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Google Calendar
Google Calendar is one of the core signals in WorkSights. Calendar data gives reliable structure to the workday, showing scheduled commitments and the events that shape each person's timeline. WorkSights ingests calendar metadata through Google's Admin Audit logs and Calendar API.
For connection steps, see Connecting Google Workspace.
What WorkSights Receives
WorkSights processes two categories of calendar information.
Calendar interactions: User-driven actions on events, such as creating an event, modifying time, location, or attendees, and accepting or declining invitations. These appear as short one-minute entries because they represent quick calendar work rather than meeting duration.
Calendar events: The scheduled events themselves. WorkSights classifies every event into one of three types:
- Internal meetings: Events with attendees who are WorkSights users inside the same organization.
- External meetings: Events including at least one attendee outside the organization.
- Calendar blocks: Events with no attendees, typically used for focus time, personal reminders, or non-work placeholders.
WorkSights treats each type differently to reflect intent and relevance to actual work.
How Calendar Activity Appears
Events and interactions are color-coded for clarity across the timeline.
- Internal meetings use WorkSights's meeting-internal color.
- External meetings appear in bright blue. Google Meet calls are also represented when available.
- Calendar blocks appear in neutral gray.
- Calendar interaction events appear as subtle entries showing edits or RSVP responses.
Meeting duration is calculated using the scheduled start and end times. Where Google Meet call data is available, WorkSights reflects actual call start and end times alongside the calendar event.
Events longer than ten hours are not scored, as they typically represent out-of-office or personal blocks.
Calendar blocks are visible on the timeline but are not included in performance scoring.
Data Notes
Google Calendar does not always provide full attendee metadata. Some meetings may appear with partial information.
WorkSights does not ingest meeting descriptions, attachments, or chat logs. Google-generated overnight events such as automated room additions are consolidated or removed during nightly processing.
Troubleshooting
If Calendar activity is not appearing as expected:
- Confirm the Google Workspace domain is connected and Calendar is enabled in service-level controls.
- Check that the affected user exists in WorkSights and has been assigned a role.
- Calendar interactions and events are processed during nightly runs. Same-day activity may not appear until the following morning.
- For persistent issues, contact support via the in-app chat.