Overview
Orbis syncs your Google Calendar events and links them to the contacts in your workspace. Every meeting, call, or appointment that involves one of your contacts appears on their profile as an interaction — giving you a complete picture of your relationship history without any manual logging. Calendar sync is part of the Google Integration. You must connect a Google account before calendar events appear in Orbis.Setting up calendar sync
Calendar sync is enabled automatically when you connect your Google account.Connect Google
Go to Settings → Connected Accounts and click Add Account. Complete the Google authorization flow, accepting all requested permissions including calendar access.
Wait for the initial sync
Orbis imports up to 6 months of calendar history on first connection. This typically completes within a few minutes.
If you have multiple Google accounts connected, Orbis syncs calendars from all active accounts. You can show or hide individual calendars using the calendar filter in the top-right corner of the Calendar view.
The Calendar view
The Calendar view shows all synced events in a visual layout. You can switch between two display modes using the buttons in the top-right corner:Month view
See all events across the current month at a glance. Click any event to open its details.
Week view
See events laid out by hour across a 7-day week. Drag to select a time range to create a new event.
Filtering events
Use the Filters button to narrow down the events shown:- Contact — Show only events where a specific contact is an attendee.
- Tags — Filter by tags assigned to attendee contacts.
- Keywords — Search by event title, location, or description.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
⌘[ | Previous period |
⌘] | Next period |
⌘⇧T | Jump to today |
⌘⇧M | Switch to month view |
⌘⇧W | Switch to week view |
Viewing calendar events on a contact profile
When Orbis links a calendar event to a contact, the event appears in the Interactions section of that contact’s profile. This lets you see your full meeting history with each person without switching to the Calendar view. Events are linked to contacts by matching attendee email addresses. If an attendee’s email matches a contact in your Orbis workspace, the meeting is automatically associated with that contact.How meetings are tracked as interactions
Each synced calendar event is recorded as an interaction on the profiles of all matched attendee contacts. The interaction captures:- Event title
- Date and time
- Attendees (linked to their Orbis contact profiles)
- Meeting link (if a video call URL is present in the event)
- Location
Creating events from Orbis
You can create new Google Calendar events directly from the Calendar view in Orbis.Open the create dialog
Click New Event in the top-right corner, or click a day in Month view, or drag a time range in Week view to pre-fill the start and end times.
Fill in the details
Enter the event title, date, time, location, and description. Add attendees by email address — Orbis will match them to contacts and link the event to their profiles automatically.
Choose a calendar
Select which Google Calendar the event should be saved to using the calendar dropdown.