When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar and
create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in the ofbiz calendar and vice versa. Have I understood this correctly? Many thanks in advance, Chris |
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Hi Chris,
I have no time right now, but I remember when Adrian implemented it, there were few examples and they shown correctly in RemiderFox. Did you try with the demo data? Jacques From: "Christopher Snow" <[hidden email]> > When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz > calendar. Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. > I was expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in the ofbiz calendar and vice versa. > > Have I understood this correctly? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Chris > |
Hi Jacques, I had tried with demo data, and on demo.ofbiz.org.
Many thanks, Chris Jacques Le Roux wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I have no time right now, but I remember when Adrian implemented it, > there were few examples and they shown correctly in RemiderFox. Did > you try with the demo data? > > Jacques > > From: "Christopher Snow" <[hidden email]> >> When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar >> and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. >> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was >> expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in the >> ofbiz calendar and vice versa. >> >> Have I understood this correctly? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Chris >> > > |
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Chris,
Make sure Sunbird is authenticating to OFBiz and that the user has the correct permissions. According to the iCalendar spec, in order to update a calendar, the user must be the calendar owner or a delegate. -Adrian Christopher Snow wrote: > When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar and > create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. Looking > though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar implementation > only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was expecting to be able to > see externally scheduled items appear in the ofbiz calendar and vice versa. > > Have I understood this correctly? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Chris > |
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Christopher Snow wrote:
> Looking > though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar implementation > only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. That is not correct. Here are the processes: Store iCalendar --------------- 1. Parse iCalendar data into an internal Java structure 2. Parse internal Java structure, create/update associated work effort entities 3. Save iCalendar data in WorkEffortIcalData Get iCalendar ------------- 1. Parse WorkEffortIcalData data into an internal Java structure 2. Update internal Java structure from work effort entities 3. Convert internal Java structure to iCalendar data -Adrian |
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Hi Adrian,
I think I had to associate a child event to the iCalendar workeffort before I could create events in Sunbird. - I can't remember exactly I have tried so many combinations of things now! Many thanks, Chris Adrian Crum wrote: > Chris, > > Make sure Sunbird is authenticating to OFBiz and that the user has the > correct permissions. According to the iCalendar spec, in order to > update a calendar, the user must be the calendar owner or a delegate. > > -Adrian > > Christopher Snow wrote: >> When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar >> and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. >> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was >> expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in the >> ofbiz calendar and vice versa. >> >> Have I understood this correctly? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> >> Chris >> -- Chris Snow - CEng MBCS CITP MBA (Tech Mgmt) (Open) CISSP Tel: 01453 890660 Mob: 07944 880950 Www: www.snowconsulting.co.uk |
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Adrian,
This seemed to only start working after I associated a child work effort. Maybe I have mis-read the docs? Many thanks, Chris Adrian Crum wrote: > Christopher Snow wrote: >> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. > > That is not correct. Here are the processes: > > Store iCalendar > --------------- > 1. Parse iCalendar data into an internal Java structure > 2. Parse internal Java structure, create/update associated work > effort entities > 3. Save iCalendar data in WorkEffortIcalData > > Get iCalendar > ------------- > 1. Parse WorkEffortIcalData data into an internal Java structure > 2. Update internal Java structure from work effort entities > 3. Convert internal Java structure to iCalendar data > > -Adrian > > -- Chris Snow - CEng MBCS CITP MBA (Tech Mgmt) (Open) CISSP Tel: 01453 890660 Mob: 07944 880950 Www: www.snowconsulting.co.uk |
If you can reproduce the problem, then please create a Jira issue with
details. -Adrian Christopher Snow wrote: > Adrian, > > This seemed to only start working after I associated a child work > effort. Maybe I have mis-read the docs? > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > Adrian Crum wrote: >> Christopher Snow wrote: >>> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >>> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. >> >> That is not correct. Here are the processes: >> >> Store iCalendar >> --------------- >> 1. Parse iCalendar data into an internal Java structure >> 2. Parse internal Java structure, create/update associated work >> effort entities >> 3. Save iCalendar data in WorkEffortIcalData >> >> Get iCalendar >> ------------- >> 1. Parse WorkEffortIcalData data into an internal Java structure >> 2. Update internal Java structure from work effort entities >> 3. Convert internal Java structure to iCalendar data >> >> -Adrian >> >> > > |
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It can be tricky getting things set up correctly, but once they are
everything should work as expected. Some notes on using Sunbird: 1. Setting alarms on an OFBiz iCalendar means the alarms will be shared by everyone accessing the calendar. So, if one user dismisses the alarm it is dismissed for everyone. This has been reported to Mozilla, and they are in no hurry to do anything about it. 2. If Sunbird attempts to refresh the screen and the OFBiz server is temporarily unavailable, Sunbird will set the OFBiz iCalendar to read-only mode. It must be manually changed back to read/write. -Adrian Christopher Snow wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > I think I had to associate a child event to the iCalendar workeffort > before I could create events in Sunbird. - I can't remember exactly I > have tried so many combinations of things now! > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > Adrian Crum wrote: >> Chris, >> >> Make sure Sunbird is authenticating to OFBiz and that the user has the >> correct permissions. According to the iCalendar spec, in order to >> update a calendar, the user must be the calendar owner or a delegate. >> >> -Adrian >> >> Christopher Snow wrote: >>> When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar >>> and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. >>> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >>> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was >>> expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in the >>> ofbiz calendar and vice versa. >>> >>> Have I understood this correctly? >>> >>> Many thanks in advance, >>> >>> Chris >>> > > |
