Overnight Appointment

[Edward]

My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening, or night
shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the appointment appears
twice because those shifts run through midnight. Is there any way to make it
appear only on the day the appointment starts?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day period, no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on the request for shift information to be more configurable, especially for medical and fire personnel (and others) who work differently recurring shifts.

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After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening, or
| night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through midnight.
| Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the appointment
| starts?

 

[Edward]

Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another. Perhaps it's
trivial but, why pass on making shift information more configurable? Is it a
low priority issue, a question of ethics (you referred to medical and fire
personnel), or something else?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

We passed it on since it comes up more and more often in the public news groups. What did you expect the answer to be?

MVPs try to reflect to Microsoft (who may not follow the news groups) requests that appear to be of a high priority. More frequent requests for a missing feature usually means that there is an audience that would like the feature to be added. So it was with color coding Calendar appointments - the public asked, MVPs pushed it (along with others) and it happened.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
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After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another.
| Perhaps it's trivial but, why pass on making shift information more
| configurable? Is it a low priority issue, a question of ethics (you
| referred to medical and fire personnel), or something else?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day
|| period, no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on
|| the request for shift information to be more configurable,
|| especially for medical and fire personnel (and others) who work
|| differently recurring shifts.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Edward asked:
||
||| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening,
||| or night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
||| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through midnight.
||| Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the appointment
||| starts?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

It seems like you are misunderstanding the meaning of the phrase "passed
on" - however... adding a feature like this is not a trivial matter. I'm not
sure where it falls in priority to other often requested features but the
"cost" to do it may be higher for this one. We may see it in the next
version, we may not.

Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another. Perhaps
it's
trivial but, why pass on making shift information more configurable? Is
it a
low priority issue, a question of ethics (you referred to medical and fire
personnel), or something else?

If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day period,
no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on the request
for shift information to be more configurable, especially for medical and
fire personnel (and others) who work differently recurring shifts.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening, or
| night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through midnight.
| Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the appointment
| starts?

 

[Edward]

I'm sorry; I misunderstood what you meant by "passed on." While it's obvious
that you meant you referred the issue to Microsoft, I read it as though you
were saying it had been disregarded or "passed over." It was late when I
responded.

Anyway, am I correct in assuming that the changes would occur in a later
version of Outlook and, I'd have to upgrade to take advantage?

 

[Edward]

I was a little confused; thank you for pointing that out. So, if the change
is made, it would be in another version and wouldn't be available as an
add-in?

It seems like you are misunderstanding the meaning of the phrase "passed
on" - however... adding a feature like this is not a trivial matter. I'm not
sure where it falls in priority to other often requested features but the
"cost" to do it may be higher for this one. We may see it in the next
version, we may not.

Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another. Perhaps
it's
trivial but, why pass on making shift information more configurable? Is
it a
low priority issue, a question of ethics (you referred to medical and fire
personnel), or something else?

If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day period,
no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on the request
for shift information to be more configurable, especially for medical and
fire personnel (and others) who work differently recurring shifts.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening, or
| night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through midnight.
| Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the appointment
| starts?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

There is no information as to whether this may be a feature added in a newer version (and if yes, what version) or if it may be added via a SP - which is highly unlikely.

You will need to check with MSFT for their newest beta when it becomes available to see if the feature made "the list" or not. There is no way to predict what will be included or what will not - it is entirely based on the feature, how long it takes to code it, and how much of the other code it breaks.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| I'm sorry; I misunderstood what you meant by "passed on." While it's
| obvious that you meant you referred the issue to Microsoft, I read it
| as though you were saying it had been disregarded or "passed over."
| It was late when I responded.
|
| Anyway, am I correct in assuming that the changes would occur in a
| later version of Outlook and, I'd have to upgrade to take advantage?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| We passed it on since it comes up more and more often in the public
|| news groups. What did you expect the answer to be?
||
|| MVPs try to reflect to Microsoft (who may not follow the news
|| groups) requests that appear to be of a high priority. More
|| frequent requests for a missing feature usually means that there is
|| an audience that would like the feature to be added. So it was with
|| color coding Calendar appointments - the public asked, MVPs pushed
|| it (along with others) and it happened.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Edward asked:
||
||| Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another.
||| Perhaps it's trivial but, why pass on making shift information more
||| configurable? Is it a low priority issue, a question of ethics (you
||| referred to medical and fire personnel), or something else?
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day
|||| period, no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on
|||| the request for shift information to be more configurable,
|||| especially for medical and fire personnel (and others) who work
|||| differently recurring shifts.
||||
|||| --ÂÂ
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
|||| without reading.
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Edward asked:
||||
||||| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening,
||||| or night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
||||| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through
||||| midnight. Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the
||||| appointment starts?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

If it is changed, it will be in a future version. Something of this nature
will most likely require major programming and is not suitable for an update
or an addin.

I was a little confused; thank you for pointing that out. So, if the
change
is made, it would be in another version and wouldn't be available as an
add-in?

It seems like you are misunderstanding the meaning of the phrase "passed
on" - however... adding a feature like this is not a trivial matter. I'm
not
sure where it falls in priority to other often requested features but the
"cost" to do it may be higher for this one. We may see it in the next
version, we may not.

Well, that certainly answers my question, but raises another. Perhaps
it's
trivial but, why pass on making shift information more configurable?
Is
it a
low priority issue, a question of ethics (you referred to medical and
fire
personnel), or something else?

:

If the beginning and ending times of the shift occur over a 2 day
period,
no - they will appear as 2 appts. We (MVPs) have passed on the
request
for shift information to be more configurable, especially for medical
and
fire personnel (and others) who work differently recurring shifts.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Edward asked:

| My job is shift work so, that means I work either a day, evening,
or
| night shift. When I schedule the evening and night shifts the
| appointment appears twice because those shifts run through midnight.
| Is there any way to make it appear only on the day the appointment
| starts?