SharePoint 2010 Group calendars. How to show all resources by default?

Question

When you activate Group Work Lists feature in a site you get the resources list and a few other lists.

If you had the resources list to a page then you can see the list and you have to add each resource list to the page using the resources link.

What I would like to do is have the resources already included on the page when a user visits the site. So if I have 3 Digital cameras, you can see the bookings for those cameras by defualt without having to add each one as a resource.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Does that clarify the situation any better? I will try and add screenshots as soon as I can Thanks

Matthew hughes

Answer 1

I think this hooks into the resources mailboxes in later versions of MS Exchange, but I could be wrong.

Answer 2

Later then 2010 Jimmy? The thing is you can add the resources using the button which must be a little javascript or something so if I can mimick that action then I could haave all the resources preload when the page is opened. Know the process and not the theory, always the case :)

Matt

Answer 3

I am also trying to figure this out. We have added 10 resources. And I want all the resources to show up in the default calendar view wihtout having to add them to the calendar every time I need to check or schedule a resource...

Answer 4

any solution for this, we are facing the same issue and would like to have all booked resources in one calendar view :(

thanks

Answer 5

No still cant get any decent answer to this and its dropped off my priority list. Still interested if anyone gets a good answer to this.

Thanks Matt

Answer 6

You can create a SharePoint Group like "Staff" and add the members that you need to that group make sure domain users has permissions for this group as well so that any user can use the group. Then you just type Staff in the resources text box and the ten resources get added.

Answer 7

Unfortunately, there is a POST to an .ashx page for every resource you add. Only solution I see is to build a custom webpart which renders a form for every resource, method=POST, action=the specific URL to the .ashx page, including all parameters.