Required configuration settings (org-caldav)

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2.2 Required configuration settings ¶

Set org-caldav-url to the base address of your CalDAV server:
- Owncloud/Nextcloud (9.x and above): https://OWNCLOUD-SERVER-URL/remote.php/dav/calendars/USERID
- Google: Set to symbol 'google. See Syncing to Google Calendar for additional required setup.
Set org-caldav-calendar-id to the calendar ID of your new calendar:
- Own/NextCloud: Click on that little symbol next to the calendar name and inspect the link of the calendar; the last element of the shown path is the calendar-id. This should usually be the same as the name of the calendar, but not necessarily: Owncloud might replace certain characters (upper to lowercase, for instance), or it might even be entirely different if the calendar was created by another CalDAV application.
- Google: Click on ’calendar settings’ and the id will be shown next to "Calendar Address". It is of the form ID@group.calendar.google.com. Do not omit the domain!
Set org-caldav-inbox to an org filename where new entries from the calendar should be stored. Just to be safe, it’s a good idea to use an empty, dedicated Org file for that.
Set org-caldav-files to the list of org files you would like to sync. The above org-caldav-inbox will be automatically added, so you don’t have to add it here.
It is usually a good idea to manually set org-icalendar-timezone to the timezone of your remote calendar. It should be a simple string like "Europe/Berlin". If that doesn’t work and your events are shifted by a few hours, try the setting "UTC" (the SOGo calendar server seems to need this).