[Vtigercrm-developers] Google Calendar Sync - Sync Settings

Richard Hills - Technologywise richard at tw.co.nz
Mon Feb 23 09:36:23 GMT 2015


Nah, this was also my first presumption but was not the case, really a 
weird one.

I will hopefully find some time tomorrow to make a fresh install and see 
if I get the same issue as on this upgraded instance.

On 23/02/15 20:29, socialboostdk wrote:
> If the dates differ by 1 hr on  some events - could it be a 
> "wintertime vs summertime" situation?
>
> On 23 February 2015 at 07:59, Richard Hills - Technologywise 
> <richard at tw.co.nz <mailto:richard at tw.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Another small issue we are facing with the google calendar sync.
>
>     Today I tested creating a recurring event in google, weekly
>     recurring from 21:00 to 22:00.
>
>     All came through to google with our usual problem of being
>     imported around 12 hours off due to timezone setting, however some
>     started @ 08:00 and some started at 09:00 (in google all began at
>     the same time).
>
>     Again, I do hope to be able to find time to test this on another
>     system soon, but would love to hear of anyone else who this "just
>     works" for or can confirm similar issues.
>
>     Thanks
>
>
>     On 19/02/15 19:36, Uma S wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     The expected behavior for deleting event from google is that the
>>     related vtiger calendar event should also be deleted.
>>
>>     In this case,
>>
>>          delete in google does not delete in crm
>>
>>
>>      This is an unexpected behavior, could be a BUG would need some
>>     debugging.
>>
>>     Our google calendar connector pulls deleted events by default .
>>     Have a look at updatedmin section in ref
>>     <https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/events/list> .
>>     So delete in google should delete event in vtiger on next sync.
>>
>>     The above case would reproduce if the event is deleted in google
>>     and the next consecutive sync could not delete the event from
>>     vtiger but updated the last sync time.
>>
>>     About timezone related sync issue, we are looking into this will
>>     update you soon.
>>
>>     On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:06 AM, Richard Hills - Technologywise
>>     <richard at tw.co.nz <mailto:richard at tw.co.nz>> wrote:
>>
>>         A little more, after a suggestion from another list member I
>>         have changed our calendar inside of google to be set to use
>>         GMT+0 (Iceland) and now events are synced properly.
>>
>>         From a quick look at the google calendar sync code, it would
>>         seem that it expects google to be providing all times in UTC.
>>         Can we get some input from someone in the vtiger team
>>         regarding this?
>>
>>         Thanks
>>
>>
>>         On 19/02/15 09:26, Richard Hills - Technologywise wrote:
>>>         Just some feedback on this after two days of three users
>>>         using the system:
>>>
>>>         user 1 & 2: sync worked fine, until and event was created in
>>>         google with a specified timezone (same as the one we use in
>>>         the crm as base and on his user), now all data imported from
>>>         google comes through missing the timezone (so an event
>>>         scheduled for 1pm NZST will enter at 1pm UTC).
>>>         user 3: continues to work fine from crm to google, google to
>>>         crm does not work at all - this stopped working sometime
>>>         after the two systems first came in sync.
>>>
>>>         Any feedback from others using this system would be much
>>>         appreciated. Any documentation from vtiger?
>>>
>>>         Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On 17/02/15 12:17, Richard Hills - Technologywise wrote:
>>>>         https://wiki.vtiger.com/vtiger6/index.php/Google_Integration
>>>>
>>>>         On this page we see sync settings for both calendar and
>>>>         contacts, however calendar settings are not currently
>>>>         released as part of the opensource package.
>>>>
>>>>         Just wondering if this was intentional or due to timing and
>>>>         if we can expect to see these released?
>>>>
>>>>         Also wondering if someone can tell me the expected default
>>>>         activity in the community version.
>>>>
>>>>         After some testing on my install I have found the following
>>>>         behaviour is likely default:
>>>>
>>>>           * create / edit / delete from crm to google is synced
>>>>           * create / edit from google to crm is synced
>>>>           * delete in google does not delete in crm
>>>>               o The crm record will not be synced to google again
>>>>                 after it has been deleted there.
>>>>                   + When crm record is updated, sync reports an
>>>>                     update in google, but the item is still deleted
>>>>                     there.
>>>>                   + When crm record is deleted, sync reports a
>>>>                     deletion in google, the item however was
>>>>                     already deleted.
>>>>               o CRM item is deleted, if it has been updated in the
>>>>                 CRM after it was deleted in google and sync has
>>>>                 already run previously to try to update the event
>>>>                 in google.
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks in advance for any input.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         -- 
>>>>         Richard Hills
>>>>         TechnologyWise Ltd, Tauranga, NZ
>>>>         richard at tw.co.nz  <mailto:richard at tw.co.nz>
>>>>         www.technologywise.co.nz  <http://www.technologywise.co.nz>
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>>>>         fax:+64 (0)7 571 1061  <tel:%2B64%20%280%297%20571%201061>
>>>>
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>>>         -- 
>>>         Richard Hills
>>>         TechnologyWise Ltd, Tauranga, NZ
>>>         richard at tw.co.nz  <mailto:richard at tw.co.nz>
>>>         www.technologywise.co.nz  <http://www.technologywise.co.nz>
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>>         -- 
>>         Richard Hills
>>         TechnologyWise Ltd, Tauranga, NZ
>>         richard at tw.co.nz  <mailto:richard at tw.co.nz>
>>         www.technologywise.co.nz  <http://www.technologywise.co.nz>
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>>         fax:+64 (0)7 571 1061  <tel:%2B64%20%280%297%20571%201061>
>>
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>>
>>     -- 
>>     With
>>     Best Regards
>>     Uma.S
>>     Vtiger Team
>>
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