Once Google Calendar setup has been completed, you can go to the employee settings in Amelia > Employees > that employee, and sign them in trough this button:
So they really have to have a WP user and use it only to activate this feature??
I think that this is mad. Most users who need to do this have no experience on WP and are not able to do it by them selves. And generally why would a employee have access to WP?
I think that this feature should be included in the employee frontend. That would be a natural place for them to set the calendar.
At the moment, Sign Into Google Calendar button is available only on the backend of WP; you can create temporary access for your employees for the log in process, if you don't wish them to have further access to backend. They will also have limited access, and will not have the same capabilities as you (Admin).
In order to log out from just one account, you as an Admin can go to Amelia > Employees > that particular employee, and click Sign Out from Google Calendar. This will sign out only that employee.
Credentials are not saved on your Google Account that you used to connect Google Calendar and Amelia; also, for privacy, when your browser asks you to remember their credentials you can click Never.
I would like to echo Jarno that I really hope frontend Google Calendar sync is in the roadmap. This is a particularly good feature of WP Amelia... but to be honest it isn't usable in most use cases with WP Amelia where a) Employees aren't WP Users, or b) backend access is not granted for users/employees.
thank you for adding to the conversation; I apologize for the later response as we don't work on weekends
Absolutely - as Jarno advised, there is a concern about the backend access, and the company manager having access to the employee logins.
I'll kindly ask you to add it as a feature suggestion on this page or vote for it if it was already suggested; you can track our roadmap here. Features are pushed up on our "to-do" list when there are a lot of customers requesting those features, so having your vote as a customer can be beneficial to this feature being developed sooner.
Where do employees need to login to activate their Google calendar sync?
Do they need to login in WP or where?
Hi Jarno,
thank you for contacting us!
Once Google Calendar setup has been completed, you can go to the employee settings in Amelia > Employees > that employee, and sign them in trough this button:
So they really have to have a WP user and use it only to activate this feature??
I think that this is mad. Most users who need to do this have no experience on WP and are not able to do it by them selves. And generally why would a employee have access to WP?
I think that this feature should be included in the employee frontend. That would be a natural place for them to set the calendar.
So the only way I can make this happen is that I the employees Google credentials.
This is not a good way to do this. Basicly I violate privacy laws...
And the credentials stick to my Google profile and it is not easy to logout from just one Google account.
Hi Jarno,
thank you for the kind reply.
At the moment, Sign Into Google Calendar button is available only on the backend of WP; you can create temporary access for your employees for the log in process, if you don't wish them to have further access to backend. They will also have limited access, and will not have the same capabilities as you (Admin).
In order to log out from just one account, you as an Admin can go to Amelia > Employees > that particular employee, and click Sign Out from Google Calendar. This will sign out only that employee.
Credentials are not saved on your Google Account that you used to connect Google Calendar and Amelia; also, for privacy, when your browser asks you to remember their credentials you can click Never.
Hi Ivana,
I would like to echo Jarno that I really hope frontend Google Calendar sync is in the roadmap. This is a particularly good feature of WP Amelia... but to be honest it isn't usable in most use cases with WP Amelia where a) Employees aren't WP Users, or b) backend access is not granted for users/employees.
Thanks!
Hi Bernard,
thank you for adding to the conversation; I apologize for the later response as we don't work on weekends
Absolutely - as Jarno advised, there is a concern about the backend access, and the company manager having access to the employee logins.
I'll kindly ask you to add it as a feature suggestion on this page or vote for it if it was already suggested; you can track our roadmap here. Features are pushed up on our "to-do" list when there are a lot of customers requesting those features, so having your vote as a customer can be beneficial to this feature being developed sooner.