Calling not listed when trying to add viewers/editors "By Calling"

We have a member who is displayed as the "Stake Seminary Supervisor" in the online directory. However, when I try to add her "by calling" as an editor of the Stake Seminary calendar, her position doesn't show up. Our Stake Clerk has double checked this.

Only standard callings can be used to specify calendar editors by calling. But "Stake Seminary Supervisor" is not a standard calling, so it must be a custom calling your stake created (your stake clerk can double check that by looking in CDOL or by using the Custom Position Review tool in MLS). If you want to give her calendar editor rights by calling, she'll have to be given a standard calling.

This may be an artifact of the MLS 3.5 conversion issues related to callings. Members listed in MLS 3.4.3 in standard positions have been listed in the same position except the position has been identified in MLS as a custom position for those units that have upgraded to MLS 3.5. Have your stake clerk check CDOL to see if the position is listed there as a standard position and not a custom position. Until the cause is identified. the only other option is to list her by name rather than by calling if it is important to get her as an editor now.

aebrown wrote:"Stake Seminary Supervisor" is not a standard calling...

It is listed in CDOL as a standard position for my stake.

This calling is not included in the the list of available callings to add to a calendar. I've created a task to add it to the list. In the mean time you will need to add the person by name.

kyleq wrote:This calling is not included in the the list of available callings to add to a calendar. I've created a task to add it to the list. In the mean time you will need to add the person by name.

I wonder if this is the only one, or if other standard callings are also missing. It might be prudent for someone to verify them all.

kyleq wrote:This calling is not included in the the list of available callings to add to a calendar. I've created a task to add it to the list. In the mean time you will need to add the person by name.

I just checked and Stake Seminary Supervisor is still not in there. Do you have an ETA?

I don't have an ETA for any new calendar work unfortunately. I can tell you that is is prioritized to get added in the next wave of updates to the calendar app but when that will happen depends on many other products (Directory, Lesson and a couple of new projects not yet announced) getting updated first.

kyleq wrote:I don't have an ETA for any new calendar work unfortunately. I can tell you that is is prioritized to get added in the next wave of updates to the calendar app but when that will happen depends on many other products (Directory, Lesson and a couple of new projects not yet announced) getting updated first.

Just checking in. It's been nearly two months and still no "Stake Seminary Supervisor". Is this still on the radar?

This morning, I created a stake "Scouting" calendar, and tried to make the building scheduler for the stake center an editor of that calendar. However, I could not find any building scheduler calling in the list. I could only find a building specialist.

Dana

drepouille wrote:This morning, I created a stake "Scouting" calendar, and tried to make the building scheduler for the stake center an editor of that calendar. However, I could not find any building scheduler calling in the list. I could only find a building specialist.

That's because "building scheduler" is not a calling that is entered in MLS (it's certainly not a standard calling); it's simply an assignment that is made using the Calendar's administration tools.

So for your case you have the choice of adding the building scheduler by name as an editor of that calendar, or you can give that person the calling of stake building specialist and associate that calling with that calendar.

drepouille wrote:This morning, I created a stake "Scouting" calendar, and tried to make the building scheduler for the stake center an editor of that calendar. However, I could not find any building scheduler calling in the list. I could only find a building specialist.

Note that according to the help file, the "Stake building specialist" is already a default stake admin.

Just to bring this back to the original purpose of this thread. The standard calling, "Stake Seminary Supervisor" does not appear when trying to add viewers/editors by calling.

smconvey wrote:Just to bring this back to the original purpose of this thread. The standard calling, "Stake Seminary Supervisor" does not appear when trying to add viewers/editors by calling.

Yes, that's true. It can't possibly be changed until a new version of the Calendar is deployed, and no new version of the Calendar has been deployed since you began this discussion. So you'll just have to continue to be patient. Adding a calendar editor by name is a simple enough workaround until that fix is eventually deployed.

aebrown wrote:That's because "building scheduler" is not a calling that is entered in MLS (it's certainly not a standard calling); it's simply an assignment that is made using the Calendar's administration tools.

So for your case you have the choice of adding the building scheduler by name as an editor of that calendar, or you can give that person the calling of stake building specialist and associate that calling with that calendar.

