Andrew Calendar
The Andrew Calendar service is a university-wide calendar management and scheduling system. It allows you to create an individual calendar and to track appointments and meetings. Calendars may also be requested to track or schedule resources. The real power of Andrew Calendar comes from its ability to share meetings with others, which allows it to act as a group organizer. Oracle Calendar is the client side application that allows you to access the Andrew Calendar service. Computing Services also supports an Andrew Calendar Web Client.
Getting Started
- Get a Calendar account and/or resource.
In order to use Andrew Calendar, you must have an Andrew Calendar account. Because Andrew Calendar works best when everyone in a group or department has an account, many departments have chosen to get "on board" with the program as a group. Individuals or department administrators who would like to create an account should visit https://calendar.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/user/create. You will then be prompted to review and accept the calendar usage guidelines. If you accept, an account will be created for you based on your existing Carnegie Mellon University Directory (LDAP) record. If you were not presented with the calendar usage guidelines, you already have an Andrew Calendar account.
- Create resources, if necessary
If your department or group needs to schedule rooms, equipment or other calendar "resources", an account needs to be created for each of those resources. To request an account for a resource, complete the Requesting a Resource form.
- Access the Calendar
You can access Calendar by using the web client, or by downloading and installing the desktop client software. Also, Andrew Calendar is accessible from the Andrew UNIX environment--just type oraclecalendar at the system prompt.
