Update Event

overview the update event node in engati enables your chatbot to modify existing calendar events in microsoft outlook this functionality is useful for rescheduling meetings, updating event details, or changing attendee information dynamically by integrating this node, your bot can efficiently manage calendar events, ensuring that all modifications are made seamlessly within outlook steps to update an event in microsoft outlook navigate to builder and click add node select integration > microsoft outlook choose update event as the action fill in the required fields to configure the event update node fields account select the microsoft outlook account where the event exists event or instance id ( required ) enter the unique id of the event to be updated this can be passed dynamically how to get the event or instance id if using outlook web , open the event and copy the event id from the url it appears after /item/ in the browser's address bar if using outlook desktop , export the calendar event as a ics file, open it in a text editor, and find the uid field subject modify the title of the event html/text description update the event description with additional details start datetime change the start date and time of the event the expected format is yyyy mm ddthr\ min\ secz (e g , 2025 02 17t03 00 00z ) you can also insert a dynamic attribute, such as {stud date}t{start time utc} 00z start datetime timezone specify the timezone for the updated start time end datetime modify the event’s end date and time the expected format is yyyy mm ddthr\ min\ secz (e g , 2025 02 17t03 00 00z ) you can also insert a dynamic attribute, such as {stud date}t{end time utc} 00z end datetime timezone specify the timezone for the updated end time location update the event location (physical or virtual meeting link) attendee name modify the attendee name attendee email address update the attendee’s email address type specify the type of event being updated click save to apply the updates the event in microsoft outlook will now reflect the changes made by your bot need help? if you face any issues or have queries, please reach out to us at mailto\ support\@engati com