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Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-01-13
Google Calendar has no wildcard/fuzzy search for events
Google 日历不支持通配符/模糊搜索日程
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- WhoWebapps Stack Exchange · 2024-01-13 · 2 upvotes
- The askGoogle Calendar has no wildcard/fuzzy search for events
- The openingAn export-and-index calendar search tool (regex/fuzzy), or a report view aggregating events per project.
What was actually said
“I want all weekly meetings containing 'project-x' but spellings vary (projectx, Project X); Calendar search is exact substring only.”
— Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-01-13 · webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/173513/wildcard-…
Background and pain
The pain
Years of schedule history with decade-old search capability — not finding past meetings is a universal pain.
A buildable angle
The opening
An export-and-index calendar search tool (regex/fuzzy), or a report view aggregating events per project.
How to validate it
- Read the whole thread and note the recurring scenarios — repetition is the density of the need.
- Search existing tools around "google calendar / search" and check which single step they actually cover.
- Put up a one-line landing page, share it back to Webapps Stack Exchange, and see whether anyone asks about pricing.
Existing options
GAM/Calendar API 脚本无面向普通用户的方案
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