Monthly event representation

Scheduler Javascript
#1

Hi,

  How can I format as rec_type an event which occurs monthly every 6th day of month?

  Thanks

Aleix Vergés

#2

rec_type = month_1__
start_date = 2010-3-6

So you code the “each month” in rec_type, and specify “6th day” as part of start_date

#3

Hi,

 Thank you very much for the answer. 

 Is there any complete reference about the possibilities and limitations of "rec_type"? With the documentation available in the Support web section is not enough to complete all the possibilities.

 Thanks again,

Aleix Vergés
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#4

Rules described here

docs.dhtmlx.com/doku.php?id=dhtm … ntegration

Shows all possibilities

Basically you can use set event as “reated each N periods”, where N and period type can be configured. Additionally you can define “correct to necessary day behavior” ( 3rd and 4th components of rec_type) which allows to define “Nth some day of week” correction.

While it allows to define pretty wide set of repetition rules, its not universal - there are some rules which can’t be defined ( for example - last day of the month )

#5

Hi,

  I cannot see in the documentation any example about yearly events. Could you give an example of a rec_type configured to be a yearly event?

  Thanks

Aleix Vergés

#6

Format is exactly the same

rec_type set as “year_1__”, start_date points to the date, which you want to repeat each year. ( to repeat it each N years, replace 1 in the rec_type with necessary number )

#7

Hi,

 Thanks Stanislav. Now my last question:

 How can be sent the exceptions in XML format to the scheduler? For exmaple:

 -  I have an event which happen every monday but the next monday will not happen for some reason
 - I have an event which happen every monday at 18:00h, but the next monday will happen at 16:00h.

 Thanks

ALeix Vergés

#8

Its a bit tricky

exception - deleting

<event id="1"> <start_date>2010-10-04 00:00:00</start_date> <end_date>9999-02-01 00:00:00</end_date> <text>New event</text> <rec_type>week_1___1#no</rec_type> <event_pid>0</event_pid> <event_length>300</event_length> </event> <event id="2"> <start_date>2010-10-11 00:00:00</start_date> <end_date>2010-10-11 00:05:00</end_date> <text>New event</text> <rec_type>none</rec_type> <event_pid>1</event_pid> <event_length>1286744400</event_length> </event>
event#id=2 is exception, it has
event_pid == ID of main event
rec_type = “none” - which means deleted event
event_length = timestamp of start_date for deleted event ( 1286744400 == 2010-10-11 )
start_date, end_date, text - doesn’t matter

exception - modification

<event id="1"> <start_date>2010-10-04 00:00:00</start_date> <end_date>9999-02-01 00:00:00</end_date> <text>New event</text> <rec_type>week_1___1#no</rec_type> <event_pid>0</event_pid> <event_length>300</event_length> </event> <event id="3"> <start_date>2010-10-19 00:00:00</start_date> <end_date>2010-10-19 00:05:00</end_date> <text>New event</text> <rec_type></rec_type> <event_pid>1</event_pid> <event_length>1287349200</event_length> </event>
event#id=3 is exception, it has
event_pid == ID of main event
rec_type = “” - which means events exists and its not recurring
event_length = timestamp of start_date for deleted event ( 1287349200 == 2010-10-18 )
start_date, end_date, text - values specific for the new event ( it was expected on Oct 18, but was moved to Oct 19 )