Sync your Halaxy calendar

This article is for patients who want to sync their Halaxy calendar to their external calendars. For practitioners who want to sync their Halaxy calendar, see this article.

If you want to view your Halaxy appointments on your external calendar, you can sync your Halaxy calendar to your iPhone, Outlook, Google Calendar or any other calendar that uses the iCal format*. All updates made to your Halaxy calendar automatically updates in your external calendar.

One-way calendar syncing is available for free, allowing you to view your appointments on your device, even without signing into your Halaxy patient portal.

*iCal is a file format that allows people to share calendar events across online calendar applications.

Note

This feature is only for one-way calendar syncing. If you delete an appointment in your external calendar, it does not delete in your Halaxy patient portal.

Generate your sync address

To enable one-way syncing, all you need to do is obtain your own unique syncing address in Halaxy, then enter it into your external calendar. You will then be able to see your appointments on your other calendar.

In your patient portal, click Account > Access.
Under the Your Details section, click the calendar icon.
In the pop-up, click Get Syncing Address.
Copy the generated syncing address and use it to sync with your external calendar (see next section).

Caution

Anyone who has your unique syncing address can access your calendar, so its important to keep this unique address private. If you think this unique syncing address has or may have been compromised, open the Sync with External Calendars pop-up and generate a new address by clicking the sync icon icon.

Sync with your external calendar

After you have obtained your unique syncing address, you can now use it to sync with your chosen external calendar. See instructions below for each calendar type.

iPhone or iPad calendar

After you have obtained your unique syncing address, you can sync your Halaxy calendar to your iPhone/iPad in two ways: through email or manually.
- Quick sync via email
  
  Follow the steps above to find your unique syncing address, then click the envelope icon to send an email with the syncing address to the email address that you use to login.
  
  On your iPhone or iPad, open the email and click the link inside to confirm that you want to subscribe to link your Halaxy and iPhone/iPad calendars.
  
  Your Halaxy calendar is now synced to your iPhone or iPod calendar.
- Syncing manually
  
  If you do not follow the email syncing process, you can sync your calendars manually using this three-step process.
  1. On your iPhone or iPad, tap Settings, then tap Calendar.
  2. Tap Time Zone Override to check if it is enabled. If it's already enabled, proceed to step 3. If it is not enabled, make sure it is enabled:
  3. Next, add your Halaxy Calendar by following the steps below:
    
    Still in the Calendar menu, tap Accounts.
    
    Tap Add Account.
    
    Select Other.
    
    Tap Add Subscribed Calendar.
    
    Enter your unique syncing address from Halaxy in the Server field.
    
    Type "Halaxy Calendar" as the description.
  Your Halaxy calendar is now synced to your iPhone or iPod calendar.
Calendar for Mac

After you have obtained your unique syncing address:
1. Open Calendar for Mac. Click the Calendar menu, then click Subscribe.
2. Enter your unique syncing address in the Calendar URL field, and click Subscribe.
3. Rename your calendar to Halaxy Calendar", then click OK.
Your Halaxy calendar is now synced to your Calendar for Mac.
Google Calendar

After you have obtained your unique syncing address:
1. Sign into your Google Calendar account.
2. Click the + icon next to "Other calendars" and select "From URL".
3. Enter your unique syncing address in the URL field and click Add Calendar. It takes a few seconds to import your calendar, after which your Halaxy appointments are shown on your Google calendar.
4. Under Other calendars, change the calendar name to "Halaxy Calendar".
Your Halaxy calendar is now synced to your Google Calendar.
Microsoft Outlook

After you have obtained your unique syncing address:
1. On the left toolbar, click the Calendar tab.
2. On the left panel, select Add Calendar.
3. In the pop-up, click the Subscribe from web tab and enter the syncing address.
4. For Calendar Name, enter a label for your calendar. (Example: Halaxy Calendar)
5. Click Import.
6. The final step is to enable your Halaxy appointments in your Outlook calendar by:
  1. Clicking Send/Receive All Folders at the top left of your Outlook screen; and
  2. Going to your calendar and ticking the box that says "Halaxy Calendar" in the Calendar list.
Your Halaxy calendar is now synced to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.