Viewing Events by Grid Format
This Calendar view allows you to examine events within a
Calendar Grid Format. At the top of the screen, the
current Category and Subcategory Name(s) will be
displayed. When first navigating to the Grid View
screen "All Categories" will be displayed at the top of the
screen until you make a category selection. Notice if
"Multiple Categories" is selected this will be displayed on
the top of the screen, you can then click on the "View"
link to see the current Multiple categories being
searched.
Advanced options available for each View screen
include:
- PRINT: Use this icon to launch
a printer-friendly view of the current list that you are
viewing. Once the printer-friendly screen is
opened, you will be prompted by your printer setup
options on the steps required to print the screen
view.
- DOWNLOAD: Use this icon to
launch a window with selections for downloading all
events within your current Calendar view. Options
for downloading include CSV, iCal and XML. Choose
your file type from the available selections and click
the SUBMIT button to begin the download process.
You will be prompted to also select if you would like to
SAVE or OPEN the downloaded file.
- SUBSCRIBE: Use this icon to
launch a window with selections for setting up an event
subscription based off your current Category/Subcategory
selections. If you choose to SUBSCRIBE at the
Category Calendar level, then you will receive email
notifications of any new or updated events within the
Categories and Subcategories selected for your
subscription. *NOTE: The
more Categories that you subscribe to, the more emails
you may receive regarding new and updated events.
You will receive an email as soon as an event is added or
updated within your Subscription list.
Use the top navigation areas to:
- Expand All Grid: Use this
feature located in the upper left hand corner to view all
of the events in each grid block.
- Select a Display Format:
Options include Date/Time View, Category View, Location View,
Summary View and Grid View. Select a value from
the drop-down list to automatically navigate to that
Calendar View format.*NOTE:
Selection of different display formats may be
disabled for the calendar selection options. If you
do not see the drop-down selection box for Display
Format, then the feature was disabled for this
calendar. It is also possible for certain display options to
have been disabled.
- Display Month: Use this
drop-down in order to quick select the month that you
would like to view. All twelve months of the year
are displayed and once selected, you will be
automatically navigated to the month selected for viewing
all events for that particular month.
- Quick Search Icons: Options
include Day, Week, Month, and Year Icons. Click on
any of these graphic icons in order to view the events
for the current day, week, month, or year. You will
stay within the View format that you have chosen but the
date range of events included in the view will be based
off the icon selection for day, week, month or year.
Other Search Options Available in the Top Search
Navigation Area
Advanced Search Options Include:
- Date Range: Use these date
selectors to select a start and end date to refine the
events that are displayed in your results area to the
right. You can either choose the date by clicking
on the icon located to the right of the field or by
manually typing in the date with the format of
MM/DD/YYYY. Example of dates: 04/13/2009,
4/13/2009.
- Date Range/Time Range: Use
these drop-downs in order to select a range of days and a
range of time in order to refine the events that are
displayed in your results area to the right.
*NOTE: Date Range/Time Range
searching may be disabled for the calendar search
options. If you do not see the drop-down selection
boxes for Date Range and Time Range, then the feature was
disabled for this calendar.
-
Location(s) or Address
Searching: One of two location search
options may display in this area. You may see a
location drop-down menu in order to select from a
predefined list of location options, address search
fields (City, State, ZIP Code, County) to enter in a
location and find events with the location criteria
entered, or no location search options at all if
location searching was disabled for this Calendar.
- Location Drop-Down Option:
If the location drop-down is displayed, then you may
select a single location, multiple locations, or all
locations in order to view events matching your
location selections.
- Address Searching: Address
fields that will display, if this option was enabled,
include City, State, ZIP Code, and County.
Enter in as much criteria as you would like to
utilize for narrowing your search to display only
those events that meet all of the address criteria
entered.
- Proximity Searching (Miles Willing to
Travel): The exact name of this option may
vary but if you would like to search by proximity then
you are required to enter a ZIP Code and select from this
drop-down the exact radius, from the ZIP Code entered,
that you would like to search and view events.
- Category(s): Use this
drop-down in order to select a single Category of events
to view. You can also select to View All Categories
or to "Select Multiple" which will open a pop-up window
where you can check those Category(s) and Subcategory(s)
of interest to you as part of your search. If
multiple Category(s) and Subcategory(s) have been
selected to view, you can use the "View" option located
next to the Category title to view all the Category(s)
and Subcategory(s) that have been selected.
*NOTE: Category searching may be disabled
for the calendar search options. If you do not see
a category drop-down selection box, then the feature was
disabled for this calendar.
- Keywords: Use this text area
to enter in a list of keywords as comma separated
values. The maximum number of characters that can
be entered in this keyword field is 50 characters.
The keyword search field searches off the following event
details: event name, event description, all additional
event detail fields, image and attachment alternate text,
location name, building name, and room
name. *NOTE: Keyword
searching may be disabled for the calendar search
options. If you do not see a keyword search text
box, then the feature was disabled for this
calendar.
Once you have selected your search criteria and hit the
"Submit" link, then the selected search will be initiated
and the resulting events that match the selected criteria
will display in the Grid View.
Viewing Events in Grid Format
Events are broken down into days of each week in the
month. A select number of events will display per
block. If there are additional events that can be
viewed for a particular day, then a text link will be
included at the bottom of the particular Calendar block
that says "X More" and can be selected in order to refresh
the Calendar grid and display all events in that particular
Calendar Grid block. Information included per event
within each Calendar Grid block includes:
- Start Date/Time: The Start
Date and Start Time of each event is displayed. If
an event has an end time, then the end time will be
displayed as well. All Day events will display "All
Day" within the Start Time area.
- Event Name: Name of the event
that was added by the event administrator. Each
event name is displayed as a hyperlink, which if selected
will navigate you to the Event Details screen.
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