In my stake MLS, these standard callings exist in the Facilities group:
Stake Building Specialist
Stake Physical Facilities Representative
Stake Recreation Camp Service Missionary
Stake Scheduler--Building 1
Stake Scheduler--Building 2
Stake Scheduler--Building 3
Stake Scheduler--Building 4
Stake Scheduler--Building 5
Unit Security Specialist

In the Calendar on lds.org:
Stake Building Specialist
Stake Recreation Camp Service Missionary

I am trying to add "Den Leaders" and our "Cub Scout Committee Chairmen" to a calendar by their calling; however, those callings do not appear in the add editors by calling option.
Any ideas on how to add them?

Are you adding them to a stake calendar? From what I remember, ward callings can't be added as editors to a stake calendar – they'd have to be added by name instead of by calling.

pauldbart wrote:I am trying to add "Den Leaders" and our "Cub Scout Committee Chairmen" to a calendar by their calling; however, those callings do not appear in the add editors by calling option.
Any ideas on how to add them?

When I tried to add these callings yesterday they wouldn't come up as options. But today when I tried they showed up.

drepouille wrote:

aebrown wrote:That's because "building scheduler" is not a calling that is entered in MLS (it's certainly not a standard calling); it's simply an assignment that is made using the Calendar's administration tools.

So for your case you have the choice of adding the building scheduler by name as an editor of that calendar, or you can give that person the calling of stake building specialist and associate that calling with that calendar.

In my stake MLS, these standard callings exist in the Facilities group:
Stake Building Specialist
Stake Physical Facilities Representative
Stake Recreation Camp Service Missionary
Stake Scheduler--Building 1
Stake Scheduler--Building 2
Stake Scheduler--Building 3
Stake Scheduler--Building 4
Stake Scheduler--Building 5
Unit Security Specialist

In the Calendar on lds.org:
Stake Building Specialist
Stake Recreation Camp Service Missionary

I'm having the same issue at the Ward level. The "Scheduler--Building 1" 2, 3, etc. won't show up in the Viewers/Editors by calling list for any Ward Calendar even though they are standard callings in the Facilities group per Leader & Clerk Resources on lds.org. How is it possible that a Building Scheduler ("Scheduler--Building") wouldn't have Calendar roles? Obviously, adding editors by calling is preferential to adding people by name. How do we add or make callings available to the Viewers/Editors list And if it can't be done at the Stake or Ward level, to whom do we formally make this request? Thanks!

simataas wrote:How is it possible that a Building Scheduler ("Scheduler--Building") wouldn't have Calendar roles?

The Building Schedulers in our area are the ones who arrange for members to clean the meetinghouse each week. They have nothing at all to do with the calendar system.

simataas wrote:I'm having the same issue at the Ward level. The "Scheduler--Building 1" 2, 3, etc. won't show up in the Viewers/Editors by calling list for any Ward Calendar even though they are standard callings in the Facilities group per Leader & Clerk Resources on lds.org. How is it possible that a Building Scheduler ("Scheduler--Building") wouldn't have Calendar roles? Obviously, adding editors by calling is preferential to adding people by name. How do we add or make callings available to the Viewers/Editors list And if it can't be done at the Stake or Ward level, to whom do we formally make this request? Thanks!

See the Help Center article "Setting Up Locations, Designating Units and Building Schedulers" here:
https://www.lds.org/help/support/calend ... -scheduler

As stated, the Building Scheduler calling has nothing to do with the Building Scheduler assignment in the Calendar system. Building Schedulers are assigned in the Calendar system by a stake administrator, such as someone in the stake presidency, including clerk and executive secretary.

5. In the Building Schedulers section, click Add Scheduler.
6. Select the Unit Name and begin typing the last name of the Building Scheduler. Select the Building Scheduler's name and then click Add to save. You can add multiple Building Schedulers. If you end up with several Building Schedulers in the list (perhaps including a stake leader), select the Primary Building Scheduler to be listed first by clicking on the name. This will position their name first in the contact list that Users will see.

lajackson wrote:The Building Schedulers in our area are the ones who arrange for members to clean the meetinghouse each week. They have nothing at all to do with the calendar system.

Fair enough - we use the Building Representative for that function (and that calling can be selected to provide Calendar roles). Given the vast array of callings that CAN be selected as a Viewer/Editor (many of which also have nothing to do with the calendar system per se), I'm still surprised that the "Scheduler--Building X" callings are not also listed.