Calendar Subscription (iCal)

Calendar views can be subscribed to as an iCal feed — in Apple Calendar, Outlook, Google Calendar, and any other app that supports the iCal format. The feed is fetched fresh on each open, so changes in Pachurros automatically appear in your external calendar.

Requirement

Calendar subscriptions are only available for calendar views. Open a calendar view in your database first.

Setting up a subscription

1. Click the calendar icon in the top-right toolbar of the calendar view
2. The iCal configurator modal opens
3. Set up the field mapping (see below)
4. Copy the calendar subscription URL or click Open in app

iCal configurator

The configurator lets you map database fields to calendar event fields. A live preview on the left shows the result immediately.

Name

Choose one or more columns to form the title of each calendar event. Multiple fields are joined with ” –”. For example, combine a text column with the project name and a select column with the type.

Time range

Define start and end:

Field	Meaning
From — date	Required — the date column that defines the start
From — time	Optional — a separate time column for timed events
To — date	Optional — end date for multi-day or time-bounded entries
To — time	Optional — end time (only when end date is set)

If a date column has the include time option enabled, it is automatically treated as a timed event — no separate time field needed.

Without an end date, timed events automatically get +1 hour as the end time; all-day events become single-day entries.

Notes

Choose one or more columns whose content is inserted into the description of the calendar event. All fields are output line by line with the field name prepended.

Location

An optional text or location column that is used as the event’s location.

Adding to Apple Calendar

Desktop (macOS)

1. Click Open in app in the configurator — Apple Calendar launches automatically
2. Confirm the dialog by clicking Subscribe
3. Choose an update interval (recommended: hourly)

Alternatively: copy the URL and go to File → New Calendar Subscription in Apple Calendar.

iPhone / iPad (iOS)

1. Tap Open in app — the iOS Calendar app opens
2. Tap Add

Adding to Outlook

1. Click Copy URL in the configurator
2. Open Outlook (desktop or web)
3. Go to Calendar → Add calendar → Subscribe from web
4. Paste the copied URL and click OK

Adding to Google Calendar

1. Click Copy URL in the configurator
2. Open calendar.google.com
3. Click + next to Other calendars
4. Choose From URL
5. Paste the URL and click Add calendar

Google Calendar does not accept webcal:// links directly — use the copied https:// URL.

Disabling a subscription

Click Disable subscription in the configurator — the token is deleted immediately. Existing subscriptions in external apps will return an error and can be removed there manually.

Notes

• The feed is read-only — changes made in the calendar app are not synchronised back to Pachurros
• Only entries with a value in the configured date column appear in the calendar
• Select and multiselect fields are exported as plain-text labels (not internal IDs)
• The link contains a cryptographically secure token — keep it private
• To regenerate the link (e.g. after a security incident): disable the subscription and re-enable it