In some use cases, you may want to give some of your Joomla users a JCal Pro calendar only with their own events. JCal Pro calls such events private events.

Each of those users will be able to create, edit and view only their own private events.

You don't need to provide your private JCal Pro event creators access to your Joomla administrator panel. They can nicely create and edit their private events logging to the frontend. 

In this document, I will walk you step by step through creating multiple private calendars with JCal Pro.

This is a seven-step process:

1. Create a Joomla user group for creators of private JCal Pro events
2. Create a Joomla access level for creators of private JCal Pro events
3. Assign to the user group of the creators of private JCal Pro event the "Allowed" permission for the required actions
4. Assign the required Joomla user as the creators of private JCal Pro events
5. Create a frontend menu item for the creators of private JCal Pro events
6. Create a frontend menu item for a calendar view
7. Test the final result.

Let's take a look at this process in more detail.

Step #1. Create a new User Group for private event creators

The first step is to create a new Joomla user group specifically dedicated to your JCal Pro private event creators.

• In your Joomla control panel, click Users > Groups > Add New Group:

You will see Users: New Group administrative page. Create a new user group:

1. Group Title: Enter Private Event Creators.
2. Group Parent: Select the Registered user group:

• Click Save & Close.

Good job. You now have a special Joomla user group for your JCal Pro private events frontend creators. Let's create for this group its own access level.

Step #2. Create a new Access Level for private event creators

In this step, you will create a special access level for the creators of private JCal Pro events.

• In your Joomla administrator panel, go to "Users" > "Access Levels" > "Add New Access Level":

You will be taken to the "Users: New Viewing Access Level" screen.

• Create a new access level:
  • Level Title: Private Event Creators
  • User Groups Having Viewing Access: click "Registered" and click "Private Event Creators":

• Click "Save & Close".

Excellent. You now have the new Joomla user group and new Joomla access level for your JCal Pro private events creators. 

Now is a good time to set the "Allowed" permission for the required actions for the user group of your JCal Pro private events creators.

Step #3. Assign required permissions to private event creators

• Go to "Components" > "JCal Pro".
• You will see the JCal Pro: Events default page. In the top-right corner, click the Options button:

• You will see the JCal Pro Configuration page.
• Click the Permissions tab:

• Click the "Private Event Creators" tab:

• Set the "Allowed" permission for the following actions:
  • Create
  • Create Private
  • Edit
  • Edit Own:

• Click "Save & Close".

Well done! You are now ready to allow the "Create" and "Edit" actions for JCal Pro private events creation to your required Joomla user.

Step #4. Assign required users to the new user group

• Go to "Users" > "Manage":

• You will be taken to the "Users" screen. Click on the required users > tab "Assigned User Groups".
• Click on the checkboxes next to the "Registered" user group and next to the new user group, that you created in Step #1:

• Click "Save & Close".

Step #5. Create a frontend menu item for private event administration

In this step, you want to create a frontend menu item for the creators of JCal Pro private events. 

• Go to "Menu" > [Menu of your choice] > "Add New Menu Item". For my demonstration, I will create a new menu item for the "Event Management" menu:

• You will be brought to the "Menus: New Item" screen. Enter the title of your new menu item into the "Menu Title" field and click the blue "Select" button:

• You will see the "Menu Item Type" box. Click "JCal Pro" > "Add New Event":

• Click "Save & Close".

Well done. Now would be a good time to provide to every of your JCal Pro private event creators a calendar page. This should be done by creating a frontend menu item for the JCal Pro calendar monthly view.

Step #6. Create a frontend menu item for a calendar view

• Go to "Menus" > [menu you created for your private event creators] > "Add New Menu Item". For my demonstration, I will go to "Menus" > "Event Management" > "Add New Menu Item":

• This will bring you to the "Menus: New Item" screen. Enter a title into the "Menu Title" field and click the blue "Select" button:

• You will see the "Menu Item Type" box. Click "JCal Pro" > "Monthly View":

• Click "Save & Close".

Good job! You are now ready to test multiple private JCal Pro event calendars.

Step #7. Test the final result 

• Log in to your site frontend as one of the creators of JCal Pro private events. 
• Click the menu item you created in Step #5. In my example, I will click "Create Private Event":

• Your user will be taken to the "Add Event" frontend JCal Pro page. Enter a title, select a category and click "Save" to create a private test event:

• Go back to your Joomla administrator panel > "Components" > "JCal Pro".
• Click on the two icons in the "Status" column to change the status of the event you just created to the "Published" and "Approved":

• Log out and repeat the same frontend event creation as another user you also assigned in Step #4 as a private events creator.

You will see that the JCal Pro calendar will display to each of your private event creators the only events they created themselves.