Simple Steps to Customize Color Code for Your SharePoint Calendar

Color-coding event categories on the calendar is important for all businesses using SharePoint. On one hand, it helps users identify and prioritize information. On the other hand, it provides SharePoint administrators the ability to indicate which events are assigned to certain groups. With no code needed, SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 include functionality that can be leveraged to achieve this effect. In this article, I will show you simple steps to customize the color codes for your SharePoint Calendar!

First, make sure to set up your event categories correctly. On the page of the Calendar you want to work with, click Calendar tab, then click List Settings. In List Settings, click Category Column. Select all the options indicated on the image below then click OK

Once the column has the desired options, you can update the existing events to include the correct Category

Then you can categorize new events when they are created.

When all the relevant events have been categorized, you can then build a view to show only that specific category. On Calendar tab, click Create View. On Create View page, click Calendar under Start with an existing view. On Create Calendar View page, type a name in the View Name field. For example:

Click OK. You now have a View of the Calendar that shows Meeting as the Category. Repeat this process for other choices.

On Calendar tab, click Calendars Overlay then click New Calendar link. Fill out all the fields. Give the overlay a name and description, then choose the color. Click Resolve. When the URL resolves, the List field will be populated. From this drop-down, choose the Calendar you are working with then choose the specific View you wish to use in the List View field then click OK. Repeat these steps to create an overlay for each calendar view.

Here’s a few common scenarios:

Ps: If you want to change the color for your SharePoint calendar when it has already been set, you would have to go back into the overlay you created and choose a different color, or remove the existing overlay and create a new one (with the same settings) but choose a new color.

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