? We are running out of a truck, and have no computer access, only ipads...
Hi there
You would log into Google the same way you would on a desktop and open up the calendar.
Thanks
Jack
thanks for this tutorial, works great! I am wondering if i can retrieve bookings from when my store opened, which is more then 6 months ago? When i setup this calendar in google it only retrieved today going forward. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
I want to have the old bookings because I like the google interface when reviewing the past bookings.
thanks again, Jamie
is there a time lag between following the above and having it 'go live"?
My shopify class does not appear at my google calendar as yet...
Thanks!
Hi Brian
The calendar will show bookings, not events. Google synchs once every 24 hours so if you have existing bookings then they will display on the calendar once it has synched.
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Zetya Support
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