Why won't my JSON work for column formatting to color code the events calendar on my MS Teams SharePoint site?

Question

I would like to color code the calendar events based on choices for the “Source” category column, and I understand you can do this by going into List Settings<(Column name) <Column Formatting. I used chatGBT to create a JSON, but for some reason my events are still all black. I've included the JSON below. All the other column formatting questions that I have seen online look much different, so I've also attached a screenshot of the “Edit column” page for the column I would like to add conditional formatting to change the color of the event boxes.

 

{ "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/column-formatting.schema.json", "elmType": "div", "style": { "background-color": "=if(@currentField == 'Enterprise Forums', '#F5A623', if(@currentField == 'G&G Routines', '#4A90E2', if(@currentField == 'Finance/HR', '#50E3C2', if(@currentField == 'Strategy', '#B8E986', '#FFFFFF'))))", "color": "#000000", "padding": "5px" }, "children": [ { "elmType": "span", "txtContent": "@currentField" } ] }

Answer 1

Hi @Mallory,

JSON column formatting only works under standard list view like below, it doesn't work for calendar view.

You can create rules for the calendar view via "Format current view" to color the event boxes. Reference: How to format a Microsoft Lists Calendar view.

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