Rename a calendar

I have been trying to rename a calendar, but it will not happen. I edit the calendar, change the name, click "save" and the timer just spins and never completes. Any hints. This is my first experience with Calendar.

I am having the same problem... edit the name, click save and the wheel just spins...

Are these private calendars, or public ones?

I'm able to rename either private or public calendars with no problems.

public... the drop down box says "Entire Unit"

I had our Stake Clerk try to rename the calendar and save it and he had the same result, the endless spinning wheel.

Any reason why it wont save for us but yet aebrown is able to do so???

Any odd characters/punctuation in the calendar name?

russellhltn wrote:Any odd characters/punctuation in the calendar name?

No odd characters... changing from 'Stake Resource Calendar' to 'Stake Center Building Calendar'.

The 'Resource' label seems to be confusing people and the rest of the meeting houses in the Stake are labeled with 'Building' in them.

Thank you for your help!

Is this just for events that don't go on other church calendars, or is this a end-run on how the system is supposed to operate (events book the building).

russellhltn wrote:Is this just for events that don't go on other church calendars, or is this a end-run on how the system is supposed to operate (events book the building).

Because we have multiple wards in a building, we have to have one calendar for the building so that we can ensure there are not conflicts for facility resources. The simplest way we have found to do that is to have a calendar for each meeting house that the wards sharing the building can coordinate events. Does that answer your question? is there a easier way to do that?

lee.allen wrote:Because we have multiple wards in a building, we have to have one calendar for the building so that we can ensure there are not conflicts for facility resources.

This is exactly what a properly set up Calendar system is designed to do. There is no need to create another calendar since the system prevents conflicts when calendar editors designate the building and rooms for an event.

I am going to assume your stake does not have the locations (buildings) set up as being available for units to schedule. This unnecessarily adds another level of coordination and intervention by a stake administrator or building scheduler (Calendar role).

lee.allen wrote:The simplest way we have found to do that is to have a calendar for each meeting house that the wards sharing the building can coordinate events. is there a easier way to do that?

Yes. Have the stake administrators check the "This location can be scheduled by Wards and Stakes" setting. Otherwise only a building scheduler (Calendar role) can schedule a location and the resources. This appears to be how your stake is managing the resources.

For more information about setting up and managing locations see the Calendar Help section Managing Locations.

thanks! We'll look into that and see if we can make that work... in the meantime, is there a way to simply rename the calendar so that it is more clear as to its purpose?

Thanks again!

lee.allen wrote:thanks! We'll look into that and see if we can make that work... in the meantime, is there a way to simply rename the calendar so that it is more clear as to its purpose?

There should be, but it's not working in your case. I don't know why.

But if you start using the new system with building scheduling built-in to the event creation, you won't need it.

As for seeing the building calendar (under the new system), you can still do that by switching to week view. (A "hidden" feature.)

I gave up and created new calendars, both public and private, to replace the ones I could not rename.