I am trying to use graph /getSchedule api to check for meeting conflict. However I'm not quite about functionality and usage of request input field "availabilityViewInterval".
My basic requirement is to pass a start and end dateTime and see if the resource is available(free/busy). Although I am able to get that in /getSchedule Api but not sure on some of the fields in request and response.
"availabilityViewInterval" : This is a request field and is stated in document as optional but while using graph client i need to pass value for this. It accepts int value from 5 to 1440 but not sure what it does and what is the value i should pass?
"availabilityView": This is a response field and returns a string value. But i am unable to understand it. What is this value for and how is it calculated? what is its significance and how it can be utilized?
Request:
ICalendarGetScheduleCollectionPage response = graphClient.users("usrEmailAddress").calendars(calendar.id)
.getSchedule(schedulesList,endTime,startTime,availabilityViewInterval)
.buildRequest()
.post();
Below is my sample response(both time the availabilityViewInterval value is 5 in request but response availabilityView is different):
**"availabilityView": "22"**,
"scheduleItems": [
{
"isPrivate": false,
"status": "busy",
"subject": "Test Meeting again",
"location": "",
"start": {
"dateTime": "2020-06-12T10:58:45.0000000",
"timeZone": "UTC"
},
"end": {
"dateTime": "2020-06-12T11:08:45.0000000",
"timeZone": "UTC"
}
}
],
"workingHours": {
"daysOfWeek": [
"monday",
"tuesday",
"wednesday",
"thursday",
"friday"
],
"startTime": "08:00:00.0000000",
"endTime": "17:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone": {
"name": "India Standard Time"
}
Response 2:
**"availabilityView": "00"**,
"scheduleItems": [],
"workingHours": {
"daysOfWeek": [
"monday",
"tuesday",
"wednesday",
"thursday",
"friday"
],
"startTime": "08:00:00.0000000",
"endTime": "17:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone": {
"name": "India Standard Time"
}
Response 3:
**"availabilityView": "220000000000"**,
"scheduleItems": [
{
"isPrivate": false,
"status": "busy",
"subject": "Test Meeting again",
"location": "",
"start": {
"dateTime": "2020-06-12T10:58:45.0000000",
"timeZone": "UTC"
},
"end": {
"dateTime": "2020-06-12T11:08:45.0000000",
"timeZone": "UTC"
}
}
],
"workingHours": {
"daysOfWeek": [
"monday",
"tuesday",
"wednesday",
"thursday",
"friday"
],
"startTime": "08:00:00.0000000",
"endTime": "17:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone": {
"name": "India Standard Time"
}
Note: The start and end time for all the request were different but availabilityViewInterval field was 5 in all the cases.
I am referring below Microsoft document:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/calendar-getschedule?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=java
Please help me understand significance and usage of "availabilityViewInterval" in request and "availabilityView" in response. Also, will status value be only "free/busy" or it can have any other value too? Thanks in advance
The docs say:
Represents the duration of a time slot in an availabilityView in the response. The default is 30 minutes, minimum is 5, maximum is 1440. Optional.
What this signifies are the size of a time slot in the availabilityView. It's probably helpful to look at an example.
Here's the sample request from the doc:
{
"schedules": ["adelev@contoso.onmicrosoft.com", "meganb@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"],
"startTime": {
"dateTime": "2019-03-15T09:00:00",
"timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
},
"endTime": {
"dateTime": "2019-03-15T18:00:00",
"timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
},
"availabilityViewInterval": 60
}
With availabilityViewInterval set to 60, that means each numeral in the returned availabilityView represents a 60 minute chunk of time. The sample response shows the value 200220010 for Megan. With 0 = free, 1 = tentative, and 2 = busy, we can decode this as:
If you did this same request with availabilityViewInterval set to 30, you'd get back an availabilityView value of 220000222200001100, each digit representing a 30 minute chunk of time.