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Outlook Integration Outlook Integration  

With DAISHO you can import calendar entries from your diverse Outlook calendars in DAISHO and you can export them to Outlook. You can export your contacts from Outlook.

How do I export calendar items to Outlook

  1. Please go in the menu to File -> Export Calendar Here you can export calendar entries from DAISHO to Outlook.
  2. A window opens in which you get the information that you can verify the default Outlook setting during the export time. Activate the check box if you haven't set this already as default under Window -> Preferences -> Outlook Integration.
  3. Click on Next.
  1. Select from the dialog window the calendar from which you want to export your Outlook calendar entries.
  2. Close this window by clicking Next.
  1. You automatically get to the next window. Here you can select the following setting:

  1. Choose the time span.
    Start: Choose the start date, from which you want to export your calendar entries.
    End: Set the end date, until when you want to export.
  2. Context Transfer.
    For the export please choose at least one Context. You can click each context. If you only want to export one or a few click the particular contexts. If you want to export several contexts you also have the following options.
    • All: With All all calendar entries in the selected time span are exported.
    • None: With None no contexts are exported.
    • Inverse: With Inverse your contexts are inversely exported.
  3. Click Next
  1. Here you see the current status of the export. You see how many of your appointments have been exported and you see if all events have been exported successfully.
  2. With Finish you finish the whole transaction.

How do I import calendar items from Outlook

  1. Please go to the menu to File -> Import Calendar. Here you can import calendar entries from Outlook to DAISHO.
  2. A window opens in which you get the information that you can verify the default Outlook setting during the export time. Activate the check box if you haven't set this already as default under Window -> Preferences -> Outlook Integration.
  3. Then click on Next.
  1. You automatically get to the next window. Here you can select the following settings:
  1. Select the calendar from which you want to import your Outlook calendar entries. If you only work with one Outlook the folder \\Personal Folder\Calendar is displayed by default. In that your calendar items are stored. Please click this folder.
  2. Set a time span: You can set a time span for the import:
    • If you want to import all calendar items to DAISHO, click Retrieve all calendar appointments.
    • If you want to import calendar items only from a specific time span, click Retrieve calendar items between - to. You can set the start and end date for the import.
  3. With Next you start to import. DAISHO checks if new calendar items exist in the chosen time span. If this is true, the items are transferred.
    • Calendar items that have been deleted by you in DAISHO, are still in the DAISHO data base and are therefore not transferred.
  4. If DAISHO finds new calendar entries then in Outlook opens a window with which you give access to Outlook.
  1. With the check box Give access for you allow DAISHO to access Outlook. You can choose a time span between 1-10 minutes. The larger your data amount is the longer your time span should be set.
  2. With Yes you start the access as well as the data transfer.
  3. In the next window you can select the calendar items you want to import from Outlook.
  1. In the following window you can see the status of your data transfer. Here you see the current status of your import. You see how many and if all data have been transferred successfully.
  1. With Finish you finish the import. Your selected data sets are now available in DAISHO and in Outlook.

How do I import contacts from Outlook

  1. Please go to the menu to File -> Import Contacts. Here you can import your contacts from Outlook to DAISHO.
  2. A window opens in which you get the information that you can verify the default Outlook setting during the export time. Activate the check box if you haven't set this already as default under Window -> Preferences -> Outlook Integration.
  3. Then click on Next.
  1. You automatically get to the next window. Here you can select the following settings:
  1. Select the contact profile from which you want to import your Outlook contacts.
    If you only work with one Outlook, the folder \\Personal Folder\Contacts is displayed by default. Here your contacts are stored. Please click this folder.
  2. Please select the contacts, which you want to import from Outlook to DAISHO.
    You can choose between three different check boxes:
    • If you want to import all contacts from Outlook to DAISHO, then select Import All Contacts. Select this option if you haven't imported anything to DAISHO yet.
    • If you want to import contacts that haven't been imported in DAISHO before, then select Import Contacts, which haven't been imported into DAISHO before. Select this option, if you have entered new contacts in Outlook or if you have changed your contact data.
    • If you only want to import contacts that have been changed since the last import, please click Import contacts, which have been changed since the last import.
    DAISHO checks every single contact entry if it already exists in DAISHO. Existing contacts are not imported again, if they are similar to 100%. Contact data that are unequal in some parts can be checked in a separate mask, giving you the freedom to decide individually.
  3. Click Connect with Outlook. With that you start importing your contacts.
  4. If DAISHO finds new contacts, then in Outlook a window opens with which you give access to Outlook.
  1. With the check box Give access for you allow DAISHO to access Outlook. You can choose a time span between 1-10 minutes. The larger your data amount is, the longer your time span should be set.
  2. With Yes you start the access as well as the data transfer.
  3. Click Next to go to the following mask. Here you see all contacts that can be imported:
  1. You can select the contacts you want to import individually or you can choose:
    • All: All contacts are checked and then imported.
    • None: All contacts that are already selected are set back and are not imported.
    • Invert: Selected contacts are ignored and all other contacts are imported.
  2. Please select now, if you want to check the contacts:
    • Click Check if similar contact already exists in local database: All contacts are checked if there's already a similar contact in the database. If similar contacts are found, you can individually check them in a separate mask. All other contacts are imported.
    • Click Import all contacts without checking existing contacts (Quick): All contacts are imported.
  3. With Next you go to the following mask.
  1. In this window you get the message that all your selected Outlook contacts are imported successfully.
  2. If no similar contacts have been found, click Finish. All selected contacts from Outlook have been imported successfully.