Microsoft Office Groups - Create group event

Use the Microsoft Office Groups - Create group event action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to create an event for the selected group in Microsoft Office Groups.

For more information about the Microsoft Office Groupsconnector A software component that allows seamless integration with third-party services, business applications, and content stores. Examples include Salesforce, Box, and Microsoft SharePoint. Connectors are used to create connections required for workflow actions and start events., go to Microsoft Office Groups.

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Configure the Microsoft Office Groups - Create group event action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  1. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Specify the Group where you want to create the event.
  2. Specify a Start time for the event.
  3. Specify an End time for the event.

Microsoft Office Groups - Create group event action fields and settings

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Field

Description

Variable types

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Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Microsoft Office Groups connection to use to create the group event.

To refresh the available connections, click .

(n/a)
  Group Select the group for which you want to create an event from the drop-down, or enter the group ID.

You can use the output object of a Microsoft Office Groups - Get Office 365 groups action to retrieve the group ID value. 

Text, DateTime, Integer, Decimal, Collection, Boolean
  Title The title of the event. Text, DateTime, Integer, Decimal, Collection, Boolean
  Location The location where the event is held or attended from. Text, DateTime, Integer, Decimal, Collection, Boolean
  Body The body of the message associated with the event. It can be in HTML or text format. Text, DateTime, Integer, Decimal, Collection, Boolean
  Attendees

The collection of attendees for the event. Each attendee has:

  • Email: The attendees email address.
  • Name: The attendees email address.
 Collection
  Start time The start date, time, and time zone of the event. The start time is in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). DateTme, Text, Integer
  End time The date, time, and time zone that the event ends. The end time is in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). DateTme, Text, Integer
Output Event Stores the result of the action as an object. See the Microsoft Graph REST API for more details. The following values are returned:
  • ID: (Text) The unique identifier for the event in the current specific calendar.
  • Created date: (Text)
  • Last modified date: (Text)
  • Event unique ID: (Text) A unique, read-only identifier that is shared by all instances of an event across different calendars.
  • Title: (Text)
  • Body preview: (Text)
  • Web link: (Text)
  • Start time date: (Object)
    • Date time: (DateTime)
    • Time zone: (Text)
  • End date time: (Object)
    • Date time: (DateTime)
    • Time zone: (Text)
  • Location: (Object)
    • Location name: (Text)
  • Attendees: (Collection)
    • Name: (Text)
    • Email address: (Text)
 Object