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Overview
Use this Snap to monitor calendar for new or updated event invitations.
Prerequisites
- Valid Exchange Online tenant.
- Valid OAUth2 application in Azure Active Directory with all the required API permissions.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations
Probability of Snap failing with short polling interval is high.
- Best practice is to add retry configured in snap settings.
- Value less than 5 is error prone.
For more info see outlook-service-limit.
Known Issues
None.
Snap Input and Output
Input/Output | Type of View | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Document |
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| Requires the Calendar Name and the Polling Interval to monitor new events. |
| Output | Document |
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| Record of new or updated event invitations. |
Snap Settings
Parameter Name | Data Type | Description | Default Value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | String | Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline. | Event listener | Event listener |
| User/Shared MailBox | String | Enter the mailbox from which you want to be alerted about the evens. If not provided, then the mailbox specified in the account settings is used. | N/A | john.doe@microsoft.com |
| Calendar Name | String | Enter the name of the calendar. | N/A | Office |
| Alert Only For New Events | String | Select if you want to be alerted only for a new event in the output. | Not Selected | Selected |
| Polling Interval (minutes) | String | Required. Enter a time interval, in minutes, to poll for a new updated event. Min: 1 Max: 1400 | 5 | 43 |
| Number Of Retries | Numeric | Specify the maximum number of attempts to be made to receive a response. The request is terminated if the attempts do not result in a response. | 0 | 4 |
| Retry Intervals (seconds) | Numeric | Specifies the time interval between two successive retry requests. A retry happens only when the previous attempt resulted in an exception. | 12 | 21 |
| Snap Execution | Drop-down | Select one of the three following modes in which the Snap executes:
| Execute only | Disabled |
Troubleshooting
None.
Examples
Monitor for new events in calendar
We use an example to monitor events in the calendar, where we have a Event Listener Snap which is configured to monitor the new events invitation in the calendar.
Let us configure the Snap setting in the Event Listener Snap and check how it runs and monitors the mailbox.
| Event Listener Snap |
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We see the progress on validating the Snap as follows:
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Downloads
Important Steps to Successfully Reuse Pipelines
- Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.
- Configure Snap accounts as applicable.
- Provide Pipeline parameters as applicable.
Release | Snap Pack Version | Date | Type | Updates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 2024 | main25112 |
| Stable | The Microsoft Exchange Snap Pack is deprecated. We recommend that you use the Exchange Online Snap Pack for your existing pipelines containing the Microsoft Exchange Snaps. Contact support@snaplogic.com if your existing pipelines use Snaps from the deprecated Snap Pack. |
November 2023 | main23721 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
August 2023 | main22460 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
May 2023 | 433patches22402 |
| Latest | Fixed an issue with the Send Email Snap where attachments larger than 3 MB were not getting attached to the sent email messages. |
May 2023 | main21015 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
February 2023 | 432patches20437 |
| Latest | Fixed an issue with the Microsoft Exchange Online OAuth2 User and Exchange Online OAuth2 Application accounts that caused |
February 2023 | 432patches20035 |
| Stable | The below Exchange Online patch got re-deployed as stable.
You can choose to not assign these permissions in your Snap accounts. |
February 2023 | 432patches19899 |
| Latest | The following permissions are no longer mandatory for the Exchange Online Snaps to work:
You can choose to not delegate these permissions for your Snap accounts. |
February 2023 | main19844 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
December 2022 | 431patches19413 |
| Latest | When the Ultra Parent Pipeline is connected to a child Pipeline with the Send Email Snap using the Exchange Online OAuth2 application Account, it now refreshes, obtains a new access token, and continues the Snap operation. |
November 2022 | main18944 |
| Stable |
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September 2022 | 430patches18442 |
| Latest | The Microsoft Exchange Online List Events Snap now does not fail with the |
September 2022 | 430patches18099 |
| Latest |
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August 2022 | main17386 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.29 | main15993 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.28 | main14627 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.27 | main12833 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.26 | main11181 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.25 Patch | 425patches10994 |
| Latest | Improved the Exchange Online Snap Pack to handle authentication token errors and acquire new tokens and improved the error messages in the Create Event Snap where the Snap fails with Null Pointer Exception when the account reference provided is invalid. |
4.25 | main9554 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.24 | 424patches8965 |
| Latest | Fixed an issue of the conflict of users' having similar email IDs by accepting only the first user’s email ID returned by the API and ignoring the duplicate ones. |
4.24 | main8556 |
| Stable | No updates made. |
4.23 | main7430 |
| Stable | Initial release of the Snap Pack with the following Snaps and Accounts: |