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SharePoint list Calendar double booking
Hi All, I have a sharepoint list acting as a calendar for booking 3 different rooms. Columns: Room name, in date, out date I wish to provide an error or notice or prevention if the user at...
- Hi!
It's better if you build a PowerApps to handling and booking the room. Reason for this is that you can't block double booking in a calender i SharePoint
There is a template you can use:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/office-template-book-a-room-now-available/
Not everyone knows how to build PowerApps. Your average SharePoint user isn't going to know how to do that. The easy solution is to just go into the calendar settings and then click on your list item for your rooms and just make sure the "Enforce Unique Values" is chosen.
The Idea behind Power plattform is that your average user should be able to create an application pretty easily, I recommend you to check out what Citizen Developer is
- I don't think you've ever worked a Help Desk position. People who can barely work a keyboard can't do Automations or Power Apps. I'm not talking some multi-million dollar company with their own IT staff. I'm talking small offices and businesses. It may be an ideal solution in your brain, but not everyone is as computer savvy.