Scheduler Date Format and no Mapping Fields

[Asat]

Hi, 

I have following code,

$("#activities").kendoScheduler({
date: new Date("2014/5/19"),
startTime: new Date("2014/5/19 00:00 AM"),
endTime: new Date("2014/5/19 08:00 PM"),
views: [
{ type: "day", selected: true },
"week",
"month"
],
editable: false,
timezone: "Etc/UTC",
dataSource: {
batch: true,
transport: {
read: {
type: 'POST',
contentType: "text/xml",
url: "https:///xxx:8443/xxx/rest/xxxapp/api/xxxGetActivities",
processData: false,
dataType: "xml",
headers: { 'X-xxx-Token': '8430694659957936307' }
},
parameterMap: function() {
return '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><xxxGetActivitiesRequest xmlns="http://www.xxx.net/xxx/1.0"><RecordLimit>30</RecordLimit><RequestFields><Activities><Activity><ActivityNo/><AccountName/><AccountNumber/><ContactFullName/><ContactName/><ContactNameSequence/><ActivitySubject/><ActivityPriority/><ActivityPriorityCode/><ActivityText1/><ActivityText2/><ActivityText3/><ActivityStatus/><ActivityStatusCode/><ActionDate/><ActionTime/><ActionDateTime/><EndDate/><Location/><ActivityResolution/><ActivityResolutionCode/><ActivityType/><ActivityTypeCode/><LeadOpportunityNo/><LeadOpportunityTypeCode/><LeadOpportunityDetails/></Activity></Activities></RequestFields><Filters><ActivityStatusCode><Like>%</Like><NotLike>F</NotLike><NotLike>C</NotLike></ActivityStatusCode><ActionDate><Range><From>D-30</From><To>D+30</To></Range></ActionDate></Filters></xxxGetActivitiesRequest>'
}
},
schema: {
model: {
id: "activityNo",
fields: {
activityNo: { from: "ActivityNo", type: "number" },
title: { from: "ActivitySubject", defaultValue: "No title", validation: { required: true } },
start: { type: "date", from: "ActionDate" , format: "{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}"},
end: { type: "date", from: "EndDate", format: "{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}" },
atendees: { from: "ContactFullName", nullable: true },
startTimezone: { from: "StartTimezone",nullable: true  },
endTimezone: { from: "EndTimezone",nullable: true  },
description: { from: "Description",nullable: true  },
recurrenceId: { from: "RecurrenceID",nullable: true  },
recurrenceRule: { from: "RecurrenceRule",nullable: true  },
recurrenceException: { from: "RecurrenceException",nullable: true  },
roomId: { from: "RoomID", nullable: true },
isAllDay: { type: "boolean", from: "IsAllDay" , nullable: true }
}
}
}
}
}); 


Even though I can see the call is made to the web service and correct data is downloaded, no activities are not displayed in the scheduler as I expect. Few questions,

1. In the service I don't have all the schema models. So I have put dummy from fields with nullable true. is that correct
2. Dates are passed back from the web service in dd-MMM-yyyy format (ex: 14-May-2014). How can I map it to underlying dates in Kendo (is it automatically done?). I am not talking about visual aspects here but background mapping. 
3. Is there anything else wrong in my code? 


You help is highly appreciated.
Asat

[Asat]

Even the following is not working ... So probably its a different issue..
 ....
title: { from: "ActivitySubject", defaultValue: "No title", validation: { required: true } },
start: new Date("2014/5/21 08:00 AM"), 
end: new Date("2014/5/21 14:00 AM"),
atendees: { from: "ContactFullName", nullable: true },
....

Anyone?

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Asat,

As the server returns the dates in custom format you should manually parse them using the dataSource schema.parse function. Please check the example below:

schema: {
    parse: function(data) {
        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
            data[i].start = new Date(data[i].start);
            data[i].end = new Date(data[i].end);
        }
        return data;
    },

Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik

 

 

[Asat]

Sorry Vladimir, 

I am still bit confused. I tried what you suggested but with no luck. Can you please provide me with a sample (with XML)?

My current code is as below,

schema: {
                    model: {
                        id: "activityNo",
                        fields: {
                            activityNo: { from: "ActivityNo", type: "number" },
                            title: { from: "ActivitySubject", defaultValue: "No title", validation: { required: true } },
                            start: { type: "date", from: "ActionDate" , format: "{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}"},
                            end: { type: "date", from: "EndDate", format: "{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}" },
                            atendees: { from: "ContactFullName", nullable: true },
                            startTimezone: { from: "StartTimezone",nullable: true  },
                            endTimezone: { from: "EndTimezone",nullable: true  },
                            description: { from: "Description",nullable: true  },
                            recurrenceId: { from: "RecurrenceID",nullable: true  },
                            recurrenceRule: { from: "RecurrenceRule",nullable: true  },
                            recurrenceException: { from: "RecurrenceException",nullable: true  },
                            roomId: { from: "RoomId", nullable: true  },
                            isAllDay: { type: "boolean", from: "IsAllDay" , nullable: true }
                        }
                    },
                    parse: function(data) {
                        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
                            data[i].start = new Date(data[i].start);
                            data[i].end = new Date(data[i].end);
                        }
                        return data;
                    }
                }

regards,
Asat

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Asat,

Please find the attached demo of Scheduler bind to XML source - you can use that example as a baseline to create "parameterMap" function that is suitable for the data returned from the server. 

Kind Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik