Sun Java System Portal Server, Communication Channels Online Help |

> # Calendar Channel

> This Calendar Channel Help file provides help for tasks you can perform directly in the Sun™ Java System Portal Server Desktop. This file does not provide help for using the calendar application.

> The calendar application is accessed in two distinct ways, as a stand-alone calendar application (Sun™ Java System Calendar Express) or as part of a messaging solution (the IBM Lotus Domino WebMail solution or the Microsoft Outlook Web Access solution).

> For sites using Calendar Express, clicking Launch Calendar immediately invokes the application. Help for using this calendar application can be found within the application itself.

> For sites using the IBM Lotus Domino WebMail solution or the Microsoft Outlook Web Access solution, clicking Launch Calendar invokes the respective messaging solution. Both of these solutions immediately display the mail application. The calendar application is accessible as a link in the mail application. Help for using the calendar application can be found within the Help system for the entire messaging solution.

> Regardless of which of the three calendar applications you use, once you are in the application you can schedule events and tasks.

> Tasks you can perform directly from the Portal Server Desktop in the Calendar channel are:

> - Edit Calendar Channel Settings
> - Invoke the Calendar Application
> - Resize the Calendar Channel
> - Detach the Calendar Channel from the Desktop
> - Attach the Calendar Channel to the Desktop
> - Remove the Calendar Channel from the Desktop
> - Restore the Calendar Channel to the Desktop

> # Edit Calendar Channel Settings

> Edit Calendar allows you to configure the Calendar Server configurations and customize the channel settings. The configuration and display options available to you can vary from site to site, depending upon how Portal Server is configured at your site. In fact, you might not see an Edit Calendar button at all. In which case, you will not need to edit any of the calendar options. This could be the situation if the calendar configuration settings and display options have all been pre-set. The options that follow are all of the options possible even though you might not have access to all of these options.

> ### To edit the Calendar channel settings

> In the Calendar channel, click the Edit Calendar button. The first of two Account Information windows is displayed. The second Account Information window is accessed from the first Account Information window by clicking the link: Edit this channel’s display settings.

> The Account Information windows allow you to:

> - Configure the Calendar Server
> - Personalize the Calendar Display Options

> ## Configure the Calendar Server

> In the Configurations panel of the first Account Information window, you can enter the initial calendar server configuration information or you can change the existing configuration information, if necessary. Contact your system administrator for this information.

> Server Name. Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the Calendar Server. For example, calendarserver.siroe.com.

> Server Port. Enter the Calendar Server port number. For example, 2080.

> User Name. Enter your Calendar Server user name.

> User Password. Enter your Calendar Server user password.

> Domain. For servers invoking the Microsoft Outlook Web Access messaging solution only. If your Calendar channel invokes the Microsoft Outlook Web Access solution, you will see the Domain property. Enter the name of the domain for the messaging solution server.

> Edit this channel’s display settings. Click this link to go to the second Account Information window, where you can edit the calendar display settings.

> Finished. Click this button to save the calendar configuration.

> Cancel. Click this button to return to the Desktop without saving the changes.

> ## Personalize the Calendar Display Options

> In the Display Options panel of the second Account Information window, you can customize the length of time that your calendar displays on your Portal Desktop. You can also choose the calendar you want to display, assuming that there is more than one calendar available at your site.

> Modify the following information to customize the Calendar channel:

> Calendar View. For Servers invoking Sun Java System Calendar Express only.

> 1. Click the calendar view option currently visible in the Calendar View menu (this action displays all available options).
> 2. Click the option of your choice.

> The five calendar view options available are:

> - Day
> - Day and Week
> - Week
> - Month
> - None

> Calendar.

> 1. Click the calendar option currently visible in the Calendar menu (this action displays all available calendars).
> 2. Click the option of your choice.

> Finished. Click this button to save the display options.

> Cancel. Click this button to return to the Desktop without saving the changes.

> # Invoke the Calendar Application

> To invoke the Calendar application, click the Launch Calendar link. If your site uses the Sun Java System Messenger Express messaging solution, the calendar application appears immediately.

> If your site uses the IBM Lotus Domino WebMail messaging solution or the Microsoft Outlook Web Access messaging solution, you will first be prompted to re-enter your credentials (your User ID and password). After you submit the proper credentials, the application that is immediately displayed is the mail application. The calendar application is accessible as a link within the mail application.

> From all three of the calendar applications, the first page displays your calendar schedule, which includes information on pending and overdue tasks (if any) and scheduled events.

> # Resize the Calendar Channel

> The Calendar channel contains three different buttons in the channel’s toolbar for resizing the channel. Only two of these buttons are visible at any given time.

> Minimize. Click this button to collapse the channel, which leaves only the channel’s toolbar remaining. Minimizing a channel collapses the channel but it might not collapse the entire row unless it is the only channel in the row or unless the other channels in that row have been minimized, too. After you click the Minimize button, it changes to the Normalize button.

> Maximize. Click this button to expand the channel horizontally across the page and to remove other channels from the page. After you click the Maximize button, it changes to the Normalize button.

> Normalize. Click this button to return the page to its normal state: the state it was in before the Maximize or Minimize buttons were clicked. After you click the Normalize button, it changes back to the Minimize or Maximize button, whichever button was previously replaced by the Normalize button.

> # Detach the Calendar Channel from the Desktop

> The Detach Calendar option separates the Calendar channel from the Sun Java System Portal Server Desktop and allows you to view the channel as a separate popup window.

> ## To separate the Calendar channel

> Click the Detach Calendar button in the Calendar channel toolbar.

> # Attach the Calendar Channel to the Desktop

> The Attach Calendar option integrates the detached Calendar channel back into the Sun Java System Portal Server Desktop.

> ## To attach the Calendar channel

> Click the Attach Calendar button (at this point, the Calendar channel will be detached from the Desktop) in the Calendar channel toolbar.

> # Remove the Calendar Channel from the Desktop

> The Remove Calendar option removes the Calendar channel from the Sun Java System Portal Server Desktop.

> ## To remove the Calendar channel

> Click the Remove Calendar button in the Calendar channel toolbar.

> # Restore the Calendar Channel to the Desktop

> The removed Calendar channel can be restored to the Sun Java System Portal Server Desktop.

> ## To restore the Calendar channel

> 1. Click the Content header on your Desktop. The Content window appears.
> 2. Click inside the Calendar channel check box to leave a check mark in the box, which indicates that the Calendar channel will be displayed on the Desktop.
> 3. Click Finished to save the changes or click Cancel to close the window without saving the changes.

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