Connect your calendar to softgarden with Smart Calendar, check the availability of your colleagues and create calendar invitations directly from the system.

More information about Smart Calendar can be found in the softgarden Marketplace.

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As an administrator, you can easily activate the calendar integration free of charge via the Softgarden Marketplace.

1. In the "Marketplace" area, navigate to the "Email and Calendar" tab, select the "Smart Calendar" entry, and click on it. (Alternatively, a search function is also available.)

2. Click the "Activate integration" entry in the screen that now appears.

3. Select whether the Smart Calendar function should be activated exclusively for the main client or—if subscribed to—also for existing subsidiary clients (subsidiaries). Then, check the box to accept the terms and conditions and click the "Activate integration" button.

The Smart Calendar feature will then be available to all colleagues and can be activated by you independently whenever needed.

The following calendar providers are currently supported:

1. To connect your calendar, click on "Your Account" → "Calendar" in the top right corner and select "Calendar Accounts" from the submenu.

2. After clicking on one of the providers, you will be redirected to our partner Cronofy and will thus leave the softgarden platform. You will then log in to your calendar provider. You may need authorization from an internal company administrator to successfully connect your calendar.

After successfully logging in, you will be redirected to the softgarden system. Your connected calendar will now appear in the list of linked calendars. You have the option to add further calendars to be included in the availability calculation.

Under "Primary calendar," please select the calendar to be used for interview invitations and scheduling appointments.

You can find details on troubleshooting connections to supported calendar systems in the support documentation: https://docs.cronofy.com/calendar-users/

You can store basic availability on a weekly basis for your interview planning. For example, block your lunch break or other fixed appointments on a weekly basis during which you do not want to appear available to others.

You can also limit the calendars that are used for the availability check. Simply select the calendars you want from the drop-down menu.

Once you have completed the setup, a new tab appears in the interview scheduling dialog.

If this tab does not appear, please check whether your calendar is connected. Also make sure Smart Calendar is enabled for your system.

With Smart Calendar you can send your candidates an appointment invitation via the system.

You can find details about the setup and procedure here: Smart Calendar - Make an appointment

With Smart Calendar you can make multiple appointment suggestions to your candidates. This makes coordination easier and saves you the back and forth in communication.

Details on suggesting appointments can be found here: Smart Calendar - Suggest multiple appointments

We use our partner Cronofy for calendar integration in softgarden.

Only Cronofy's servers in Germany are used.

You can find more information about Cronofy here: