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Create Your Own Directory of OV Calendars

OV EnterpriseWeb Server Calendar Functions (CGI's)

There are a number of OV web calendar functions. The functions may be used to enter the OV calendar system at some point other than the main menu. The form of the URL to invoke one of the available functions is:

http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/CGINAME.cgi

where CGINAME is the name of one of the available functions (cgi's) that may be used.

The available functions (cgi's) are: 

AUTH     Authorization screen
DAY      View a day
WEEK     View the next 7 days
MONTH    View a month
DIR      Directory look-up
CHECK    Check schedules
SCHEDULE Schedule a meeting

The main menu of the OV calendar system may be entered using the following URL:

http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/

Options Passed to OV Calendar Functions (CGI's)

The OV web server calendar functions (cgi's) may be passed keyword arguments. Arguments may be passed to all cgi's by placing a "?" after the word "cgi" and following it with a parameter. The parameter is in the form:

&keyword=value

The initial keyword does not need an ampersand (i.e. "&").

The available keywords are: 

&auth    Authorize; values may be Y (YES, the default) or N (NO)
&owner   userid of the target calendar
&mm      the requested month; values may be 1 through 12
&dd      the requested day; values may be 1 through 31
&yy      the requested year; values may be 2 or 4 digits
         (&mm, &dd, and &yy all default to today's date)
&search  search string/word; only valid for DIR.CGI

Examples:

  • <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/day.cgi?owner=jdoe">
    See the JDOE calendar for today.

  • <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/week.cgi?auth=n&owner=janedoe">
    See the JANEDOE calendar for the next 7 days as a non-authenticated user (auth=n). Only the times would be displayed. No descriptions would be displayed because it is non-authenticated access.

  • <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/month.cgi?owner=johndoe&mm=07">
    See the JOHNDOE calendar for the month of July in the current year.

  • <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/week.cgi?auth=n&owner=events">
    See the EVENTS calendar for the next 7 days as a non-authenticated user (auth=n). Times and descriptions are viewable because this calendar has been set up to allow non-authenticated access to descriptions.

  • <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu:1581/ewccalen/week.cgi?&auth=n&owner=m051pc">
    Schedules for rooms or equipment can also be listed in a menu.

Public Access to Calendars

OV calendars may be accessed even if you do not have a CMS userid on UCONNVM. Non-authenticated access will allow the viewer to only see times of calendar entries and not their corresponding descriptions. Calendars may be set up as an exception to the rule.

In the case of a calendar which is viewable by all, even non-authenticated users may see the descriptions related to the times. The UCC Events and M051 PC Lab calendars shown in the Example section above are examples.

The &auth=n parameter allows access to OV calendars with no authentication. The user is not prompted for a userid and password. Requests made via &auth=n are associated with the public OV userid that is defined in the OV web server configuration. This public OV userid is CALUSER. All functions are available to the public OV userid except scheduling a meeting.

Creating a New Conference Room, Lab, etc.

To request a calendar for a room or equipment, send e-mail to the OV Administrator
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