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Create To-do with type Meeting is not possible

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Posted on by Vladimir Popovski 15

Hello

I am creating a salesperson task (to-do) from task list > Create new task in Azure Version 20.4.44313.44365

When I select Type = Meeting, I get the error "You cannot create a task of type Meeting because you’re not using an on-premises deployment"

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This is either a bug or a change with the new updates, as it was possible to create to-do in some of the previous version 

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  • Suggested answer
    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 1,161 Moderator on at

    I checked the code an it is no a bug. The code clearly states that it is by design. But i can not really tell you the reasoning behind it. Maybe someone else here can fill it with the reason.

     field(8; Type; Enum "Task Type")
        {
            Caption = 'Type';

            trigger OnValidate()
            var
                EnvironmentInfo: Codeunit "Environment Information";
                OldEndDate: Date;
                IsHandled: Boolean;
            begin
                IsHandled := false;
                OnBeforeValidateType(Rec, xRec, IsHandled);
                if IsHandled then
                    exit;

                if EnvironmentInfo.IsSaaS() and (Type = Type::Meeting) then
                    Error(MeetingSaaSNotSupportedErr);

                if "No." <> '' then begin
                    if ((xRec.Type = Type::Meeting) and (Type <> Type::Meeting)) or
                       ((xRec.Type <> Type::Meeting) and (Type = Type::Meeting))
                    then
                        Error(Text012);
                end else begin
                    if CurrFieldNo = 0 then
                        exit;

                    if not IsMeetingOrPhoneCall(xRec.Type) then
                        TempEndDateTime := CreateDateTime(xRec.Date, xRec."Start Time") - OneDayDuration   xRec.Duration
                    else
                        TempEndDateTime := CreateDateTime(xRec.Date, xRec."Start Time")   xRec.Duration;

                    OldEndDate := DT2Date(TempEndDateTime);

                    if IsMeetingOrPhoneCall(xRec.Type) and not IsMeetingOrPhoneCall(Rec.Type) then begin
                        "Start Time" := 0T;
                        "All Day Event" := false;
                        SetDuration(OldEndDate, 0T);
                    end;

                    if not IsMeetingOrPhoneCall(xRec.Type) and IsMeetingOrPhoneCall(Rec.Type) then begin
                        "Start Time" := 0T;
                        if OldEndDate = Date then begin
                            SetDuration(OldEndDate, DT2Time(CreateDateTime(OldEndDate, 0T)   30 * 60 * 1000));
                        end else
                            SetDuration(OldEndDate, 0T);
                    end;
                end;
            end;
        }

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    keoma99 Profile Picture
    keoma99 146 on at
    Obviously Microsoft ignores that feature.
    The code in field Type in To-do table says, that Type Meeting is only usable in onPrem environments, what makes no sense at all.
    It also strange that the table is called To-do and the page is called Task. No clean architecture.
     
    So following is the solution.
     
    Create a subscriber CU;
     
    codeunit 50100 MySubsribers
    {
        [EventSubscriber(ObjectType::Table, Database::"To-Do", 'OnBeforeValidateType', '', false, false)]
        local procedure ToDoBeforeValidateType(var Task: Record "To-do"; xTask: Record "To-do"; var IsHandled: Boolean)
        begin
            IsHandled := true;
        end;
    }
     
    Additional a function for Sending invitations is missing.
     
    For that you can use the following code:
     
    pageextension 50100 "Task Card" extends "Task Card"
    {
        actions
        {
            addafter(MakePhoneCall)
            {
                action("Send Invitations")
                {
                    ApplicationArea = RelationshipMgmt;
                    Caption = 'Send Invitations';
     
                    trigger OnAction()
                    var
                        Mail: Codeunit "Mail Management";
                        MailItem: Record "Email Item";
                        Attendee: record Attendee;
                    begin
                        Attendee.SetRange("To-do No.", Rec."No.");
                        Attendee.SetRange("Send Invitation", true);
                        Attendee.SetRange("Invitation Sent", false);
                        if Attendee.FindSet() then
                            repeat
                                MailItem.SetBodyText(StrSubstNo('Hi %1, please take part.', Attendee."Attendee Name"));
                                MailItem.Subject := StrSubstNo('%1 - %2 - %3', Rec.Description, Rec.Date, Rec."Start Time");
                                MailItem."Send to" := GetMailAddress(Attendee);
                                if not Mail.CheckValidEmailAddress(MailItem."Send to") then
                                    error('Mail Address not valid.');
                                Mail.SetHideMailDialog(true);
                                if not Mail.Send(MailItem, "Email Scenario"::Notification) then
                                    error('Error occured when sending Mails. Please check logging.');
                            until Attendee.Next() = 0;
                    end;
                }
            }
        }
     
        local procedure GetMailAddress(Attendee: record Attendee): Text
        var
            Contact: Record Contact;
            SalesPerson: Record "Salesperson/Purchaser";
        begin
            if Attendee."Attendee Type" = Attendee."Attendee Type"::Contact then
                if Contact.Get(Attendee."Attendee No.") then
                    exit(Contact."E-Mail");
     
            if Attendee."Attendee Type" = Attendee."Attendee Type"::Salesperson then
                if SalesPerson.Get(Attendee."Attendee No.") then
                    exit(SalesPerson."E-Mail");
        end;
    }
     
    you can add some code for setting field "Invitation Sent" to true.
     
    cheers

    Dipl.Ing. Franz Kalchmair

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    Valentin Castravet Profile Picture
    Valentin Castravet 31,962 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    It looks like this has been mentioned in the ideas website  as well - Microsoft Idea
     
     

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