Modify Event

UiPath.MicrosoftOffice365.Activities.Calendar.ModifyEvent

Description

Uses the Microsoft Graph Update event API to change an existing event (Event). You can update the date and time (Start Time, End Time, and Time Zone) and the content (Body and Subject). Additionally, you have the option to assign a new or different event a category (Categories).

Scopes

This activity requires the following scopes:

• Calendars.ReadWrite

OR

• Calendars.ReadWrite.Shared

Project compatibility

Windows - Legacy | Windows

Configuration

Properties

Common

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity. This property supports String variables and string formatted values.

Event Content

• Body - The body of the event. If the Is Body HTML option is selected, then the body needs to be specified in HTML format. This property supports String variables and string formatted values.
• Is Body HTML - If selected, the body will be interpreted in HTML format. This field supports Boolean values.
• Subject - The subject of the event. This property supports String variables and string formatted values.

Event Scheduling

• End Time - The end time for the event. This field supports only DateTime variables.
• Start Time - The start time for the event. This field supports only DateTime variables.
  Note:

  • Your DateTime values must be formatted as MM/DD/YYYY Hour:Minute:Seconds (e.g., 10/31/2019 12:00:00).
  • The DateTime format is auto-corrected if you enter enough details. For example, if you enter 10/31/19 3pm it auto-corrects to 10/31/2019 15:00:00.
• TimeZone - The time zone in which the Start Time and End Time are interpreted. The default value is Your system's time zone (not displayed). Enter a valid String (e.g., "Pacific Standard Time"). This property supports String variables and string formatted values.

Input

• Account - (Optional) The email address with which to interact. This may include any shared mailbox to which the current user has access rights. If left blank, the current user's account is assumed. This property supports String variables and string formatted values.
  Note: Account field is mandatory for ApplicationIdAndSecret and ApplicationIdAndCertificate authentication types.
• Event - The event to modify. This field supports only Event variables. Enter the output property variable from the Search Events activity (Events) and specify the item in the array that you want to use (e.g., myEvents(0)).

Misc

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level. This field supports Boolean values.

Options

• Categories - The categories associated with the event. This field supports only String[] variables. Your value must match a name from your specified Calendar list of categories (see example image below). To enter one category, include it between { } and declare it with " " (e.g., {"Purple category"}). To enter multiple categories, include all between { }, declare each with " ", and separate each by a comma (e.g., {"A CustomCategory", "Purple category"}).
  
  

  

  
  
• Is All Day - If selected, the event is scheduled for the entire day. If selected, the values that you enter in the Start Time and End Time properties are overwritten. Entering values in the Start Time and End Time properties is required even when you select this property. This field supports Boolean values.
• Show As - The user's availability during the event. Select one of the six options: Unknown, Free, Tentative, Busy, Oof or WorkingElsewhere. The default value is Free.

How it works

The following steps and message sequence diagram is an example of how the activity works from design time (i.e., the activity dependencies and input/output properties) to run time.

1. Complete the steps.
2. Add the Microsoft Office 365 Scope activity to your project.
3. (Optional) Add an activity or run an external process that outputs a Calendar object (e.g., Get Calendars).
4. Add an activity or run an external process that outputs a Event object (e.g., Search Events).
5. Add the Modify Event activity inside the Microsoft Office 365 Scope activity.
6. Enter values for the Event Content and Event Scheduling properties.

7. Run the activity.

   • Your input property values are sent to the UpdateEvent API.