Event Notifier

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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

Type

Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document



  • Min: 0

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper Snap

Requires the input for Notify Before field, which is set to alert.

Output

Document



  • Min: 1

  • Max: 1

  • Union Snap

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:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution: Stops the current Pipeline execution when the Snap encounters an error.

  • Discard Error Data and Continue: Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the remaining records.

  • Route Error Data to Error View: Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

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

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

 

Default Value: Event Notifier
Example: 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
Example: john.doe@snaplogic.com

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
Example: Office

String/Expression

Specify the name of the calendar.

Notify Before (minutes)*

 

Default Value: 5
Example: 35

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
Example: 4

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
Example: 21

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
Example: Execute only

Dropdown list

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 daa.

  • Disabled. Disables the Snap and all Snaps downstream from it.

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

Event Notifier Snap

We can see the progress on validating the Snap as follows:

Output

Output

Download this Pipeline. 

Downloads

Important Steps to Successfully Reuse Pipelines

  1. Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.

  2. Configure Snap accounts as applicable.

  3. Provide Pipeline parameters as applicable.

  File Modified

File Example_Event_Notifier_Alert_New_Event.slp

Feb 28, 2022 by Subhajit Sengupta

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