Google Calendar sync with DoliPlus

Google Calendar sync connects your business software with the calendar you already use, so every appointment lives in one place instead of two:

  • a two-way link between DoliPlus and Google;
  • appointments booked in DoliPlus show up in your Google calendar straight away;
  • events added on the Google side come back into DoliPlus on their own;
  • a secure connection to your Google account, which stays under your control;
  • and if Google ever asks you to renew the permission, you restore it yourself in seconds.

In other words, your schedule stays current everywhere. Therefore you save time, and you stop missing appointments.

DoliPlus is the enhanced cloud edition of Dolibarr, the open source business management suite.

Some initial setup may be required on your instance. Please contact your support team if you run into any difficulty.

Why link the two calendars

Many teams live with two diaries side by side. On one hand the business software, on the other the phone. As a result, an appointment entered in one place is missing from the other.

This link removes the problem. Indeed, DoliPlus and Google then share the same schedule. For example, a job planned at the office appears immediately on the engineer’s mobile.

Worth knowing: your DoliPlus diary already travels with you through the DoliPlusMobi app. Google Calendar sync therefore answers a different need: carrying on with the Google calendar on your phone, the one you may already share with your family or with other tools. That way, everyone keeps their own habits.

A two-way link

The connection works in both directions, and you switch it on with a single click.

  • From DoliPlus to Google: as soon as you create or change an appointment, it travels to your Google Calendar.
  • From Google to DoliPlus: every change made on your phone comes back into DoliPlus, with nothing to do on your side.

Moreover, your calendar refreshes on its own, so you never need to reload the page. Consequently, the whole team sees the same information at the same moment.

Turning Google Calendar sync on

Setup happens in the calendar settings area. First open that page, then follow these steps:

  1. Enter your Google address on your account line, then choose the Google synchronisation mode.
  2. Click the “Request access to Google Calendar” button.
  3. Sign in to Google, then tick the calendar box before confirming. This step matters: without that permission, the link never starts.
  4. Finally, switch on “Two-way sync On/Off” so that changes made in Google reach you as well.
💡 Good to know: each user links their own Google account. In addition, you can withdraw that permission at any time from your Google account.

 

Restoring the permission in three clicks

For your security, Google periodically asks you to renew the permission granted to applications that reach your calendar. That is to say, the link pauses until you grant it again.

The sign is easy to spot. Indeed, your appointments keep saving normally in DoliPlus, yet they no longer reach your phone. Moreover, a message appears on screen when you save.

The good news is simple: everyone sorts this out themselves, with their own Google account, without waiting for anyone. Here is the whole thing, in three steps:

  1. Open your user profile, then click the “Set up calendar” button. An administrator can also go through Home > Setup > Calendars.
  2. On your line, click “Request access to Google Calendar”.
  3. Sign in with your usual Google account, tick the calendar box, then confirm.

The link restarts as soon as you confirm. Consequently, your next appointments travel to your phone again, both ways as before.

Furthermore, the on-screen message takes you straight to the right place: it opens the page where you set up Google Calendar sync again.

💡 Good to know: appointments entered during the pause stay safely in DoliPlus, so nothing is lost. However, they do not travel to Google on their own: your support team will help you if you want them copied across.

 

Going further

This link completes the other DoliPlus calendar tools. Therefore you can read on with these guides:

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