Add agenda to calendar?

Shelby Lewis · September 26

Is there an option to create calendar items from our agenda? I don't see this available, but it seems like we've done this in the past. Or maybe I'm thinking of bbdevdays.

It's possible I'm just overlooking something, but it would be extremely helpful to add sessions directly to our calendar so we can better manage our days!

Thanks!

Carlene Johnson · September 27

I've been unable to find an "Add to Calendar" option, which is frustrating—especially given how clunky the Agenda Builder continues to be. Each year I hope BB will improve this tool, and each year I'm disappointed.

It took me 2 hours and 45 minutes to build my agenda and manually add to my calendar and I had to rely on the spreadsheet shared by @Topher Lovell to help me navigate. @Christine Newman could you please pass this feedback along to the appropriate team? Improvements would benefit both current users and future attendees.

Key issues:

No direct login option—forced to re-confirm registration each time.
Agenda Builder jumps to the top after selecting a session.
Filters are unreliable, and many sessions are improperly tagged.
No ability to filter by presenter.
Presenter info only visible by clicking into each session.
No filtering by day or time block—makes filling specific time slots difficult.
Sessions can't overlap by even 5 minutes, which blocks adjacent selections. (Specific example is Are You Ready for Common Records Engine from 10:00 to 10:20 on Tuesday. If selected one can't choose anything for Session Block 4 which starts at 10:15.)
No grid view to visualize your day.
No keyword search functionality.

These limitations make planning unnecessarily difficult. I hope meaningful updates are on the horizon for either this year or future years.

Shelby Lewis · September 29

+1 to all of this @Carlene Johnson. The inability to book overlapping sessions is really frustrating (as are all of your other points). I feel like we have regressed in what we're able to do over the years and have to really work to see information. Thank you for listing ALL of these issues because I noticed every one of these as well.

Sunshine Reinken Watson · September 29

I gave up, hoping the app would become available and be better. Many sessions are not marked with the proper filters. Thank you for linking to that spreadsheet!

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