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Office365Outlook.CalendarPatchItem add new category without deleting old ones

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Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hello together,

It seems that the only way to update "Categories" of the Outlook Even is thru "Office365Outlook.CalendarPatchItem".
In the other versions, it seems that it has been removed.

My question is as follows:

What the syntax should be to update/add an additional category to the event, but not to delete the existing ones?
Here is my code:

Office365Outlook.CalendarPatchItem(
myCID,
EventsGallery.Selected.Id,
EventsGallery.Selected.End,
EventsGallery.Selected.Start,
EventsGallery.Selected.Subject,
{Categories: Table ({Value: "NewCategory"})}
);


Of course, when I post it, all categories are updated only with the new one = "NewCategory".


Thank you in advance for your help!

Kind Regards

 

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  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    v-jefferni Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    Did some research but I found there is no way to create new categories using Office 365 Outlook connector.

     

    If you would like this feature to be added please suggest an idea in Idea forum:

    Power Apps Ideas - Power Platform Community

     

    Besides, I found a post in the Idea forum, you can vote for it and leave the comments.

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/Modify-Categories-for-Outlook-Events/idi-p/266993

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @v-jefferni ,

    Thank you for the feedback.

    But, my question is a bit different - I do not want to create a new category. I do want to update the categories with the value of a category that is already part of the database but to keep all categories that are assigned to the even.
    For example:
    Someone is creating an event with the following categories: "Example 1"; "Example 2";
    I need to update this event and add to it - "Example 3" categories, that is already part of the database, but not overwrite "Example 1"; "Example 2"; within the patch.
    The final value after the update of this event should be:
    "Example 1"; "Example 2"; "Example 3"
    That's why I was wondering what the syntax should look like to keep the existing assigned categories and add a "new" one that is not created by the connector but just added thru it.

    Kind Regards


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