Calendar sync for your phone is to allow a staff member to view only their column from a mobile device's native calendar app.
🚨 Please note - Cal sync can only be applied to one calendar per column and you must have a column to set up read only access.
How it works
Calendar sync allows your calendar on your phone to stay updated with bookings in your column from your main Slick calendar, so you can check your schedule on the go and offline.
All bookings are updated in real-time so you never have to guess whether you're free for a new booking or not. You will be able to see the clients name, the service they're scheduled to receive and any attached client notes.
🚨 Please note; all the bookings in your calendar app in your phone are READ-ONLY, so you wont be able to update them using your mobile phone.
Why you should use it
To stay up-to-date on new bookings in your system.
If your internet ever drops, you have a back up of all your bookings in your phone, updated and with client notes.
You can sync multiple columns and they show up in your calendar as different colours so you'll be able to coordinate your team.
SET UP
In your Slick Account
1. Head to Menu - Staff & Business Settings - Staff access.
2. Select the staff name and email address, then toggle on "Apple iCal / Google Cal sync"
3. You will see this pop up to confirm the email has been sent to this staff member.
On your desktop computer
1. You have now been sent an email. Open this email on your desktop computer and copy the link at the bottom.
2. Open your Google Calendar in the browser and click on the '+' next to 'Other Calendars' on the left-hand side.
3. Click 'From URL'.
4. Paste your Slick calendar link in the box provided and click 'Add Calendar'.
Please note you need to take make the calendar publicly accessible before clicking add calendar!
On your Android Phone
1. Open your Google Calendar and go to settings.
2. Find your Gmail calendar information and click on your new Slick calendar (or 'Show More' if you can't see it).
3. Make sure your calendar sync is toggled on.
🚨 Please note; all the bookings in your calendar app in your phone are READ-ONLY, so you wont be able to update them using your mobile phone.
Questions on Cal sync
How long will these appointments stay on staff phones?
Once the day is finished, the appointments will be removed from staff's personal calendars. The Cal sync is only designed to be a handy reference point for staff in the day to stop them having to run back to the salon computer! For security reasons, no historic data will be stored on the mobile devices.
If you have further questions that haven't been answered in this article then please reach out to us on Live Chat via the chat bubble in the bottom right corner!