Thanks for the tips Adrian,
I'm only using sunbird while testing. For production we have a flex developer who will be creating a flex UI for the calendar, we still have many questions to answer such as whether to access the calendar information using iCalendar, or to expose the workeffort services using REST. Many thanks, Chris Adrian Crum wrote: > It can be tricky getting things set up correctly, but once they are > everything should work as expected. > > Some notes on using Sunbird: > > 1. Setting alarms on an OFBiz iCalendar means the alarms will be > shared by everyone accessing the calendar. So, if one user dismisses > the alarm it is dismissed for everyone. This has been reported to > Mozilla, and they are in no hurry to do anything about it. > > 2. If Sunbird attempts to refresh the screen and the OFBiz server is > temporarily unavailable, Sunbird will set the OFBiz iCalendar to > read-only mode. It must be manually changed back to read/write. > > -Adrian > > Christopher Snow wrote: >> Hi Adrian, >> >> I think I had to associate a child event to the iCalendar workeffort >> before I could create events in Sunbird. - I can't remember exactly >> I have tried so many combinations of things now! >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> Adrian Crum wrote: >>> Chris, >>> >>> Make sure Sunbird is authenticating to OFBiz and that the user has >>> the correct permissions. According to the iCalendar spec, in order >>> to update a calendar, the user must be the calendar owner or a >>> delegate. >>> >>> -Adrian >>> >>> Christopher Snow wrote: >>>> When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar >>>> and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. >>>> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >>>> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was >>>> expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in >>>> the ofbiz calendar and vice versa. >>>> >>>> Have I understood this correctly? >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >> >> -- Chris Snow - CEng MBCS CITP MBA (Tech Mgmt) (Open) CISSP Tel: 01453 890660 Mob: 07944 880950 Www: www.snowconsulting.co.uk |
I will share with the mailing list my employer's use case, and maybe it
can provide inspiration or insight into the iCalendar integration. We are a manufacturing company, and we have a lot of fixed assets in need of maintenance, so we use the OFBiz Asset Maintenance application. The application is able to create maintenances automatically - based on time intervals or meter readings. Those automatically-generated maintenances appear in various iCalendars. Maintenance workers can check their calendar with a calendar client like Sunbird, or with a mobile device like a Blackberry or iPhone. Our office workers use Thunderbird + Lightning. Calendars are shared using the OFBiz server. We have iCalendars set up for our two conference rooms. Office workers can check conference room availability before scheduling a meeting. We have a calendar set up for vacations/time off. Office workers can check that calendar for scheduling conflicts or availability. All of these things *could* be done through the Work Effort web UI, but it is really convenient to have the ability to use calendaring clients (desktop or mobile) instead. -Adrian Christopher Snow wrote: > Thanks for the tips Adrian, > > I'm only using sunbird while testing. For production we have a flex > developer who will be creating a flex UI for the calendar, we still have > many questions to answer such as whether to access the calendar > information using iCalendar, or to expose the workeffort services using > REST. > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > Adrian Crum wrote: >> It can be tricky getting things set up correctly, but once they are >> everything should work as expected. >> >> Some notes on using Sunbird: >> >> 1. Setting alarms on an OFBiz iCalendar means the alarms will be >> shared by everyone accessing the calendar. So, if one user dismisses >> the alarm it is dismissed for everyone. This has been reported to >> Mozilla, and they are in no hurry to do anything about it. >> >> 2. If Sunbird attempts to refresh the screen and the OFBiz server is >> temporarily unavailable, Sunbird will set the OFBiz iCalendar to >> read-only mode. It must be manually changed back to read/write. >> >> -Adrian >> >> Christopher Snow wrote: >>> Hi Adrian, >>> >>> I think I had to associate a child event to the iCalendar workeffort >>> before I could create events in Sunbird. - I can't remember exactly >>> I have tried so many combinations of things now! >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> Adrian Crum wrote: >>>> Chris, >>>> >>>> Make sure Sunbird is authenticating to OFBiz and that the user has >>>> the correct permissions. According to the iCalendar spec, in order >>>> to update a calendar, the user must be the calendar owner or a >>>> delegate. >>>> >>>> -Adrian >>>> >>>> Christopher Snow wrote: >>>>> When I use a calendar application (sunbird) to access my iCalendar >>>>> and create an event, the event doesn't show in the ofbiz calendar. >>>>> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >>>>> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. I was >>>>> expecting to be able to see externally scheduled items appear in >>>>> the ofbiz calendar and vice versa. >>>>> >>>>> Have I understood this correctly? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks in advance, >>>>> >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>> >>> > > |
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Issue raised - OFBIZ-3398
Adrian Crum wrote: > If you can reproduce the problem, then please create a Jira issue with > details. > > -Adrian > > Christopher Snow wrote: >> Adrian, >> >> This seemed to only start working after I associated a child work >> effort. Maybe I have mis-read the docs? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> Adrian Crum wrote: >>> Christopher Snow wrote: >>>> Looking though the ofbiz code, it looks as though the iCalendar >>>> implementation only stores data in WorkEffortIcalData. >>> >>> That is not correct. Here are the processes: >>> >>> Store iCalendar >>> --------------- >>> 1. Parse iCalendar data into an internal Java structure >>> 2. Parse internal Java structure, create/update associated work >>> effort entities >>> 3. Save iCalendar data in WorkEffortIcalData >>> >>> Get iCalendar >>> ------------- >>> 1. Parse WorkEffortIcalData data into an internal Java structure >>> 2. Update internal Java structure from work effort entities >>> 3. Convert internal Java structure to iCalendar data >>> >>> -Adrian >>> >>> >> >> -- Chris Snow - CEng MBCS CITP MBA (Tech Mgmt) (Open) CISSP Tel: 01453 890660 Mob: 07944 880950 Www: www.snowconsulting.co.uk |
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