In this article

Overview

Use this Snap to monitor calendar for new or updated event invitations.

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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

Min: 0
Max: 1

Mapper Snap

Requires the Calendar Name and the Polling Interval to monitor new events.

Output

Document

Min: 0
Max: 1

Union Snap

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: Validate & Execute. Performs limited execution of the Snap and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation, then performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime. Execute only. Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data. Disabled. Disables the Snap and all Snaps downstream from it.	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.

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