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Calendar Overview

The Driive calendar gives you a complete picture of your team's schedule. It combines Driive appointments with events synced from Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, so you can see everything in one place — no tab-switching required.

Where to find the calendar

The calendar is a view of your Appointments. Click Appointments in the sidebar, then click Cal in the view toggle at the top of the page. The same toggle also offers Scheduled and Unscheduled list views over the same appointments.

What you'll see on the calendar

The calendar displays two types of events:

Driive appointments

These are the bookings you manage through Driive — customer appointments, on-site visits, and jobs your team is assigned to. Each Driive appointment shows:

  • Appointment title — The appointment type name (e.g., "Roof Inspection").
  • Time block — The start time and duration, displayed as a colored block on the calendar.
  • Assigned user(s) — Who is responsible for the appointment.

Click any Driive appointment to open its details, where you can view contact information, notes, and assigned users.

Note: Only appointments with a scheduled time appear on the calendar. Appointments that are still Needs Scheduled live in the Unscheduled view until you pick a time.

Synced external events

When you or other users connect a Google Calendar or Outlook account, those events appear on the Driive calendar as well. External events help prevent double-booking by showing when people are already committed.

External events appear with a distinct visual style — marked as external calendar events — so you can easily tell them apart from Driive appointments. They display:

  • Event title — The name from the external calendar.
  • Time block — The scheduled time.

Tip: External events are read-only in Driive. To edit them, open your Google or Outlook calendar directly.

Calendar panel controls

The panel on the right side of the calendar gives you quick access to:

  • Date picker — A mini calendar for jumping to any date.
  • Users list — Checkboxes to show or hide specific users on the calendar. Select one, several, or all.
  • Teams list — Show or hide whole teams at once.

You can show or hide this panel with the panel button at the top of the calendar. The Day, Week, and Month view toggle sits at the top of the calendar. These controls let you zero in on exactly the slice of the schedule you need, whether that's one technician's Tuesday or the whole crew's month.

How Driive and external events work together

Driive uses synced external events for availability checking. When a customer tries to book through your booking page, Driive checks both your availability settings and your connected calendar. If a user has an external event during a time slot, that slot won't be offered to the customer.

This means your team can continue using their personal or company calendars without worrying about scheduling conflicts.

Learn more about connecting your calendar in Integrations.

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