setting repetitive task alarm

[sushrana2001]

i want to know if there is any option to set repetitiver reminder for scheduled calls or meetings.so that i won't have to update my scheduled task information and reminder can be set for the same.

[andopes]

There is no such feature then it needs to be implemented.
Provide detailed information and perhaps we can help you on that.

Cheers

[chrislynch8]

Does Sugar have any plans to ever add a repeating event,task seems like a pretty basic feature of any Calendar?

Rgds
Chris

[teknoid]

Does Sugar have any plans to ever add a repeating event,task seems like a pretty basic feature of any Calendar?

Rgds
Chris

Is there an update to this quote? We would really like to have the ability to repeat events and tasks in the Calendar tab.
Thanks,

[jwdv22]

There is no such feature then it needs to be implemented.
Provide detailed information and perhaps we can help you on that.

Cheers

I have been searching the forums and I haven't found an answer to this question.

I am guessing the answer is a disappointing NO.

However I will officially ask, is there anyway for this to happen? Reoccuring events, like tasks or calls or emails?

We have a call center and they setup reoccuring call activities in Act, but this would be a huge missing feature for us and I am trying to migrate to Sugar.

Thanks for anyone who has the answer.

[salesagility]

There was some talk about recurring activities being in the roadmap for 6.x ... perhaps one of the sugar team could update us on this

[jwdv22]

There was some talk about recurring activities being in the roadmap for 6.x ... perhaps one of the sugar team could update us on this

Is there a work around for this? I thought I read somewhere that setting up reoccuring tasks in Outlook and then syncing them up with Sugar was a work around?

I don't have an Outlook plug-in for 2003. Is there a free one that anyone could recommend?

Thanks

[chrislynch8]

One work around I was told was to set up a custom schedule that will re-create the task for you when you want it, you then controll this in the cron.

I haven't look at it and if anyone else has created a custom schedule they may be able to help

[ptemplin7]

I have been thinking about this and I do agree this is a major flaw/missing piece for Sugar to be used.

Kbrill was going to be working on rewriting the entire calendar module, not sure where he has gotten with that.

One method I have been considering is using the DevToolkit to set up a check box for reoccuring. That check would enable a drop down to define the fequency. It could also enable a filed to give an end date for the reoccurance. From there we could use a logic hook with the before or after save to manipulate the dates and save the exact same info again simply with a different date as calculated from the Frequency and original date looking for an end point based on the end date.

I can get the date logic coded, logic hook coded, and fields for this, but not exactly sure about how to correctly call the save. I was thinking that we would need this for meetings, calls and tasks.

Anyone interested in helping get this done? I have a customer who would probably pay something to get it working.

I'm currently trying to use Sugar 5.5 but might be willing to drop back to 5.2 and get it to work. From looking at the code seems like might just be able to update the date and call the save function again.

Looking forward to your ideas and reply,
Paris

[chrislynch8]

Thats a good idea. I am currently trying to do something similar to allow users create a Meeting from a Call. Same idea, if a checkbox is ticked I will display anothe panel that will have the addtional Meeting fiedls, dates, times, location and then merge everything into a new meetings using a hook....

As to your question, In the hook.

Just call save()

so if your creating a new task and you have

 $task = new task()
$task->start_date = $bean->youdatefield;

$bean->save(); 
  

Thats all that required.

Rgds
Chris