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Syncing External Scheduling Platforms with sportsYou

Learn how to import calendars to sportsYou from the most common scheduling platforms

Written by TJ Hefele

If your school uses a third-party scheduling platform, you can import its calendar directly into sportsYou using an iCal feed URL. Once connected, your events will appear in your team's sportsYou calendar automatically.

Supported platforms: Arbiter · Blackbaud · Bound · DragonFly · Eventlink · Rank One · ScheduleStar/Big Teams · Google Calendar and more

How to import a calendar into sportsYou

The steps below are the same regardless of which platform you're importing from:

  1. Go to the Team or Group you want to import the calendar into.

  2. Tap the Gear icon.

  3. Select Import External Calendar.

  4. Paste the iCal URL into the text box.

  5. Tap Import Calendar URL.

The only thing that varies is where to find the iCal URL in your scheduling platform. Follow the instructions for your platform below.

Getting the iCal URL from your platform

Arbiter

Option 1

  1. Log in to your Arbiter account.

  2. Go to Settings (top navigation, last option).

  3. Select iCal Feed and copy the URL.

Option 2

  1. Log in to your ArbiterSports account.

  2. Go to Profile → Preferences.

  3. Under Calendar Sync, click Send Email.

  4. Open the email from ArbiterSports and copy the iCal URL.

Blackbaud

  1. Log in to your Blackbaud account.

  2. Navigate to your calendar section.

  3. Look for an option labeled iCal, Calendar Feed, or Subscribe.

  4. Copy the iCal URL provided.

Bound

  1. Open Activity / Event Scheduling in your Bound dashboard.

  2. Look for Subscribe, Calendar Feed, iCal, or Export Calendar — this may be under More → Subscribe or Settings → Calendar.

  3. Select your filters (sport, level, game only vs. games + practices, home/away, etc.).

  4. Click Create Subscription Link.

  5. Right-click the link and select Copy link address, or use the Copy / Subscribe Link button.

DragonFly

  1. Log in to DragonFly and select Calendar from the left menu.

  2. Click the Settings icon (top right).

  3. Select Integrations.

  4. Choose your calendar platform (Google, Apple, or Outlook).

  5. Use the drop-down to select the DragonFly calendar(s) you want to sync.

  6. Follow the on-screen prompts to copy the iCal URL.

Eventlink

  1. Log in to Eventlink on a desktop or tablet.

  2. On the main calendar page, find the My Calendars bar beneath the current month.

  3. Click the icon at the end of My Calendars and select Export All Subscriptions.

  4. A new tab will open with a long URL in the address bar — that is your iCal feed. Copy it.

Rank One

  1. Log in to your Rank One account.

  2. Navigate to the schedule you want to sync.

  3. Find the Sync to Calendar option and copy the iCal URL.

ScheduleStar / Big Teams

  1. Go to your Fan Central website and find the team schedule you want to import.

  2. Click Subscribe and copy the subscribe link.

  3. When pasting the URL into sportsYou, replace webcal at the start of the URL with https.

  4. Check Reminders if desired, then tap Import.

Google Calendar

  1. Open Google Calendar on desktop.

  2. Click the Gear icon → Settings.

  3. Under Settings for my calendars, select the calendar you want to export.

  4. Scroll to Integrate calendar.

  5. Copy the Secret address in iCal format (for private calendars) or the Public address in iCal format (for public calendars).

Need help?

If your scheduling platform isn't listed here or you run into any issues, contact our support team and we'll be happy to help.

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