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Overview
You can use this Snap to monitor the calendar and notify you about upcoming events.
Snap Type
Event Notifier is a Read-type Snap that monitors the calendar for upcoming events.
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. However, we recommend that you not use this Snap in an Ultra Pipeline. To know the list of Snaps that work in Ultra and the related caveats, see Snap Support for 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 Views
Type | Format | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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Input | Document |
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| Requires the input for Notify Before field, which is set to alert. |
Output | Document |
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| Confirmation on setting an alert to notify about an event. |
Error | Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:
Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines. |
Snap Settings
Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.
Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field Name | Field Type | Description |
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Label* Default Value: Event Notifier | String | Specify 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. |
User/Shared MailBox
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the mailbox from which you want to configure auto reply for emails received. If not provided, then the mailbox specified in the account settings is used. |
Calendar Name
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the name of the calendar. |
Notify Before (minutes)* Default Value: 5 | Integer/Expression | Specify the time interval, in minutes, to generate an event notification to alert you about a new event or any modification in the current event. |
Number Of Retries
Default Value: 0 | Integer/Expression | 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. |
Retry Intervals (seconds)
Default Value: 1 | Integer/Expression | Specify the time interval between retry requests. A retry happens only when the previous attempt results in an exception. |
Snap Execution
Default Value: Validate & Execute | Dropdown list | Select one of the three following modes in which the Snap executes:
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Troubleshooting
None.
Examples
Alert for new events in calendar
We use an example of Event Notifier Snap which is configured to notify if there any upcoming events that is about to be start within configured time interval.
Let us configure the Snap setting in the Event Notifier Snap and check how it runs and alerts about upcoming events.
Event Notifier Snap |
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We can see the progress on validating the Snap as follows:
Output |
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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 |
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May 2024 | main26341 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
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: |