"Sheets2GCal Light" is a basic version of the main "Sheets2GCal" Google Sheets™ Add-on for managing Google Calendar™ Events.

Some functionality is missing, most importantly: Quick Import, Quick Export and Automatic Import/Export. This version also does not have the most recent improvements made to the full version.

To get started after installing, go to the Google Sheets™ main menu “Add-ons > Sheets2GCal Light" and click either “Import Calendar to Sheet” to import events from a Google Calendar™, or “Advanced > Configure Sheet” to set up a new blank Sheet for use with Sheets2GCal Light using "Link Sheet".

Download and sync ranges of dates by deselecting  the option "All  Events" and choosing a start and end date. All events in the range will be downloaded, including occurrences of repeat events within the period. 

Fetch only changes made to the calendar using "Import Changes and  New Events" without recreating the Sheet. Please note that changing the date range before importing new updates will take longer as all additional events must be downloaded.

Each Sheets2GCal Light Sheet is associated with a single Google calendar for which you should have read/write access. In Google Sheets™ every "SpreadSheet" is a collection of "Sheets". Once you have created a Spreadsheet for Sheets2GCal Light, use the small "+" icon bottom-left to create new sheets within the same document - that way you can easily move between the tabs at the bottom, each of which can be connected to a different Google calendar, without having to close and open a new document.

When events are created/exported from the Sheet or imported from Google Calendar™ they are linked (using a hidden Event ID column), and can be updated or deleted directly from the Sheet using "Export Sheet to Calendar". Click an event’s “Link” in that column to open the event in Google Calendar™.

Only events with the "Update" or "Delete" columns checked will be updated in the Calendar, so if you use formulas to automatically populate calendar data you will need to use "Check Sheet vs Calendar" to first check the "Update" box for all rows that do not match the corresponding Google Calendar™ event. Please note that this also detects differences caused  by edits made in Google Calendar™, so be careful not to overwrite edits made directly in your calendars!

"Import All" and  "Export All" will perform Quick Import and Quick Export for all your Sheets in the Spreadsheet which are linked to Google Calendar™.

To create new events you must enter at least the Title and Start Date for All-Day events, or Title, Start Date and Start Time for timed events.

Enter new events manually, or copy/paste rows/columns from other spreadsheets into the correct columns, check the “Update” checkbox for the events you wish to create, then click “Update {Calendar Name}” to save the events to that Google Calendar™.

You can also use formulas to populate calendars with data from your own additional columns, or even  other sheets. Cells containing formulas are no longer affected by Importing or Exporting, so you could add a "Duration" column to calculate the difference between Start and End times, for example, and the formula would continue to work when events are edited in Google Calendar™, or when new events  are imported.

Add a list of emails separated by commas in the ‘Guests’ field and these Guests will be added to the event. Once uploaded to Google this field will show the full Guests JSON data including guest responses. This data can be edited and saved to Google, but you must preserve JSON formatting and you cannot edit other guest replies. Check the “Send Notifications” checkboxes if you want notifications sent out to Guests for new events (future events only), or updates to existing events.

Add a Google MEET™ to any event by typing any text(e.g "YES") into the "Meet" column before updating the event in Google Calendar™. When the event is created/updated the text  will be automatically replaced by the link to the meeting.

In the Advanced menu there are several options for managing the Sheet and your account. You can click "Add Attachments Column" to add support for Attachments so you can add links (ctrl-K) in the Attachments column to add one or several calendar attachments to events. "Update Language" will convert the Sheet and Sheets2GCal to your Google Language Setting (English, French, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic and Japanese).

The developer may not be held responsible for any problems caused directly or indirectly by the software. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure they have regular backups of Google Calendar™/Sheets™.

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"
Required by all add-ons to identify the user.

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly"
Required to read calendar event data for import to your Sheet

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.currentonly"
Required to access the current Sheet in which you are using Sheets2GCal

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events"
Required to update and delete events based on your sheet

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.container.ui"
Required by all Google Workspace™ add-ons

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request"
Required to check licence status

"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.scriptapp"
Required for options used when user is not present

Most recent update: July 2025.