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Filter events in the Calendar

With calendar filters, you can easily customize the view of your own personal calendar and display appointments in a specific church or category. In addition, you can quickly and easily get a monthly overview and the availability of rooms.



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Create Your Own Calendar View with the Calendar Filter

You can find the filters on the left side of the calendar. There are four filterable areas as well as a search function, which you can use individually and in combination:


  1. My Calendars: In this section, you can view your own calendar, which only includes events that concern you (privately created events, events to which you have been added as a user). You can also display all subscribed calendars (e.g., public holidays) here.


  1. **Users & room calendars: **In this section, you can add individual resources and users for whom you want a quick overview. Another Churchdesk user or your church building could be a resource, for example, and if you search for it, you will find all events for which the church as a building has been booked. The selection remains until you remove the individual areas with the X.


  1. All absences: Here you can see the absences of users. You can select the groups you are a member of and display the absences of the members within them.


  1. **Parish Calendar: **In the parish calendar, you have the option to filter by the various categories. If a checkmark is displayed in the congregation calendar, then all event categories are activated. If the church calendar contains a minus sign (-), this means that one or more event categories are deactivated. If the field is empty, it means that all event categories are deactivated.


  1. **Calendar Search: **You can use the search function to search for categories, resources, and users. Enter the search term and press the Enter key. All available options will now be displayed above.


The "All availabilities" Filter Shows No Options

The "All availabilities" filter only displays availabilities that have been created for booking request pages in your system. If your installation does not have any request pages, there are no availabilities to show, so no selection is available and no filter can be activated. This is expected behaviour, not an error. To use this filter, first create a booking request page and set up availabilities for it.


Events Visible on the Web but Not in the Mobile App

The mobile app has its own calendar filters, accessible via the filter icon in the top right. If events appear on the web version but not in the app, check that all relevant filters are activated in the app.


Saving Calendar Filter Combinations

It is currently not possible to save multiple filter combinations and switch between them with a single click, nor to run two calendar views in parallel, as the calendar supports only one active view at a time. To switch quickly between a full overview and a restricted view, use the filters on the left: under Users & room calendars, add only the resources you want to see (they stay active until removed with the X), and under Parish Calendar, select or deselect individual categories or use the top checkmark to re-display all categories at once. The calendar search function also helps you quickly find a specific category, resource, or user.




Keywords: calendar filter, calendar view, appointments, church, categories, monthly overview, room availability, my calendars, user calendar, room calendar, absences, church calendar, calendar search

Updated on: 04/11/2026

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