Users should be able to integrate to their Outlook calendar and populate time records from meetings invites. Only invites that show as "Busy" should be imported as time records and users should be able to edit or remove records in case reality didn't match the planned schedule.
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Official comment
Hi everyone,
Since this feature request is among the most popular requests in our community and we do see all the benefits our users could have from this, we are moving into discovery phase with this feature.
For this reason we would love to get your input. Set up a session with us to let us know what is important to you or leave a comment.
- What problem do you hope to get resolved with a calendar integration?
- Which calendars do you want to integrate (Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.)?
- How would the ideal workflow look for you? How do you want to convert calendar events into worklogs?
- Where would you want to see your calendar events in 7pace Timetracker?
Looking forward to your feedback! Thanks.
Nici
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should integrate w/ outlook app & outlook web as well
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Hi!
I've merged here similar request "Integrate with Outlook Calendar":
>We have a need to track non-code related activities also, such as meetings. It would be nice if you could integrate with outlook calendar also to pull in time spent in meetings automatically.
https://support.7pace.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000203706-Integrate-with-Outlook-Calendar
Regards,
Maxim -
We would like this functionality as well! The idea behind this is that we would have a scheduled meeting for a particular time and it would be great if it is possible to automatically integrate that meeting as a time tracked into the particular place for that. We would like to be able to track all the different kinds of activities and the meeting ones are one of the top things that we do on a regular basis. Teams also has a sync between our Outlook calendar so it could potentially get pulled from there. A lot of the timetrackers that are out there do have this ability and the last one that we have used also did so we are accustomed to using it.
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I would be very happy to this kind of feature fast too. As already stated, we have non-coding related tasks that are mainly managed over calenders because they are often solved in workshops / meetings for which we surely want to track the time also. It would be very handy too have a 7pace Outlook Add-in that enables one to directly track time from meetings in my outlook calendar.
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Hi Sebastian,
Thank you for your message! Quite a few customers have asked about this feature and it is definitely high on our list now. We don't have an ETA yet, however we are doing some preliminary research on this. Once we know more we will update you on this thread, so watch this space!
Kind Regards,
AndreaAndrea Moro
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Hi Sebastian
I am afraid not, or not yet. This is definitely on our radar as we know how valuable this feature would be, however we are working on a few projects right now which have taken priority over this. I will keep you posted should we make some significant progress with this.
Regards,
Andrea
Product Owner - www.7pace.com -
Hi guys,
without revealing too much, the reason why we are slightly hesitant to share an ETA/roadmap for this feature is that it is being discussed as part of a wider conversation regarding our move into the GitHub space. That being said, please rest assured - we do know that this would be very beneficial to our DevOps customers, and as soon as we have a commitment internally I'll share an update.
On a more general note - although we do allow for exceptions, in most cases we expect people to log their time against DevOps work items. If you were able to import events from Outlook, would you prefer those to be linked to a work item, would you like them to be separate ('comment only') worklogs, or how would you like to see this implemented?
Regards,
Andrea
Product Owner - www.7pace.com -
Hi Andrea,
It should be linked to a worked item.
We should be able to do the following:
1. Forward meeting blocks from outlook to a specific ticket and it would automatically log that block of time and use the name of the meeting as the comment.
2. We should be able to choose the activity type and edit comment after we forward & then save.
Thanks.
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Hi,
As somebody that has recently migrated from TimeCamp to 7pace, certainly an integration I am missing to be honest. In the world of TimeCamp this worked by essentially importing an ICS link/feed into the timesheet, from where the user can delete the time log or move it to the 'real' Work Item and Activity Type. Being ICS well means it worked for any calendar that supports such things, not just Outlook/Microsoft 365.
Mark
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Hi Mark,
thank you for your suggestion. Ideally we would want to build a more seamless experience however you have a good point that ICS is a very well known/accepted standard for 'calendar' type of events. One to think about, maybe we could use this as a fall back solution for when a user wants to integrate with other platforms that we don't yet support.
Many thanks,
Andrea
Product Owner - www.7pace.com -
Hello,
We currently don't have any specific dates planned for the implementation of this feature. Our focus for this quarter and beyond is on performance improvements. However, we acknowledge that this feature is highly requested by our users, and we are actively collecting feedback to ensure its proper implementation in the future. Unfortunately, I cannot provide you with a timeline at this moment. Rest assured, if we decide to proceed with this feature, we will update this thread accordingly.
Best regards, Nici
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Hi, Thank you for following up on the feature and for your continued interest! We understand its importance to you, however it is currently not a top priority in our development roadmap. That said, we’ll keep you updated if there are any changes to the timeline.
All the best,
GosiaProduct Manager at 7pace
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I recently had to create a powershell script that would put the same 3-5 entries for a project's recurring meetings into 7pace for each day of the month. Though there is not much documentation about an API for 7pace, it wasn't too difficult to figure out how to add time by inspecting the http requests in the browser dev tools.
I did find that trying to get recurring meeting information out of Outlook is a gigantic pain due to how those are stored in Outlook, so I can understand there being a long delay from 7pace.
Instead of reading outlook to get this information, an easier alternative would be to let us create multiple time entries using either a pattern or calendar day selection. Something that lets me create entries that...
- record a 15 minute meeting for each work day of a month against a single workitem
- record a 1 hour meeting on Tuesday and Thursdays of a month against a single workitem
- record a 4 hour support shift on Monday, Tuesday and Friday for one week against a single workitem
This is how the script I created runs, but it would be nicer to have this in the UI for everyone else to use.
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