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In SPOnline i created a "Recurrence" task that send an email notification "x" days before the start date (defined in a variable).

All events are correctly catched, except the recurring events!

Is there a field i can investigate or a workaround?

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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Found solution:

01) SharePoint Send HTTP Request (Invia una rihiesta HTTP a SharePoint)

02) Parse Json (Analizza JSON)

03) Condition (Condizione) with test on "fRecurrence" field

4) Go on...
That's all!
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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi @Anonymous,

Sorry, as far as I know, there is no workaround that could solve this problem now, it is by design.

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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

I'm aware of that...

Is there a workaround, maybe using GET HTTP REQUEST or something else?!

I really need this field to solve my flow, otherwise i can't send an e-mail to the Group for the recurrences.

May i make a request to MS Support to let this field comes out?!
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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi @Anonymous,

Ok, I think I understand what you want now. Actually, the recurrence event in the calendar is an item store in a list, once it triggered the Flow, the following repeat events would not trigger the Flow again, it is by design.

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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Maybe i missspoke.
Anyway, once again...

The flow i'm trying to make should check for every start date ("EventDate") event of the calendar and notify the group via email 30 days (or 35 or 27 or 60... doesn't matter for now) before it starts.

All clear so far? Well.

I've done that. The problem comes when the flow meets an event that was created on 2018 (for example), any day of the week, but as recurrence, and the next recurrence falls right the number of days mentioned above "30 days (or 35 or 27 or 60... doesn't matter for now)".

So, the flow, during the loop, doesn't know if that specific event is a recurrence or not, and skip exactly the event i've set as recurrence!
Here is where i'm on stack.

Now, how can i check if, looping on all events, that which it's working on is a recurrence or a normal "one time" event?

Really hope was clear enough this time.
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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi @Anonymous,

So, you want to send a reminder email only when Sunday, right?

You could use the dayOfWeek() function into the condition, if the return of expression is 0, means Sunday, send a reminder.

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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi, maybe i miss something.

I already use the utc now() + 30 to compare the start date, but (as said
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For example, i set a recurrence every sunday at 10.00 AM starting on August first.
For example, i set a recurrence every sunday at 10.00 AM starting on August first.
) the start date i retrieve is only, and always, the date/time i've set up on august first during the creation of the event, instead, i should see the next sunday (aug 2 9 16 23 30 sept 6...).

Hope it was clear.
Pls, tell me if need more informations.
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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi @Anonymous,

I assume that you want to make the Flow could send a reminder email before 30 days, right?

If so, you could create a recurrence trigger to run the Flow every day, then add condition action to determine the utcNow time + 30 days if equals to the event start date, there is an instance:

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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

Hi Mira,
thanks for your answer.
Of course yes.
The problem is that if i i loop on the events i catch those recurring only one time (in the start date), but i also need to catch them in the recurrence date, not just when start!

For example, i set a recurrence every sunday at 10.00 AM starting on August first.

In my TEST flow i use "Recurrence" - "Get elements" - "Apply to each" - "Send an email (V2)".
Simple enough, but i get that event only the day it starts (not every sunday!).

For my REAL flow, instead, i loop every day to send an email 30 days before (for example, may change responding to the Group needs) the start of the event (for the recurring too).
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Re: Catch recurring events of a calendar

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Can you please make sure you are setting the start time in your recurrence flow and the time zone as well as below:
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