Enabling resource reservation causes calendar events to disappear

Question

Hello,
On a new SharePoint site, I created a calendar and imported a large number of events from an Excel spreadsheet. So far so good - all the events showed up on the calendar:
We then decided that we wanted to make use of the new "resource reservation" feature, so I enabled it for the calendar by following the steps in this article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/enable-reservation-of-resources-in-a-calendar-HA101810595.aspx
However, after doing this, all of the events in the calendar disappear from calendar view:
The events show up in the All Items list view, but I cannot figure out how to get them to appear on the calendar.
Is there a step I am missing, or something else that needs to be done to get this to work?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi.  I don't know if you found an answer yet, but I had a similar issue. I stumbled upon a way to fix this and thought I'd post it in case it helps. It is STRANGE solution (but hey, it's Sharepoint so that shouldn't shock you.)
PROBLEM: My problem is similar, not related to resources, but related to "Attendees". When I change the "General Settings" -"Group Calendar Options" - to
turn ON "Use this calendar to share member's schedule?" it automatically attaches the SCHEDULE content type.  So, then I have EVENT and SCHEDULE content types.  And,
when I view the CALENDAR view, all my entries are hidden unless I actually assign a person.  (This is VERY similar to assigning "resources".)
SOLUTION:
Here are the steps I used to fix --
Verify that you have the SCHEDULE content type in the
List Settings.  (If the content types don't appear, be sure to enable Management of Content Types). 
In "Title, Desc, and Navigation" turn ON (check) the "Use this calendar to share member's
schedule?"
Verify. You should now see the SCHEDULE content type in the List Settings.
Change the content types of your list items to "Schedule". 
I did this by simply creating a new DATASHEET view and I included "Content Type" as a viewable column.  Then I simply changed all the content types to "Schedule" using a simply COPY/PASTE.
Now go back to the List Settings -
"Title, Desc, and Navigation" and turn OFF (uncheck) the "Use this calendar to share member's schedule?".  (I know, I know, seems like this wouldn't work,
but you'll still be able to use it to schedule people/resources.) 
Verify - You should STILL see the "Schedule" content type.
While still in
List Settings, click each of the other Content Types (other than "Schedule") and
delete them from your list. (IMPORTANT: Before Deleting
-- Check that all the fields you want are part of the SCHEDULE Content Type. (In the Columns - "Used In".) If your needed columns are not Used In "Schedule" add those columns to the "Schedule" content type so you don't lose data.)
Now in the List Settings you should only see the "Schedule" content type.
Check your calendar view.  You should now see all the entries!
Hope this helps.
Mark
This work for me, thanks Mark!