[Solved] RadScheduler Reccurence Parent

[Brian Mackey]

I am populating the RadScheduler w/ some test data for the first time.  I have the following data in a table tied to the RadScheduler via a SQL Query. 

DataKeyField = 1
DataStartField = 2009-08-21 00:00:00.000
DataEndField = 2009-08-21 23:59:59.997
DataRecurrenceField = Daily
DataSubjectField = Test
DataRecurrenceParentKeyField = ??

A.  What is a "Recurrence Parent"?  How does this relate to Recurrence?
B.  DataStart is populated with a DateTime in SQL.  How does this affect recurrence (August 21 set to reoccur daily)?

[Peter]

Hello Brian,

Please, refer to the help topic on Working with Recurring Appointments. If you still have questions, feel free to let us know.

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Peter
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[Brian Mackey]

That clearly describes recurrence.  Thank you.  I have another question.  You can assign resources to an appointment (http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/schedule_serversideworkingwithresources.html).  We have a situation where we want an appointment with recurrence.  Each recurrence has a unique set of resources.  The unique resources follow the same schema each time, but the data will come from new rows.  Is this supported?

Essentially, we'll be looking for resources within the recurrences start - end time.

[Peter]

Hi Brian,

If you assign different resources to occurrences of a recurring appointment - you will create exceptions. Exceptions will be added to the database as individual appoinments but will keep the reference to the id of the master (first occurrence) appointment. I am not sure if this is what you need.

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[Matthew]

The provided link is now broken. I believe the new location is here.

I still don't understand how the Recurrence Parent is used or what it really is. Could someone please explain? Thanks.

[Boyan Dimitrov]

Hello,

I would like to clarify that the posted link is related to the RadScheduler for WinForms instead ASP.NET AJAX. Could you please clarify which RadScheduler control you are using in your application?

In the meantime I would suggest reviewing the following help article explaining in details about Recurring appointments in the RadScheduler control for ASP.NET AJAX. I will try to summarize the most important information in the next few sentences. All regular recurring appointments are created and added to the RadScheduler control on the fly based on the recurrence rule of their Recurrence Parent appointment (the master appointment for the recurring series). The only appointment which exists in the data base is the recurring parent appointment and contains a recurrence rule string as a property. That property value is used for creating all occurring appointment instances and added to the RadScheduler control on the fly. When a occurring appointment ( not the master appointment ) is modified that appointment is added as individual appointment in the data base but keeps the reference to its original master appointment.


Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Telerik

[Matthew]

The provided link is now broken. I believe the new location is here.

I still don't understand how the Recurrence Parent is used or what it really is. Could someone please explain? Thanks.

[Matthew]

Thanks--definitely ASP.NET AJAX. I apologize for any confusion. I tried to edit my post so as not to misdirect other users (sending them to WinForms instead of ASP.NET AJAX), but it doesn't seem to be taking the change.

[Boyan Dimitrov]

Hello,

Thank you for the provided clarification.

In case of using RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX I will encourage you to review the information about the recurrence parent in my very last response and the posted help article.


Regards,
Boyan Dimitrov
Telerik