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~Andy Dwohipichekikle
Apr 5, 2012, 10:03 PM
4 Posts

Using multiple data sources in a calendar

  • Category: Extension Library
  • Platform: Windows
  • Release: 8.5.3
  • Role: Developer
  • Tags: calendar,REST
  • Replies: 3
I'm fairly new to xpages, have some familiarity with java, and for now am just looking to find out if there's a feasible approach to a users request.

I support two simple notes client applications that each have a calendar view containing similar data (start date, end date, and description).  For compliance reasons, the data needs to reside in separate applications.  Only a few managers are allowed to read documents in both applications.  Currently, the managers access each application separately within the notes client but would prefer to read all documents from a single calendar.  My question is can this be done with xpages?

I see there is a calendar control in the extension library that can accept a REST service for a single view and based on the documentation a custom database servlet could be created but I'm not sure it can be coded for this purpose (IE, I'm not sure I know enough about java to do this).  The calendar would be read only and does not need to provide a link to display the underlying documents.
 
Any comments on how to approach this would be appreciated.
~Fritz Churether
Apr 7, 2012, 2:18 PM
17 Posts
Re: Using multiple data sources in a calendar
Hi Brian,
yes, there should be no issues implementing this functionality.
You can merge document collections from both calendars - either directly using NotesDocumentCollection, or like this, for example (depends on your needs).
I wouldn't probably bother with a REST service.
No hardcore Java should be required for this task - if you can write LotusScript to read data from these databases, you are halfway there.
 
~Andy Dwohipichekikle
Apr 8, 2012, 12:13 AM
4 Posts
Re: Using multiple data sources in a calendar
Hi Rick, 
 
Thanks for responding.  That sounds great, but I didn't see a way to pass data using anything except a REST service for the extension library calendar control.  Do you know of any examples where the control is used with a data source other than a REST service?  I think I know how to merge the data using SSJS I'm just not sure how to pass it into the control.
~Fritz Churether
Apr 8, 2012, 2:33 PM
17 Posts
Re: Using multiple data sources in a calendar
Hi Brian,
I will have a look at the extension library control as time allows  - I was talking about merging data from several sources in general.
 

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