Organising Data

Publish&Subscribe

11.3.1. Subscribing to data

The following options are available:

How to subscribe to data from a social network:

  1. Select a private contacts folder in the Address Book application.

  2. Click the Folder-specific actions icon next to the folder name. Click on New subscription.

  3. In the Subscribe window, select the data to subscribe to:

    • Select the data source from the Source drop-down field.

    • If you have already set up an account, select the name of the account with the data source in Account.

      If you have not set up an account yet, click on Add new account. Follow the instructions.

  4. If the subscribed data should go into a new folder, enable Add new folder for this subscription.

    Note: If you do not enable this option, the data will be imported to your personal contact folder.

  5. Click on Subscribe. The data is imported. This can take a while.

Tip: A folder with subscribed data is marked with the Cloud icon . If clicking the icon, the Publications and Subscriptions settings are opened.

How to subscribe to appointments from your Google calendar:

  1. Select a private calendar folder in the Calendar application.

  2. Click the Folder-specific actions icon next to the folder name. Click on New subscription.

  3. In the Subscribe window, select the data to subscribe to:

    • Select the data source from the Source drop-down field.

    • Enter the username and password for your Google account.

  4. If the subscribed data should go into a new folder, enable Add new folder for this subscription.

  5. Click on Subscribe. The data is imported. This can take a while.

How to subscribe to data using an email invitation:

Prerequisite: A user has published a folder and sent you an email invitation. This email invitation contains a note and the Subscribe button.

  1. Select an E-Mail with a subscription invitation in the E-mail application.

  2. Click on Subscribe below Someone shared a folder with you in the display area.

How to refresh subscribed data:

Together with the objects, subscribed data is refreshed in regular intervals. You can also manually refresh subscribed folder data.

  1. Click the System menu icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click the Settings menu item.

  2. Click on Publications and Subscriptions in the side bar.

  3. Click on refresh next to a subscription in the display area.