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Hi dear community! I am wondering if it is possible to add functionality to filter rooms based on adding values in individual resources.I noticed that there is an option to add 15 custom room attributes in individual resources / rooms in the admin panel in ms exchange.Do you think it is possible to add such filtering before selecting a room?I would like to extend my version of the application with just such functionality, where I could select a room with a piano or other instrument searched for, or a room equipped with AV equipment.Could someone of you please guide me by the hand through this?
While this is possible through the Microsoft Graph API, this is advanced stuff for most Power Apps users. The basic Office 365 Outlook connector (the source of the room names) does not access the room attributes you are after. Unless you are comfy configuring a REST API to work with your app, you may find it easier to build a SharePoint List with the attributes and room names, and then use that in place of the template app's call to the Office 365 Outlook connector.
Thank you very much for your answer. Please tell me if such a list with rooms in sharepoint gives me the same functionality of using my room calendars? I would like to keep track of room usage.
Are you able to give me some tips how to combine this with powerapps?
@vagabond1986 wrote:Thank you very much for your answer. Please tell me if such a list with rooms in sharepoint gives me the same functionality of using my room calendars? I would like to keep track of room usage.Are you able to give me some tips how to combine this with powerapps?
Unfortunately no, if you switch over to using a Sharepoint list for room bookings, it does not automatically keep track of it on the room's calendar. You can overcome that by sending a meeting invitation to the room's email and the room's calendar will accept the meeting invitation if it is not already booked.When using a Sharepoint list for this purpose, stick to "single line of text" columns as much as possible. An example list called RoomsList could contain the following columns:
SeatingQuantity
Building
Floor
VideoEquipment
AudioEquipment
Whiteboard
AccessibilityFeatures
Create your list and add it as a data source to your app. From there, you can begin replacing the queries from the Office365 Outlook connector with ones that point to this new list.
Hope that helps!
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