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Posted on by knu2xs

All I'm trying to do is have a Flow to check my Office 365 Calendar every day before I get up and schedule a block of time to go do a workout around my work obligations. However, I cannot seem to figure out how to specifiy the window from 08:00-17:00, and I cannot seem to find the documentation detailing this, either.

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Any ideas or good references for how to do this?

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AlanPs1 2,471 on at

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Hi there. Thank you for your post.

I have edited this reply as it wasn't concise enough (on my part) and could have been a tad misleading.

Below should be a solution for you. I am in the UK although have added the code to convert to "Pacific Standard Time".

8am

addHours(startOfDay(formatDateTime(convertTimeZone(utcnow(), 'UTC', 'Pacific Standard Time')), 'HH:mm'), 😎

5pm

addHours(startOfDay(formatDateTime(convertTimeZone(utcnow(), 'UTC', 'Pacific Standard Time')), 'HH:mm'), 17)

As you will see below:

You may want to format the time and date a little so here is a link to the documentation that you are missing:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#date-and-time-functions

If you have found my post helpful, please mark thumbs up.

Any other questions, just ask.

Thanks, Alan

Happy Flowing!

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Asuncion 32 on at

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@AlanPs1 - I was able to use your suggested expression to find meeting times within business hours, however, I noticed the output is giving a time suggestion that has passed from earlier this morning.

Is there a way to rewrite the expression including getFutureTime adding 1 day within business hours?

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fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

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Hi @Asuncion

Have a look at this video by @RezaDorrani : https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/Microsoft-Flow-to-block-available-time-quot-Focus-Work-quot-on/m-p/391272
Maybe it could help in setting the right expressions.
Hope it helps!
Ferran

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NickTT 236 on at

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I have a requirement to get a meeting scheduled in the next 6 days after a document is approved. I currently use the Find Meeting Times (v2) action to find 1 available slot and automatically schedule a Teams meeting on the required peoples calendar. The issue I am running into, is that sometimes it picks meeting times after working hours. For instance 7:30 PM. Is it possible to narrow this down to just 9am-4pm window in the next 6 days or do I need to filter the returned results after?

I am currently using the follow start and end ranges in the action.
adddays(utcnow(),1)
adddays(utcnow(),6)

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fchopo 8,003 Moderator on at

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Hello @Thoman

Please, create a new post with your question, so it will be easier for others to help you and will keep the content organized.

Regards,

Ferran

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AmandaAustin 2 on at

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How would you convert this for Eastern Standard Time?

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LLMaeder 18 on at

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Hey guys,
@knu2xs @AmandaAustin @fchopo @Thoman @Asuncion
i have a similar problem and im trying to fix it for a long time :(. I also want to find meeting times and automatically create a meeting in the calendar of both attendees (who filled out a form before). the whole flow works but it alaways books meetings on already exisiting meetings in the calendar. I would really really appreciate if someone of you has an idea how to fix it.

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NickTT 236 on at

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I ended up setting up find time to return 999 results then used a filter to find the first free 3PM time slot. It's not the best but it works and now all my employee reviews are schedule for 3PM 🙂

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BigMo 5 on at

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I am basically doing the same thing and i am getting all the results but the main problem that i am having at the moment is returning the information to power apps . i have tried absolutely everything but can't get the results into a collection. in the right format and there are no results showing up in the gallery. can anyone help ?

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