Can I set up time intervals between events

[flowaways]

I am building my auto pipeline with flow, say I have two adjacent events(one triggered by the other) my request is to enable the next event two days after the previous trigger, i.e. set up a 2d interval between these two events,  is this  feature supported in our current tools?

[RobElliott]

Hi @flowaways, yes this is quite possible. In my example the trigger is when the first event is added to a SharePoint list. In the list we have just a title for the event, the date and time the event will start and the duration minutes (image 0 below).

Image 1: The trigger is shown. We then need to get the duration and convert it to an integer using Compose controls.

Image 2: Then create the end time of the event with another Compose control by adding to the start date and time the minutes from the output at 1 above. Then create the event using the start date and the output from the end time.

Image 3: We now want to add 2 days to the first event to be used in the second event so we use another Compose control.

Image 4: To create the end time for the second event we again use a Compose control but can use the same output of the duration we had in image 1 and add it to to theComposeAdd2Days we had in image 3.

Image 5: Using the output of the ComposeAdd2Days and ComposeEnd2Days we create the second event.

Image 6: The flow runs successfully.

Image 7: You'll see that flow has added the 2 events, 2 days apart, with the same start time and duration.

Rob
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0 - SharePoint list item1- Trigger and duration2 - End time and create event3 - Compose 2 days ahead4 - Compose end time5 - Create second event6 - Flow result7 - Calendar result

[flowaways]

where can i find the addDays function in Compose action?

2 - End time and create event

the options I got are selecting the parameters from the previous steps, here is how the window looks like:

[v-litu-msft]

Hi @flowaways,

You can create the function by clicking the "Input", then input the "adddays" into the Expression column.

If the float box on the left doesn't appear, you may need to display your interface on the full screen.

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[v-litu-msft]

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