findMeetingTimes - Time slots are not returning properly for 15 mins and 45 mins time frame

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findMeetingTimes - Time slots are not returning properly for 15 mins and 45 mins time frame

Tamizhselvan S 1

Hi , We are using MS graph findMeetingTimes api for one of our requirements. We could notice below issues on getting free meeting slots.

For 45 minutes meeting durations , Organizer is having free slots in his outlook calendar but it is showing organizer availability as tentative in MS graph api response. But for 30 mins duration we could see organizer availability showing free for the same slots. Need to understand , how is it possible to have two different response for the same slots ? Attached calendar for your reference
If we have continues free slots for 1hr in the calendar .. For 15 mins duration it should give me the 4 free slots , but in MS graph response we could see only 2 slots available . For example if i have free slots for 9AM to 10AM in outlook. When we get the free slots from api , it is retuning only 9AM to 9.15 AM and 9.15 AM to 9.30AM is not showing.

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Bhanu Kiran 3,616

Hello @Tamizhselvan S ,

Hope you're doing well.

FindMeetingTimes Graph API returns the nearest available time to the start time specified in the request. The suggestion will always be at the hour or half-past. Currently this API doesn't support 15 minutes incremental block. I would suggest you to use 30 minutes increment as the meeting duration.

However, you can always raise a support case with Microsoft Graph, where a Support Engineer will be able to assist you better.

For raising a ticket, please follow- http://aad.portal.azure.com/ or https://admin.microsoft.com/#/support/requests.

Hope this helps.

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Tamizhselvan S 1 Reputation point

2022-11-21T14:32:37.24+00:00

Hi @Bhanu Kiran ,

Thanks for your valuable comment on my query. Now I got the clarity on the #2 query mentioned in the blog. Could you please help me to resolve the query #1. It is happening for both 45 mins and 60 mins time frame. It will be helpful if we get the answer at the earliest. Let me know if you need more details on this. Thanks in advance.
Bhanu Kiran 3,616 Reputation points

2022-11-21T15:09:40.2+00:00

Hi @Tamizhselvan S ,

15/45-minute Incremental block is currently not supported by this Graph API. Please refer to the below similar post for more understanding.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/916639/findmeetingtimes-doesn39t-return-all-available-slo.html

Hope this helps.
Tamizhselvan S 1 Reputation point

2022-11-21T16:00:07.577+00:00

Yes , I have gone through the referred the post and understood the 15/45 mins block. But we are noticing different issue in 60 minute duration. Organizer is having free slots in his outlook calendar but it is showing organizer availability as tentative in MS graph api response. But for 30 mins duration we could see organizer availability showing free for the same slots. Need to understand , how is it possible to have two different response for the same slots ? For example 1PM to 2PM slot showing free in outlook calendar for organizer , but when we get the response from MS graph api it is returning organizer availability as tentative in 60mins timeframe for 1PM to 2PM slot.

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